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| Reference Number | S/P2/00469/00/00 | |
| Title | Electra-Clad | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources (Solar Energy, Photovoltaics) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Mr S (Spencer ) Jansen No email address given ICP Solar Technologies UK Ltd |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | DTI | |
| Start Date | 01 January 2002 | |
| End Date | 31 August 2005 | |
| Duration | 44 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £99,409 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Power | |
| Region | Wales | |
| Programme | SOLAR-PV | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Mr S (Spencer ) Jansen , ICP Solar Technologies UK Ltd (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | The Building integrated Photo-Voltaics (BiPV) market is now accepted as one of the most promising Photovoltaic (PV) applications, particularly in Northern Europe. Curtain walling elements, based on toughened glass have been developed, and are becoming widely used. This has generated a demand from the building products industry for further lower cost cladding materials incorporating PV. In particular there is increasing interest in the potential for sheet metal cladding elements to be availablewith a thin film PV surface. | |
| Abstract | The Electra-Clad project sought to utilise existing steel based building cladding materials as a substrate for direct fabrication of a fully integrated solar PV panel of equivalent design to the ICP standard glass based panel. This would represent a major step forward in BiPV panel manufacture if achieved and open up the substantial BiPV cladding market for later exploitation of the technology. It was planned that this would be achieved by the further development and productionisation of the Electra Clad technology, working in partnership with cladding manufacturers to develop a facility capable of producing at least 20MWp p.a. The time scales to achieve this were expected to be less than 5 years and no more than 10 years. The nominal 3 year programme was progressed from January 2002 to August 2005, though with a 1 year suspension due to the liquidation in December 2002 of the Lead Contractor, Intersolar/British Photovoltaics Limited (BPL). | |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
