SICSOL (ELKARTEK)
“SIlicon Carbide SOLutions – SICSOL” project, was born with a clear orientation towards the generation of knowledge and technology development, around Silicon Carbide semiconductors, for its application in the industry.
Through this Project, Zigor seeks to incorporate the latest technologies in terms of materials and electronic components for energy conversion, allowing us to make a qualitative leap in the power modules of our electronic conversors: switching frequency increase, electromagnetic interference improvement, power losses minimization, volume and costs reduction.
Financing: Project co-financed by the BASQUE GOVERNMENT and the EUROPEAN UNION through the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020 (FEDER)
Program: ELKARTEK, KK-2018/00064
oPC_COOL (HAZITEK)
Design and Development of a new power converter with advanced cooling technologies
The main objective of the project is to design a more compact, robust and efficient solar inverter prototype, based on the design and integration of Optimized Power Module and advance cooling improvements.
The achievement of this objective will entail a clear reduction of environmental impacts, thanks to the:
- Noise reduction
- Productive and auxiliar consumption reduction
- Reduced transport cost
- Production life cycle reduction
Financing: Project co-financed by the BASQUE GOVERNMENT and the EUROPEAN UNION through the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020 (FEDER)
Program: HAZITEK, ZL-2018/00881
IoEnergy (Strategic HAZITEK)
The objective of IoENERGY project is to facilitate the acquisition and capitalization of the data generated in real operating conditions, both for component manufacturers and for service providers and 4.0 technologies, accelerating and optimizing the digitization process to:
- Improve the design of photovoltaic and wind energy systems and components by capturing and exploiting the data of their behavior in service.
- Improve the competitiveness and positioning of Basque component and company companies for the development of new photovoltaic and wind assets management services (monitoring, predictive maintenance, etc.).
- Develop communications technologies, data ingestion and analysis with applications, tools and services specifically directed and adapted to the needs of renewable energies.
Financing: Project co-financed by the BASQUE GOVERNMENT and the EUROPEAN UNION through the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020 (FEDER)
Program: Strategic HAZITEK, ZE-2018/00026
GANICS (Elkartek)
This project researches the potential of the new WBG (Wide BandGap) materials in energy conversion.
The result of this project enables Zigor R&D to reinforce its leadership in power electronics technologies by making use of the latest advances in WBG semiconductor devices that will enable a qualitative leap for Zigor’s products in general, and in particular:
- Renewable energy: Photovoltaic inverters, cogeneration systems
- Storage systems
- Energy backup
- Power conditioning
Obtaining competitive improvements embodied in:
- Systems with enhanced energy efficiency that will not only provide end users with economic benefits due to reduced consumption, but also help in the global fight against climate change by reducing the generation of electric power.
- More compact systems.
- Improved features to enable seamless integration into distribution systems and microgrids.
Financing: Project co-financed by the BASQUE GOVERNMENT and the EUROPEAN UNION through the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020 (FEDER)
Program: ELKARTEK, KK-2017/00050
mGRIDSTORAGE (Strategic HAZITEK)
Research and development into an advanced microgrid model with electric power storage for distribution networks.
The growth of large wind and solar generation facilities that reach grid penetration percentages exceeding 20% requires more efficient and effective dispatchability of these resources to enable them to coexist with traditional generation methods, thus ensuring the new grid code stability requirements deriving from this hybridisation of the new generation matrix.
The products derived from this project will assure ZIGOR’s position in the micro-grid and energy storage markets. They will act as guidelines for the various types of storage solutions for distribution networks. A multi-megawatt solution that can be integrated into micro-grids will be consolidated. The potential of this type of solution for both domestic and export customers is on the horizon.
Financing: Project co-financed by the BASQUE GOVERNMENT and the EUROPEAN UNION through the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020 (FEDER)
Program: : Strategic HAZITEK, ZE-2017/00028
NETfficient (H2020)
Energy and economic efficiency for today’s smart communities through integrated multi storage technologies
The project, the research for which is already finished, is in the demonstration phase of local storage technologies in a real electrical installation and the synergies between the smart grid and citizens are being harnessed by the use of ICT tools.
The demonstration in this real environment consists of five use cases that cover both low and medium voltage and consider different scenarios and a wide range of applications and functions.
The following are the results of the project:
- An energy management system to administer the energy in the associated electric power distributors’ storage devices.
- Control systems to integrate management tools and decision-making support to enable integration of renewable resources.
- Generation, forecasting and storage systems in the smart network.
- Innovative storage solutions:
- HESS (hybrid energy storage system – Ultracapacitors + lithium ion batteries)
- Second life batteries for electric vehicles
- Home Hybrid Technologies (Ultracapacitors + Li-ion batteries)
The project is having environmental and socio-economic impacts such as reducing carbon emissions and reducing the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels.
Visit: http://netfficient-project.eu/ for further information on this project.
Financing: Project funded by the European Commission within the Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. H2020-LCE-2014-3 (Topic: LCE-08-2014)
