Horizon Europe · Grant Agreement 101269157

Advancing manufacturing in Europe.

EuroCZFactory is developing advanced technologies for more efficient, sustainable and competitive ingot and wafer production in Europe.

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16
European partners
8
Countries
42
Months (2026–2029)
4
Core objectives
Silicon
Ingot
Wafer
PV Manufacturing
Recovery
01 / 05
Silicon

High-purity polysilicon feedstock: the starting material.

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01 · Latest news

Latest from the project.

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News1 July 2026

EuroCZFactory launches to strengthen Europe's solar manufacturing capacity

A new Horizon Europe project, EuroCZFactory, was launched to help strengthen Europe's manufacturing capacity in a critical segment of the solar PV value chain.

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EuroCZFactory consortium at the kick-off meeting

02 · Objectives

EuroCZFactory brings together innovation and industry to build a strong European PV manufacturing value chain.

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O1

Advanced CZ ingot production

Develop next-generation CZ crystal growth to improve productivity, energy efficiency and sustainability.

O2

Innovative wafer manufacturing and circularity

Enhance wafer cutting, cleaning and handling to increase yield and wafer quality.

O3

Digitalisation and AI-driven optimisation

Use digital twins, machine learning and predictive models to optimise ingot and wafer production and reduce losses.

O4

Industrial validation and European scale-up

Validate the technologies at industrial scale and develop a roadmap for a sustainable European ingot and wafer industry.

03 · Why it matters

Rebuilding European industrial resilience in PV.

EuroCZFactory works towards a competitive, sustainable and sovereign European route from silicon to wafer.

PV value chain

  1. 01Polysilicon
  2. 02Ingot
  3. 03Wafer
  4. 04Cell
  5. 05Module

EuroCZFactory focuses on a critical gap in Europe's PV manufacturing value chain: silicon ingot and wafer production.

From innovation to industrial scale

  1. Step 01

    Technology development

  2. Step 02

    Pilot validation

  3. Step 03

    Industrial deployment

  4. Step 04

    Large-scale European manufacturing

EuroCZFactory is developing and validating technologies to support their future industrial deployment and scale-up in Europe.

Expected outcomes

Project target

>5 GWp/year

new EU ingot manufacturing capacity enabled by 2031

Project target

At least 3

new crystal growth plants targeted in the EU

Project target

≥80%

target kerf recycling yield

Contact

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