The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE), a US-based non-profit applied research and development center, works with partners from across the solar photovoltaics, building technology, and materials fields. We offer comprehensive support for development, testing, evaluation, education, and marketing of new technologies with considerable flexibility in project structure and intellectual property concerns. We work with a wide variety of clients, ranging from large multinational corporations to small startups and academic research groups.

We perform applied research and development work with partners and clients, including:

Collaborative Research with Industry

The Fraunhofer CSE works with commercial partners to help develop, test, assess, and measure new products and systems. Opportunities are available for building-integrated testing of advanced energy / sustainable products and systems in our new "living laboratory" under construction in Boston.

Third-Party Validation

As a neutral party and trusted name, Fraunhofer CSE can confidentially evaluate materials and system performance. Fraunhofer's assessments carry the weight of Europe's largest applied contract R&D group, an organization with over 60 years of experience.

Grant Partnerships

Fraunhofer CSE often partners with academic and industrial partners interested in responding to government grant solicitations in research areas of common interest. In this area, the CSE's scientific capabilities are matched by many years of in-house grantwriting expertise.

Start-Up Proof of Concept

The CSE's TechBridge Program fosters promising clean technologies and early-stage companies, providing technical guidance, equipment, and access to venture capital at the most critical phases.