Dyesol joins solar energy consortium Solliance

Dyesol and Solliance have signed a deal formalising Dyesol’s entry as an Industrial Partner to Solliance, a solar energy consortium situated in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Solliance is a partnership of major Belgian, Dutch and German companies, research institutes and universities working in thin-film photovoltaic solar energy. Solliance provides laboratories and pilot production lines which are jointly used for dedicated research programs. The three-year agreement gives Dyesol access to the world’s best processing equipment and expertise suited to the commercialisation of its Perovskite Solar Cell (PSC) technology on steel.

Solliance’s capability in the roll-to-roll processing of flexible PV-enabled substrates, together with Dyesol’s expertise in PSC processing, device design and materials, will enable both parties to accelerate the readiness of a commercially viable PSC-based steel product for supply to the global cladding and roofing markets where attractive margins will be achievable.

The agreement gives Dyesol access to the foreground and background IP of its Solliance research and development partners related to the R&D program, while protecting Dyesol’s background IP.

“Utilisation of Solliance’s laboratories and pilot production lines will enable Dyesol to reduce its steel-related capital expenditure and increase internal focus on its core PSC technology development,” said Richard Caldwell, Dyesol’s managing director.