CEA Photovoltaic solar Infrastructure
CEA Photovoltaic solar Infrastructure

France: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Overview

The photovoltaic solar platform’s mission is to contribute to the development of a solar industry in France. And, with more than 200 employees and 100 industrial partners from SMEs to corporations, the platform is one of Europe’s largest PV R&D facilities. The platform’s PV R&D focuses on materials, with particular attention given to developing high-performance, competitively-priced silicon; PV cell technology and yield-enhancement; and solar modules and optimization.
The 15 000 m2 solar energy research facility with a total investment of 100 M€ is operated by a team of 200 researchers and technicians. Of particular interest is the Heterojunction LabFab—a pilot production line capable of manufacturing heterojunction PV cells with yields of over 20%—boasts a theoretical capacity of 30 MW. The platform helps solar-energy SMEs develop their products and services and can even build turnkey PV solar plants.
. - Scientific & technological research
- Study / initial design / Simulation
- Proof of concept / Lab testing of basic experimental set-up/ Characterisation
- Component/ breadboard / process development & testing
- Prototyping (integrated system/ sub-system) development & testing
- Pilot line / demonstration line / preseries
- Product validation / certification
 
. Yes. service.

Sectors
Aeronautics & space - Automotive - Construction & building sector - Energy - Environment - Electronics - Measurement - Machinery
Technology
Monitoring and control - High-performance production (flexibility, productivity, precision and zero defect) - High-performance, high precision processing - Intelligent/ sensor-based equipment - Electronic and optical functional materials - Environmental materials (e.g. recycling, recourse efficiency, less impact, CO2 capture/ utilisation) - High performance materials (strong, light weight, resistant) - Materials for energy storage and generation - Surface engineering and coatings - Biofuels - Nanostructured coatings - Photodetectors (solar cells, photo-diodes, photo-transistors)
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