BURST’s events, workshops and participation to conferences

18M General Assembly – Lisbon, Portugal, 23rd and 24th of October 2025
BURST celebrated its half-way mark at the 18M General Assembly in Lisbon on the 23rd and 24th of October 2025.
Hosted by our partner Universidade Nova de Lisboa in their campus at the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, it was the opportunity to discuss the progress of all work packages activities and how to address challenges and next actions for the next period.
We also got the chance to visit CENIMAT | i3N ’s labs and facilities, discussing over impressive equipment and further collaboration opportunities.
Many thanks to the NOVA team for their warm welcome!

12M General Assembly – Dublin, Ireland, 12th and 13th of April 2025
On the 12th and 13th of April took place the 12-month General Assembly of the BURST project, hosted by Nines PV in sunny Dublin, Ireland. Progress of the last 6 months was presented, with the participation of our External Advisory Board online, leading to rich discussions and clear action plans for the next 6 months.
The project partners also had the chance to visit NINES PV’s facilities within the TU Dublin campus and incubator, discussing over technology possibilities.

Online workshop dedicated to Advanced concepts for high efficiency crystalline Silicon technology: how to ensure affordability, security of supply and sustainability of PV technologies.
Are you interested in learn from researchers, industries and policy makers about the challenges for PV sustainability? Do you want to discover European initiatives on innovative PV technologies and discuss sustainability, affordability of PV systems in Europe with field experts?
Save the date for our online workshop, jointly prepared by BUST with TERASUN and SiLEAN projects on 20th of Febreuary. Registration will open in January 2025.
Registration is now open here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1df650f8-30da-43f6-b08a-7460555a5d57@8dfc2b1d-b79b-4c76-9059-0358feb4f52e

6M General Assembly – Delft, The Netherlands, 2nd & 3rd of December 2024
The BURST consortium gathered for our 6-month General Assembly meeting! Our partner Delft University of Technology hosted the event and gave us a technical tour of their facilities and labs. During the meeting, we shared our first results and progress, and discussed the actions for the next six months.
Stay tuned for more updates on the BURST project!

Kick Off Meeting – Brussels, Belgium, 29th & 30th of May 2024
The BURST project had its Kick-Off meeting on the 29th and 30th of May in Brussels, Belgium.
The project, funded under Horizon Europe, will explore methods to improve Photovoltaic cells efficiency thanks to innovative light trapping and passivation methods. Cost efficiency, improved environmental impact, supply security and circularity will be at the core of the development to demonstrate the advantage of the BURST technology in relevant environments.