The collaborative research project funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action in Germany will run through 2025.
December 22, 2023
The project team, from left to right: Tales Siqueria, Dr. Hamed Hanifi, and Andreas Maixner from AESOLAR; Matthias Pander, Dr. Stephan Großer, Ringo Köpge, Tobias Albrecht, and Jens Fröbel from Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP
Image: AESOLAR
Europe’s renewable energy goals will require a significant increase in renewable energy deployment. As of 2022, rooftop installations dominated other applications in Europe, comprising 60% of the market share. With over 42 GW of PV on rooftops by the end of 2021, Germany is the biggest market in the region. The Netherlands has over 80% of the installations on small rooftops, making it the country with the highest installation capacity per capita in Europe. These statistics underscore the importance of the Rooftop segment in the PV market.
Partial shading presents one of the biggest challenges for rooftop PV modules. This is often caused by obstacles such as trees, chimneys, parapets, nearby structures, dust, and snow, leading to significant power loss at the module level. To solve this, AESOLAR has developed a shade-resistant PV module with integrated bypass diodes for each individual solar cell. This ground-breaking module can produce up to 80% more energy than traditional modules under partial shading conditions.
