Upcoming Workshops
2024 PVPMC – Salt Lake City (7-9 May 2024)
- Hosted by GroundWork Renewables and Sandia National Laboratories.
- Location: Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek, 75 South West Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, US
- Registration is open: https://grndwork.com/2024-pvpmc-registration-form/
- 2024 PVPMC Workshop Program V3 (1578 downloads)
2024 European PVPMC Workshop – Copenhagen, Denmark (21-22 August 2024)
Hosted by the Technical University of Denmark, Sandia National Laboratories, and European Energy, with contributions from IEA PVPS Tasks 13 and 16, this workshop will examine the technical challenges and opportunities related to PV performance modeling. Dedicated sessions will be given to emerging PV concepts and technologies, including agriPV, floating PV, and novel cell technologies.
Registration page is open: Click Here to Register
- CALL FOR ABSTRACTS IS NOW OPEN! Below are some topics of interest.
- Modeling of agriPV and floating PV
- Tracking methods and modeling (terrain effects, diffuse light, half tracking, etc.)
- Hybrid systems – combining wind, solar, and storage
- Modeling of novel cell technologies (tandem, perovskites, etc.)
- Modeling tool updates
- Capacity testing for trackers and bifacial systems
- Diagnosis of under-performing power plants
- Modeling of PV in high latitudes
- Solar resource assessment
- 2024 European PVPMC Call for Abstracts (252 downloads)
- Submit your abstract using this online form. (Due May 31, 2024)
Past Workshops
1st PV Performance Modeling Workshop in Albuquerque, NM USA
The first PV Performance Modeling Workshop was held on September 20-21, 2010 in Albuquerque, NM.
- The workshop summary report is available here: PV Performance Modeling Workshop Summary Report (5733 downloads)
- A summary presentation is available for download here: Summary of First PV Performance Modeling Workshop (4888 downloads)