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PV Roof Tile Development
Southampton University test roof for PV roof tiles. Capital cost is the major issue and this impacts most directly on the size of a PV roof tile. For the ‘best integration’ a PV roof tile should be...
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Keeping Food Chilled – by Solar Power
Sainsbury truck with solar powered refrigeration. The Sustainable Energy Research Group has led a programme to develop what is believed to be the world’s first solar powered refrigeration unit...
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Reliable Photovoltaic Connectors
Background Pin and socket of a photovoltaic connector. Photovoltaic modules have no moving parts and last upwards of 25 years with no maintenance aside from the occasional cleaning. Realising such a...
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Photovoltaic Module Mismatch Studies
Silicon wafer solar cells have a low working voltage (~0.5 V) and so must be connected electrically in series to become useful. A ‘standard’ PV module consists of 36 cells in series, producing a...
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Solar PV Systems at Highfield Campus, Southampton
Entrance to George Thomas Building. The University of Southampton has three permanently grid connected PV systems on its Highfield Campus designed and serviced by the Sustainable Energy Research Group....
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Photovoltaics in Residential Applications
Typical residential PV system on a house in Havant, Hampshire. Residential grid connected PV systems are relatively simple to design with easy to predict annual yields. However, the headline economics...
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Flexible Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells
Solar cell tester for life-time testing of novel thin film solar cells in the Sustainable Energy Research Group’s laboratory. Acheiving low cost, non-toxic, high efficiency, high throughput solar cells...
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Assessment of Urban Microgeneration Solutions
The group’s research is looking at existing housing developments from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s to determine the scope and potential impact of microgeneration technologies and energy efficiency...
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Two New Villages set for Electrification
The villages of Bambouti in Cameroon and Oloika in Kenya’s rift valley are set for electrification through PV array’s by the E4D team and partners. Baseline data has been collected and the villages...
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The University of Southampton hosts the RENKEI Spring School – Southampton,...
The University of Southampton will host the RENKEI Spring School in March 2015 The theme of the Spring School is ‘Energy supply within cities’ RENKEI is the Japanese word for “collaboration” and in...
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Potential of developing rooftop PV systems on SCC non-domestic buildings
The three buttons on the top right corner of the map can be used to “Search”, “Filter”, and “Change basemap”. Results are obtained based on simulation model developed by Phil Wu, Sustainable Energy...
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e4D –‘Development and Mini-Grids in Rural Africa’– Conference Report
Attendees are welcomed to the conference ‘Development and Mini-Grid in Rural Africa’ was the Energy for Development’s (e4D) first dissemination conference successfully held 11 – 12 May 2015, in...
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e4D update – SERG researchers return to Uganda and Kenya
SERG researchers Maj and Nicolas have just finished the last for 2017 SERG visit to Africa. The last two weeks they visited old Energy for Development (e4D) projects in Kenya and Uganda. As demand has...
View Article4th Africa Mini Grids Summit , 21-22 March, Nairobi, Kenya
In Sub Saharan Africa around 600 million are without electricity. It is well recognised that mini grids are critical in addressing such electricity shortages providing access resulting in development...
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Photovoltaic Module Mismatch Studies
Silicon wafer solar cells have a low working voltage (~0.5 V) and so must be connected electrically in series to become useful. A ‘standard’ PV module consists of 36 cells in series, producing a...
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Thin Film Development – Flexible Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells
Fig. 1 – Solar cell tester for life-time testing of novel thin film solar cells in the SERG laboratory. Achieving low cost, non-toxic, high efficiency, high throughput solar cells is the ultimate...
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Energy and the City RoadShow
The Sustainable Energy Research Group is hosting a roadshow on 9th November 2017. BACKGROUND ‘Liveable Cities’ is an umbrella name for a series of interlinked research projects addressing these...
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Solar Shaded Car Park Project
The Solar Shaded Car Park project is commissioned by the King Abdulaziz University under the auspices of the King Salman Chair for Energy Research (KSCER) and the Vice‐presidency for Projects in...
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Renewable Energy in Saudi Arabia
Energy and Climate Change Division (ECCD) undertake research to support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA’s) Vision 2030. The research is in collaboration with the Department of Electrical and...
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Showcasing Engineering for Development
Showcasing Engineering for Development with a focus on electrification In collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering, London Hybrid conference, 18 March 2022 See recorded event The University...
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