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id="c3209" class="d-inline"></a> <h2> Photvoltaik System on the Roof of TUM </h2> </div> <div id="c3207" class="frame frame-type-textmedia frame-layout-0"> <a id="c3208" class="d-inline"></a> <div class="ce-textpic ce-center ce-above" > <div class="ce-gallery " data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1" > <div class="ce-outer"> <div class="ce-inner"> <figure class="image"> <picture><source media="(min-width: 1400px)" srcset="/fileadmin/_processed_/e/1/csm_sofo_panorama_jpg_ab2b4439d7.webp" type="image/webp"><source srcset=" /fileadmin/_processed_/e/1/csm_sofo_panorama_jpg_bb0964b1bb.webp 481w " sizes=" (min-width: 1200px) 869px, (min-width: 768px) 575px, calc(100vw - 24px)" type="image/webp"><img class="image-embed-item" loading="lazy" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/e/1/csm_sofo_panorama_jpg_a2d3577d0b.webp" width="500" height="115" alt="" /></picture> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ce-bodytext"> <p>The Bavarian Council of Ministers made the decision that a photovoltaic power 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This was intended to reflect the innovative spirit of the Free State of Bavaria and the Technical University Munich as regards the incipient PV boom. The plant, a grid-connected system with partially transparent glass-glass modules, was integrated into three glass roofs and had a peak power of 45 kWp thereby taking a leading role in the new field of building-integrated photovoltaics (BiPV) at that time. </p> <p> In addition, on the roof of the Institute for Power Engineering MW 7 a 600 m² solar research area was created. 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