The MultiPV project, in which KREAN participates, was created to promote the integration of multifunctional photovoltaic modules and systems in buildings and infrastructures. As the project passes the halfway point, it is clear that the new technological solutions proposed within the framework of the project have a number of advantages over current photovoltaic technology. They not only produce electricity, but also have good aesthetics (colors, textures), thermal insulation and protective functions, replacing conventional building materials and achieving a return on investment through electricity production.

The MultiPV project is an R&D project with a total budget of almost 4.7 M€ for Industrial Research activities, and its development has advanced in new manufacturing technologies for multifunctional PV modules, new PV systems that can be integrated into buildings and new PV systems that can be integrated into urban environments and infrastructures.

Different prototypes are being developed and independently monitored in controlled environments and in different applications: PV skylights with complex geometry, ventilated PV facades and other singular facades, PV canopy in urban and railway environments, PV envelope for outdoor elevators and, finally, prefabricated PV structural system for road tunnels.

Along with KREAN, collaborating in this initiative there are companies supplying materials for the manufacture of integrated PV modules (Innomat and Mondragón Assembly); manufacturers of IFV solutions (K2Glass, Izpitek and Umetal); IFV solution integrators (Lanik, Teusa, Krean, Trameinsa Uxama); and potential public and private end users (Baskonia Alavés, ETS-RFV and the Provincial Council of Bizkaia). The project counts with TECNALIA and KONIKER as technological partners.