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European success story at solar conference
Lead role in nation’s energy drive
North East-based renewable energy centre Narec will reveal details of its involvement on a new £6m, pan-European project at a major industry event.
The nationally-focused organisation, which pioneers clean energy technology, told market leaders from across the UK about its Europe-wide work at the Solar Flair 10 conference in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.
Organised by the County Durham Development Company (CDDC) the conference brought together key figures from the photovoltaic technology industry, as well as executives from industries that could play a lead role in the nation’s solar energy drive in the coming years.
Blyth-headquartered Narec has recently been enlisted to help develop several European projects that, when combined, are valued at over £20m.
The latest of these is a contract for its photovoltaic division to work on 20Plus – a three-year project worth around £6m to nine project partners that span six countries.
Dr Alex Cole, business development manager specialising in PV technology at Narec, gave further details of the project at Solar Flair 10, as well as explaining his work with crystalline silicon PV technology.
Speaking ahead of the event, Dr Cole said: “In the 20Plus project, major European industry and research institutes have come together to develop the next generation of crystalline silicon solar cells with efficiencies over 20% and thicknesses less than 100 micro metres, thus reducing cell cost and PV energy payback time.
“Narec has been brought into this project because its excellence in cell processing and metalisation has been recognised.”
The 20Plus initiative is the latest in a long line of European projects to have drafted in the expertise of Narec recently.
Under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme, also known as FP7, Narec is also involved in a £10m, five-year project to develop high-efficiency and intelligent PV modules.
It is also lead coordinator of the Snapper marine wave energy extraction project – worth £1.7m over two years – alongside an additional £3m solar panel initiative.
Dr Cole was joined at Solar Flair 10 by Professor Hari Reehal, of London South Bank University, who also presented information on the types of silicon technology that are currently available and discuss next generation technologies.
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One Response to “European success story at solar conference”
ecoadmin says:
This conference highlighted the importance of photovoltaics and, especially, in the UK sector how they can perform with maximum efficiency through the advent of Feed-In Tariffs.