Project title: High Concentration Photovoltaics for Urban Environments - POWERTREE
Source of funding: Collaboration Challenges Programme of the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities.
File identification number: RTC-2017-6064-3
Project beneficiary: BSQ Solar S.L.
Project consortium: BSQ Solar S.L., Instituto de Sistemas Fotovoltaicos de Concentración S.A., Fagor Electrónica, S.Coop., and the Department of Construction and Architectural Technology of the Technical School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
Project duration: 2018-2020
Execution budget: €727,704.00
DESCRIPTION: ISFOC participates in the POWERTREE project, whose main objective is to develop high concentration photovoltaic systems specially prepared, in terms of design and functionality, for use in residential and urban environments. The developed system incorporates electricity generation through concentration photovoltaic energy, which is the photovoltaic energy with the highest level of performance, integrated into urban environments and the most important electrical consumptions in the near future, such as residential consumption and electric vehicles. To achieve this objective, the project aims to cover the following specific goals:
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Development of a concentration photovoltaic system for urban markets with a design suitable for urban environments.
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Development of an integrated energy management and monitoring system.
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Specifically designed for electric vehicle charging.
The POWERTREE project is part of the Collaboration Challenges call of the State Research, Development, and Innovation Programme aimed at the Challenges of Society, whose objectives are to promote the orientation of scientific research developed in universities and public research organizations, and business R&D&I activities towards solving current and future problems and needs of our society, in line with the challenges contained in the Spanish Strategy and the European Union framework reflected in "Horizon 2020", with the ultimate aim of procuring, in the medium and long term, social returns, including those derived from improving the competitiveness of the country's productive fabric. The scope of the POWERTREE project is closely linked to the scientific-technological priorities contemplated within the 2013-2016 State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research.
The POWERTREE project is subsidized by the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities.
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