Andreas Bett News Today

German solar testing house Fraunhofer ISE opened its new technology evaluation centre (Module-TEC) in Freiburg, Germany this week.

Germany's Fraunhofer ISE has launched a new medium-voltage string inverter aimed at large-scale power plants.

“MS-LeiKra” project shows that solar cell inverters can cope with higher voltages.

Organic photovoltaics (OPV) opens up new areas of application for solar energy thanks to its climate friendly and inexpensive production and its flexible

...while Fraunhofer IPMS and Applied Materials launch European Semiconductor Metrology Hub.

The new test field includes laboratory and field measurements, allowing PV modules to be evaluated faster and more accurately by combining and comparing indoor laboratory measurement results with those from the test field. The new location complements existing Fraunhofer ISE testing sites on Gran Canaria and in the Negev desert in Israel.

Fraunhofer ISE has opened a new outdoor solar technology test field in Germany, enabling a faster and more accurate evaluation of PV modules. 

Facade-integrated PV installation with green MorphoColor® panes at the Center for High-Efficiency Solar Cells at Fraunhofer ISE.

A group of key stakeholders in the PV industry has called for measures for a competitive domestic European PV upstream value chain.

Most components and products within the photovoltaic supply chain are currently manufactured in China, which has more than 96 percent of the worldwide production capacity for silicon wafers, the core component of a solar cell. To reduce the large dependencies in the photovoltaic energy sector, a group of key stakeholders in the PV industry is calling on the political decision-makers to urgently adopt measures for a fair and level playing field in Europe so that they can act competitively in the ...