Stuttgart-based Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and First Solar has announced a strategic research partnership focused on advancing thin film photovoltaics (PV).

ZSW embarks on joint project to develop rechargeable zinc-manganese dioxide batteries.

Around 830,000 new electric vehicles were registered in Germany last year. This means that there are now almost 1.9 million electric cars on German roads – this is 59% more than in the previous year.

In order to get a more detailed picture of energy flows in the electrical grid, scientists from the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research in Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) are looking to use improved, self-learning algorithms. A major research project was launched to this end in February 2017. These algorithms will serve to more accurately forecast consumers' needs and the amount of electricity generated from renewables. Satellite data will...

The commercial production of thin-film photovoltaic systems with semiconductors made of Copper, Indium, Gallium and Selenium (CIGS) is on the verge of a breakthrough.