Social Network for Photovoltaics Launches Ideas Contest
The Festo Engineering Network is the industry?s idea and communication
platform
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Specialists from the photovoltaic sector now have their own
international expert network: the Festo Engineering Network (http://fen.festo.com)
offers a convenient and efficient way of exchanging ideas within the
community about trends and market developments in the wafer-based solar
industry and of discovering new solutions together.
?Trust, reliable processes and a clear-cut infrastructure evolve if
cooperation is started early amongst network members. This enables us to
reap the benefits for successful products.?
The Festo Engineering Network simplifies contacts between leading
manufacturers of photovoltaic solutions and scientists from the
Fraunhofer ISE and CSE. Network members develop new ideas for the future
of the solar industry in closed workgroups. A database provides
up-to-date industry know-how such as sample applications, reports and
studies, which members can download free of charge.
As part of the launch activities for the online platform, the Festo
Engineering Network has announced an ideas contest with attractive
prizes, for example a flight in a hot-air balloon or an airship.
Participants can submit ideas about standardisation of interfaces,
photovoltaic standards for cell production, cost reductions, safety and
energy efficiency, utility monitoring and assembly systems up until the
20th of February 2011.
At the opening event of the Festo Summit Photovoltaics in San Francisco
at the beginning of December 2010, Professor Dr. Joel West of San Jose
State University stressed how important collaboration in social networks
is, particularly in young and dynamic industries like photovoltaics:
?Trust, reliable processes and a clear-cut infrastructure evolve if
cooperation is started early amongst network members. This enables us to
reap the benefits for successful products.?
http://fen.festo.com