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- SCC Elite Centre on Solar Energy Conversion and Storage

Rapid climate changes have brought upon an urgent and pressing need for the development and utilization of clean energy across societies at a pace not faced before. We need to increase the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix substantially – of which solar power is an important part of.

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About SOLEN

In the SDU Climate Cluster Elite Centre on Solar Energy Conversion and Storage, SOLEN, we aim to design, engineer and scale up novel devices for solar energy conversion and storage.

Interdisciplinary research

7 interdisciplinary research teams from 4 faculties who work together on 6 interlinked work packages.
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Team

See the cross-faculty composition within the SOLEN team

Research output

Contact

Send an e-mail to the principal investigator Morten Madsen

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Latest News

20.03.2025

Danish researchers help set world record: Transparent solar cells could turn future buildings into power plants

An international research project involving the University of Southern Denmark has developed transparent solar cells with record-breaking efficiency. These new windows allow light to pass through while simultaneously generating electricity—a technology that could transform buildings in cities worldwide.

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Grants

08.05.2024

DKK 43 million for 7 excellent researchers at SDU

Seven researchers at SDU have each just received a grant from Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) to excellent and innovative research projects ranging from solar energy over young people's screen use and well-being to Greenlandic children's living conditions.

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Climate action

21.03.2023

SDU’s new elite centres will help solve climate challenges

The first two of a total of five elite centres have been designated at the SDU Climate Cluster. The two new research centres focus on nature-based solutions and solar energy, respectively. The remaining three centres will be designated this summer.

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Green Transition

01.03.2023

10 million for new elite centre with the sun at its centre

A new elite research centre under the SDU Climate Cluster takes a holistic approach to solar energy. The centre will not only design, build and develop paper-thin, flexible solar panels that can be mounted on all kinds of things, but also look at how they are implemented in society and how consumers better embrace the new solutions.

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