Optimised/Alternative Silicon Growth Technologies (from either liquid or gaseous phase) for PV Applications (EUPI-PV Partnership)
Horizon Europe Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility
€9.0M - €9.0M
02/09/2025
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution
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What is the Optimised/Alternative Silicon Growth Technologies (from either liquid or gaseous phase) for PV Applications (EUPI-PV Partnership) Call?
Expected Outcomes
• A stronger, more resilient and competitive European economic base fit for the green and digital transitions by reducing environmental impact and strategic dependencies on critical raw materials and components;
• Scaling-up of solar PV manufacturing capacity in Europe to accelerate PV deployment and support Europe’s decarbonisation targets;
• Reduced energy and material consumption and a lower carbon and environmental footprint for crystalline silicon PV products across their lifecycle;
• The execution of the solar energy joint research and innovation agenda of the European Partnership for Innovation in Photovoltaics (EUPI-PV).
Scope Requirements
• Address at least one of the following challenges: 1) Demonstrate alternative, efficient, scalable (towards gigawatt capacity) liquid or gas-phase ingot/wafer growth processes with lower cost, energy and material use, high quality and potential to avoid wafering; 2) Optimize standard processes and equipment to minimize defects, impurities and structural losses, produce high-quality, large-diameter ingots enabling larger wafers, enhance automation, recycle kerf and/or use recycled silicon, and reduce energy consumption; 3) Optimize wafering methods to decrease material waste and energy intensity.
• Form multidisciplinary consortia including at least one silicon ingot and wafer manufacturer.
• Include an exploitation and dissemination strategy with preliminary plans for scalability, commercialisation, deployment (feasibility study, business plan) and identification of possible future funding sources (in particular the Innovation Fund).
• Align with and report progress against the solar energy joint research and innovation agenda established by the EUPI-PV partnership.
Special Conditions
• Proposals must comply with page limits and layout rules (Annex A/E of Work Programme General Annexes; Part B of the application form).
• Eligible participants and conditions as per Annex B (eligible countries) and Annex C (financial/operational capacity) of the General Annexes; evaluation criteria, scoring and thresholds in Annex D; submission and evaluation processes and timeline in Annex F; legal and financial set-up in Annex G.
• Use standard application, evaluation and Model Grant Agreement templates (HE RIA, IA) with lump sum guidance.
• Projects must adhere to EUPI-PV co-programmed partnership reporting requirements and report KPIs to the partnership.
• Once the action type is confirmed in the submission system, it cannot be changed.
• Applicants should consult the Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual, Programme Guide, and relevant helpdesks and NCPs for guidance on rules, IPR, standardisation, and submission.
Open from: 06/05/2025
Deadline:02/09/2025
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