We are pleased to announce that iLUMEN has become the main sponsor of our event, the iLUMEN European Solar Challenge.

Ilumen is an engineering office that is specialized in monitoring, maintenance and optimization of photovoltaic installations. Ilumen has also their own R&D department where they develop innovative solutions like the PID box, http://www.ilumen.be/en/pid.html, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btupn42YpzA PID or Potential Induced Degradation is a problem that occurs on many photovoltaic panels when they are exposed to a negative voltage to ground.  Because of PID the solar panels will degrade fast and thus can not achieve the expected return on 20-year. This process often occurs after 2 or 3 years and after this the degradation will proceed fast.