Spire Solar Iberia has developed a state-of-the-art XL solar simulator that is able to measure the maximum power of photovoltaic modules of any size with high precision and to identify those with low ...

To address the challenge of characterizing curved, three-dimensional vehicle-integrated photovoltaics (VIPV), scientists at the Polytechnic University of Madrid developed the design principles and ...

To keep a solar-powered HAPS flying continuously, its power generation must exceed its consumption. While predicting the power consumption of the motors is straightforward, predicting the power ...

Radiantly versatile – In Cologne, DLR has a unique facility in Germany for irradiation tests with natural and artificial sunlight in the form of the High-Flux Solar Furnace and Solar Simulator. The ...

Analysts interested in measuring the degradation of molecules due to photodegradation should consider using a photochemical reactor. There are two photochemical reactors in the engineering ...

A collaboration between space agency NASA and Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is attempting to harness the Sun’s heat to propel the next generation of spacecraft to the ...

The solar simulation chamber serves for thermal vacuum testing of both individual components and overall systems for space applications. The environmental conditions that will be encountered in space, ...