HIPERION: Disruptive solar photovoltaics

HIPERION: Scaling up the production of highly efficient solar modules

The European Union has awarded €10.6 million in funding to HIPERION. This grant will aid in establishing a pilot assembly line to bring breakthrough photovoltaic technology, designed by Swiss startup Insolight SA, closer to market. HIPERION was set up by a 16-member consortium of research organizations and leading industry partners and is being coordinated by CSEM SA. It will ultimately strengthen the competitiveness of the EU’s solar power industry in the high performance segment.

The technology developed by Swiss startup Insolight, tested under concentrator standard test conditions (CSTC) in the pre-production phase, achieves 29% efficiency. This is well above the efficiency levels of standard photovoltaic (PV) panels, which typically reach 18–20%.



The company’s system uses a planar optical micro-tracking process that concentrates sunlight on multi-junction solar cells mounted on top of a conventional silicon back plane. Insolight’s solar panels are highly efficient under direct sunlight and can harvest energy under cloudy conditions as well, which is not the case for standard concentration systems.

Insolight has proven the effectiveness of its technology through extensive outdoor trials and at pilot installations. Its panels can be installed on standard rooftop or ground-mounted racks, or as an overlay on other solar panels.

Speaker

Dr. Jacques Levrat
Senior Engineer PV-center of CSEM SA, 2002 Neuchâtel

Dr. Jacques Levrat received his Master of Physics from EPFL in 2008, with specialization in semiconductor physics. His Ph.D. focused on coherent light emitters based on III-nitride microstructures. Since 2013, he is in charge of advanced metrological developments for c-Si photovoltaic technologies at CSEM where he leads projects at cell and module levels. Since September 2019, he is coordinator of the large H2020 project HIPERION.

Date
Wednesday, 17 June 2020

Time
5 pm - 5.30 pm

Software
Zoom

Program

5 pm	Welcome, Introduction	Dr. Christian Bosshard
5.05 pm	Presentation	Dr. Jacques Levrat
5.20 pm	Summary, Q & A	Dr. Christian Bosshard, all Attendees
5.30 pm	Final word	Dr. Christian Bosshard

Costs
free of charge

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Deadline for registration
15 June 2020

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HIPERION has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 857775.

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EPFL PV-LAB

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