Integrated Photovoltaics

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Integrated photovoltaics blends into the outer surface of buildings, roadways, railways and vehicles, such that the solar cells are often no longer visible from outside. Integrated photovoltaics uses land areas jointly with agriculture or floats on the surface of pit lakes created by flooding former open-cut mines. New types of technology and design options allow free choice of formats and colours for integrated modules, such that their connection circuits and cell architecture can be completely covered if necessary. Specific requirements arising from the application, for example minimised weight per area or extremely high mechanical resistance, can be met by the choice of suitable materials.

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Press Release - 9.09.2019

Fraunhofer ISE Presents Integrated Photovoltaic Solutions

Meeting Germany’s climate protection targets will require a significant expansion of photovoltaics. Depending on the scenario, up to 500 gigawatts of installed PV power output could be needed by 2050. To avoid land-use conflicts and public resistance to this massive expansion, minimizing the additional space ...

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Press Release - April 12, 2019

Agrophotovoltaics: High Harvesting Yield in Hot Summer of 2018

Over the past two years, the dual use of land for the harvesting of solar electricity and agriculture has been tested in the joint project “Agrophotovoltaics – Resource Efficient Land Use (APV-RESOLA).”

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Press Release - 02.09.2019

Fraunhofer ISE Presents Colored Solar Car Roof at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA)

To extend the driving range of electric vehicles, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has developed a solar car roof with highly efficient solar cells.

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Research Projects

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PV2Go

Solar Potentials of German Traffic Routes

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APV-RESOLA

Agrivoltaics - A Contribution to Resource-Efficient Land Use

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SHRIMPS

Solar-Aquaculture Habitats as Resource-Efficient and Integrated Multilayer Production Systems

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Year	Title/Author	Document Type
2019	Integrierte Photovoltaik - Aktive Flächen für die Energiewende Wirth, H.; Vehse, M.; Rau, B.; Peibst, R.; Colsmann, A.; Stephan, A.; Lechner, P.	Conference Paper full text
2019	Nexus approach to solar technology for energy and water supply for sustainable rural development in Egypt: A review Wydra, K.; Jaskolski, M.; Wagner, L.; Mohamed, E.S.	Journal Article full text
2019	Strom und Kartoffeln von der gleichen Fläche ernten Farnung, B.	Journal Article
2018	Mosaic Module Concept for Cost-Efficient and Aesthetic BIPV Modules Mittag, M.; Ebert, M.; Wilson, H.R.; Fellmeth, T.	Conference Paper full text
2018	Technical and economic potential for photovoltaic systems on buildings Fath, Karoline; Schultmann, Frank (Referent); Henning, Hans-Martin (Referent)	Dissertation
2018	Training the next generation of PV reliability experts - Project SOLAR-TRAIN with 14 PhD projects: Presentation held at 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018, Waikoloa, Hawaii, June 10-15, 2018 Ismail, K.	Presentation
2017	Morpho butterfly inspired coloured BIPV modules Bläsi, B.; Kroyer, T.; Höhn, O.; Wiese, M.; Ferrara, C.; Eitner, U.; Kuhn, T.E.	Conference Paper full text
2017	Photovoltaik in der Gebäudehülle - Normierung und Prüfung: Vortrag gehalten auf dem Fachforum "Gebäudeintegrierte Photovoltaik für Green Buildings", Stuttgart, Germany, 16. November 2017 Rehde, F.; Wilson, H.R.	Presentation full text
2017	Solar potential on commercial trucks: Results of an irradiance measurement campaign on 6 trucks in Europe and USA Eitner, U.; Ebert, M.; Zech, T.; Schmid, C.; Watts, A.; Heinrich, M.	Conference Paper
2016	Coloured module glass for BIPV inspired by morpho butterfly Bläsi, B.; Kroyer, T.; Höhn, O.; Ferrara, C.; Kuhn, T.E.	Conference Paper
2016	Komplettcharakterisierung einer winkelselektiven PV-Verglasung PVShade® Wilson, H.; Sprenger, W.; Fath, K.; Erban, C.; Kuhn, T.	Book Article
2015	Grid impact of a net zero energy building with BiPV using different energy mangament strategies Klein, K.; Kalz, D.; Herkel, S.	Conference Paper full text
2014	Assessment of a photovoltaic thermal (PVT) prefabricated facade Katsifaraki, A.; Bueno, B.; Kuhn, T.E.; Maurer, C.	Conference Paper full text
2014	Calorimetric determination of the solar heat gain coefficient g with steady-state laboratory measurements Kuhn, T.E.	Journal Article
2014	Eigenstromnutzung Kuhn, T.E.; Kneiske, T.; Hoffmann, C.	Book Article
2014	Future BIPV Market(s)?! Ferrara, C.; Vicente Iñigo, C.	Conference Paper full text
2014	Hybrid PV-thermal collector development: Concepts, experiences, results and research needs Fortuin, S.; Hermann, M.; Stryi-Hipp, G.; Nitz, P.; Platzer, W.	Conference Paper full text
2014	Rethinking solar resource assessments in the context of global dimming and brightening Müller, B.; Wild, M.; Driesse, A.; Behrens, K.	Journal Article full text
2014	Solarvalley-BIPV: Ertrags- und Wirtschaftlichkeitsanalyse von BIPV-Anlagen mit CIGS-Modulen Wilson, H.R.; Sprenger, W.; Kröger-Vodde, A.; Fath, K.; Münch, M.; Caspary, D.; Bayer, L.; Kuhn, T.E.	Conference Paper full text
2014	SolarValley-BIPV: Simulation und Analyse des Betriebsverhaltens von PV-Anlagen mit a-Si/µ-Si-Modulen Wilson, H.; Sprenger, W.; Römer, N.; Kröger-Vodde, A.; Heidelberg, A.; Caspary, D.; Bayer, L.	Conference Paper full text
2013	BIPV-standard module for large-scale halls Ferrara, C.; Vicente Iñigo, C.	Conference Paper full text
2013	Neue Solarthermie- und BIPV-Fassadenkomponenten Kuhn, T.E.	Journal Article

This publication list has been generated from the publication database Fraunhofer-Publica.