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Advanced Manufacturing and Characterization of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Modules

Photovoltaic (PV) technology is necessary for global decarbonization. However, one of the challenges of the technology is that its land use may conflict with other space demands. Building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) is a solution to efficiently use the ...

EPFL2024

Distributional justice, effectiveness, and costs of current and alternative solar PV incentive schemes in Switzerland

Philippe Thalmann

Like many other countries, Switzerland offers various incentives to promote residential solar PV, but not all households have equal access to them. Using a microsimulation approach based on merged data from the Swiss Household Budget Survey and Household E ...

2024

Photoelectrochemical Cell Engineering for Solar Energy Conversion

Dan Zhang

Solar energy is the most abundant energy source, harnessing solar energy holds the solution to the challenge of increasing global energy demand and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Photovoltaics which directly convert solar energy into electricity ...

EPFL2023

What is the net PV energy production in Switzerland and how can we maximize it?

Gloria Serra Coch, Pablo Francisco Martinez Alcaraz

Maximizing solar energy production in Switzerland is key to meet energy transition goals. Understanding in detail the current situation, and the potential for expansion is important to develop effective strategies. With this study, we want to contribute to ...

2023

ETFE and its Role in the Fabrication of Lightweight c-Si Solar Modules

Christophe Ballif, Fabiana Lisco

Glass-free, lightweight, photovoltaic modules have the potential to enable new uses of solar in building integrated and vehicle integrated applications. Glass-free modules have the advantages of reduced weight, lower-cost mounting solutions, and reduced tr ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2023

Stability of black interconnect coatings for solar photovoltaic module applications

Christophe Ballif, Antonin Faes, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Martin Ledinsky, Alejandro Borja Block

Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) are dual purpose, providing both energy and building functions. Aesthetics play a crucial role in the BIPV market, with increasing demand for uniformly colored modules for building skins. Achieving this requires hid ...

2023

Integrating Alpine Photovoltaic Technology into EnergyScope: A Case Study of Switzerland’s Energy System

Loïc Fischer

This study utilizes the EnergyScope model developed by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) to investigate the integration of Alpine solar power and other photovoltaic (PV) technologies in the Swiss energy system. The model incorporate ...

2023

The carbon intensity of integrated photovoltaics

Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Alejandro Borja Block

To assess the meaningfulness of installing solar photovoltaics in buildings and infrastructures, we consider a carbon intensity (CI) balance perspective and assess whether installing PV at different orientations acts as a net CO2 sink or source, when compa ...

2023

Modeling reflection by structured building-integrated photovoltaics

Stephen William Wasilewski

Evaluating the reflection of solar radiation by Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) with structured front-glass is challenging for two reasons. First, the resulting irregular scattering of light cannot be accounted for by simple reflection models. Sec ...

2023

Digital twins of wooden shingle envelopes

Yves Weinand, Farzaneh Eskandari

Wooden shingles have long been used as a vernacular roofing technique in many well-wooded areas. Despite the fact that shingles, as local raw materials, are low in embodied energy, nowadays they are not much used in construction, as the specific craft know ...

2023

Does roof shape matter? Solar photovoltaic (PV) integration on building roofs

Advanced Manufacturing and Characterization of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Modules

Distributional justice, effectiveness, and costs of current and alternative solar PV incentive schemes in Switzerland

Photoelectrochemical Cell Engineering for Solar Energy Conversion

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Advanced Manufacturing and Characterization of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Modules

Distributional justice, effectiveness, and costs of current and alternative solar PV incentive schemes in Switzerland

Photoelectrochemical Cell Engineering for Solar Energy Conversion

What is the net PV energy production in Switzerland and how can we maximize it?

ETFE and its Role in the Fabrication of Lightweight c-Si Solar Modules

Stability of black interconnect coatings for solar photovoltaic module applications

Integrating Alpine Photovoltaic Technology into EnergyScope: A Case Study of Switzerland’s Energy System

The carbon intensity of integrated photovoltaics

Modeling reflection by structured building-integrated photovoltaics

Digital twins of wooden shingle envelopes

What is the net PV energy production in Switzerland and how can we maximize it?

ETFE and its Role in the Fabrication of Lightweight c-Si Solar Modules

Stability of black interconnect coatings for solar photovoltaic module applications

The carbon intensity of integrated photovoltaics

Digital twins of wooden shingle envelopes

Integrating Alpine Photovoltaic Technology into EnergyScope: A Case Study of Switzerland’s Energy System

Modeling reflection by structured building-integrated photovoltaics