📋 Tender Overview
The EC has defined strong commitment aiming at being ?climate neutral by 2050. Energy sector being the major contributor to EU GHG emissions (> 75%), to achieve this ambition, one of the options is naturally to increase the us of Renewable energy by 32% by 2030. -> technologies addressing the current market pain points (technical, economic, supply chain , or easiness to use/to maintain ) must be commercialized. In 2020, Solar electricity represented less than 5% of the EU electricity mix. This share could be largely optimized considering in particular the high potential of existing roof of buildings in terms of available (and necessary) surface to generate PV electricity. Currently the renovation non-industrial building pitched steel roof (representing a potential of 20,000 km2 per year, is currently poorly addressed due to the limits of the currently available technologies (mostly BAPV). Through the LIFE PHOSTER project, AMC has implemented a pilot line for innovative BIPV modules (TRL7) combining in one single component steel roof and PV module. This unique technology represents a real Game Changer addressing the key targeted market pain points (lightweight, low carbon footprint, flexible solutions adaptable to all type of roof, easy to implement), while being economically viable. The purpose of the HELEXIO Line project is thus to implement and demonstrate for the very first time a full-scale manufacturing (yearly production capacity up to 220,000 m2 of BIPV module). During 10 years of operations, the produced and implemented BIPV modules will lead to GHG emissions avoidance of 169,629 tons of CO2. To secure the actual implementation of the modules in non-residential buildings AMC already initiated discussions with various clients, and already reach preliminary agreements with a pioneer customer for a pioneer project for 2,000 m2 and a yearly potential of 200,000 m2 for the HELEXIO PV modules. Agreements with other clients are also under investigations.
