TRANSMIT project to develop new types of solar panels launched
The implementation of the project “Semi-transparent micro-striped thin-film photovoltaics for energy-harvesting windows – TRANSMIT”, funded by the Clean Energy Transition Partnership programme for 2022, could start at the end of last year. A specific feature of the programme is that, although the R&D projects are to be carried out in international cooperation, each partner must apply for funding from the designated national organisations.
A consortium of four other universities and research institutes, formed under the coordination of the Portuguese-Spanish International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, has won a total of €1 100 000 in funding to develop transparent solar cells that can be installed on building windows, enabling the use of solar energy on unused building surfaces, thus making a significant contribution to the European Union’sCO2 emissions targets.
The Bay Zoltán Research Institute has been awarded a grant of HUF 60 481 510 by the Ministry of Culture and Innovation to carry out the sustainability analysis LCA, LCC calculation and recyclability assessment, as well as some dissemination tasks during the three-year project.
The kick-off meeting of the project took place on 18-19 January 2024 at the coordinator’s headquarters in Braga, Spain. During the meeting, the partners clarified the technical details of the work packages and task parts, the contact and reporting system and the responsibilities.
Although the project has only just started, as a “secondary” result, the possibility of further joint projects within the partnership has already emerged.
The project 2023-1.2.2-HE_PARTNERSHIP-2023-00002 is funded by the CET Partnership 2022 Joint Call for Proposals for Research, co-funded by the European Commission (GA N°101069750) and the Ministry of Culture and Innovation, National Research
Development and Innovation Fund, funded by the 2023-1.2.2- HE_PARTNERSÉG call for proposals
will be implemented.
