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  • 2025 Expand / Hide

    • Public Electricity Generation 2024: Renewable Energies cover more than 60 Percent of German Electricity Consumption for the First Time

    • Charging Infrastructure of Medium Voltage Station Upped to Megawatt Class

  • 2024 Expand / Hide

    • Public Electricity Generation 2023: Renewable Energies cover the Majority of German Electricity Consumption for the First Time

    • Oxford PV and Fraunhofer ISE Develop Full-sized Tandem PV Module with Record Efficiency of 25 Percent

    • From Concept to Small Batch: Technology Development Center Brings PV Modules to Market Readiness

    • German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Visits Fraunhofer ISE in Freiburg

    • Fraunhofer Spin-off "S Mile Solutions": Help for the Last Mile in the Sub-Saharan Region

    • Status Quo - One Year Since Germany’s Nuclear Exit: Renewable Capacity Expands, Electricity from Fossil Fuels Significantly Reduced

    • Heat Pump with Propane Refrigeration Circuit Developed for Industrial Applications

    • Massive Cuts in Research Funding Hamper Necessary Innovations in Key Technologies for the Energy Transition

    • Fraunhofer ISE Goes with Medium Voltage for Resource Efficiency in PV Plants

    • German Net Power Generation in First Half of 2024: Record Generation of Green Power, Generation from Fossil Fuels Continues Decline

    • “Energy-Charts” Data Platform Celebrates its Tenth Year as Fact Provider for the Energy Transition

    • Fraunhofer ISE researchers win Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize for MorphoColor® coating technology

    • Efficient Propane Heat Pump Replaces Gas and Oil Heating Systems in Apartment Buildings

    • Fraunhofer ISE Inaugurates New Research Center for Batteries

    • New Fraunhofer ISE Study: Exploring Colombia's Potential for Large-Scale Green Hydrogen Production

    • Photovoltaic Plants with Battery Cheaper than Conventional Power Plants

    • Achieving Climate Neutrality - Fraunhofer ISE Study Shows Regional Transformation Pathways for German Energy System

    • Custom-Colored Modules Increase Acceptance of Photovoltaics on Buildings

    • Global Hydrogen Atlas Shows Potential Locations for Sustainable Production

    • High Efficiency Meets Sustainability: Fraunhofer Lighthouse Project Shows Way for Next-Generation Tandem Solar Cells

    • AI-Controlled Heat Pumps Increase Efficiency

    • Quick to Install and Thermally Insulated BIPV Façade Element

  • 2023 Expand / Hide

    • Net Electricity Generation in Germany in 2022: Signifi-cant Increase in Generation from Wind and PV

    • Key Stakeholders in the PV Industry Call for Measures to Re-establish Upstream Solar Manufacturing Value Chain in Europe

    • Non-residential Buildings as Flexible Players in the Energy System

    • Solar-Powered Ice Production and Solar Drying in Ken-ya: Fraunhofer ISE Hands Over Plant to Local Fishermen and Farmers

    • Fraunhofer ISE Develops Cost-effective Industrial Thermal Storage with Additional Filler Materials

    • On the road towards nitrogen oxide reduction: CatVap® technology is ready for series development

    • Prof. Dr. Adolf Goetzberger, Founder of Fraunhofer ISE Has Died

    • Fraunhofer researchers hand over mobile medical care platform to NGO for field tests

    • Low Exergy Concepts for the Heat Supply of Existing Multifamily Houses

    • Development of a pilot plant for the production of sustainable synthetic aviation fuels based on methanol

    • Novel heat-transfer medium and air wall increase efficiency of solar thermal tower power plants

    • Half-cell composite: New cell concepts for the large-scale mass production of PEM electrolyzers

    • Next Decade Decisive for PV Growth on the Path to 2050

    • Façade panels as heat sources for heat pumps

    • Colored PV modules with Fraunhofer ISE patent achieve market maturity

    • Fraunhofer ISE Researchers Receive Research Award from the Werner Siemens Foundation for their Vision to Develop Highly Efficient Solar Energy Systems

    • Hydrogen production at sea: Fraunhofer ISE is developing a concept for producing hydrogen on an offshore platform

    • New Test Field for Solar Technologies Combines Laboratory and Field Measurements

    • Safe PV Systems: Fraunhofer ISE Tests Arc Fault Detectors

    • Accurately Determine Efficiency of Perovskite-Silicon Tandem PV Modules

    • Climate-friendly Heating: Fraunhofer ISE Develops Low Charge Refrigeration Circuit for Propane Heat Pumps

    • German Net Power Generation in First Half of 2023: Record Renewable Energy Share of 57.7 Percent

    • Solar cells integrated into car hoods

    • Fraunhofer ISE Study: Where Germany’s imports for hydrogen and Power-to-X products could come from

    • World premiere: Fraunhofer ISE presents medium-voltage string inverter for photovoltaics

    • National Hydrogen Strategy of the United Arab Emirates: Fraunhofer and GHD Advisory develop a coherent framework

    • PV module measurement results from Fraunhofer ISE and the German National Metrology Institute (PTB) show high level of agreement

    • New App “PowerSignal” Detects Renewable Share in Europe's Electricity Mix

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    • PERC Solar Cells from 100 Percent Recycled Silicon

    • Fraunhofer ISE Successful in Patent Infringement Process for Inverter Technology

    • Towards a GW industry - Fraunhofer ISE provides a deep-in cost analysis for water electrolysis systems

    • π -COMET technology: First European OME production in industrially relevant environment

    • Fraunhofer ISE develops mobile test stand for high-resolution Power-to-X kinetic analysis

    • Rotary screen printing boosts cycle times

    • High Speed Processing on Large Wafers with Newly Developed On-the-Fly Laser Equipment

    • Fraunhofer ISE Develops the World's Most Efficient Solar Cell with 47.6 Percent Efficiency

    • AVUSpro: Sensor Autonomously Measures Soiling on Solar Power Plants

    • Fraunhofer ISE Demonstrates First Long-Term Operation of Methanol Synthesis from Blast Furnace Gas with Miniplant

    • Thomas Speidel, Dr. Thorsten Ochs of ADS-TEC Energy and Stefan Reichert, Fraunhofer ISE, are nominated as a team for the Deutschen Zukunftspreis 2022

    • Promoting the Expansion of Photovoltaics by Cutting Production Times for High-Efficiency Solar Cells by Half

    • Propane-based Refrigeration Circuit for Heat Pumps Achieves New Efficiency Record

    • Kalyon and Fraunhofer ISE Sign MoU for Research on Integrated Photovoltaics and PV Storage Technologies

    • Fraunhofer ISE Supports Energy-Intensive Industries in Identifying Energy-Saving Potential

    • Advancing Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cell and Module Technology to Industrial Maturity

    • New Project to Replace Gas and Oil Heating Systems in Multi-Family Buildings with Propane Heat Pumps

  • 2021 Expand / Hide

    • Fraunhofer ISE develops highly compact inverter for direct connection to medium-voltage grid

    • Dual Yield on Arable Land: Guideline for Agrivoltaics Published

    • Fraunhofer ISE Sets New World Record of 26 Percent Efficiency for Both-Sides-Contacted Solar Cell

    • European Photovoltaics Industry is Booming – Fraunhofer ISE Collaborates in Andalusian 5-Gigawatt Project

    • Tandem Photovoltaics Enables New Heights in Solar Cell Efficiencies – 35.9 % for III-V//Silicon Solar Cell

    • The Center for High Efficiency Solar Cells – Fraunhofer ISE Inaugurates New Lab Building

    • How the Building Sector Can Achieve Its Climate Targets After All

    • Monitoring Validates Energy Targets of Freiburg’s New Administration Building “Rathaus im Stühlinger”

    • Installed PV Capacity Grows For Large Rooftop Systems That Face East-West with Small Tilt Angles

    • Levelized Cost of Electricity: Renewables Clearly Superior to Conventional Power Plants Due to Rising CO2 Prices

    • Record Efficiency of 68.9% for GaAs Thin Film Photovoltaic Cell Under Laser Light

    • The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Opens the ENIQ Showroom on the EUREF Campus in Berlin

    • Solar Systems Learn To Swim: Research and Industry Join Forces to Perform Long-Term Tests On Different System Designs

    • German Net Electricity Generation in First Half of 2021: Decline in Renewables due to Weak Winds

    • Photovoltaics Report Delivers Facts about Solar Energy Worldwide

    • Project PV-Live: New solar irradiance data set published

    • First agrivoltaic system for carbon-neutral orcharding being tested

    • European Glass-Glass Photovoltaic Modules Are Particularly Climate-Friendly

    • Study: Technological Learning is Key for Resource Efficient Terawatt Scale Photovoltaics

    • Staggered and Arrayed: M10 Industries AG and Fraunhofer ISE Develop Matrix Shingle Technology to Industrial Maturity

    • Unique Measurement Campaign Launched to Reduce Refrigerant Charge in Heat Pumps With Propane

    • Electric Truck with Fully Integrated Photovoltaics Picks Up Speed

    • Four Decades of Research for the Energy Transition: Fraunhofer ISE Celebrates its 40th Anniversary

    • Fraunhofer ISE: Germany’s Tightened Climate Targets Can Be Met by 2045 with Extensive and Rapid Measures

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    • New Record Efficiency for Tandem Solar Cell Technology

    • Institute Director Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Henning appointed to Expert Council on Climate Issues

    • HelioControl Project Completed: Determination and control of aim points for heliostat fields in operation

    • Higher and Faster with Tandem Photovoltaics – The Focus of Fraunhofer ISE at the EU PVSEC Conference

    • The Energy Charts: Online Data Platform Relaunched Today with New Features

    • Higher Efficiencies in Organic Photovoltaics – New Record for 1 cm² Solar Cell

    • HighLine Technology GmbH – New Fraunhofer ISE Spin-Off for Sustainable Solar Cell Production

    • Fraunhofer ISE Receives f-cell Award 2020

    • C³PO Project: New Laser-Based Contacting Process Developed For Solar Cells

    • Consortium Develops Compact Refrigeration Circuit for Heat Pumps Using Propane

    • Material Analysis for the Global Energy Transition

    • Ensuring Medical Care in Crises and Emergencies

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    • Large-scale production of PEM electrolyzers: Catalyst inks for scalable printing technologies with reduced iridium loading

    • Project Launch of UtiliSpaces: Control and Power Regulation within the Smart Meter Infrastructure

    • Majority of Farmers View Agrivoltaics as Positive

    • "BatterieDigital_real" project: Artificial intelligence for battery research

    • Solar Potential on Electric Vehicles within Europe

    • Fraunhofer ISE Successfully Produces TOPCon Solar Cell with 24 Percent Efficiency in M10 Format

    • Circular Water Strategies in Solar Cell Manufacturing Could Realize Potential Water Savings of up to 79 Percent

    • Optimally Tracked PV Systems with Deep Learning

    • International Solar Energy Leaders and Researchers Discuss Shared Challenges, Growth Opportunities at 4th Multi-Terawatt Workshop

    • Soltec and Fraunhofer ISE jointly develop cost competitive prototype for next-generation concentrating photovoltaics

    • German Chancellor Fellow Mrinal Madas researches sustainable urban development at Fraunhofer ISE

    • Two Young Scientists at Fraunhofer ISE Distinguished for Outstanding Master and Doctoral Thesis

    • PhD Student Alexander Goebel Receives Scholarship from the Nagelschneider Foundation

    • Fraunhofer ISE Provides Technological Support to the Growing PV Industry in the USA

    • INFAB project develops cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternatives to lithium-ion batteries

    • Dr. Elias Frei takes over as Head of Hydrogen Technologies at Fraunhofer ISE

    • Scalable Perovskite Silicon Solar Cell with 31.6 Percent Efficiency Developed

    • Christian Schmiga and Oussama Er-Raji of Fraunhofer ISE Honored for their Research Work

    • Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg at Fraunhofer ISE

    • Robin Lang Receives 'Best Oral Presentation Award' at the PVSEC-35

    • Fraunhofer Bessel Prize winner Dr. Jasna Jankovic conducts research at Fraunhofer ISE

  • 2023 Expand / Hide

    • Project "HV-MELA-BAT": High-Voltage Megawatt Charging System for Heavy-Duty and Passenger Vehicles

    • Fraunhofer-Bessel Award Winner on Research Stay at Fraunhofer ISE

    • Fraunhofer ISE To Support PV Module Manufacturer Emmvee with New Solar Cell Production Line

    • Electric Truck with Integrated Photovoltaics Passes Practical Test Phase

    • Hydrogen from Australia to Germany via Rotterdam: Fraunhofer ISE and Port of Rotterdam Jointly Sign Letter of Intent

    • New IEA Task: Identifying Sustainable and Economical Heating Technologies.

    • Durable Grid-forming PV Inverters for Stable Grid Operation

    • Project FEDECOM: Flexible and Interoperable Energy Communities

    • No more dead spots in buildings: Fraunhofer ISE develops insulating glass transparent to radio waves

    • Technology Platform for the Scale-Up of Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Photovoltaics Gets the Go-Ahead

    • Future Hydrogen Infrastructure: From early islands of hydrogen to a networked hydrogen economy

    • Fraunhofer ISE Has a Revised Organizational Structure as of July 2023

    • World Record Efficiency of 15.8 Percent Achieved for 1 cm² Organic Solar Cell

    • New Project “HybridKraft” Launched: PV Electricity Shall Increase Efficiency of Solar Thermal Power Plants

    • Efficient Mass Production of Fuel Cells

    • Fraunhofer ISE To Support Setup of PV Production Site in France

    • The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Colombia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy sign a memorandum of understanding for future research projects on expanding the hydrogen sector

    • Laboratory cell demonstrates the huge potential of perovskite-based triple-junction solar cells

    • Oliver Höhn Receives 2.7 Million Euro Grant from the European Research Council

    • Silicon-based Multijunction Solar Cell Reaches Record Efficiency of 36.1 Percent

    • Research on large-scale production of green hydrogen carriers in Chile

    • Laser Processing System for Large-Format Wafers Combines High-Throughput and Precision

  • News 2022 Expand / Hide

    • Elisa Kaiser from Fraunhofer ISE receives Young Scientist Award at CPV-18 Conference

    • Stringer for Manufacturing Matrix Shingle Modules Goes into Series Production

    • 3rd Terawatt Workshop

    • International Energy Workshop in Freiburg: Modeling Future Energy Systems

    • Özde Seyma Kabakli from Fraunhofer ISE Receives Poster Prize at the 14th International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics

    • Fraunhofer ISE signs Open Letter regarding the REPowerEU Plan

    • Juan Francisco Martínez Sánchez Wins the Gips-Schüle Young Scientist Award for his Development of a High-Efficiency PV Hybrid Concentrator Module

    • Ammonia as a hydrogen vehicle: New integrated reactor technology for the energy transition

    • Fraunhofer ISE Develops Solar-Powered Ice Maker and Solar Dryers for Fishermen and Farmers in Kenya

    • Fraunhofer ISE and GHD are developing the National Hydrogen Strategy of the United Arab Emirates

    • Prof. Dr. Christopher Hebling receives the Global Excellence Award by Energy and Environment Foundation

    • Team consisting of ADS-TEC and Fraunhofer ISE among the Top Three Finalists of the German Future Award 2022

    • Project SOLARX: Production of Heat, Electricity and H2 from Solar Energy

    • First Green Solar Modules Integrated into Façade of the Center for High Efficiency Solar Cells

    • Large Potential for Floating PV on Pit Lakes in the Upper Rhine Valley in Baden-Wuerttemberg

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