

Restructuring of departments and board of directors to strengthen innovative power
We restructured our board of directors and established new departments. The aim of the measures is to simplify and promote cooperation between the departments, to prepare the organization for future tasks, and to strengthen innovation. As education is to become a new...

We buy land for extension!
For the urgently needed extension of our research center, we have purchased the neighboring property. The construction project is to be financed by donations, among other things. Goal: Mastering the energy transition together On 21.6.2023, the purchase was notarized...
ISC presentation at IEEE PVSC-50 – 13.06.2023
Today's presentation by Radovan Kopecek at IEEE PVSC-50 shows that TOPCon will replace PERC in 2024 with a 70% market share (also citing PV Infolink). Next, we will see bifacial Cu and/or Al metallised TBC to dominate starting in 2028. And why? Because it is the...
Energy yields of a Next2Sun Agri-PV system compared to conventional bifacial vertical PV systems
Agri-PV systems, particularly when designed as vertical bifacial PV systems, allow for the dual use of available land: while the solar modules generate renewable, emission-free electricity, the land between the rows of modules can continue to be used for agricultural...
Feasibility study on the resettlement of the PV industry in Germany
The BMWK has commissioned ISC Konstanz with two other partners to conduct a feasibility study on the resettlement of the PV industry in Germany. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWK) is initiating the feasibility study "Libertas" on the...
EU’s IBC4EU Solar Project With ISC Konstanz
Bifacial IBC Solar Pilot To Develop GW Scale Vertically Integrated European Production Value Chain EU is supporting the IBC4EU project with €13.5 million grant under its HORIZON project Coordinated by ISC Konstanz, it will demonstrate the cost competitiveness of...
SelFi research project launched
In September 2022, the research project "Selective Polysilicon Finger" (SelFi) started at ISC Konstanz. It is executed together with the project partners Centrotherm, CE Cell Engineering and Fraunhofer CSP and runs over a project period of three years. The research...
