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Solar TAP Expert Featured on German TV Show
Solar TAP Expert Featured on German TV Show Showcasing Breakthrough PV Recycling Technology. The rapid global expansion of photovoltaics brings with it an important long-term challenge: the responsible and resource-efficient…
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Solar TAP at the Austrian PV & Storage Conference in Vienna
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in Event reviewSolar TAP Manager Dr. Jens Hauch represented the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg (HI ERN) at this year’s Austrian Conference on Photovoltaics and Storage, held from 4–5 November in Vienna. The event…
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Second Solar TAP Network General Assembly
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in Event reviewOn October 16, 2025, the Solar TAP community gathered for the Second Network General Assembly at InnovationLab GmbH in Heidelberg. The event brought together Solar TAP Principal Investigators, researchers, and…
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Clean Tech Innovation Day & Solar TAP Industry Day 2025
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in Event reviewClean Tech Innovation Day & Solar TAP Industry Day 2025: Accelerating Innovation through Collaboration On October 15, 2025, more than 70 participants from research, industry, and start-ups gathered at the…
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Solar TAP Research Featured Among Poster Award Winners at EU PVSEC 2025
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We are proud to highlight the excellent scientific contribution of Marie-Louise Schubert, PhD researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the group of Prof. Carsten Rockstuhl, whose work…
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Solar TAP at the Western Balkans Energy Conference
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Solar TAP at the Western Balkans Energy Conference – Connecting Ideas & Driving Collaboration On July 10, 2025, Solar TAP Researcher Niklas Albinius from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin proudly participated in the…
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Solar TAP Digital Twin Workshop for Emerging PV
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Workshop Review: Towards a Digital Twin for Emerging Photovoltaics From June 30 to July 1, 2025, over 25 researchers, students, and industry professionals gathered virtually across two afternoons to explore…
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Solar TAP at the 6th AgriVoltaics World Conference
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Solar TAP Showcases the Future of Sustainable Farming at the 6th AgriVoltaics World Conference in Freiburg The 6th AgriVoltaics World Conference has wrapped up after three vibrant days of scientific…
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Pocket-Sized Tool for Rapid In-Field Analysis of PV Polymers
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Solar TAP Researchers Unveil Pocket-Sized Tool for Rapid In-Field Analysis of PV Polymers As part of its mission to bring advanced materials science into real-world solar applications, the Solar TAP…
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Solar TAP Enables Industry Training at SFF
Advancing Printed Electronics: Solar TAP Supports Industry Training at Solar Factory of the Future Through the initiative of Solar TAP Network Member Automatic Research, a collaborative training session was held…
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Solar TAP Booth at the Agri-PV NRW Meeting
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in NewsSolar TAP Showcases Climate-Smart Agri-PV Innovation at NRW Conference On May 27, Solar TAP participated in the Agri-PV Conference in Bad Sassendorf hosted by Landwirtschaftskammer Nordrhein-Westfalen and NRW.Energy4Climate at Haus…
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Joint Solar TAP/Hi-Acts Workshop
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Accelerator Meets Application: Solar TAP and Hi-Acts Host First Joint Industry Workshop at HZB On May 22, 2025, Solar TAP and Hi-Acts — two Helmholtz Innovation Platforms — co-hosted their…