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High power prices and increased energy storage usage have led to a sharp increase in self-consumption of solar power in Germany since 2022, according to data from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE).

German research institute Fraunhofer ISE has launched a project to explore how medium-voltage technology can make material-intensive solar components more efficient and cost-effective.

Aesolar and Fraunhofer CSP are developing segmented solar modules optimised for rooftops with partial shading.

Inverters are critical to PV systems but are often over-specified due to inadequate data on which materials and designs optimise performance.

The US general election and its aftermath, along with struggles from Western inverter manufacturers have dominated Q4 news in 2024.

Dubbed “MaNiTU”, the Fraunhofer project aimed to identify the most sustainable path for the market launch of tandem solar cells with perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells in the lead.

Researchers from Fraunhofer ISE have developed a perovskite silicon solar cell with a power conversion efficiency of 31.6%.

Germany installed more than 5GW of new solar capacity in the first four months of this year, according to trade association BSW Solar.

Fraunhofer ISE has developed a TOPCon solar cell with a power conversion efficiency of 24%, which is comprised of M10 silicon wafers.

Indian PV manufacturer Emmvee has partnered with Fraunhofer ISO – a leading solar research centre – to build a 1.5GW solar cell manufacturing facility near Bangalore, southern India.