Prof Dr Eicke Weber, Director of Fraunhofer ISE will host the Debate on "100% Renewable Energy: The new normal?" during the Intersolar Europe Conference in Munich on June 18. The debate is embedded in the GO100% initiative, the first global campaign that advocates 100% renewable energy.

The new Fraunhofer ISE Annual Report 2012 can be downloaded here.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and the Italian company CGA Technologies S.p.A. have concluded a liscensing contract for the FracTherm^® technology, which was developed and patented by Fraunhofer ISE. The technology uses a procedure with which bionic channel structures are patterned after nature to create an efficient flow through solar absorbers. The licensing agreement pertains to thermal absorbers for solar collectors, manufactured by CGA Technologies using the so-called roll-bond process. With the licensing contract, the research institute and the company are bringing two technologies together to form one product.

With its new measurement procedures, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Freiburg can offer more certainty to photovoltaic project developers and investors. The energy rating enables a precise yield prognosis for each location worldwide, therefore improving the bankability. Real environmental effects are taken into account in the testing laboratories and flow into the energy yield assessment.  Experts from Fraunhofer ISE’s own calibration laboratory “CalLab PV Modules” are present at the Intersolar Europe held from 19-21 June in Munich. They can be found at Booth B2.320 and are happy to provide qualified information.