Solar TAP is a Helmholtz initiative to accelerate the deployment of printed photovoltaic technologies like organic photovoltaics and perovskites, to make existing areas in agriculture, construction, and transportation usable for solar energy, and to develop these technologies to market readiness in collaboration with industrial partners. Solar TAP wants to accelerate the transfer of technologies from „Lab-to-Fab“ through close cooperation with industry. Solar TAP builds an active industry network to connect R&D with commercialization. It provides industry with proven solutions by advancing innovations to higher TRL levels, integrating market needs, developing a technology roadmap for printed and multifunctional PV, aligning nine top research infrastructures for open innovation, and harnessing the innovative energy of Helmholtz.
VDI/VDE-IT supports SolarTAP by developing strategies and roadmaps in collaboration with the industry network, coordinating communication with key stakeholders, and conducting a market study.