POWER and RE+ Tech Supp September 2022 - 14

RENEWING THE PROMISE OF CLEAN ENERGY
PV TECHNOLOGIES
PV TECHNOLOGIES PRESENTATIONS
TECH
❯❯ Designing for Optimized Large FormFactor
Modules
LOU TRIPPEL
Director of Product Management, First Solar
Large form-factor modules offer a significant number
of advantages over their smaller counterparts, which
is why they have become more common in the large/
utility-scale solar PV industry. Discussion will focus on
a unique large form factor module solution that has
been designed and developed in collaboration with
leading structure providers and installers. Part of an
optimized tracker solution, this solution will deliver
lower installation costs through a novel snap-in attachment
method and reduced reliability risks.
❯❯ The Solar Canopy: An Exploration
DERRICK GARLAND
President, Terrasol Energy International
With extreme weather events being constant, this
conversation will center on the hurricane resilient PV
canopy that is completely submersible and is manufactured
using natural fibers.
❯❯ Solar Modeling for Complex
Environments: Using Optical Design
& AI to Model Solar for Urban
Environments
JOHN PAUL MORGAN
CTO, Morgan Solar, Inc.
Accurate modeling of solar in a complex environment,
is extremely difficult - shade environments,
building geometries, reflections, glare, heat island
effects and unusual solar array configurations all contribute
to significant margins of error in modeling the
performance of solar in urban environments. Participants
will discover a new AI driven Digital Twin platform
that can instantly combine accurate 3d models
of cities, weather data and optical modeling, to create
context models of urban environments.
❯❯ Commercialization of Perovskite PV:
Current Status and Future Challenges
JOSHUA STEIN
Senior Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories
Perovskite PV technology offers great promise for efficient
and ultra low-cost solar energy as many companies
are working towards commercialization. This
presentation will offer insights into the current status
of this technology including efficiency, stability, reliability,
manufacturability, environmental issues, and
bankability challenges in general.
❯❯ PV Soiling on Bifacial Panels
AJAY SINGH
Application Scientist, Campbell Scientific Inc.
Bi-facial PV modules offer the promise of generating
10-15% more electrical energy. The subject of this
presentation is how variation in intensity and spectral
content of reflected light poses challenges in measuring
soiling loss on bi-facial panels.
❯❯ Next-Generation Cell and Module
Technology: Innovation Has Been
Surging, But Much More Is Yet to
Come
HONGBIN FANG
Director of Product Marketing, LONGi Solar
The past few years have seen an unprecedented
explosion in PV cell and module technologies.
Monocrystalline PERC, split-cell, multibusbar, dense
cell-to-cell architectures, bifacial, large-format modules,
solar tiles - the list of innovations is impressive.
The next wave of innovation will be equally if not
more impressive. Topics focus on the cell and module
technologies underway in R&D and pilot development,
the pros and cons of the technologies, and
the challenges that must be overcome to scale these
technologies to gigawatt production capacities.
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