R&D for Energy Transition

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE creates the technological foundations for supplying energy efficiently and on an environmentally sound basis in industrialized, threshold and developing countries. With its research focusing on energy conversion, energy efficiency, energy distribution and energy storage, it contributes to the broad application of new technology.

Fraunhofer ISE develops materials, components, systems and processes in five business areas. In addition to its R&D, the institute offers testing and certification procedures. Furthermore, it features an excellent laboratory infrastructure and is certified according to the quality management standard, DIN EN ISO 9001:2008. Founded in 1981, Fraunhofer ISE, with a staff of 1200, is the largest solar research institute in Europe.

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Press Release #18 / 20.6.2018

Agrophotovoltaics Goes Global: from Chile to Vietnam

Agrophotovoltaics (APV) has already been successfully demonstrated in pilot projects in several European countries. The next step is to establish a proof of concept for the technology in developing and threshold countries. Due to the higher levels of solar radiation in these countries, APV can make better use of its strengths.

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Press Release #17 / 18.6.2018

Dispensing Head, BIPV and Novel Battery Storage: Fraunhofer ISE is presenting this and more from June 20-22, 2018 at the Intersolar Europe in Munich

The reseachers of the Fraunhofer ISE will be presenting their newest developments in Hall A1.540.

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Press Release #16 / 30.5.2018

New High-Voltage Silicon Carbide Inverter Enables Stabilization of Medium-Voltage Grids

Researchers at the Fraunhofer ISE developed and successfully put into operation a new high-voltage silicon carbide inverter for direct feed-in to the 10 kV medium-voltage grid.

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Press Release #15 / 28.5.2018

2nd Terawatt Workshop – International Workshop Sees Central Role for Solar in Transforming the World Energy Economy

Global experts in solar power believe the world will reach 1 terawatt (TW) of installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity within the next five years. That is the opinion voiced by 95 percent of the approximately 70 authorities who gathered in Golden, Colorado, USA for the second Terawatt Workshop held by the Global Alliance of Solar Energy Research Institutes (GA-SERI).

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19.6.2018

Chemiepark Bitterfeld-Wolfen GmbH invests in Fraunhofer ISE Spin Off NexWafe GmbH

Chemiepark Bitterfeld-Wolfen GmbH (CPG), site operator and infrastructure service provider of Chemiepark Bitterfeld-Wolfen, has become a shareholder of NexWafe GmbH. NexWafe GmbH is commercializing a technology developed at Fraunhofer ISE for epitaxial fabrication of silicon wafers for photovoltaics.

16.5.2018

Clean and Green: Fraunhofer ISE at the IFAT Trade Fair

The IFAT, the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management, is being held in Munich, Germany from May 14 – 18. About 3100 exhibitors and more than 130 000 visitors are expected to attend. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE is presenting their innovations for clean water at a communal booth together with the Fraunhofer Alliance SysWasser and the Solar Spring GmbH (Hall B2, Booth 215/314).

3.5.2018

Humboldt Award Winner on Research Stay at Fraunhofer ISE

Professor Christoph Reinhart from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is currently spending time at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE as visiting researcher and award winner of this year’s Fraunhofer-Bessel Research Award of the Humboldt Foundation. He will be spending five weeks at the institute working together with Fraunhofer researchers. During his research stay, Reinhart will be cooperating with scientists at Fraunhofer ISE and other European research institutes to define future-oriented themes and research topics in the areas of building technologies and smart cities.

24.4.2018

Juan Francisco Martínez Sánchez Receives the Student Award for his Development of a New PV Hybrid Concentrator Module

At the 14th International CPV Conference in Puertollano, Spain, Juan Francisco Martínez Sánchez, doctoral student at Fraunhofer ISE, was distinguished with the Student Award for his talk »4-Terminal CPV Module Capable of Converting Global Normal Irradiance into Electricity.« Decisive is that his module not only uses the direct sunlight that is concentrated by lenses onto the miniature concentrator solar cells no bigger than several millimeters in size, but also the scattered light and diffuse radiation. This allows the module to achieve conversion efficiencies (with respect to global normal irradiance) that are unparalleled worldwide. Up to 36.8 percent module efficiency has already been measured on the roof of Fraunhofer ISE, and the development continues.

22nd World Hydrogen Energy Conference

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil / 06/17/2018 - 06/22/2018

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E-MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit

Strasburg, France / 06/18/2018 - 06/22/2018

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IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants

Valencia, Spain / 06/18/2018 - 06/20/2018

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Intersolar Europe/ The Smarter E Europe

Munich, Germany / 06/20/2018 - 06/22/2018

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16.5.2018

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 became possible through the successful transfer of R&D results to the practice and also due to the fast [...]

5.4.2018

Wire Structure Heat Exchangers: A Better Design for Air Cooled Condensers?

Air cooled condensers for dry heat rejection are generally enlarged on the air side by different kind of fins, such as louvered fins, wavy fins or offset strip fins. These fins are manufactured by metal sheets and connected to the tube walls by a metal-joining process. However the possible surface area enlargement is in the [...]

9.3.2018

Major Event for Innovation: MATS Power Plant Officially Opens in Egypt

At the end of February the MATS power plant (Multipurpose Applications by Thermodynamic Solar) was officially inaugurated in Borg El Arab near Alexandria in Egypt. The solar thermal power plant is the first of its kind and was developed in a project with participants from research centers and industry from Italy, France, UK, Germany and [...]

14.2.2018

Thermal Comfort for Electric Vehicles – Longer driving range for electric vehicles through optimized battery management

What is the ideal operating temperature for electric cars? At what temperature do they perform best? The participants of the European research project JOSPEL are addressing just these questions by assessing the optimization potential of electric vehicles. The project aim is to increase the energy efficiency and range of electric vehicles by applying efficient and [...]

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