Imagine a giant shared toolbox containing the world's best lab equipment for energy research. Instead of building their own expensive labs, companies can now get a guided path to use these high-tech tools across Europe. It's like a fast-track membership that helps turn a lab discovery into a real-world product much faster.
Companies developing renewable energy tech often face a 'valley of death' because they lack the expensive, high-end equipment needed to prove their technology works before spending millions on a factory.
A single-entry access system and a network of cross-RI services providing 2,500+ days of facility access for 8 key energy fields.
If you are a PV cell manufacturer dealing with high production costs — this project developed a single entry point to world-leading analytical facilities that helps reduce the cost of energy technologies.
If you are a hydrogen system integrator dealing with technical risks before launch — this project developed tailor-made access roads to research infrastructures that de-risk technologies before commercialization.
If you are an offshore wind turbine developer dealing with material durability issues — this project developed cross-RI services providing over 2,500 days of access to major analytical facilities to improve economic performance.
The project aims to reduce the cost of energy technologies by providing a single entry point to expensive research infrastructures, preventing companies from needing to build their own facilities.
Based on available project data, the project focuses on the innovation chain from materials to devices to de-risk technologies before they reach commercialization.
Based on available project data, specific IP and licensing terms are not detailed, but the project involves a consortium of 55 partners including industry and research organizations.
The project runs from 2024-03-01 to 2028-08-31, providing a multi-year window for transnational access to facilities.
It provides tailor-made access roads for industry and SMEs, acting as a bridge between internal R&D and world-leading analytical facilities.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward research and academia, with 30 research organizations and 19 universities. However, the inclusion of 3 industrial partners and a total of 55 partners across 19 countries suggests a massive European reach. The low industry ratio (5%) indicates this is primarily a technology-enabling project designed to feed the industrial pipeline rather than a commercial product development venture.
Contact the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) in Germany.
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