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Silicon wafers are the key component of solar panels. Fraunhofer ISE is finding ways of making them faster and cheaper.
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Silicon wafers are the key component of solar panels. Fraunhofer ISE is finding ways of making them faster and cheaper.
In Europe, new techniques are combining solar and agriculture to make land more productive.
A trio of technology leaders in Europe — the Austrian Institute of Technology, Fraunhofer ISE in Germany, and Forster Industrietechnik in Switzerland — is...
Fraunhofer ISE is conducting a three-year research program designed to test how solar panels can be integrated with heavy duty trucks.
Fraunhofer ISE says solar panels could provide up to 500 GW of electricity in coming years. It calls for an integrated approach to expand...
Fraunhofer ISE has created a laminated solar roof for cars that can match the color of the vehicle, making the solar cells nearly invisible.
Fraunhofer ISE is leading experiments that combine solar power with aquaculture along the Mekong River in southern Vietnam. Many shrimp and fish farms cover...
Frauhofer ISE's experimental agrophotovoltaic farm in Germany was 186% more efficient during the hot, dry summer of 2018 than the land would have been...
Incorporating solar generation in commercial building materials may finally become a mainstream practice, with both solar windows and solar panels used to create net-zero...
An R&D team at Fraunhofer ISE has unveiled a new solar cell stringing machine that can boost cell performance 2% by using electrically conductive...
A novel combination of high-grade spacecraft solar cell material and advanced light-concentrating lenses has yielded solar panels with a record 29% efficiency that may...