SP7 Integration
Through innovation and detailed evaluation the
CRYSTALCLEAR project aims to demonstrate
substantial reductions in the cost of solar module
manufacture. All parts of the module value chain are being
evaluated from feedstock production, through wafer fabrication and
cell processing to module assembly.
However, it is important that no one aspect of this chain is
optimised without due regard to the others or to the sustainability
of the overall technology. SP7 will be the focus for this
integration. Two key tasks within SP7 are central to this
activity:
- the development of a cost model to provide a basis against
which the benefits of new processes can be evaluated and the
overall project objective demonstrated;
- critical and continuous assessment of the emerging technologies
from within the project to ensure compatibility and convergence
with the final project goals.
Other associated tasks within SP7 include:
- establishing a technology roadmap for crystalline silicon
photovoltaics with which the project can be steered and benchmarked
against international activities;
- organization of workshops and conferences to disseminate
results and ensure coordination between all project
activities;
- promote and foster student exchanges between participating
organizations;
- a socio-economic impact study of the factors that will
influence the exploitation of the technology.
