A team lead by Tore Sandnes Vehus from UiA, supported by WP7 colleagues from NTNU, UiO, NMBU and IFE, received a 2.8MNOK grant from the Norwegian Directorate of Higher Education and Skills to develop two flexible courses in collaboration with stakeholders/industry that can be undertaken alongside regular work.
FME SOLAR is a national research center for solar power, focusing on photovoltaics (PV). It is jointly funded by the Research Council of Norway and our partners. FME SOLAR is dedicated to supporting the broad PV industry, the public sector and society in Norway by providing competence and cutting edge R&D in this very important field.
important challenges
Sustainability and circularity
With more than 1 billion PV modules installed every year, sustainability is becoming increasingly important. FME SOLAR addresses both sustainability in production and installation, as well as recycling of PV materials and components.
Supporting accelerated deployment of PV power plants
For the PV industry to continue on its growth trajectory, digital tools supporting development, deployment, operations and maintenance, as well as integration of a rapidly growing number of PV power plants worldwide are needed.
Photovoltaics here, there, everywhere?
FME SOLAR will investigate the opportunities and challenges related to the deployment of PV power plants of all sizes through improved integration in buildings and infrastructure, co-use of land and water, as well as in new environments. Public acceptance is required for further upscaling and is an important aspect of the FME SOLAR research.
Latest news
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The Norwegian Solar Cell Conference (NSCC) 2025 23/05/2025 -The Norwegian Solar Cell Conference (NSCC) 2025Read MoreThank you to everyone who participated in the Norwegian Solar Cell Conference 2025!
This conference has a long tradition in Norway but was for the very first time hosted by FME SOLAR May 20th.-21st in sunny Son
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PhD Position on silicon recycling available at NTNU 02/05/2025 -PhD Position on silicon recycling available at NTNURead MoreAnother opportunity to join FME SOLAR! A PhD Position on silicon recycling available in the physical metallurgy group at NTNU. Deadline: May 4th.
Upcoming events
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Reliability of PV + BESS - webinar June 10th 23/05/2025 -Reliability of PV + BESS - webinar June 10thRead MoreWelcome to the second webinar in the series on batteries and PV, arranged by FME SOLAR, Fornybar Norge and FME BATTERY! Join us on Tuesday, June 10th at 12:15 for this webinar titled "Reliability of PV+ BESS (Battery Energy Storage System)".