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By 2030 the European Union will cell photovoltaic modules with over viability of the technology in terms
have to cover 27% of final energy 400 watt peak power and a cell of throughput, reliability, costs,
consumption with renewable conversion efficiency of over 23%. efficiency, and in terms of project
sources. In this context the bankability will be demonstrated as
AMPERE project (Automated AMPERE aims to demonstrate the one of the main project outputs and
photovoltaic cell and Module low-cost potential of innovative it will show the potential for cost
industrial Production to regain manufacturing approaches, and performance competitiveness
and secure European Renewable deriving from low solar electricity of the final product.
Energy market) has been conceived. generation costs thanks to intrinsic
Funded by the European Program high efficiency and bifaciality Moreover, leveraging on the project
H2020 with almost 15 million euro, of the HJT technology. AMPERE results would be a significant
for a total value of over 26 million will contribute towards solving achievement and will influence
euro, AMPERE aims to develop an the global climate challenge by the PV market metric to shift
innovative technological solution to developing PV modules that are from Module cost focus (cost of
support the competitiveness of the more efficient, have a longer life production of each module kWp) to
European photovoltaic industry and time and more reliability. LCOE, levelized cost of electricity
regain market shares. focus (cost of generation of 1 kWh
The main result of the project is of electricity). The technology
Coordinated by the Italian the setting-up of a 200 MW full- will also have strong upstream
company Enel Green Power, this scale automated pilot line in a (materials and equipments) and
international project involves 15 production environment at the Enel downstream (BOS, installation,
partners among scientific institutes Green Power’s 3Sun Fab, while utilities, etc.) impacts on the
and companies from 7 European also preparing the next steps to a European market. The results
countries, all with a unique GW scale plant in Europe. Another coming from the development
worldwide experience. notable key exploitable result is the of preliminary business plans
LCOE reduction target of at least for Industrial actors, technology
AMPERE will develop a fully 15% compared to conventional PV providers and end-users,
automated pilot line for the mc-SI technology. This reduction demonstrate that strong growth
production of photovoltaic modules will be achieved thanks to the of the PV manufacturing sector in
with an innovative high-efficiency: intrinsic specificities of the HJT Europe is possible within the next
the bifacial heterojunction (HJT) technology (low cost process, high few years.
module solution that provides the efficiency and low temperature
coupling between crystalline silicon coefficient) and the process The project has received funding
and amorphous silicon to guarantee evolutions introduced in the project. from the European Union's Horizon
high performance in terms of 2020 research and innovation
efficiency conversion and energy A major project outcome is programme under grant agreement
productivity. to demonstrate the financial N° 745601. l
sustainability of PV Manufacturing
In more detail, the technical plants in Europe by studying the www.ampere-h2020.eu
objectives of the project AMPERE possibility of building a big Giga fab
will involve the production of 72- manufacturing plant in Europe. The

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