The operation concerns capital investments that will be carried out in the photovoltaic (PV) Gigafactory owned by the private company 3Sun Srl in Catania, Italy, a cohesion region under the EU Cohesion Policy. The project is comprised of two phases. Phase 1 concerns the installation of a 3GW production line for photovoltaic modules based on Hetero Junction Technology (HJT) – an established PV technology capable of producing modules. Phase 2 covers the research, development and innovation (RDI) activities for the development of new tandem perovskite-on silicon (Tandem) solar PV cells and modules and building a first-of-a kind production line using this highly innovative technology, with the aim of bringing it from lab to commercial scale. The Tandem technology is capable of exceeding the theoretical solar irradiation energy conversion efficiency limits of silicon-only cells (including HJT).
| InvestEU operation amount | |
| Sector | Manufacturing |
| Subsector | Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipments |
| Policy window | Sustainable Infrastructure (SIW) |
| Approval by the Investment Committee | 09 June 2023 |
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- Reference
- INVEU-ICR-0032-2022
- Project locations
- Italy
- Policy window
- Sustainable Infrastructure (SIW)
- Eligible areas
- Energy
- Implementing partner
- EIB