Kick-off meetings of the 3 first joint research projects signed by IPVF’s partners took place on Nov. 18, Jan. 20 and Feb. 5. The whole project teams were gathered to review the contribution of each partners and to detail the first actions and expected deliverables for the coming months. After the project construction period, the IPVF fully entered into an implementation phase. (photo: kick-off meeting of the project dedicated to the silicon technology)

IPVF has just signed with its key partners first three research projects for a total amount of about € 30 million. This acts the official start of the Common Research Program. These three projects aim to reduce production costs and increase the conversion efficiency of silicon and chalcogenide thin films based solar cells. A second wave of projects will be signed in early 2015. They will address the area of very high efficiency cells, theory