As part of a research project, Dr. Sven Killinger developed a forecasting model that provides grid operators with data on the power output of PV systems in real-time. In the interview, he explains how it works. The...
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Sven Killinger
Frank Dinter
Marlene SteppelerFraunhofer CSET: Research for the Energy Transition in Chile – Part 1
Since 2015, Santiago de Chile has been home to the Center for Solar Energy Technology (Centro para Tecnologías en Energía Solar – CSET) of the Fraunhofer Chile Research Foundation. It was founded as an Excellence...
Building bridges between India and Germany: One year as a Chancellor Fellow
It is not every day you meet the Federal Chancellor of Germany. However, for the current German Chancellor’s Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, this visit is on program every year. Recently, as the...
Kumar Abhishek
Printed in-situ Perovskite Solar Cells Save Resources and Can Be Produced Locally
In the past years, the cost of photovoltaics has fallen rapidly. Today the cost of electricity production from solar PV modules has become so low that PV is now cost competitive with fossil fuel energy sources. This...
Andreas Hinsch
Innovation 4EDesign Meets Efficiency – Innovative Coating for Colored Photovoltaic Modules
The global photovoltaic market is growing rapidly. While the optimization of the efficiency, service life and price has been the main focus of solar module development up to now, the appearance of solar modules is now...
Thomas Kroyer
Agrophotovoltaics: Harvesting the Sun for Power and Produce
An old German saying says that the dumbest farmer produces the biggest potatoes. Today we can say in contrast that the clever farmer harvests solar electricity. In Germany, solar electricity is about ten times more...
Stephan Schindele
Petra Högy