HIPERION – Hybrid Photovoltaics for Efficiency Record using Integrated Optical Technology

Duration: 09/2019 - 08/2023
Contracting Authority/ Sponsors: EU, grant agreement: 857775
Project Partners: CSEM SA, Neuchâtel, Schweiz
INSOLIGHT SA, Lausanne, Schweiz
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID, Madrid, Spanien
MONDRAGON ASSEMBLY SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVA, Aretxabaleta, Spanien
X-CELEPRINT LIMITED, Dublin, Irland
ARGOTECH AS, Náchod, Tschechische Republik
IQE plc, Cardiff, UK
SOCIETE INDUSTRIELLE DE SONCEBOZ SA, Sonceboz-Sombeval, Schweiz
3S SOLAR PLUS AG, Gwatt, Schweiz
Lodz University of Technology, Łódź, Polen
ENGIE Laborelec, Linkebeek, Belgien
MUON ELECTRIC LDA, Porto, Portugal
COMPAZ, Neuchâtel, Schweiz
L-UP SAS, Paris, Frankreich
Website: https://hiperion-project.eu/
Project Focus:
HIPERION demonstrator installation at Fraunhofer ISE in Freiburg. Nine modules are mounted on a fixed frame - the CPV cells are held in the focal spot of the lenses by means of internal tracking.
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HIPERION demonstrator installation at Fraunhofer ISE in Freiburg. Nine modules are mounted on a fixed frame - the CPV cells are held in the focal spot of the lenses by means of internal tracking.

The aim of the project is the industrialization of an innovative hybrid PV/CPV module. The advantages of concentrating PV are combined with those of conventional silicon PV. The module concept is based on internal sun tracking, so that the modules are also suitable for roof applications. Direct sunlight is concentrated on III-V multi-junction solar cells by means of lenses, whereas the diffuse radiation is utilized by underlying silicon cells.

The main task of Fraunhofer ISE is to develop standardized measurement methods for hybrid PV/CPV modules. Within the framework of Working Group 7 of the IEC Technical Committee 82 (TC82 WG7), Fraunhofer ISE is collaborating on a new standard, which is based, among other things, on the results of the project.

More Information on this Project: https://hiperion-project.eu/

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Research Topic

High-Concentration Systems (HCPV)

Buisness Area

III-V and Concentrator Photovoltaics