Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Day 1: Monday October 24, 2016

Welcome and Introduction

Joshua Stein

Sandia National Laboratories

 

1. Solar Resource Data and Uncertainty

Chaired by Annette Hammer, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

	Exploring Calibration and Measurement Uncertainties in Radiometric Data	Manajit Sengupta	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
	Dissecting the Differences between Pyranometer and Reference Cell Irradiance Measurements	Anton Driesse	PV Performance Labs Germany
	Upcoming Changes of International Standards for the Classification of Radiometers	Stefan Wilbert	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfart
	Clear sky and all-weather global and beam irradiance models: long term validation	Pierre Ineichen	University of Geneva
	Uncertainty map of Solargis solar radiation database	Marcel Suri	SolarGIS
	Longterm trends of solar radiation	Martin Wild	ETH Zürich
	Comparison of radiation models generating minute values	Jan Remund	Meteotest

2. Forecasting for PV Grid Integration

Chaired by Elke Lorenz, Fraunhofer ISE

	Short-term solar forecasting based on sky images – Potential and challenges	Thomas Schmidt	Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
	Short-Term Forecasting of Surface Solar Irradiance Based on Meteosat-SEVIRI Data Using a Nighttime Cloud	Annette Hammer	Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
	A comprehensive analysis of the sources of uncertainty of the upscaling method for estimating regional PV power generation	Yves Marie Saint-Drenan	Fraunhofer IWES
	Producing a perfect PV fleet forecast – at what cost?	Richard Perez	University of Albany, ASRC
	Grid Integration of PV	Bernhard Wille-Houssmann	Fraunhofer ISE

3. PV Modeling Applications: Modeling Tool Updates

Chaired by Joshua Stein, Sandia National Laboratories

	30 years of PV modeling	Jürgen Schumacher	Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart
	PlantPredict: Solar Performance Modeling Made Simple	Kendra Passow	First Solar
	PVsyst’s new framework to simulate bifacial systems	Bruno Wittmer	PVSyst
	Design Optimization using the Latest Features in HelioScope	Teresa Zhang	Folsom Labs
	Recent and Planned Improvements to the System Advisor Model (SAM)	Nathan Blair	National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Day 2: Tuesday October 25, 2016

4. Field Monitoring and Model Validation

Chaired by Ulrike Jahn, TÜV Rheinland

	Determining the causes and rates of PV degradation using the Loss Factors Model with high quality IV measurements	Steve Ransome	SRCL UK
	Electrical stability of PV modules in different climates (Presentation unavailable)	Markus Schweiger	TÜV Rheinland
	Data analysis for effective monitoring of partially shaded PV system	Odysseas Tsafarikis	Utrecht University
	Validation of long term yield estimates and their level of confidence	Karel De Brabandere	3E

5. Advanced Modeling: Ray-Tracing to Address Bifacial PV Arrays and Shade

Chaired by Christian Reise, Fraunhofer ISE

	Detailed Modelling of Complex (BI)PV Systems	Johannes Eisenlohr	Fraunhofer ISE
	High-resolution spatial and electrical modeling for efficient BIPV system design	Johannes Hofer	ETH Zürich
	Enhancing bifacial PV modelling with ray-tracing	Matthieu Chiodetti	EDF R&D

 

6. PV Performance Characteristics

Chaired by Birk Jones, Sandia National Laboratories

	DSM Internal soiling test method development	Ian Bennet	DSM Advanced Surfaces
	Soiling monitoring solution & field test result in MENA	Fred Chen	UKC Electronics
	Predicting Mismatch Losses in Utility-Scale Photovoltaic Systems	Stephen Kaplan	First Solar
	Simplifying methods to calibrate the Sandia Array Performance Model: elimination of the traditional thermal test	Bruce King	Sandia National Laboratories
	Influence of artificial soiling on the power losses of different PV technologies	Jaione Bengoetxea	CENER