Our research showcase

Discover our labs in this short video.

A unique infrastructure is available in the Battery Lab of EnergyVille to accelerate the development of new battery chemistries and designs.

Two types of photovoltaic materials are investigated: perovskites and CIGS (Cu-In-Ga-Se). In this lab the material properties are improved and the interfaces and the different layers in the thin film solar cell structure are studied and optimised. The size of solar cells can …

The EnergyVille Low Voltage Grid Lab is a platform for testing smart grid products and systems

The Home Lab is a real life test infrastructure for home energy management systems, residential demand response technologies involving smart appliances and in-home communication systems. The Home Lab enables the testing of residential energy management systems, communication …

Flexible DC Lab for new home technologies The Bipolar DC Lab infrastructure is a testing facility where industrial partners can perform technology validation for the new DC distribution systems: grid architectures, grid components, converters, renewable energy sources …

Electrical energy storage technologies are of vital importance on the path towards a fully sustainable future. Storage can smoothen the intermittent production of renewable energy and improve matching demand and supply. In traction applications electrical energy storage …

The PV solar cell lab is offering fabrication and characterisation of mono-crystalline silicon solar cells with state-of-the-art equipment. As such, it is well-suited to evaluate and process both standard and new materials in the silicon solar cell value chain: evaluation of …

The EnergyVille Digital Grid Emulation Lab is a multifunctional lab with grid emulator capabilities. Our detailed real-time power system simulators enable the testing of grid control functionality in close to real-life system conditions.

Reliability in photovoltaic (PV) systems is gaining importance because of various reasons; cost and applications. The Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) depends strongly on lifetime, while in Building Integrated PV (BIPV) for example, people expect lifetimes of 40 years and …

Test your medium-voltage smart-grid equipment in a three-phase synthetic grid under realistic conditions.

Characterise the electrical and thermal behaviour of your photovoltaic modules for building-applied and building-integrated applications.