State-of-the-art assessment of solar energy technologies (original) (raw)

The European Green Deal set out key actions in the promotion and deployment of renewable energies in order to realize the EU target of energy transition to a carbon neutral energy system. Photovoltaic solar energy is one of the key technology renewable energy sources to enable this transition. The European Commission’s JRC with its PV Energy project and the dedicated European Solar Test Installation Laboratories has been working to support the development and deployment of innovative, dependable and reliable photovoltaic solar energy solutions. This report presents the contribution of the European Solar Test Installation to enable this transition. The document describes the activities carried out in support of innovation concerning new materials from universities and research centres, dissemination activities of best practice for measurement and testing to peer laboratories in the international community and the application of the knowledge generated to improve international standards for characterising and assessing photovoltaic technologies. In addition, we report how the expert knowledge of the JRC is contributing with our partner DG’s to develop appropriate transition methods as part of the regulation for Ecodesign and Energy Labelling for PV modules, inverters and systems.

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