Fraunhofer scientists have announced two efficiency records for III-V tandem modules. The team says its 34.2% efficiency III-V germanium PV module is the most efficient solar module in the world, ...

Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy have claimed two new record efficiencies in tandem PV modules.

In the second PV development, announced simultaneously, a new III-V silicon PV module has achieved an efficiency of 31.3 percent, setting a record in its class, and is based on established, ...

Fraunhofer ISE has tested 70,000 modules since 2012. Image: Fraunhofer ISE. New research from German research organisation Fraunhofer ISE has found that in 2024 the average monocrystalline silicon PV ...

An interlaboratory comparison between the CalLab PV Modules of Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt finds the two organizations deviate by less ...

The use of photovoltaic modules in urban areas often results in partial shading, which leads to considerable energy losses and a higher thermal load over the course of the module’s service life. In ...

Discrepancy between manufacturers’ specifications and ISE measurements has increased, based on 70,000 tests since 2012. Discrepancy between manufacturers’ PV specs and ISE measurements has increased.

With a GPS receiver in your smartphone, you can navigate your way over highways and streets with certainty. But once you get inside a building, it provides no further assistance. That's why Fraunhofer ...