SOlar PHotovoltaics InfrAstructure
The SOPHIA project brings together 17 main Photovoltaic Research Centres in Europe and three additional partners, EUREC, DERlab and Agency and the European Photovoltaic Industry Association, providing links to the industry and to the rest of the research community. The main objective of this project is to provide the industrial and scientific communities with common referential to conduct efficient and coordinated research works in the field of PV technologies and applications.
Most aspects of photovoltaics will be addressed, ranging from specific material issues (silicon, thin films, organic) to cell modelling and from photovoltaic module lifetime to complete system characterisation.
Project coordinator: Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique – Institut National des Energies Solaires
Project partners
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V
Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
IMEC
Risø National Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark (RISOE)
JRC
HELMHOLTZ – Berlin
Forschungszentrum– Jülich GmbH
Universidad Politécnica deMadrid
Enel Ingenera e Innovazione S.p.A
Loughborough University – Centre for renewable Energy Systems Technology
ENEA Portici Research Centre
Valtion teknillinen tutkimuskeskus (VTT)
European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA)
European Renewable Energy Centres Agency
Tecnalia Corporación Tecnológica IAE
