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Monday, 09 September 2019, 08:30 – 12:15 - Free Admission to the Monday Opening

08:30 - 09:30 Scientific Opening / Plenary Session 1AP.1

1AP.1 Routes to High Efficiency in Photovoltaics

Chairpersons:
Robert Kenny, European Commission Joint Research Centre
Antonio Martí Vega UPM, Spain

See detailed Conference Programme

09:30 – 10:00 Becquerel Prize Ceremony

Delivery of the prize by Piotr Szymanski, European Commission, Director of the JRC Directorate C for Energy, Transport and Climate
Chair of Ceremony
Joachim Luther, Chairman of the Prize Committee
Laudatio
Stefan Glunz, Fraunhofer ISE
Delivery of the prize
Becquerel Prize Winner
Pierre Verlinden, Consultant, Non-Executive Director to PV companies, Visiting Professor at Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou)
Keynote Speech: Challenges for the PV Industry in the 21st Century

10:00 Opening Addresses

Confirmed speakers:

Florence Lambert, EU PVSEC Conference General Chair, Director of CEA Liten, the Laboratory for Innovation in new Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials, France
Laurent Michel, Director General of Energy and Climate, Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, France
Piotr Szymanski, European Commission, Director of the JRC Directorate C for Energy, Transport and Climate
Walburga Hemetsberger, Chief Executive Officer, SolarPower Europe

11:00 Moderated Panel Discussion

The Future of PV Manufacturing in Europe

Confirmed Panellists:

Eicke Weber, prel. Chair ESMC (European Solar Manufacturing Council)
Andreas Bett, Director, Fraunhofer ISE, Germany
Luc de-Marliave, Total, France
Roch Drozdowski-Strehl, General Director, IPVF, France
Maïder Feunteun-Peyroux, Akuo Industry, France
Paolo Frankl, Head of Renewable Energy Division, IEA - International Energy Agency
Philippe Malbranche, General Director, CEA INES
Stefan Rinck, CEO, Singulus, Germany

Moderator: Heinz Ossenbrink, Former European Commission Joint Research Centre

An introductory message to the topic of the Panel Discussion from Prof. Eicke Weber:
The global Photovoltaics (PV) industry has shown in the last decades unprecedented growth, with an average growth rate since 1990 of more than 30%, selling in 2018 about 100 Gigawatt (GW) of new PV installations. Today, about 500 GW of PV have been installed. In view of the increasing demand of new green electricity needed for the rapid decarbonization of our whole economy, including industry and traffic, the further growth prospects appear to be mindblowing. For 2030, we expect PV installations of 3 – 5 Terawatt (TW) , for 2050 30 – 60 TW, according to the recent, very detailed global analysis of the Energy Watch Group with LUT University in Finland. So, we are just at the beginning of the growth of a sizable, global PV industry with current annual sales already exceeding $20-30bn.

For Europe, it is of key importance to regain a major role in this rapidly developing market. The window of opportunity to re-start cost-effective Gigawatt-type of cell and module production, based on a low carbon-footprint of the PV production process, will be closing soon, as the big players replace outdated process equipment with modern technologies. Such an effort will have to start with securing uptake agreements, in order to de-risk investments in such a future EU-based multi-Gigawatt PV cell and module production facility. The European Solar Manufacturing council (ESMC) will be focussed on assisting in the establishment of such facilities in Europe.

Your Conference Programme is compiled by the photovoltaic professional world.
Following submission, your abstract will be reviewed by the international EU PVSEC Committee. This distinguished group is made up of 231 leading experts from institutional and industrial research organisations from around the world.

Status of 21.02.2019

EU PVSEC Technical Programme Chair

Robert Kenny
European Commission Joint Research Centre
Directorate for Energy, Transport and Climate
Ispra, Italy

Topic Organisers

1 New Materials and Concepts for Photovoltaic Devices

1.1 Fundamental Studies

Dr. Louise Hirst

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. Bernd Rech

HZB, Germany

1.2 New Materials and Concepts for Cells and Modules

Prof. Antonio Martí Vega

UPM, Spain

Prof. Dr Jozef (Jef) Poortmans

imec, Belgium

2 Silicon Materials and Cells

2.1 Feedstock, Crystallisation, Wafering, Defect Engineering

Dr. Oliver Anspach

PV Crystalox Solar, Germany

Dr. Stephan Riepe

Fraunhofer ISE, Germany

Mr. Dennis Bredemeier

ISFH, Germany

2.2 Homojunction Solar Cells

Prof. Dr. Giso Hahn

University of Konstanz, Germany

Prof. Dr. Arthur W. Weeber

ECN part of TNO, Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Pere Roca i Cabarrocas

CNRS, France

2.3 Heterojunction Solar Cells

Prof. Stefan W. Glunz

Fraunhofer ISE, Germany

Dr. Matthieu Despeisse

CSEM, Switzerland

2.4 Thin Film and Foil-Based Si Solar Cells

Dr. Julio Cárabe

CIEMAT, Spain

Prof. Dr. Marko Topic

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

2.5 Characterisation & Simulation of Si Cells

Dr. Francesca Ferrazza

eni spa, Italy

Dr. Karsten Bothe

ISFH, Germany

2.6 Manufacturing & Production of Si Cells

Dr. Peter Wohlfart

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES, Germany

Dr. Stefan Peters

Hanwha Q CELLS, Germany

3 Perovskites, other Non-Silicon-Based Photovoltaics and Multi-Junction Devices

3.1 Perovskite Based Photovoltaics

Dr. Sjoerd Veenstra

ECN part of TNO, Netherlands

Dr. Wolfgang Tress

EPFL, Switzerland

3.2 CI(G)S, CdTe and Related Thin Film Solar Cells

Dr. Wiltraud Wischmann

ZSW, Germany

Prof. Dr. Ayodhya Nath Tiwari

EMPA, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Alex Redinger

University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

3.3 Organic and Dye-Sensitised Devices

Dr. Giorgio Bardizza

European Commission JRC, Italy

Dr. Riccardo Po

eni, Italy

3.4 III-V and Related Compound Semiconductor Based Devices

Dr. Giovanni Flamand

imec, Belgium

Dr. Gerald Siefer

Fraunhofer ISE, Germany

3.5 Tandems

Dr. Sylvain Nicolay

CSEM, Switzerland

Dr. Jan Christoph Goldschmidt

Fraunhofer ISE, Germany

4 Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components

4.1 PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

Prof. Ralph Gottschalg

Fraunhofer CSP, Germany

Dr. Werner Herrmann

TÜV Rheinland Energy, Germany

4.2 Inverters and Balance of System Components

Prof. Nicola Pearsall

Northumbria University, United Kingdom

Dr. Claudia Buerhop-Lutz

HI ERN, Germany

4.3 Sustainability and Recycling

Ms. Mariska de Wild-Scholten

SmartGreenScans, Netherlands

Dr. Karsten Wambach

Wambach-Consulting, Germany

5 PV Systems and Storage – Modelling, Design, Operation and Performance

5.1 Solar Resource and Forecasting

Prof. Dr. Wilfried G.J.H.M. van Sark

Utrecht University, Netherlands

Dr. Christos Protogeropoulos

EEPS, Greece

5.2 Design and Installation of PV Systems

Dr. Heinz Ossenbrink

Band Gap, Germany

Mr. Franck Al-Shakarchi

CEATECH-INES, France

5.3 Operation, Performance and Maintenance of PV Systems

Mr. Peter Lechner

ZSW, Germany

Mr. Gerhard Mütter

Alteso, Austria

5.4 Storage

Dr. Laurent Torcheux

EDF R&D, France

Dr. Francesco Dolci

European Commission JRC, Netherlands

5.5 Concentrators and PV for Space Applications

Prof. Ignacio Antón Hernández

UPM, Spain

Dr. Stephen Taylor

European Space Agency, Netherlands

6 PV Applications and Integration

6.1 PV on/in Buildings, Infrastructure, Landscape, Water and Nature

Dr. Francesco Frontini

SUPSI, Switzerland

Dr. Alessandra Scognamiglio

ENEA, Italy

6.2 Professional Applications of PV

Prof. Urs Muntwyler

BFH, Switzerland

Dr. Hubert A. Aulich

SC Sustainable Concepts, Germany

6.3 PV Driven Energy Management and System Integration

Prof. Franz P. Baumgartner

ZHAW, Switzerland

Ms. Ingrid Weiss

WIP Renewable Energies, Germany

7 Finance, Markets and Policies

7.1 Costs, Economics, Finance and Markets

Prof. Dr. Christian Breyer

Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

Mr. Gaetan Masson

Becquerel Institute, Belgium

Mr. Thomas Nordmann

TNC Consulting, Switzerland

7.2 Policies and Scenarios for Renewables, Societal and Global Challenges

Ms. Maria Getsiou

European Commission DG RTD, Belgium

Dr. Stefan Nowak

NET Nowak Energy & Technology, Switzerland

Mr. Philippe Malbranche

CEA, France

Paper Review Experts
Steve Albrecht, HZB, Berlin, Germany Cristina Alonso-Tristán, UBU, Burgos, Spain Nekane Azkona, UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain Kris Baert, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium Nicolas Barreau, University of Nantes, France Derk L. Bätzner, Meyer Burger Research, Hauterive, Switzerland Guy Beaucarne, Dow Silicones, Seneffe, Belgium Martin P. Bellmann, SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway Malek Benmansour, CEA, Le Bourget du Lac, France Veronica Bermudez Benito, QEERI, Doha, Qatar Darina Blagoeva, European Commission JRC, Petten, The Netherlands Philippe Blanc, MINES ParisTech, Paris, France Pierluigi Bonomo, SUPSI, Canobbio, Switzerland Christoph J. Brabec, FAU, Erlangen, Germany Rolf Brendel, ISFH, Emmerthal, Germany Roland Bründlinger, AIT, Vienna, Austria Timothy Bruton, Progress in Photovoltaics, Woking, United Kingdom Roberta Campesato, CESI, Milan, Italy Christian Camus, LayTec, Berlin, Germany Silvia Caneva, WIP Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany Fabian Carigiet, ZHAW, Winterthur, Switzerland Anna J. Carr, ECN part of TNO, Petten, The Netherlands Alison Ciesla, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia James Patrick Connolly, UPV, Valencia, Spain Stéphane Cros, CEA, Le Bourget du Lac, France Edwin Cunow, LSPV Consulting, Gröbenzell, Germany Thomas Dalibor, Avancis, Torgau, Germany Adrien Danel, CEA, Le Bourget du Lac, France Bill Dauksher, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA Michele de Bastiani, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia Paola Delli Veneri, ENEA, Portici, Italy Aldo Di Carlo, University of Rome II, Italy Bernhard Dimmler, NICE Solar Energy, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany Doriana Dimova-Malinovska, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Sébastien Dubois, CEA, Le Bourget du Lac, France Thorsten Dullweber, ISFH, Emmerthal, Germany Ken Durose, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Liverpool, United Kingdom Gabriele C. Eder, OFI, Vienna, Austria Roland Einhaus, Apollon Solar, Lyon, France Nicholas Ekins-Daukes, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia Marco Ernst, ANU, Canberra, Australia Peter Fath, RCT-Solutions, Konstanz, Germany Wilfried Favre, CEA, Le Bourget-du-lac, France Christopher Fell, CSIRO Energy Technology, Mayfield West, Australia Gabi Friesen, SUPSI, Canobbio, Switzerland Vasilis Fthenakis, Columbia University, New York, USA Bruno Gaiddon, Hespul, Lyon, France Stefan Gall, HZB, Berlin, Germany William J. Gambogi, DuPont, Wilmington, USA Ivan Gordon, imec, Leuven, Belgium Jonathan Govaerts, imec, Genk, Belgium Ana Maria Gracia Amillo, European Commission JRC, Ispra, Italy Giorgio Graditi, ENEA, Portici, Italy Matthias Grottke, Hammer Real, Munich, Germany Daniela Guida, ENEL Green Power, Rome, Italy Ingo Hagemann, Architekturbüro Hagemann, Aachen, Germany Christian Hagendorf, Fraunhofer CSP, Halle (Saale), Germany Jan Haschke, EPFL, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Claas Helmke, Clake Energy, Erfurt, Germany M. Angeles Hernandez-Fenollosa, UPV, Valencia, Spain Bert Herteleer, Ekistica, Alice Springs, Australia Karl Hesse, Wacker Chemie, Burghausen, Germany Yoshihiro Hishikawa, AIST, Tsukuba, Japan Jörg Horzel, CSEM, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Shujuan Huang, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia Kees Hummelen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Stuart J. C. Irvine, Swansea University, St. Asaph, United Kingdom Shogo Ishizuka, AIST, Tsukuba, Japan Ulrike Jahn, TÜV Rheinland Energy, Cologne, Germany Gaby J. M. Janssen, ECN part of TNO, Petten, The Netherlands Joachim John, imec, Leuven, Belgium Kai-Philipp Kairies, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Izumi Kaizuka, RTS Corporation, Chuo-ku, Japan Jeff Kettle, University of Bangor, Bangor, United Kingdom Victor Khorenko, AZUR SPACE, Heilbronn, Germany Richard King, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA Jean-Paul Kleider, CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France Jean Marie Klein, CEA, Le Bourget du Lac, France Makoto Konagai, Tokyo City University, Japan Dirk König, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia Igor Konovalov, University of Applied Sciences Jena, Germany Philipp Kratzert, Solibro, Bitterfeld-Wolfen OT Thalheim, Germany Ana Rosa Lagunas, CENER, Sarriguren-Navarra, Spain Kari Lappalainen, Tampere University, Finland Julien Laurent, Vesuvius, Feignies, France Martijn Lenes, Tempress, Vaassen, The Netherlands		Claude Lévy-Clément, CNRS, Thiais, France Ching-Fuh Lin, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan Mónica Lira-Cantú, CIN2, Barcelona, Spain Juan Lopez-Garcia, European Commission JRC, Ispra, Italy Martha Ch. Lux-Steiner, HZB, Berlin, Germany Oliver Mayer, Garching, Germany Paola Mazzucchelli, EUREC, Brussels, Belgium Alexander Meeder, Geo-En Energy Technologies, Berlin, Germany Johannes Meier, Meier Technologies, Berlingen, Switzerland Axel Metz, Alzenau, Germany Marc Meuris, imec, Genk, Belgium Max Mittag, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany Christos Monokroussos, TÜV Rheinland, Shanghai, China Jens Moschner, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium Jörg Müller, Hanwha Q CELLS, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany Delfina Muñoz, CEA, Le Bourget du Lac, France Miguel Angel Muñoz-García, UPM, Madrid, Spain Nina Munzke, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany Ronald C.G. Naber, Tempress, Vaassen, The Netherlands Henning Nagel, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany Bonna Newman, ECN part of TNO, Petten, The Netherlands Kensuke Nishioka, University of Miyazaki, Japan Herman-Josef Nonnenmacher, Meyer Burger, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany Hartmut Nussbaumer, ZHAW, Winterthur, Switzerland Christer Nyman, Soleco, Porvoo, Finland Yoshio Ohshita, Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, Japan Yoshitaka Okada, University of Tokyo, Japan Sener Oktik, Sisecam, Kocaeli, Turkey Gernot Oreski, PCCL, Leoben, Austria Alona Otaegi, UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain Wolfram Palitzsch, Loser Chemie, Freiberg, Germany David Patrick, Western Washington University, Bellingham, USA Marion Perrin, Oscarlab, Bernin, France Kristian Peter, ISC Konstanz, Germany Kai Petter, Hanwha Q CELLS, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany Davide Polverini, European Commission DG GROWTH, Brussels, Belgium Ralf Preu, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany Inigo Ramiro, UPM, Madrid, Spain Tjerk Reijenga, BEAR-iD, Gouda, The Netherlands Angèle Reinders, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands Jan Remund, Meteotest, Bern, Switzerland Jochen Rentsch, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany Mauricio Richter, 3E, Brussels, Belgium Francesco Roca, ENEA, Portici, Italy Sandy Rodrigues, M-ITI, Funchal, Portugal Alessandro Romeo, University of Verona, Italy Kittessa T. Roro, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa Jatin Roy, IIT Kharagpur, India Marin Rusu, HZB, Berlin, Germany Tony Sample, European Commission JRC, Ispra, Italy Jan Schmidt, ISFH, Emmerthal, Germany Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt, German Aerospace Center, Wessling, Germany Ruud E. I. Schropp, Utrecht University, Driebergen, The Netherlands Martin C. Schubert, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany Eva Schüpbach, BUAS, Burgdorf, Switzerland Manajit Sengupta, NREL, Golden, USA Carla Signorini, University of Pisa, Italy Kostas Sinapis, SEAC, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Ronald Sinton, Sinton Instruments, Boulder, USA Volker Sittinger, Fraunhofer IST, Braunschweig, Germany Lenneke H. Slooff, ECN part of TNO, Petten, The Netherlands Joshua S. Stein, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, USA Dirk Stellbogen, ZSW, Stuttgart, Germany Sandor Szabó, European Commission JRC, Ispra, Italy João Tavares Pinho, UFPA, Belém, Brazil Takeshi Tayagaki, AIST, Tsukuba, Japan Nigel Taylor, European Commission JRC, Ispra, Italy Barbara Terheiden, University of Konstanz, Germany Mirjam Theelen, TNO/Solliance, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Marios Theristis, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus Gianluca Timò, RSE, Piacenza, Italy Rasit Turan, METU, Ankara, Turkey Eva Unger, HZB, Berlin, Germany Roland M. E. Valckenborg, SEAC, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Mike Van Iseghem, EDF R&D, Moret-sur-Loing, France John van Roosmalen, ECN part of TNO, Petten, The Netherlands Pierre J. Verlinden, Amrock, McLaren Vale, Australia Michael Vetter, IPHT, Jena, Germany Marta Victoria, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Alessandro Virtuani, EPFL, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Eszter (Esther) Voroshazi, imec, Leuven, Belgium Andreas Wade, First Solar, Mainz, Germany Qi Wang, Jinko Solar, Haining, China Wilhelm Warta, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany Akira Yamada, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Selcuk Yerci, METU, Ankara, Turkey David Young, NREL, Golden, USA Jun Zhao, Meyer Burger, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany

Awards Coordinators

Student Awards Coordinator
Arno Smets
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

Robert Kenny, European Commission Joint Research Centre,
Directorate for Energy, Transport and Climate, Ispra, Italy

Poster Awards Coordinator
Julio Cárabe
CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain

Poster Awards Committee
Julio Cárabe
CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain

Arno Smets
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

Heinz Ossenbrink
Band Gap, Bad Feilnbach, Germany

Robert Kenny
European Commission Joint Research Centre,
Directorate for Energy, Transport and Climate, Ispra, Italy

scientific committee meeting

Photovoltaics: writing the next chapter

F.Lambert credit F.Pattou web I am honoured to chair this year’s European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition to be held on September 9 to 13, 2019 in Marseille, France. This 36th edition of what has become a truly world-class event will be rich with opportunities to discover the latest research results and data, and gain insights into the most promising advances in PV technologies—all in one of France’s sunniest climates.

The transition to a sustainable energy future will not be possible without a carbon-free energy sector dominated by renewables. As a major contributor to a cleaner and safer future for the planet, PV technologies will play a key role in transforming our energy systems while enabling a massive shift to carbon-free energy. As costs have come down, renewable energy is being rolled out at record levels. However, because emissions levels are still far from reaching the targets set in the Paris Agreement, there is still much progress to be made to get renewables into the energy mix at an even faster pace.

Global investment in renewable-energy projects dropped slightly in 2018. And yet, the same year, more than 100 GWp of PV power was installed worldwide, evidence of the maturity of PV technologies. To continue to speed up the energy transition, PV must be addressed holistically alongside grid-integration technologies. These include tools to enable greater grid flexibility, battery-based storage, and digital systems. The goal is to provide the backbone for tomorrow’s massive “smart-grid-ready” PV power plants. Consumers will benefit from cost reductions, of course. But so will high-added-value applications like advanced building-integrated photovoltaics and emerging transportation concepts.

This expanded vision for the next chapter in PV history will call for innovative approaches beyond just PV production. The entire value chain will have to be addressed, from new materials through to system-level advances. Currently, the primary challenges are high-efficiency cells, modules offering extended lifespans, efficient power electronics, multiscale smart grid modelling, and, finally, eco-design to ensure recyclability and more economical use of critical materials.

EU PVSEC 2019 will be the place to start new conversations on these and other topics and get the latest updates on PV science, technology, finance, policies, and markets. I am looking forward to an impressive programme and I am confident that you will find ample learning and networking opportunities at an event orchestrated to unlock your creativity and broaden your vision.

Dr. Florence Lambert
EU PVSEC 2019 General Chair
Director of CEA Liten, (the Laboratory for Innovation in new Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials)

Florence Lambert is Conference General Chair of the EU PVSEC 2019

Florence Lambert is appointed as the EU PVSEC 2019 Conference General Chair following the nomination and voting process by the EU PVSEC International Scientific Advisory Committee. Florence Lambert is Director of CEA Liten, (the Laboratory for Innovation in new Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials) covering a large field of developments as solar photovoltaic, solar concentrator, energy storage, energy grids, digital technology for energy systems, located at CEA Grenoble and INES, France’s solar energy research institute.

Florence Lambert joined CEA in February 2000 and has held various managerial positions related to energy storage systems / renewable energies. From 2006, she joined CEA-INES and initiated the first stationary storage research platform in Europe. From 2009, she developed the CEA-LITEN's transport division, focusing on the development / integration of two key components: lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells and played a key role in various vehicle developments related to French policy on low carbon emissions.

In 2013, she became the Director of Liten and she was also in charge of national industrial energy storage plans, under the responsibility of the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Ecology.
Recently, she was identified in the first list of 20 women of influence of Renewable Energy in France according to the GreenUnivers media.

In June 2018, Florence Lambert was appointed President of the Industry, Jobs and Innovation Committee at the SER Board of Directors.