Solar photovoltaic panels and wind turbines in front of a mountain landscape

Quality assurance for renewable energies in Viet Nam

In light of new collaboration opportunities, the German Embassy, together with STAMEQ, seeks to amplify awareness around the mostly underestimated topic of Quality Infrastructure (QI) for Solar Energy. On April 12th, 2024, the third steering committee meeting of the Promotion of Quality Assurance Services for Sustainable Energy project, led by the German Metrology Institute, Physikalisch…

The upper reaches of the Ganges. On the left, a hilly riverbank can be seen; on the right, there is a rocky riverbank. A small blue boat with people inside is travelling down the river.

Aid for “Mother Ganga”

World Water Day on 22 March – measuring the water quality of the Ganges is the focus of a PTB development cooperation project India’s holiest river is considered the embodiment of a river goddess and is also often called by the same name: Mother Ganga. According to Hindu belief, whoever bathes in the river will…

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QI for PV: Vietnamese delegation visits Germany and Switzerland

PTB, in partnership with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ) in Viet Nam, is implementing a bilateral, BMZ-funded project called “Promotion of Quality Assurance Services for Sustainable Energy” in Viet Nam from 2022 to 2025. The project aims to enhance the quality infrastructure (QI) services…

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NIMT directors visit PTB

We welcomed special guests to PTB on 23 October 2023. We were very pleased that the director of the National Metrology Institute of Thailand (NIMT for short), Dr Pornchai Suteerakune, and his deputy, Anusorn Tonmueanwai, paid us a personal visit during their trip to Europe. NIMT and PTB have a long history of successful cooperation.…

Woman in the laboratory in front of PTB's Primary Power Standard

Final workshop marking 10 years of successful work in the Mongolian energy sector

Following 10 years of successful and valuable cooperation with our Mongolian partners, our BMZ-funded project Support to Mongolia’s Quality Infrastructure with Particular Regard to the Energy Sector came to an end on 31 August 2023. To mark the occasion, we jointly organized a virtual wrap-up event entitled Insight into PTB Laboratories and we were very…

Two men and three women are standing next to a statue. The statue is of Werner von Siemens.

Cooperation bears fruit: Mongolian delegation visits Germany

Staff members of the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the Ministry of Energy (MoE) visited Germany from 12-16 June during a delegation trip within the scope of the BMZ-funded project with Mongolia titled “Improving quality infrastructure in the energy sector”. One component of the project, which ended in August, focused on raising…

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National Quality Infrastructure Festival in Indonesia

From 14 – 16 June 2023, the central QI institutions of Indonesia organized a memorable festival titled Synergy of Metrology, Standards and Accreditation for Increasing Indonesia’s Competitiveness. This marked the first time since the incorporation of the National Metrology Institute (SNSU-BSN) under the umbrella of the National Standardization Agency of Indonesia (BSN) in 2018 that…

Some modern building with a glass front and a monument showing the logo of NIMT.

Congratulations – it’s NIMT’s 25th anniversary!

The National Institute for Metrology in Thailand, NIMT, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its founding this summer. As PTB and as the International Cooperation group, we wish to congratulate NIMT and send our best wishes on this special occasion. There was also a change of office in the NIMT board this year. Dr. Pornchai…

Two men are shaking hands and smiling at each other, on the left is Dr. A K Tripathi, Adviser to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and to the right is Dr. Sushil Kumar, National Physics Laboratory of India. In the background more people can be seen sitting and standing.

International forum to strengthen the Indian photovoltaic industry through QI

The International Forum on Quality in the Indian Photovoltaic Sector was held in New Delhi from 28 February to 2 March 2023. The forum brought together policy makers, regulators, quality infrastructure representatives and national as well as international photovoltaic experts to discuss challenges and solutions in the field of quality infrastructure (metrology, standardization, accreditation and…