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Brief Description of the Project
Expected Outcomes
At present, Europe has a high level of PV research and development – both in qualitative and quantitative
terms - contributing to a fast growing industry. Through its activities, PV ERA NET will establish
a strong photovoltaic RTD programme network, thereby strengthening the individual programmes,
their mutual links and their links to the EC programmes, the industry and other organisations.
It is expected that PV RTD programmes will commonly and mutually improve coherence, efficiency
and effectiveness thanks to increased coordination and cooperation level and quality. Striving for excellence
and building on the most successful approaches, PV ERA NET will thus ultimately contribute
to strengthen the position of the European RTD and market in the world-wide context.
By systematically addressing the important interfaces with other key technology areas (e.g. materials
RTD, nanotechnology, photochemistry, molecular chemistry, etc.), those related to production and
applications (e.g. grid interconnection, building integration, etc.) as well as those with other (renewable
and other) energy technologies (e.g. intermittency, hybrid use, storage, etc.), PV ERA NET will identify
subjects for further interaction, aiming at opportunities for stronger cooperation between different technology
areas.
Operational Level
The networking activities are subdivided into three major, logically sequenced work packages, plus a
work package for the coordination and management of the networking activities.
The first two work packages “Information Exchange and Best Practice” and “Strategy Issues” build the
common ground for joint (transnational) activities between national / regional programmes. The third
work package “Joint (Transnational) Activities” is about preparing, e.g. by developing schemes, and
actually implementing “real” joint transnational activities. This work package comprises a set of concrete
joint (transnational) activities and asks for the most important, dynamic and continued efforts.
Figure 2: The set-up of the work packages of PV ERA NET reflects the stepping-up of the levels of
coordination and cooperation. The scale at the bottom indicates the project duration in months (since
Oct 2004).
Accordingly, the activities and objectives specific to the work packages are:
WP1: Information Exchange and Best Practice: The main activity was in the first year of the project,
to improve the information and communication and, subsequently, build trust among programme managers
and, second, to exchange experience on good practice. Information was about photovoltaic
RTD programmes - their contents, approaches and context - in participating programmes. Country
reports and survey reports with condensed information on horizontal issues as well as workshops
allowed for improving mutual knowledge of each other’s programmes. The work done provides some
ground for the work on Strategy Issues (WP2) and Joint (Transnational) Activities (WP3).
The main goal was to provide structured information exchange and to exchange experience on good
practice in photovoltaic RTD programming
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