Production technologies for solar photovoltaics beyond the state-of-the-art (EUPI-PV Partnership)
The REPowerEU plan and the EU Solar Energy Strategy introduced targets for the deployment of solar PV amounting to 600 GWac by 2030. Complying with these targets will be crucial for the European Union to reach its climate targets and free itself from import dependency on fossil fuels and the costs this imposes on Europe’s competitiveness in terms of high energy prices. The Solar Strategy also introduces a target,…
Funding and competition
- 3grants expected (official)
- €12MEU contribution per project
- €6.3Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 392projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation Donostia/San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation | 7 | 1 | RECLAIM-PV, CACTUS, SuPerTandem |
| Mondragon Assembly Sociedad Cooperativa Aretxabaleta | Spain | Company · SME | 6 | 0 | PEPPERONI, HIPERION, RECLAIM-PV |
| Becquerel Institute Espana Sl San Sebastian | Spain | Company | 4 | 0 | RECLAIM-PV, CACTUS, SPHINX |
| Fundacio Institut De Recerca En Energia De Catalunya Sant Adria De Besos | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 2 | SUPER PV, Platform-ZERO, Solar-Win |
| Universidad Politecnica De Madrid Madrid | Spain | University | 3 | 1 | HIPERION, PVOP, CPVMatch |
| Asociacion De Investigacion Metalurgica Del Noroeste Porrino | Spain | Research organisation | 1 | 1 | SUNRISE |
| Universitat De Valencia Valencia | Spain | University | 2 | 1 | NEXUS, VALHALLA |
| Euro-Funding Eu Projects Sociedad Limitada Madrid | Spain | Company | 1 | 1 | REALIZE |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 15partners (median)
- 8countries (median)
- 29%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
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- PILATUS – Digitalised pilot lines for silicon heterojunction tunnel interdigitated back contact solar cells and modules (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-13)
- SUNRISE – Sustainable Composites Manufacturing Framework for the Mass Customization of Integrated Solar Photovoltaic Products (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-05)
- PEPPERONI – Pilot line for European Production of PEROvskite-Silicon taNdem modules on Industrial scale (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-13)
- HighLite – High-performance low-cost modules with excellent environmental profiles for a competitive EU PV manufacturing industry (H2020 · 2019 · LC-SC3-RES-15-2019)
- ALLEGRO – Alternative silicon wafer growth technology for low-cost high-efficiency photovoltaics (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL5-2025-02-D3-09)
- LEEMONS – Low-Energy Electron Multiplication On Nanostructured Solar cells (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-10)
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- 10 Nov 2026 · European Research and Innovation Days 2026 (Brussels and online)
- 19 Nov 2026 · Horizon Europe Cluster 5 Info Day: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Charlemagne, Brussels, and online)
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- 1 Dec 2026 · Interdisciplinary Pathways towards Green and Resilient Societies (Online)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.