Funding Radar: This week’s round up of calls for proposals in photovoltaics

10 Sep 2024 | News

Here’s a list of funding opportunities in the EU, Singapore, Australia and the US

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The European Commission is set to launch several calls for proposals under the Horizon Europe programme this month, including those related to research and innovation in photovoltaics.

The Commission has a long history of supporting photovoltaic (PV) research. In 1980 it began a Photovoltaic Solar Energy initiative for R&D as part of a broader strategy towards cutting carbon emissions. In recent years, its efforts have stepped up – such as in the 2019 launch of its Green Deal with the goal of making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Then in 2022, responding to the energy crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine, the EU launched a strategy to expand solar PV installations across member states, with the goal of reaching 320 GW of installed capacity by 2025 and 600 GW by 2030.

Despite these efforts,