Program
The most up-to-date draft program is now available.
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AGENDA – Monday, 22 February 2021
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8:00 AM |
Conference begins online with live Q&A at the end of each oral session |
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8:00 - 9:15 |
Oral Session 1: Reliability and Field Failures Session Chairs: 8:00 – All-India survey of photovoltaic reliability -- Narendra Shiradkar (IIT-Bombay) 8:15 – Reliability overview of aging EU PV assets – Mark Rossetto (Silfab Solar) 8:30 – 35 years of photovoltaics: analysis of the TISO 10 kW solar plant – Eleonora Annigoni 8:45 – Non-module failures: primary causes of energy loss or safety hazards– Dean Solon (Shoals) 9:00 – Live Q&A with all speakers |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
Poster Session A: Live parallel links for small group discussions (Posters viewed ahead as desired) |
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10:15 - 11:50 |
Oral Session 2: Catastrophic Weather and Insurance Session Chairs: 10:15 – Field EL on hundreds of thousands of modules post storm and wildfire to support insurance – Andrew Sundling (PVEL) 10:30 – Probability loss models for hail and tornados – Peter Bostock (VDE) 10:45 – Mature risk strategies for a maturing industry: mitigating the adverse impact of cat risk underwriting to accelerate PV solar development – Michael Kolodner (Marsh Insurance) 11:00 – Re insurance perspective – speaker to be confirmed 11:15 – Resiliency and mitigating hail risk – speaker to be confirmed 11:30 – Live Q&A and extended panel discussion (Overcoming the barrier of extreme premiums or projects that become uneconomical due to catastrophic weather risk) |
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11:55 - 12:00 |
Poster Session A awards (Xiaohong Gu) |
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AGENDA – Tuesday, 23 February 2021
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8:00 AM |
Conference begins online with live Q&A at the end of each oral session |
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8:00 - 9:15 |
Oral Session 3: Field Degradation Session Chairs: 8:00 – Degradation analysis of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules exposed over 30 years in hot-humid climate in China -- Huili Han 8:15 – A practical summary of PV module field degradation and failure – Kristine Sinclair (DNVGL) 8:30 – Update on PV fleets, degradation and other performance trends – Chris Deline (NREL) 8:45 – Long term stability and field degradation data for PERC-type modules – Max Köentopp (Qcells) 9:00 – Live Q&A with all speakers |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
Poster Session B: Live parallel links for small group discussions (Posters viewed ahead as desired) |
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10:15 - 11:30 |
Oral Session 4: Inverters and Power Electronics Session Chairs: 10:15 – General trends on lab testing across different inverters – Michael Mills-Price (PVEL) 10:30 – Progress toward predictive maintenance of solar plants – Dana Olson (DNVGL) 10:45 – Inverter field failures – Jacob Marshall (Power Electronics) 11:00 – 62093 BOS and inverter qualification test – Peter Hacke (NREL) 11:15 – Live Q&A |
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11:30 - 11:35 |
Poster Session B awards (Xiaohong Gu) |
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AGENDA – Wednesday, 24 February 2021
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8:00 AM |
Conference begins online with live Q&A at the end of each oral session |
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8:00 - 9:15 |
Oral Session 5: Emerging Technologies Session Chairs: 8:00 – Trina Vertex modules, and large modules on trackers – Pierre Verlinden (Amrock) 8:15 – Overview of DuraMAT tool development – (DuraMAT) 8:30 – Reliability PERC modules using Ga-doped p-type mono wafers – Hongbin Fang (Longi Solar) 8:45 – Live Q&A with all speakers 9:00 – Panel Discussion: Perovskites on the horizon, stability protocols and reliability – Tim Silverman, Matt Norton (others to be confirmed) |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
Poster Session C: Live parallel links for small group discussions (Posters viewed ahead as desired) |
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10:15 - 11:50 |
Oral Session 6: Systems Field Data and Modeling Session Chairs: 10:15 – Endemic underperformance of PV projects, better P50 and downside energy production modeling – Bodo Littmann (VDE) 10:30 – Fielded module forensics for cell cracking – DuraMAT 10:45 – Lessons learned: large scale PV plus battery storage -- (speaker needed) 11:00 – Bifacial HALT testing – Cherif Kedir (RETC) 11:15 – Short bifacial field update – Cherif Kedir (RETC) 11:20 – Short bifacial field update – Silvana Ayala (NREL) 11:25 – Short bifacial field update – Tristan Erion-Lorico (PVEL) 11:30 – Live Q&A with all speakers |
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11:55 - 12:00 |
Poster Session C awards (Xiaohong Gu) |
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AGENDA – Thursday, 25 February 2021
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8:00 AM |
Conference begins online with live Q&A at the end of each oral session |
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8:00 - 9:15 |
Oral Session 7: Standards and Accelerated Testing Session Chairs: 8:00 – PVQAT update – Tadanori Tanahashi (AIST) 8:15 – Materials characterization, accelerated testing, and constitutive modeling of electrically-conductive adhesives – Martin Springer (NREL) 8:30 – IEC-63209-2 Durability characterization of polymeric component materials – Nancy Phillips (DuPont) 8:45 – Sequential multi-factor stress testing for backsheet durability evaluation – Mike Kempe (NREL) 9:00 – Live Q&A with all speakers |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
Poster Session D: Live parallel links for small group discussions (Posters viewed ahead as desired) |
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10:15 - 11:30 |
Oral Session 8: Quality, Reliability and Failures Session Chairs: 10:15 – Drone thermography and practical field failures – Rob Andrews (Heliolytics) 10:30 – General trends on lab testing across different technologies, different manufacturers, and different wafer sizes – Jenya Meydbray (PVEL) 10:45 – Navigating the warranty process for failed modules – Mike Loeser (Strata Solar) 11:00 – Quality management best practice guidelines – Ralph Gottschalg (Fraunhofer CSP) 11:15 – Live Q&A with all speakers |
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11:30 - 11:35 |
Poster Session D awards (Xiaohong Gu) |
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AGENDA – Friday, 22 February 2021
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8:00 AM |
Conference begins online with live Q&A at the end of each oral session |
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8:00 - 9:15 |
Oral Session 9: Emerging Technologies Session B Session Chairs: 8:00 – Reliability of the low temperature solder joints in multiwire/SmartWire -- Laura Spinella (NREL) 8:15 – Reliability of high-density ‘gapless’ module design – to be confirmed 8:30 – Glass/glass module durability – (DuraMAT) 8:45 – Combined accelerated stress testing and acceleration factor determination -- Peter Hacke (NREL) 9:00 – Live Q&A with all speakers |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
Poster Session E: Live parallel links for small group discussions (Posters viewed ahead as desired) |
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10:15 - 11:50 |
Oral Session 10: PV Useful Service Life Prediction Session Chairs: 10:15 – Durability and reliability perspective from outside the PV industry– Christopher White (NIST) 10:30 – Assessing material and module degradation through ionization damage – (DuraMAT) 10:45 – Assessing the useful life of PV modules – Henry Hieslmair (DNVGL) 11:00 – Experience with repowering – Kim Primerano (Longroad Energy) 11:15 – Live Q&A all speakers 11:30 – Panel discussion – The challenges and possibilities for a 50-year module (Session speakers, Teresa Barnes and Charlie Gay) |
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11:55 - 12:00 |
Poster Session E awards (Xiaohong Gu) |