25 Mar Flexible solar gets new test
In close corporation with students Mechanical Engineering of Avans University, a new mechanical load tester was developed. This testing apparatus is capable of enforcing a reliable and repeatable movement to the sample. By programming the testing machine, different movements and speeds are possible to use....
09 Mar Podcast: The technology behind solar energy
For this episode of BNR Techniektour, Thomas Schuurman visited Solliance Solar Research for the latest technology behind solar energy. ...
05 Mar Solliance and ECN part of TNO exceed the performance limit of standard solar cells
ECN part of TNO and its partners in Solliance are working to combine perovskite thin film technology with crystalline silicon technology to create photovoltaic tandem modules. ECN part of TNO also develops bifacial silicon technology. By combining both approaches, the research partnership has now obtained...
02 Mar CIGS community releases White Paper
Last week a new White Paper on the current state of copper-indium-gallium-selenide technology (CIGS)was released describing the huge potential in CIGS for both climate and business. The document has been prepared with input from manufacturing industry, equipment suppliers, R&D institutes and industry associations. Solliance Solar...
22 Jan STAL helps farmer to leave natural gas
A consortium of companies and the knowledge institute Solliance Solar Research collaborates in the development of plastic roof elements, that generate electrical energy can store solar heat. With a budget of 3 million Euros, the consortium will integrate thin film solar cells, develop the required...
15 Jan Solar power in abundance: future dream or almost reality?
Energy generated from sun. Soon it will provide a warm house and the large-scale production of sustainable fuels. But if you only apply the current generation techniques for the required new solar installations, then that requires a lot of scarce space. How can you cleverly...
09 Jan Interreg Rolling Solar: durable electricity generation in road infrastructure
Today the starting event of Interreg project Rolling Solar will take place at High Tech Campus in Eindhoven. Involving 32 parties from the Solliance Solar Research Network, located in Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, the project aims to generate at large scale solar electricity on public...
02 Nov Solar@Sea starts testing floating solar system
Last week Solar @ Sea started the first field test for an offshore solar system. A floating, functional thin-film solar system was launched at the Marinehaven in Den Helder. With this pilot system, the influence of algae growth, pollution, salt deposits and weather influences will...
26 Oct University of Twente and Solliance start collaboration
The University of Twente and Solliance Solar Research have started a long term collaboration, which focusses on the integration of thin film solar technology in building materials and flexible applications, and on further development and analyses of perovskite based solar cells. The University of Twente...
19 Jul Flexible solar cells in crash barrier
For the first time in the world, solar cells have been installed on a crash barrier. It is a stretch of 72 meters on a crash barrier next to the provincial road N194 near Heerhugowaard. It is a test with flexible foil with solar cells....