Photovoltaic Solar Energy Laboratory Opens Its Doors In Zamudio

The UPV has today inaugurated its new Photovoltaic Solar Energy Laboratory in the Bizkaia Technology Park Zamudio. The building will house the most important research facility of the Institute of Microelectronics Technology of the university.

The new laboratory occupies an area of 1,100 m2, of which 700 are for the remaining laboratories and offices for 400 researchers, meeting rooms and administration.

The Photovoltaic Solar Energy Laboratory will focus on very specific areas of solar energy, which explains the UPV in a statement, “will play an important role in the global energy supply.

According to the university, researchers from the Institute of Microelectronics believe that only’’some technologies can meet those expectations with a guarantee of efficiency and cost, facing a massive energy supply target.

According to the UPV, microelectronics companies have been set in the photovoltaic industry “as a strategic sector.” Forecasts indicate that by 2030, only in Europe will be created from 200,000 to 400,000 new jobs linked to this sector.

The Photovoltaic Solar Energy Laboratory aims to create the most advanced technologies in solar cells and transfer to industry.

The Institute currently has major research projects: the generation of technology for an industrial project that will manufacture solar cells in Euskadi, the creation of a new team that aims to revolutionize chemical lines used in the photovoltaic industry, or collaboration with Mendaro a company that will become a major global companies offering turnkey plants for the production of solar cells patented technology UPV.

The new laboratory is one of the most stringent air quality control in manufacturing parts for microelectronics, containing dust particles less than 100 particles, below the 0.3 micrometers each, for every cubic foot of air . The laboratories include sophisticated equipment for the fabrication and characterization of solar cells, such as microscopes, ovens, vacuum systems, plasma, and a station with multiple laser wavelengths.

The research group currently is made up of 25 people and is expected to be extended to about 40, mainly through students carrying out his doctoral thesis in these laboratories.

The total investment amounts to EUR 2 million investment that comes from both private funds and calls for aid.

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