| 09:00 – 10:15 | Welcome and Registration | ||||
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| 10:15 – 10:20 | About this Forum | Florian Reil, Chairman of the Forum Dr. Benedikt Rösen | TÜV Rheinland Energy GmbH EnergyAgency.NRW | Cologne, Germany Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| 10:20 – 10:25 | Welcome by the State Government of North Rhine-Westphalia | Michael Geßner | Energy Department of the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy | Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| 10:25 – 10:30 | Slido Tutorial | ||||
| Session 1 | The Increasing Role of PV | ||||
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| Session Chairs: Carl-Georg Graf von Buquoy, EnergyAgency.NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany Dr. Benedikt Rösen, EnergyAgency.NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany | |||||
| 10:30 – 11:00 | 1.1 | Global PV Market Analysis and Recent Developments | Izumi Kaizuka | RTS Corporation | Tokyo, Japan |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | 1.2 | Solar Photovoltaic Electricity Generation: A Lifeline for the European Coal Regions in Transition | Dr. Nigel Taylor | Joint Research Centre (JRC) | Ispra, Italy |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | 1.3 | The Time for PV to Unleash its Full Economical Potential has Finally Come | Dr. Benedikt Ortmann | BayWa r.e. Solar Projects GmbH | Freiburg, Germany |
| 11:50 – 12:20 | Q&A supported by Slido | ||||
| 12:20 – 12:23 | Innovations by Astronergy | Paul Xinhua Ji | Astronergy Solarmodule GmbH | Frankfurt/Oder, Germany | |
| 12:23 – 12:26 | Innovations by LONGi | Winfried Wahl | LONGi Solar Technology GmbH | Frankfurt, Germany | |
| 12:30 – 13:45 | Lunch Visit Poster & Exhibition | ||||
| Session 2 | PV Modules for Upcoming Applications | ||||
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| Session Chairs: Dr. Marc Köntges, Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin, Emmerthal, Germany Christof Erban, SUNOVATION Produktion GmbH, Germany | |||||
| 13:45 – 14:05 | 2.1 | Mitigate Hot-Spot Risks in PV Modules of Very High Output Power | Christian Comes | Canadian Solar EMEA GmbH | Munich, Germany |
| 14:05 – 14:25 | 2.2 | Interconnect Shingling, Seamless, Gapless or Paved PV Modules | Henning Schulte Huxel | Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) | Emmerthal, Germany |
| 14:25 – 14:45 | 2.3 | Requirements on Floating PV Modules | Dr. Børge Bjørneklett | Ocean Sun AS | Lysaker, Norway |
| 14:45 – 15:05 | 2.4 | Solar Cars: Challenges and Opportunities | Dr. Bonna Newman | TNO (Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research) | Petten, Netherlands |
| 15:05 – 15:35 | Q&A supported by Slido | ||||
| 15:35 – 15:38 | Innovations by h.a.l.m. | Christian Hoyer | h.a.l.m. elektronik gmbh | Frankfurt, Germany | |
| 15:38 – 15:41 | Innovations by Huawei | Holger Grau | Huawei Technologies Deutschland GmbH | Nürnberg, Germany | |
| 15:45 – 16:30 | Coffee Break | ||||
| Session 3 | Quality and Reliability | ||||
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| Session Chairs: Dr. David Moser, EURAC Research, Bolzano, Italy Dr. Ana Rosa Lagunas, CENTRO NACIONAL DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES, Sarriguren, Spain | |||||
| 16:30 - 16:50 | 3.1 | LeTID Risks during PERC Cell Process and Regeneration Strategies | Dr. Radovan Kopecek | International Solar Energy Research Center (ISC) | Konstanz, Germany |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | 3.2 | LeTID – Detection and Regeneration in the Field | Ingo Klute | PV-Experts.co | Wörrstadt, Germany |
| 17:10 - 17:30 | 3.3 | PERC Type Modules – Testing Challenges, Reliability and Field Experience | Dr. Max B. Köntopp | Hanwha Q CELLS GmbH | Thalheim, Germany |
| 17:30 - 17:50 | 3.4 | PID on Bifacial PV Modules | Dr. Volker Naumann | Fraunhofer Center for Silicon-Photovoltaics CSP | Halle, Germany |
| 17:50 – 18:20 | Q&A supported by Slido | ||||
| 18:20 – 18:23 | Innovations by JinkoSolar | Roman Giehl | JinkoSolar GmbH | Unterschleißheim, Germany | |
| 18:23 – 18:26 | Innovations by MBJ Solutions | Michael Fuß | MBJ Solutions GmbH | Hamburg, Germany | |
| 18:26 – 18:30 | Introduction of Poster Concept and Topics | Ulrike Jahn | TÜV Rheinland Energy GmbH | Cologne, Germany | |
| 18:30 – 18:35 | Welcome by the Global Field Manager Solar | Frank Piller | TÜV Rheinland Japan Ltd. | Yokohama, Japan | |
| 18:35 – 19:30 | Poster Exhibition and Networking before Dinner | ||||
| 19:30 | Dinner | ||||
| Session 4 | Advanced PV Energy Rating |
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| Session Chairs: Dr. Stefan Winter, PTB, Braunschweig, Germany Dr. Werner Herrmann, TÜV Rheinland Energy GmbH, Cologne, Germany | |||||
| 09:00 - 09:10 | 4.0 | Introduction to EU PV-ENERATE Project | Dr. Stefan Winter | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) | Braunschweig, Germany |
| 09:10 - 09:30 | 4.1 | Accurancy, Cost and Sensitivity Analysis of PV Energy Rating | Dr. James Blakesley | National Physics Laboratory (NPL) | Teddington, UK |
| 09:30 - 09:50 | 4.2 | Experience with NMOT Measurements of BIPV Modules | Gabi Friesen | Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI) | Canobbio, Switzerland |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | 4.3 | Spectral Response Measurements using LED Simulator | Dr. Hendrik Sträter | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) | Braunschweig, Germany |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | 4.4 | Energy Rating for Bifacial PV | Dr. Christian Reise | Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) | Freiburg, Germany |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Q&A supported by Slido | ||||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break | ||||
| Session 5 | PV Field Experiences | ||||
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| Session Chairs: Ulrike Jahn, TÜV Rheinland Energy GmbH, Cologne, Germany Willi Ernst, Biohaus-Stiftung, Paderborn, Germany | |||||
| 11:30 - 11:50 | 5.1 | Floating PV Systems - Operational Experiences | Christian Kirschning | SolarAnts Floating | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 11:50 – 12:15 | 5.2 | Agro-Photovoltaics - Optimization of PV and Photosynthesis Yields | Boris Farnung | Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) | Freiburg, Germany |
| 12:15 – 12:40 | 5.3 | Solar Trackers and Bifaciality | José Alfonso Teruel | Soltec Energias Renovables S.L. | Murcia, Spain |
| 12:40 – 13:10 | Q&A supported by Slido | ||||
| 13:10 – 14:15 | Lunch Visit Poster and Exhibition | ||||
| Session 6 | International Standardization Activities | ||||
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| Session Chair: Dr. Tony Sample, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy | |||||
| 14:15 - 14:25 | 6.0 | Introduction to IEC Standardisation Activities | Dr. Tony Sample | Joint Research Centre, Ispra | European Commission |
| 14:25 - 14:55 | 6.1 | IEC TS 63209 Extended-Stress Testing of Photovoltaic Modules for Risk Analysis | Dr. Bengt Jäckel | Fraunhofer Center for Silicon-Photovoltaics (CSP) | Halle, Germany |
| 14:55 - 15:25 | 6.2 | IEC TS 63126 Guidelines for Qualifying PV Modules, Components and Materials for Operation at High Temperatures | Kent Whitfield | NEXTracker, Inc. | Fremont, CA, USA |
| 15:25 - 15:45 | 6.3 | Light at Elevated Temperature Inducted Degradation (LeTID) Testing of PV Modules | Dr. Christos Monokroussos | TÜV Rheinland (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | Shanghai, China |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Q&A supported by Slido | ||||
| 16:15 - 16:20 | Closing | Florian Reil, Chairman of the Forum | TÜV Rheinland Energy GmbH | Cologne, Germany | |
| 16:20 | End of PV Module Forum 2020 | ||||
