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Background and
aims
Over the past three decades industrial crystalline silicon
PV technology has shown impressive growth towards technological and
economic maturity. This is evidenced by the fact that the
experience curve for PV modules, which is almost exclusively
determined by crystalline silicon, is characterized by a progress
ratio of approximately 80%(1) over the same period. In
other words, typical selling prices have decreased by 20% for every
doubling of the cumulative global sales.
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Expected impact
Although a reduction of module manufacturing costs is
extremely important for the further development of PV, such costs
are not directly visible to the user. Therefore the
CRYSTALCLEAR consortium has attempted to place the
project aims in a broader context.
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Objectives
- technologies which allow solar modules to be produced at a cost
of 1€/Wp;
- improvement of the environmental profile of solar modules;
- enhancement of the applicability of modules and strengthening
the competitive position of PV.
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Subprojects
CRYSTALCLEAR is organized in 8 subprojects, 5 of
which deal with a specific part of the production chain. In
addition, one subproject covers all sustainability aspects, while
another is dedicated to cost calculations, internal technology
roadmapping, communication, and integration of results from
subprojects into an overall approach towards module manufacturing.
Finally, one subproject is devoted to management ...
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