SOPHIA: New EU project to implement Advanced Digital
The project partners of SOPHIA gathered on 26 June 2025 in Valencia (Spain) to kick-off this Horizon Europe project. Through the development of innovative solutions to boost
Sophia is a European Union-funded Horizon Europe project that aims to implement advanced digital solutions in end-of-life solar panels, involving the full value chain to increase their current reuse, repair and recycling rates.
Aimplas, the Plastics Technology Centre, a Spain-based technological center that provides solutions to the plastics industry, is coordinating the Sophia project, which is aimed at the implementation of advanced digital solutions to increase the circularity of photovoltaic (PV) panels throughout the value chain.
One of SOPHIA's great contributions is the creation of a prototype that allows analyzing the state of health (SoH) of solar panels Thanks to this system, it's possible to evaluate efficiency, detect dark areas or structural damage, and decide whether the panel should be repaired or recycled.
The SOPHIA consortium is composed of 15 entities from nine European countries, including research, industry, and waste management: CIDETEC, Fraunhofer, Wilock, LHV, Sadako, Biosolar, Akumpt, Sisecam, Ferrog, IS, Recyclia, EuRIC, CEPS, and ENCO, coordinated by AIMPLAS from Valencia. The project began in June 2025 and is expected to last 36 months.
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