Industrial processes and equipment for innovative, reliable and scalable tandem technologies (EUPI-PV Partnership)
ENERGY · HORIZON-IA · TRL 6–7 · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds large-scale demonstration projects for next-generation tandem solar PV technologies that go beyond the efficiency limits of standard silicon panels. It supports building and testing the industrial-scale manufacturing processes and equipment needed to bring these higher-efficiency solar cells to market, helping rebuild Europe's solar manufacturing base. Projects should also include a clear business plan for scaling up and commercializing the technology.
solar energy · advanced manufacturing · energy efficiency · deep tech · sme scaleup
Who wins this
This call best suits industrial consortia, including spin-offs, start-ups and scale-ups, working on tandem PV technology who are ready to demonstrate large-scale manufacturing processes and equipment at TRL 6-7.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €9.5M
- Funding model
- Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON Innovation Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Also required
- Projects must report results to the European Partnership for Innovation in Photovoltaics (EUPI-PV) to support monitoring of its KPIs.
- Sectors
- CleanTech · Energy · Mobility
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions
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