Project

Smart PV

Code
179J6812
Duration
01 January 2012 → 31 December 2015
Funding
Regional and community funding: various
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Electronics
    • Nanotechnology
    • Power electronics
    • Design theories and methods
    • Energy generation, conversion and storage engineering
Keywords
photovoltaic systems solar panels smart PV modules
 
Project description

The target of this project is to increase the energy yield of solar panels, not by improving the solar cell efficiency, but by implementing intelligence and additional functionality within the PV modules. This comprises e.g. intelligent bypass chips, dynamic reconfiguration based on the illumination state, and very efficient high-speed GaN-based power converters.