Prof. Stergios Logothetidis, Project Coordinator and President of HOPE-A Association, announced the launch of Flex2Energy (Automated Manufacturing Production Line for Integrated Printed Organic Photovoltaics) and COPE-Nano (International Center of Excellence for Organic Electronics and Nanotechnology) projects in Greece.
With a total budget of 51 million euros ($54.4 million), the Flex2Energy and Cope-Nano projects aim to transform Greence into a major international powerhouse for green energy production and innovative value-added products, while creating and contributing to hundreds of specialized scientific jobs Eliminate CO2 emissions.
Flex2Energy is an EU-funded project and brings together 14 European industrial and research institutions. It includes the construction of an integrated, transparent, 3rd generation photovoltaic production plantwhich will be operational by the end of 2025.
As one of the main participants, Christoforos Varlamis, CEO of Organic Electronic Technologies (OET), commented on the characteristics of the 3rd generation photovoltaics to be mass-produced at the facility:
The 3rd generation photovoltaics that we produce are easy to integrate, maintain and operate, while offering a high aesthetic impact as they are manufactured in different colors.
The COPE-Nano is also an EU-funded project, plus support from the Horizon Europe programme.. It aims to develop the internationally recognized Thin Films and Nanotechnology Laboratory (LTFN) into an autonomous and sustainable center of excellence aiming to contribute at European level in basic, applied and industrial research in the rapidly developing fields of organic electronics and nanotechnology to be leaders. The University of Cambridge and the University of Bordeaux are involved in the project.
Commenting on the merits of the two projects, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis also said: “These two projects will create new jobs, for professionals from Greece but also, why not, for those who come to our country in the years of memorandum and want to return. “
HOPE-A coordinates the activities of the Greek industrial and research organizations in the field of flexible, organic and printed electronics industries and strengthens their objectives covering the entire value chain of products and services.