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FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2024

8:30 - 10:00 AM
AREA 3

 LASER POWER CONVERTERS AND THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
Chair/Organizer: Margaret Stevens, Henning Helmers
Room 443


8:30

Ultrathin GaAs Photonic Power Converters Enabled by Photonic Rear Side GratingsOliver Höhn1, Florian Staudt1, Mario Hanser1, Alessandra Selis1, Malte Klitzke1, David Lackner1, Benedikt Bläsi1, Wolfgang Luppold2, Henning Helmers1. 1Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany, 2Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF, Freiburg, Germany


8:30

76.7%-efficient cryogenic laser power converters enabled by distributed Bragg reflectorsBora Kim, Minjoo L. Lee. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States


8:30

0.6 eV GaInAs Devices for Thermophotovoltaics and Laser Power ConversionKevin L Schulte1, Daniel J Friedman1, Titilope Dada2, Harvey L Guthrey1, Edgard W Costa1, Eric J Tervo2, Ryan M France1, John F Geisz1, Myles A Steiner1. 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United States, 2University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States


8:45

Luminescent Temperature Measurements and Thermal Resistance Characterization of Laser Power Converter PhotovoltaicsDrew W. Cardwell. PowerLight Technologies, Kent, WA, United States


9:15

Improving 2J In0.20Ga0.80As Laser Power Converters for 1064 nm Power BeamingKatelynn E Fleming, Steve J Polly, Seth M Hubbard. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States


9:45

Measurement of enhanced near-field thermophotovoltaic power density for a large area InAs deviceJennifer Selvidge1, Ryan France1, John Goldsmith1, Myles A. Steiner1, Eric J. Tervo1,2. 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden, CO, United States, 2University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States

AREA 5

 DEVICE PHYSICS, MODELLING, NEW/ENHANCED CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES
Chair/Organizer: Johnson Wong, Abasi Abudulimu
Ballroom 2 (5th Fl)


8:30

Easy Access to Typical Multidimensional Process/Optical/Electrical Simulations for Solar Cells by Tuning 11 VariablesFa-Jun Ma1, Shaozhou Wang1, Chuqi Yi1, Lang Zhou2, Ziv Hameiri1, Stephen Bremner1, Xiaojing Hao1. 1Australia Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2Institute of Photovoltaics, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China


8:30

Bias-Voltage Photoconductance Measurements for Determining Interface Properties of SiO2/Al2O3 Passivation Stacks Deposited on SiliconChristian Reichel. Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany


8:30

Variability in the capacitance of crystalline silicon solar cells due to temperature and illuminationDavid A. van Nijen, Salem Naoom, Mirco Muttillo, Paul Procel, Miro Zeman, Olindo Isabella, Patrizio Manganiello. Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands


8:45

Investigating electrical properties of highly resistive ZnO films using a Parallel Dipole Line Hall effect systemMustafa Togay1, Luksa Kujovic1, Rob Ellis1, Martin Bliss1, Kieran Curson1, Gabor Parada2, Eric Don3, Kurt L. Barth1, J. Michael Walls1, Jake W. Bowers1. 1CREST, Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom, 2Semilab Co. Ltd., Prielle Kornélia u. 4/A., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary, 3SemiMetrics Ltd., PO Box 36, Kings Langley, WD4 9WB, United Kingdom


9:15

Contact Resistivity and Current Spreading in c-Si Based poly-Si/SiOx Passivating ContactsDirk W Steyn1,2, Bill Nemeth1, David L Young1, Paul Stradins1, Sumit Agarwal1,2. 1National Renewable Energy Labratory, Golden, CO, United States, 2Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States


9:30

Transforming Electroluminescence Images to Current-Voltage (IV) Curves Using Deep LearningBrandon Byford1,2, Jennifer Braid2, Laura Boucheron1. 1Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, United States, 2Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States

AREA 7

 MODULE MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION
Chair/Organizer: Mengjie Li
Room 445


8:30

Lightweight Solar Modules implementing advanced polymer materials and solar cellsBénédicte Bonnet-Eymard1, Pierrick Duvoisin1, Antonin Faes1, Jonathan Champoliaud1, Fahradin Mujovi1, Loann Baume1, Hengyu Li1, Olatz Arriaga Arruti1, Maxime Roten1, Ludovic Vuithier2, Bertrand Paviet Salomon1, Matthieu Despeisse1, Christophe Ballif1, Loris Barraud2, Tim Kössler2, Damien Lachenal2. 1CSEM SA, Neuchâtel 2002, Switzerland, 2Meyer Burger Research SA , Hauterive 2068, Switzerland


8:30

Fabrication Planning of Module Manufacturing Plants – Static vs. Dynamic Simulation for Flexible Module ProductionsChristian Reichel. Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany


8:30

A non-isothermal curing kinetics model for lamination of EVA or POE based double glass PV modulesGabriel Riedl, Martin Tiefenthaler, Gernot M. Wallner. Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing – Christian Doppler Laboratory for Superimposed Mechanical-Environmental Ageing of Polymeric Hybrid Laminates, University of Linz, Linz, Austria


8:45

Advancements in Shingle Matrix Technology for High Volume ProductionNajwa Abdel Latif, Daniel von Kutzleben , Julian Weber, Torsten Rößler, Jochen Markert, Jonas D. Huyend, Elmar Lohmüller, Sebastian Birnkammer, Luis E. Alanis, Achim Kraft, Holger Neuhaus. Fraunhofer-Institute for Solar Energy systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany


9:15

Reliable and Automatable Solution for Shingle BussingDaniel von Kutzleben, Najwa Abdel Latif, Julian Weber, Torsten Rößler, Achim Kraft, Holger Neuhaus. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany


9:30

FoilMet®-Interconnect-Shingling: latest results of our silver-, copper-, lead-, solder- and adhesive-free cell interconnection technology for crystalline silicon PV based on laser joined pure aluminum foil.Jan Nekarda, Julian Weber, Max Mittag, Gernot Emanuel, Andreas Nägele, Jan Paschen, Ralf Preu. Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany

AREA 9

 MICROGRIDS AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATION AND CONTROL
Chair/Organizer: Adriana Luna
Room 447


8:30

Multi-objective Optimization for an Energy Community with a Shared Energy Storage System and High PV PenetrationBahman Ahmadi1, Elham Shirazi2. 1Faculty of EEMCS, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, 2Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands


8:45

Optimal Solar plus Storage Microgrid Design for Mitigating Long Duration OutagesSuma Jothibasu, Ramakrishnan Ravikumar . EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, United States


9:15

Design and implementation a local energy hub for urban environmentAihui Fu1, Joel Bosrup2, Simona Renzaglia1, Milos Cvetkovic1, Marjan Kreijns3, Miro Zeman1. 1 Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, 2Wintersol Energy, Utrecht, Netherlands, 3The Green Village, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands


9:30

Impact of Active Islanding Detection on Microgrid Voltage and FrequencyWenzong Wang1, Dol Kunwar2, Nishant Bilakanti1, Aminul Huque1. 1Electric Power Research Institute, Knoxville, TN, United States, 2Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States


9:45

Sample-reduced Uncertainty Quantification Method on PV Inverter Reliability Assessment using Unscented TransformationLiwei Wang1, Shuangshuang Jin1, Zheyu Zhang2. 1Clemson University, North Charleston, SC, United States, 2Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States

AREA 10

 IRRADIANCE AND PV POWER FORECASTING
Chair/Organizer: Joshua Stein
Room 420


8:30

Evaluation of Minimized Expected Cost Forecasts of PV Energy Generation for Multiple Deviation Cost FunctionsThomas H. Haley, Nate J. Burrill, Thomas E. Hoff, Alex Kubiniec, Kyle Seymour, Marc J. R. Perez. Clean Power Research, Bellevue, WA, United States


8:45

Making Regional Probabilistic Solar Forecasts from Deterministic Forecasts with Open Source Tools and DataWilliam B. Hobbs. Southern Company, Birmingham, AL, United States


9:15

Benchmarking Utility-Scale PV Power Forecasts in the Southeast US using the Forecast ArbiterDavid P. Larson1, William B. Hobbs2, Brent Duncan2. 1Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA, United States, 2Southern Company, Birmingham, AL, United States


9:45

Bias Correction and Statistical Downscaling of Future Solar Irradiance Projections using the NSRDBJaemo Yang1, Manajit Sengupta1, Maggie Bailey2, Douglas Nychka2, Aron Habte1, Soutir Bandyopadhyay2, Yu Xie1. 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United States, 2Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States

AREA 11

 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Chair/Organizer: Rachel Woods-Robinson
Room 441


8:30

Photovoltaics Re-X 🦖: Maximizing Environmental BenefitSusan Huang1, Noreen E. Gentry2. 1Solar Energy Technologies Office, Department of Energy, Washington, DC, United States, 2Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN, United States


8:30

End-of-Life Solar Photovoltaic Module Management: Review of U.S. Service ProvidersCorina Sedillo1, John Janes1, John McDonough1, Timothy Ohno1, Cara Libby2. 1Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, 2EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, United States


8:45

Laser recycling of silver from silicon and CIGS solar cells through bulk laser debonding and nanoparticles by laser ablationMahantesh Khetri, Mool C. Gupta. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States


9:15

Acute Toxicity of Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Photovoltaic ComponentsBrianna Tavolacci, Preeti Nain, Annick Anctil. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States


9:30

Toxicity Testing Database for Photovoltaic ModulesFang Li1, Sai Ravi Tatapudi1, Stephanie Shaw2, Cara Libby2, Bulent Bicer1, Tamizhmani Govindasamy1. 1Photovoltaic Reliability Laboratory, Arizona State University, MESA, AZ, United States, 2EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, United States

10:00 - 10:30 AM

BREAK

 COFFEE BREAK
Ballroom Lobby (5th Fl)

10:30 - 12:00 PM

AREA 1

 MULTIPLE THRESHOLD DEVICES
Chair/Organizer: Ned Ekins Daukes
Room 447


10:30

The Role of Optical and Electrical Design on the Reverse Bias Stability of Perovskite / Silicon Tandem Solar Cells.Diego Di Girolamo1, Olivier Duprè2, Giuliana Giuliano1, Giuseppe Bengasi1, Jordi Veirman3, Marina Foti1, Cosimo Gerardi1. 13SUN S.r.l., Catania, Italy, 2CEA-INES, Chambery, France, 3EURAC, Bolzano, Italy


11:00

Laser Scribe Parameter Optimization for Perovskite/Silicon Mini-ModulesKaitlyn T. VanSant, Rosemary C. Bramante, Robert Witteck, Rebecca Wai, Vincenzo A. LaSalvia, Fengjiu Yang, Michael Owen-Bellinin, John F. Geisz, Steve W. Johnston, Kai Zhu, Joseph J. Berry, Emily L. Warren. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United States


11:15

GaAs0.75P0.25 Directly Grown on Si Towards Cost-Effective High-Efficiency Multi-Junction Silicon PhotovoltaicsJonas Grutke, Tadeo Schweigstill, Andreas W. Bett, Frank Dimroth, Oliver Höhn, David Lackner, Jens Ohlmann. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany


11:30

Efficiency limits of silicon solar cells with organic singlet fission layersPhoebe M. Pearce, Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes. School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia


11:45

Perovskite Silicon Tandem Solar Cells with 39.5% Power Conversion Efficiency: Science or Fiction?Oussama Er-raji1,2, Christoph Messmer1,2, Oliver Fischer1,2, Mohamed Mahmoud1,2, Alexander J. Bett1, Bhushan P. Kore1,2, Martin Bivour1, Florian Schindler1, Jonas Schön1, Martin Hermle1, Martin C. Schubert1, Juliane Borchert1,2, Stefan W. Glunz1,2, Patricia S. C. Schulze1. 1Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), Freiburg, Germany, 2University of Freiburg (INATECH), Freiburg, Germany

AREA 2

 ABSORBER PREPARATION AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES
Chair/Organizer: Shubhra Bansal, Deborah McGott, Akira Nagaoka
Room 441


10:45

Comparison of SnO2 and CdSe buffer layers for Sb2Se3 thin film solar cellsNarges Torabi1, Mariyam Mukhtar1, Elisa Artegiani1, Simya O.K.1, Ikram Anefnaf1, Romain Carron2, Alessandro Romeo1. 1LAPS-Laboratory for Photovoltaics and Solid State Physics, Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, 2Thin Films Physics Group, EMPA, Dubendorf, Switzerland


11:00

Current-Voltage Comparison of the Record CdTe-Based Solar CellsIshwor Khatri, James R. Sites. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States


11:15

Silver-promoted enhanced optoelectronic properties of wide bandgap (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)S2 for thin film solar cellsArivazhagan Valluvar Oli, Michele Melchiorre, Kulwinder Kaur, Susanne Siebentritt. University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg


11:30

High-efficiency CdSeTe solar cells with sub-micron absorber for Te conservation, Bifacial Operation, and Application in BIPV, Agrivoltaics, and TandemsManoj K. Jamarkattel1, Sabin Neupane1, Abasi Abudulimu1, Prabodika N. Kalurachchi1, Venkanna Kanneboina1, Ebin Bastola1, Jialiu Ma2, James S. Becker2, Adam B. Phillips1, Zhaoning Song1, Nikolas J. Podraza1, Yanfa Yan1, Randy J. Ellingson1, Michael J. Heben1. 1Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization, University of Toledo, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toledo, OH, United States, 2First Solar Inc., Perrysburg, OH, United States


11:45

An Investigation into the relationship of Selenium and Arsenic in Cadmium Telluride Thin Films using STEM-EDX, NanoSIMS and CathodoluminescenceAli Abbas1, Kieran Curson1, Stuart Robertson1, Geoff West2, Ian Franchi3, Xuchao Zhao3, Gang Xiong4, Dingyuan Lu4, Mike Walls1. 1Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom, 2Warwick University, Coventry, United Kingdom, 3Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 4First Solar, San Francisco , CA, United States

AREA 4

 METALLIZATION, INTERCONNECTION, MODULE INTEGRATION, AND RECYCLING/SUSTAINABILITY AND NOVEL PV INTEGRATIONS PART
Chair/Organizer: Ujjwal Das, André Augusto
Room 420


10:30

Indium-free back-contacted silicon heterojunction solar cells approaching 27% conversion efficiencyShi Yin, Chengjian Hong, Chunxiu Li, Ze Zhang, Miao Yang, Xiaoning Ru, Fuguo Peng, Minghao Qu, Qishu Xu, Po Fang, Hua Wu, Liang Fang, Junxiong Lu, Xixiang Xu. Central R&D Institute, LONGi Green Energy Co., Ltd., Xi’an, Shaanxi, China


10:45

Breaking the Barrier: Unveiling the Potential of Copper in Solar Cell MetallizationAndreas Lorenz, Daniel Ourinson, Sebastian Pingel, Sven Kluska, Jonas Bartsch, Jonas D. Huyeng, Florian Clement. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany


11:00

Performance of Carbon-Nanotube-Reinforced Composite Gridlines on PERC Cells, Mini-Modules, and Full-Sized Modules Andre Chavez1,2, Sang M. Han1,2, Sandra Huneycutt3, Abasifreke Ebong3, Duncan Harwood4, Jennifer L. Braid5, Colin Sillerud6. 1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 2Osazda Energy , Albuquerque, NM, United States, 3University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States, 4D2 Solar, San Jose, CA, United States, 5Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 6CFV Labs, Albuquerque, NM, United States


11:15

Recovery of Glass and Silicon Solar Cells from Si-Modules Through Laser ProcessingPawan K. Kanaujia1, Michael Owen Bellini2, Michael Woodhouse2, David L. Young2, Mool C. Gupta1. 1University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States, 2National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United States


11:30

String printing: manufacturing high performance triangular front contactsMathis A. N. Van de Voorde, Janis A. Andersons, Rebecca Saive. University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands


11:45

Optimization of Industrial Back-End of Line Processing for High-Efficiency Laser-Cut Silicon Solar CellsJonas D. Huyeng, Alexander Göbel, Elmar Lohmüller, Daniel von Kutzleben, Julian Weber, Ralf Preu. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany

AREA 6

 STABILITY AND RELIABILITY OF PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS AND MODULES
Chair/Organizer: Shijing Sun
Room 443


10:30

Reverse-bias resilience of monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cellsZhaojian Xu1, Helen Bristow2, Maxime Babics2, Badri Vishal2, Erkan Aydin2, Randi Azmi2, Esma Ugur2, Bumin K. Yildirim2, Jiang Liu2, Ross A. Kerner1,3, Stefaan De Wolf2, Barry P. Rand1,4. 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, 2KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 3Chemistry and Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United States, 4Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States


11:00

Effect of UV Exposure on IV Characteristics of a Perovskite Solar CellGanga/R Neupane1,2, Susanna/M Thon2, Sheng Fu3, Zhaoning Song3, Yanfa Yan3, Behrang/H Hamadani1. 1National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, United States, 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, 3 The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States


11:15

Mobile Ion Concentration - A new Stability metric in Perovskite Solar CellsSaivineeth Penukula1, Axel F. Palmstrom2, Muzhi Li1, Ross A. Kerner2, Min Chen2, Ian Sellers3, Joseph M. Luther2, Joseph J. Berry2, Nicholas Rolston1. 1School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 2National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United States, 3University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States


11:30

Light- and Elevated-temperature Testing for Metal-Halide Perovskite ModulesMichael Owen-Bellini1, Nicholas Irvin1, Sona Ulicna1, Timothy Silverman1, Jackson Schall1, Dana Kern1, Rachael Arnold1, Kent Terwilliger1, Michael Deceglie1, Steven Hayden1, Xiaoqiang Shi2, Chengbin Fei2, Jinsong Huang2, Joshua Stein3, Laura Schelhas1. 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United States, 2University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, 3Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States


11:45

Problems With Solutions: Engineering Alkylammonium Additive Reactivity for Durable High-Quality Perovskite FilmsJack R. Palmer1, Soichiro Iwamoto2, Clark Han2, Connor J. Dolan2, Hendrik M. Vossler1, Sean P. Dunfield2, David P. Fenning1,2. 1Materials Science and Engineering Program, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, 2Department of NanoEngineering, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

AREA 8

 MODULE TESTING
Chair/Organizer: Claudia Buerhop Lutz, Laurie Burnham
Ballroom 2 (5th Fl)


10:30

Comparison of Commercial TOPCon PV Modules in Accelerated Aging TestsPaul Gebhardt1, Simone Marletti2, Jochen Markert1, Ulli Kräling1, Mai Tu3, Ingrid Haedrich1, Daniel Philipp1. 1Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany, 2RWE Clean Energy LLC, Chichgo, IL, United States, 3RWE Renewables Europe & Australia GmbH, Essen, Germany


10:45

AC Impedance Characteristics and Modeling of Electrical Leakage Circuit within a Photovoltaic ModuleTadanori Tanahashi, Takashi Oozeki. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Koriyama, Japan


11:00

Novel lightweight PV modules based on polymeric honeycomb for building integrationUmang Desai1, Jonathan Govaerts2, Bin Luo2, Yuliya Voronko 3, Gabriele Eder 3, Jarne Saelens 4, Wouter Winant 4, Nikolina Pervan 5, Gernot Oreski 5, Antonin Faes1,6, Christophe Ballif1,6. 1École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Neuchatel, Switzerland, 2Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (imec), Genk, Belgium, 3Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für Chemie und Technik (OFI), Vienna, Austria, 4EconCore N.V., Leuven, Belgium, 5Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (PCCL), Leoben, Austria, 6Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM), Switzerland, Neuchatel, Switzerland


11:15

Probing effects of the lamination time on module reliability using new variations of the sequential UV/TC stress testingPatrick Wessel1,2, Mushfiqur Rahman1,2, Ralph Gottschalg1,2, Anton Mordvinkin1. 1Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany, 2Hochschule Anhalt - University of Applied Sciences, 06366 Köthen, Germany


11:30

Development of PID-Resistant Silicon Heterojunction Solar CellsOlatz Arriaga Arruti1,2, Alessandro Virtuani1,2, Bénédicte Bonnet-Eymard2, Matthieu Despeisse2, Christophe Ballif1,2. 1École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Electrical and Microengineering (IEM), Photovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory (PVLAB), Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2CSEM, Sustainable Energy center, Neuchâtel, Switzerland


11:45

Wind-induced-vibration testing of PV modules and systemSagarika Kumar1, Min Hsian Saw2, Shin Woei Leow2, Lili Wang1, Mauro Pravettoni1. 1Technology Innovation Institute (TII), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2National University of Singapore, Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS), Singapore, Singapore

AREA 11

 ECONOMICS, POLICY, AND ENERGY JUSTICE
Chair/Organizer: Jacob Cordell
Room 445


10:30

A Snapshot of the Global PV MarketIzumi Kaizuka1, Gaëtan Masson2, Arnulf Jäger-Waldau3, Johan Lindahl4, José Donoso5, Melodie de l'Epine6. 1RTS Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, 2IEA PVPS, Brussels, Belgium, 3European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy, 4Becquerel Sweden, Knivsta, Sweden, 5UNEF, Madrid, Spain, 6Becquerel Institute, Brussels, Belgium


10:45

Competitivness of Solar Photovoltaics in the European UnionArnulf Jaeger-Waldau, Anatoli Chatzipanagi, Georgia Kakoulaki, Sandor Szábo. European Commission, Joint Research Centre , Ispra, Italy


11:00

Adoption of Solar Green Electricity by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Case Study in Singapore on Motivations and DeterrentsMavian X. Y. Tay1, Grace K. M. Wong2, Siu-Kit Lau3, Stephen E. R. Tay1,4. 1Department of the Built Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 2Department of Real Estate, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 3Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 4Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore


11:15

Energy Equity or Energy Divide When Fighting Climate ChangeJohn O Borland. J.O.B. Technologies, Aiea, HI, United States


11:30

Towards Economically Viable Anti-Soiling Coatings: a Target Costing AnalysisLeonardo Micheli1, Greg P. Smestad2, Diego L. Talavera3. 1Department of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering (DIAEE), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, 2Sol Ideas Technology Development, San Jose, CA, United States, 3Advances in Photovoltaic Technology (AdPVTech), University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain


11:45

Combining Hourly PV Performance Modeling with an Electrolysis Technoeconomic Analysis Tool to Assess the Levelized Cost of Hydrogen for Various Solar PV + Hydrogen Electrolysis Case StudiesNicholas Pilot, Behrooz Motealleh . Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA, United States

12:00 - 1:30 PM

AWARD

 CLOSING CEREMONY
Chair/Organizer: Arno Smets
Ballroom 2 (5th Fl)





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