A man and a woman wearing safety helmets and high-visibility waistcoats stand in front of solar panels. The woman has a laptop in her hand and is pointing into the distance with her other hand.

QI for Photovoltaics Global Exchange: a promising modality in international collaboration

EventsSuzana Lange

For the past decade, the International Cooperation group of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) has played a pivotal role in enhancing quality infrastructure (QI) for photovoltaics (PV) through bilateral cooperation projects with various countries, financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The time has come to recognize that partners can learn…

Aerial view of a solar energy generation park

Coming full circle: Recycling and reusing photovoltaic modules in India

Asia, EventsJohanna Tepe

As more and more solar systems are reaching the ends of their life cycle in India, the issues of reuse and recycling are playing an increasingly important role. To address this, the National Physical Laboratory of India (CSIR-NPL) and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) joined forces to organize and host a two-day Calidena workshop on Improving Circularity…