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...
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Thomas Kroyer
Stephan Schindele
Petra HögyPhotovoltaics – the ordinary madness
SolarWorld is only the latest bankrupt PV manufacturer in Germany. Many now wonder: What is the matter with photovoltaics in Germany and what is next? When trying to answer these questions, we have to look at three...
Andreas Bett
Software Reduces Losses in Solar PV Modules
A photovoltaic module consists of many interconnected solar cells. One cannot say, however, that the module power is simply the sum of the individual cells. Power losses due to reflection, absorption or electrical...
Max Mittag
Scientific Symposium on the Global Energy Transformation – Talks Videos Part 2
On November 11, 2016 at the Konzerthaus in Freiburg, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE honored Prof. Eicke R. Weber’s achievements at a scientific symposium on the global energy transformation. The...
Innovation 4E
Agrophotovoltaics – Existing Solution for New Problems
Whether in Chile, Germany or somewhere else in the world – bringing home the harvest after a long working day is a satisfying feeling. As the German folk song “Im Märzen der Bauer” (In March the farmer) says: “He...
Tabea Obergfell