1) Minimising the environmental impacts

The activities in SENSE will preserve ecosystem by reducing emissions at global level (reduction of CO2 and ozone depleting emissions) and local level (toxic emissions, smog, acidification). This will be reached by reduction of energy consumption in manufacturing through use of recycled material and the optimisation of the production processes using the LCA/LCE method.

2) Increasing the share of renewable energy sources

SENSE contributes to making solar energy more attractive to the European citizens by reducing prices for solar cells, making available clear and comprehensible data on energy pay-back time and environmental profiles and by developing technical feasible and economic recycling routes. This also will improve the acceptability of energy from renewables.

3) Socio-economic impacts

SENSE will enhance the capability of European industry to compete in world market by reducing costs and improve the acceptability as described above. This will on one hand secure employment. On the other hand new jobs will be generated if the developed recycling technology will be applied in Europe in large scale.

4) Development of new technology

Within SENSE, new recycling technology for the considered types of solar cells (CdTe, CIS, a-Si) will be developed.