The DTU institutes offer a broad range of services within Solar Energy and some of them are listed below:

DTU Civil Engineering
Cooperation with the solar heating industry: Cooperation with industry is often carried out as part of research projects using the test facilities of the department. More information here http://www.solvarme.byg.dtu.dk/

DTU Compute
Cooperation with industry on modelling and optimization of solar energy systems.

DTU Energy
DTU Energy has a characterization laboratory for Organic Photovoltaics with electrical and optical characterization equipment according to ISOS standards. More information here http://www.clop.dk/Services

DTU Elektro
In the frame of PowerLabDK, DTU Elektro offers:
  • Test facilities for inverter testing that can be connected to full range dynamic amplifier and real time network simulator
  • System level integration of power and control using the SYSLAB intelligent systems facility
  • Field test facilities at Bornholm
DTU Fotonik
The institute offers measurements on PV module level:
  • PV module IV measurements at STC, NOCT, NMOT and low irradiance
  • 1.4m x 2.2m test area, 1.2m x 2.0m Class A area
  • Calibration traceable to Fraunhofer ISE
  • Multi-Irradiance measurements (100 – 1100 W/m2)
  • Temperature coefficients of VOC, ISC, PMP, VMP, IMP, and Fill Factor
  • Hot spot testing (IEC 61215, ASTM E2481-12)
  • Light soaking
  • EL imaging of modules
  • Outdoor performance measurements on outdoor rack space.
The institute furthermore measures the solar resource on the roof of building 130 at RISØ Campus where a climate station is equipped with spectral radiometers (300 – 1100nm) for measuring direct beam and diffuse spectrum and broadband radiometers for measuring direct normal, global horizontal and diffuse irradiance. A pyrgeometer is installed for down welling infrared measurement (wavelengths > 3um). The institute has a long history of corporation with industry on research project for developing solar powered stand-alone products and a living lab is established in Roskilde for precise monitoring on PV products side-by-side to the solar resource measurement station.

DTU Nanotech
The institute offers the following services within photovoltaics:
  • IV-curve and efficiency measurements at 1 sun + varying incident angle
  • Quantum Efficiency (EQE, IQE, 300-1400 nm range, 5 nm resolution) measurements
  • Total reflectance measurements (300-1400 nm range, 5 nm resolution, integrating sphere)
  • Process design for Si solar cells (texturing, diffusion, AR-coating, metallization)
  • PV simulations (PC1D, PV Lighthouse) and calculations
  • Consulting on cell design, fabrication and characterization
Updated on 29 January 2019
Updated on 29 January 2019