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PVCOM Project: Manufacture of PV Modules Encapsulated in Composite Materials for Integration in Urban Environments

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Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES 2018)

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PVCOM project has as objective the development of new solutions for the integration of PV technology in urban applications. Despite traditional glass-glass configuration, the use of composite materials for encapsulation is proposed because its high transparency, low weight and great integration possibilities. Four solutions, a solar table, a solar slate tile, a PV shelter and an electric vehicle roof are proposed. For each proposed application conceptual designs using c-Si and CIGS technologies are done. Conceptual designs are based on legal and end-user’s requirements and involved technologies limitations. More appropriated resin systems and PV system configuration have been also defined. Conceptual designs will be used as reference for the manufacturing of conceptual-proof specimens, testing and the detailed design of final prototypes.

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Acknowledgment

Authors of this paper like to thank FLISOM for its collaboration and participation in the development and procurement of the results here summarized.

This project has been co-funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, the Eurostars Programme, the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) of Switzerland (Exp. 1315001145) and the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) (CIIP – 20171010) of Spain.

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  1. Onyx Solar Energy S.L., Rio Cea 1, 05004, Ávila, Spain

    Elena Rico, Irene Huerta, Teodosio del Caño, Loreto Villada, Ángel Gallego & Vicente Velasco

  2. Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Gipuzkoa, Mikeletegi Pasealekua 2, 20009, San Sebastian, Spain

    Oihana Zubillaga, José María Vega de Seoane, Igor Arrizabalaga, Naiara Yurrita, Jon Aizpurua, Gorka Imbuluzketa & Francisco J. Cano

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Rico, E. et al. (2019). PVCOM Project: Manufacture of PV Modules Encapsulated in Composite Materials for Integration in Urban Environments. In: Nesmachnow, S., Hernández Callejo, L. (eds) Smart Cities. ICSC-CITIES 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 978. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12804-3_4

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