Event[Date TBC]
EuroCZFactory at SolarPower Summit
Joint policy session on strategic PV manufacturing in Europe.
ReadHorizon Europe · Grant Agreement 101269157
Advancing manufacturing in Europe.
EuroCZFactory is developing advanced technologies for more efficient, sustainable and competitive ingot and wafer production in Europe.
- 16
- European partners
- 5 GW
- Manufacturing foundations [target]
- 2030+
- Industrial deployment
Silicon
Ingot
Wafer
PV Manufacturing
Recovery
01 / 05
Silicon
High-purity polysilicon feedstock — the starting material.
Hover the nodes · live value-chain device
01 — Latest news
Latest from the project.
Event
Deliverable[Date TBC]
D2.1 — Crystal growth specifications
Public deliverable published in the project repository.
Read
News[Date TBC]
First continuous-feed CZ campaign concluded
Milestone reached at the project's lead pilot line.
Read02 — Objectives
EuroCZFactory brings together innovation and industry to build a strong European PV manufacturing value chain.
O1
Advanced CZ ingot production
Develop next-generation CZ crystal growth to improve productivity, energy efficiency and sustainability.
WP 1 [tbc]
O2
Innovative wafer manufacturing and circularity
Enhance wafer cutting, cleaning and handling to increase yield and wafer quality.
WP 2 [tbc]
O3
Digitalisation and AI-driven optimisation
Use digital twins, machine learning and predictive models to optimise ingot and wafer production and reduce losses.
WP 3 [tbc]
O4
Industrial validation and European scale-up
Validate the technologies at industrial scale and develop a roadmap for a sustainable European ingot and wafer industry.
WP 4 [tbc]
03 — Why it matters
Rebuilding European industrial resilience in PV.
EuroCZFactory works towards a competitive, sustainable and sovereign European route from silicon to wafer.
- 5 GW
- Manufacturing foundations [target]
- 16
- European partners
- 5
- Innovation pillars
- 2030+
- Industrial deployment
PV value-chain diagram
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Manufacturing-capacity roadmap
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Ecosystem map
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Key targets
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04 — Pilots
Latest from the pilots.
Pilot A · placeholderRegion [TBC]
Crystal growth pilot line
Continuous-feed Czochralski puller demonstrating yield, energy and stability improvements at representative throughput.
Demonstration site
Pilot B · placeholderRegion [TBC]
Digital twin & inline metrology
Closed-loop process control across ingot pulling and slicing, validated against real production data.
Demonstration site
05 — Contact
Talk to the coordinator.
For partnership enquiries, policy briefings or press — reach the coordination team directly.