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Thanks to Dr. Winfried Hoffmann
At the 59th Supervisory Board meeting of the Institut für Solarenergieforschung (Institute for Solar Energy Research) in Hameln/Emmerthal (ISFH), the long-standing Supervisory Board member Dr. Winfried Hoffmann was bid farewell. Mr. Hoffmann has been a member of the...
Best Paper Award for Prof. Jan Schmidt
Prof. Jan Schmidt from the Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) received the "Best Paper Award"at the 27th Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, which took place from November 12th to 17th near Kyoto in Japan. He received the prize for his...
FVEE Annual Meeting 2017: Latest research results and systematic technology assessment
From left to right: The scientific conference leaders Prof. Dr. Manfred Fischedick (Wuppertal Institute) and Prof. Frank Baur (IZES), together with Prof. Dr. Rolf Brendel (ISFH), present the highlights of the FVEE annual meeting in advance.Dr. Federico Giovannetti...
10th Lower Saxony Energy Days: Renewable energies and sector coupling are driving the energy transition
The 10th Lower Saxony Energy Days (NET), organised by the Energie-Forschungszentrum Niedersachsen (EFZN), took place on 7 and 8 November 2017. Under the title "Think Big! Visionary sector coupling" . Under the patronage of Lower Saxony's Minister for the Environment,...
ISFH’s innovative solar house concept achieves 20% more yield at 35% lower costs
Installation of the thermal activation into the ceiling between cellar and ground floor in the prototype building.Heating room with measurement equipment (in the center), heat pump and buffer storageThe Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) has successfully...
Recommendations for research funding in the field of photovoltaics by the FVEE
At this year's annual conference, the ForschungsVerbund Erneuerbare Energien (Research Association for Renewable Energies) presented "Recommendations for research funding in the field of photovoltaics". This position paper, which was prepared under the chairmanship of...
Lasting memento: ISFH has a special guest book for its 30th anniversary
The finished guest book PV module.Director of ISFH Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Brendel (right) explains the idea of the guest book PV module to Dr. Georg Menzen (left) of the BMWi.An ISFH employee signs the white backsheet.Signatures on the backsheet and placeholders for the...
European collaboration at full speed: DISC project meeting at ISFH
The project “DISC” (Double-side contacted solar cells with Innovative carrier-Selective Contacts) funded by the European commission has now finished its first of in total three years of project duration. On this occasion, a meeting of all project partners from the...
FVEE 2017 annual conference
This year's annual conference of the ForschungsVerbund Erneuerbare Energien (FVEE) (Research Association for Renewable Energies) will be held under the motto "Innovations for the energy revolution". In order to achieve the goals of the energy turnaround, appropriate...
Dr. Thorsten Dullweber awarded the prize of the Industrial Research Foundation for solar cells that are light-sensitive on both sides
from right to left: Thorsten Dullweber (ISFH, 1st prize), Dr. Thomas Gräbener (curator of the Industrial Research Foundation), Dr. Felix Brüggemann (University of Bochum, 3rd prize).he PERC+ solar cell that is light-sensitive on both sides and yields up to 25% higher...