One of the most challenging and ambitious thin-film photovoltaic (PV) R&D initiatives is underway, attracting new partners and establishing pilot facilities.
Set up in 2008 to pool the R&D of several research institutes in thin-film PV technologies of amorphous silicon, CIGS and organic (O)PV and team with industrial partners, Solliance is extending its influence to industry bodies ranging from R&D centres, end users, and providers of production and inspection equipment.
Since Solliance founders the Holst Centre and the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands have completed a roadmap for the programme, which includes short-, mid- and long-term goals for thin-film PV R&D and pilot production, Imec has become a partner. The Belgian organisation is merging its thin-film PV R&D efforts into the initiative.