integrated photovoltaic Articles
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Red River College Innovation Center - Case Study
The Red River College Innovation Center is located in Winnipeg, Canada that will be covered by approximately 750m² Kromatix™ building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV). This net-zero energy, 9,000 sqm development has been designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects in joint venture with Number TEN Architectural Group installed by Flynn Group and SolarLab. Construction of the Red River College ...
By Kromatix™ SA
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A Life Cycle Analysis of roof integrated photovoltaic systems
In this paper a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) methodology is used to investigate the energetic and environmental impact of a Building Integrated Photovoltaic installation (BIPV) with reference to a roof installation case study. The results reveal that the roof integrated photovoltaic systems can bring both energy and environmental benefits even in areas characterised by medium values of insolation. ...
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Student Experience Amsterdam Minervahaven - Case Study
Amsterdam Minervahaven residence is the latest facility of Student Experience offering sustainable student housing. Amsterdam Minervahaven uses a Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) facade measuring approximately 3,000 sqm. The Kromatix™ light-grey coloured solar glass hides the internal structure of the solar panel while refracting colour, creating an elegant BIPV solution for solar ...
By Kromatix™ SA
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International Research And Comparison Of Incentive Systems For Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) Case Study
Project Goal: To analyze different existing strategies to incentive renewable energy installations in buildings connecting the macro-economic interest to strengthen renewable energies with the micro-economic situation explaining that using the “prisoner’s dilemma”. ...
By Opvius GmbH
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Photovoltaic electricity production in a two-floor house in Serbia
An attractive solution for a sustainable present and future is to integrate photovoltaic (PV) panels into building envelopes. For these PV panels applied in a two-storey house in Belgrade-Serbia, we use software EnergyPlus to investigate its electricity generation and maximum power and determine the house orientation for which the panels produce maximum amount of electricity in a year. In ...
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Building integration of 30 kWp photovoltaic system at University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
A Building Integrated Photovoltaic Power System of 30 kWp was recently installed at University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. It is the first grid-connected and largest PV system of the country. With this opportunity, an innovative non-penetrating system that uses the modules and mounting hardware as ballast was designed and implemented. Personnel with no previous experience with the roof PV ...
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Nanophotonic structures
This paper proposes a selection of topics on nanophotonic structures, which choice has been partly driven by the most outstanding achievements of Rhone-Alpes laboratories in the field. This includes high index contrast dielectric nanophotonic structures, in connection with hybrid micro-electronic/micro-photonic integration along III-V/silicon heterogeneous integration schemes, and for ...
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Inauguration of an innovative foldable solar roof in Switzerland
Since September 7, 2017, an innovative solar roof of the public utility “IBC Energie Wasser Chur” has supplied the municipal sewage treatment plant with renewable energy. HORIZON is a movable light weight construction system which can be folded and is based on ropeway technology. The modules can be retracted automatically and thus are best protected against storm, snow and hail. ...
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Top industry experts set to gather at Thin Film Summit in Berlin
PV Insider announce that ‘Busting the Myths’ will be the main focal point of the 4th Annual Thin Film Solar Summit Europe (5-6th March 2012, Berlin), helping to steer the thin film industry out of confusion and fear towards reality and promise. 2011 proved to be a turbulent year for the European thin film industry, with big names going bust, consolidation of the market, and ever ...
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Upper Grand District School Board Photovoltaic Project
Developer: Sol Source Partners Inc. Location: Shelburne, Ont. Centre Dufferin District High School Size: 50 kW (20 kW facade, 30 kW flat roof) HELIENE Modules: 200 – HELIENE 60M 250Wp Modules The Upper Grand District School Board is committed to promoting and teaching environmental stewardship and the Centre Dufferin District High School in Shelburne is a leader in ...
By Heliene Inc.
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BIPV for 40 MWh Annual Production: Red Solar Façade
In the heart of Oslo, Norway, the Sofienberg School stands as a testament to innovative architectural design and sustainability. Through a remarkable renovation project led by Ola Roald AS in 2021, this building has utilized solar energy in a way that sets a new standard for real estate developers. Innovative Solar Solutions The renovation of the concrete building, originally ...
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Integration of solar photovoltaic (PV) to LV distribution network: a case study
The development of renewable energy sources will increase the amount of generation connected to distribution networks. The main advantages are that optimally located distributed generation resources can reduce or postpone the need for investment in the transmission and distribution infrastructure; transmission and distribution losses are reduced as well as improvement in power quality and system ...
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China and US cooperate on building efficiency
Chu Announces Joint U.S.-China Building Efficiency MOU BEIJING, CHINA - After touring the "America House," a U.S. designed demonstration of cutting edge "zero energy" building technology, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced a new agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Chinese Ministry of Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) to foster collaboration and partnership ...
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Solar powered solid oxide fuel cell with thermoelectric generator
Durable, location independent, environmental–friendly sources of energy which allow for modular, few moving parts, low operating noise, high electricity generation efficiency and compact technology are highly desirable. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are promising for such energy system development, since they are energy efficient and, if pure hydrogen is used, have virtually no emissions of ...
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Photovoltaics and Building Efficiency towards a Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB)
According to statistics, 40% of the energy consumption in Europe comes from the building sector. This led the European Commission to create energy efficiency directives to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, introducing the concept of NZEB or Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings. One of the main measures to be implemented is the requirement for all new buildings from 2021 (public buildings from ...
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Strong consortium works on higher efficiencies in CIGS
AVANCIS and Smit Thermal Solutions team up with European research institutes HZB, CNRS and Solliance for higher efficiencies in CIGS Thin-film photovoltaic CIGS technology has seen considerable growth of manufacturing capacity in recent years. The environmental impact, especially the CO2 footprint of CIGS thin-film panels shows great advantages compared to other solar technologies. ...
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Case study - Transparent Solar Bus Shelter
London - Canary Wharf System kWp: 2.8 kWp Area: 36 m2 Inverter: Solis mini 1000 Modules Used: PS-CT-64/48 In collaborating with Marshalls and the Canary Wharf Group, Polysolar designed an innovative new, transparent solar bus shelter at Canary Wharf. The solar PV is integrated within the structure which not only provides shelter from the elements but is also expected to generate enough ...
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Solar potential for the solar photovoltaic roof integration system in China explored by the geographic information system
This paper estimates the potential solar power for the solar photovoltaic Roof Integration System (RIS) using the Geographic Information System (GIS) method, taking into account the geographic distribution of solar irradiation and the estimate of costs for the RIS and identifies the distribution of potential solar energy radiating on the RIS and power. The total urban roof area is estimated to be ...
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Case study - Glass Roof
Glass roof - Donnington Park Hotel System kWp: 7.68 Area: 86 m2 Inverter: Fronius IG Plus 60V-1 Modules Used: PS-CT-64 20% transparent Polysolar helped design a fully integrated transparent PV roof on a new build garage in Leicestershire using our new PS-CT 20% transparent panels and GB-SOL RIS system. Objective: Provide a fully integrated transparent solar PV roof on a new build garage to ...
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Printed OPV solar umbrellas, Apolda, Germany Case Study
The Thüringen State Horticultural Show will be opening in Apolda at the end of April with the slogan “Blossoms and so much more in Apolda”. At the same time, the state of Thüringen will be inaugurating its “Climate Pavilion” which will initially serve as an exhibition area for the State Horticultural Show and will later be used for other events in ...
By Opvius GmbH
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