Strategic Vision on PV Research Infrastructure in Europe

The SOPHIA project has developed a Strategic Research Infrastructure Agenda for photovoltaics in Europe, with an analysis of existing RIs, current trends in their access and use as well as recommendations for future, upgrading.. It is hoped that these will be addressed by public and private funding. Where appropriate these should be taken up by ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructure) in the next update of its roadmap), with a view to set up a whole range of multi-purpose RI, addressing the whole PV value chain form the lab to the fab all along the TRL scale. It should further enable flexible cooperation and optimal use by European user communities. The work on the SRIA document has led to the following provisional recommendations, which will be refined after stakeholder feedback for publication in January 2015JRC.F.7-Renewables and Energy Efficienc