Horizon Europe (2021 - 2027)

Floating PV Systems

Last update: Jul 23, 2024 Last update: Jul 23, 2024

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Location:EU 27
EU 27
Contracting authority type:Development Institution
Status:Awarded
Budget: EUR 14,000,000
Award ceiling:N/A
Award floor:N/A
Sector:Energy, Environment & NRM, Electrical Engineering
Languages:English
Eligible applicants:Unrestricted / Unspecified
Eligible citizenships:Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, A ...
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Date posted: Dec 8, 2022

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Call Updates

Apr 4, 2023 9:37:06 AM

The call for proposals HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01 closed on 30/03/2023. 128 proposals were submitted to the call. The breakdown per topic is:

 

HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01-03   (IA):      7 proposals

 


 

Mar 2, 2023 3:20:14 PM

Following the Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2506, as of 16th December 2022, no legal commitments (including the grant agreement itself as well as subcontracts, purchase contracts, financial support to third parties etc.) can be signed with Hungarian public interest trusts established under Hungarian Act IX of 2021 or any entity they maintain.

Affected entities may continue to apply to calls for proposals. However, in case the Council measures are not lifted, such entities are not eligible to participate in any funded role (beneficiaries, affiliated entities, subcontractors, recipients of financial support to third parties).

[OPTION FOR MULTI-BENEFICIARY GRANT CALLS: In this case, co-applicants will be invited to remove or replace that entity [SUB-OPTION FOR CALLS ALLOWING ASSOCIATED PARTNERS: and/or to change its status into associated partner]. Tasks and budget may be redistributed accordingly]


Dec 13, 2022 10:13:50 AM

The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01-03(HORIZON-IA)


Floating PV Systems

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01-03

Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01)
Type of action: HORIZON-IA HORIZON Innovation Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based [HORIZON-AG]
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned opening date: 13 December 2022
Deadline date: 30 March 2023 17:00:00 Brussels time

Topic description
 
ExpectedOutcome:

Photovoltaic power generation is pivotal to a clean energy system and the achievement of the net zero-emissions target. To this end, it is important to enhance affordability, sustainability and exploit the modularity and synergies of application of PV technologies.

Consequently, project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:

  • Expand the potential application and minimise the environmental impact of Floating PV (FPV) technology for inland and offshore waters.
  • Significant improvement of FPV designs that reduce both CAPEX and OPEX, maximize energy output and thus reduce LCoE.
Scope:

Floating PV (FPV) has huge potential in uncovered waterbodies, presenting an opportunity for solar energy production in areas where difficult terrain or land constraints make ground-mounted systems impractical. However, FPV also face a plethora of challenges for various environmental conditions such as wind, wave, currents, water level variations and humid and corrosive environment that could adversely affect the electrical output and life of the plant.

Proposals are expected to:

  • Develop (and verify) predictive yield models including dynamic behaviour of the PV floats, temperature effects and wave induced mismatch losses, depending on the application environment (wave height class) and scale of implementation.
  • Demonstrate advanced module and system concepts of adequate scale (min 5 MW) for electrical output optimisation considering the disturbance of environmental factors to the electrical output characteristics of PV modules and systems.
  • Demonstrate system components that satisfy the structural and functional requirements for the entire lifecycle (coping with soiling and fouling, degradation, corrosion, environmental stress cracking, UV stabilisation, exposure to water, salinity, humidity, algae growth, toxicity). Address reliability and performance loss rates through the development of accelerated stress testing specifically for FPV applications, operational data, and visual inspection of FPV systems.
  • Demonstrate low impact on ecosystem biodiversity by developing methodologies (models, monitoring…) and guidelines to assess the direct impacts of FPV on aquatic systems and biodiversity and consider potential mitigation measures.
  • Satisfy end-of-life recycling aspects.

A plan for the exploitation and dissemination of results should include a strong business case and sound exploitation strategy, as outlined in the introduction to this Destination. The exploitation plan should include preliminary plans for scalability, commercialisation, and deployment (feasibility study, business plan) indicating the possible funding sources to be potentially used (in particular the Innovation Fund).

Specific Topic Conditions:

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-7 by the end of the project – see General Annex B.

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