2025 PVPMC – Albuquerque

2025 19th PV Performance Modeling Workshop Albuquerque, New Mexico USA

Day 1: Tuesday May 13, 2025

1. Hybrid Systems and Grid Integration

Janine KeithNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
Mark PerezClean Power Research
Mohit AggarwalBrightNight
Jennifer BraidSandia National Laboratories

2. PV Tracking on 3D Terrain

John MoseleyArray Technologies
Amir Asgharzadeh ShishavanNexTracker
Kerstin LukrafkaWood PLC

3. Day 1 Poster Session

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1Gofran Chowdhury3E
2Stephen JohnBlack & Veatch
3Saurav KadelBlack & Veatch
4Khadija El AinaouiChouaib Doukkali University
5Thomas HaleyClean Power Research
6Javier Lopez-LorenteDNV
7Adam R. JensenDTU
8Christopher E. ValdiviaEnurgen Inc.
9Bryan SkarbekFirst Solar
10Sevillano-Bendezú Miguel ÁngelInstituto de Micro y Nanotecnología (IMN-CNM, CSIC)
11Mark CampanelliIntelligent Measurement Systems LLC
12Reilly SmithInvenergy
13Hailin BaiLONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
14Hailin BaiLONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
15Abby HentgesLuminate LLC
16Nate CroftLuminate LLC
17Kiran BalasubramanianMaxeon Solar Technologies
18Jaemo YangNREL
19Chong-Seok ChoiNREL
20Rajiv DaxiniNREL
21Haley DarlingOWC
22Thore MüllerPVRadar
23Norman JostSandia National Laboratories
24Kevin AndersonSandia National Laboratories
25Michael LocherSilicon Ranch
26Branislav SchniererSolargis
27Kenneth SauerUL Solutions

4. Power Plant Underperformance

Clara FernandezDNV
Tomas CebecauerSolargis
Molly McGuireRaptorMaps

5. Model Validation for Bankability

Janine KeithNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
Lelia DevilleSandia National Laboratories, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
A. CalcabriniPVcase
Jeff NewmillerDNV

Day 2: Wednesday, May 14, 2025

6. Reconciling Proforma and Expected Yield

Joshua S. SteinSandia National Laboratories
Ishtiza AzadSouthern Power Company
Kurt RheeProximal Energy
Juergen SutterluetiGantner Instruments

7. Challenges for Estimating KPIs

Rob van HaarenProximal Energy
Abhishek ParikhEDF Renewables
Gofran Chowdhury3E
Kevin AndersonSandia National Laboratories

8. Day 2 Poster Session

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28Dominic CartinaApex Clean Energy
29Michael GosteinAtonometrics
30Shail BajpaiBlack & Veatch
31Jay MillerBlack & Veatch
32Thomas HaleyClean Power Research
33Jeff NewmillerDNV
34Dale TutajDNV
35Thomas DodameadEDF Renewables
36Todd MillerGreenPowerMonitor
37Rafael AvilaICREA
38Sha LiLeeward Renewable Energy LLC
39David AuslenderMcCarthy Building Companies, Inc. 
40Manajit SenguptaNREL
41Aron HabteNREL
42Martin SpringerNREL
43Rob van HaarenProximal Energy
44Adam KankiewiczQcells USA
45Chris HartSB Energy
46Drumil JoshiSouthern Power Company
47Jason ChestnuttSouthern Power Company
48Will HobbsSouthern Company
49Emanuela MatrulloTotalEnergies
50Guillaume MassonTotalEnergies
51Carl BeckerUniversity of Heidelberg 
52Michael ScrippsVAISALA
53Dennis WeaverVDE Americas
54Albert ChangVDE Americas / Carnegie Mellon University
55 How to Assess Energy Yield and Degradation with Operational Power Curves (10 downloads) Innes MacMillanWood PLC
56David SmithWood PLC

9. Solar Capacity Testing: Insights and Trends

Jessica ForbessSunshine Analytics
Justin RobinsonGroundWork Renewables
Jaya MallineniSOLV Energy
Andrew NurseInvenergy

10. From Data to Insights: AI/ML for Predictive Fault and Underperformance Detection

Sandra VillamarPowerFactors
Xuanji YuUnivers
Julien Deckx3E
Neeraj DesilaSmartHelio

Day 3: Thursday, May 15, 2025

11. Solar Resource

Manajit SenguptaNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
Adam JensenDenmark Technical University
Yu XieNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
Brighton MabasaUniversity of Johannesburg

12. Software Updates

Tony MercerDNV
Michele OliosiPVsyst SA
Arthur PoquetTotal Energy
Félix Ignacio Pérez CicalaRatedPower
Jason SpokesTerabase