Solar Energy
Saxony-Anhalt is the heartbeat of the SOLAR VALLEY. No other region in the world has developed into a centre of industry-oriented research. International investors have invested more than 9 billion euros in this location since 1991.
Facts
- Unites all PV technologies in Saxony-Anhalt
- Companies have their headquarters and research and development facilities here
- Close R&D cooperation: the Fraunhofer Centre for Silicon Photovoltaics (CSP) is the world’s only centre for the crystallisation and material analysis of solar silicon
Advantages Saxony-Anhalt
- Well-trained workers
- Leading glass producers and industrial gas suppliers in Saxony-Anhalt
- Dense infrastructure for industry and logistics
- Investment incentives covering up to 35 % of the investment costs
Education:
- Photovoltaics department at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, with one endowed professorship and five further professorships in physics and chemistry
- Dual bachelor’s programme in solar technology at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
- Further education courses at the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences
