The pv magazine Roundtables Europe program in 2021 addresses four themes relevant to how solar can reach its potential and deliver on its promise over the next decade. These cornerstones comprise the streams of the two-day Roundtables conference program: Quality, Asset Management, Sustainability and Made in Europe, and Innovation Hub.

 

Maintaining quality alongside rapid technological development

Start Time Timezone Format Name Speakers
10:00 AMCEST Welcome  
10:05 AMCESTQuality PitchesTechnical risks of large format modules Frédéric Dross - Senergy Technical Services (STS)
Jay Lin - PV Guider
Stefan Roest - Eternalsun Spire
George Touloupas - Clean Energy Associates (CEA)
10:30 AMCESTPanel DiscussionEnsuring large format module quality, challenges in system integration Hongbin Fang - LONGi Solar
Cormac Gilligan - IHS Markit
Simon Meijer - COOLBACK Company B.V.
Josep Tienda - Shoals Technologies
11:00 AMCESTPresentationInside Growatt’s Generation X inverter series and the 5-step quality system Robert van Keulen - Growatt
11:15 AMCESTCase StudyUnplugged: When non-common cable solutions go bad Jonathan Gifford - pv magazine
11:20 AMCESTPanel DiscussionDon’t transfer, manage: tackling risks as technologies change Frédéric Dross - Senergy Technical Services (STS)
Ragna Schmidt-Haupt - Everoze
Andrea Viaro - Stäubli Electrical Connectors
11:45 AMCESTPresentationHolistic quality: Emerging importance of supply chains and ESGLindsey Wiedmann - Maxeon Solar Technologies
11:55 AMCEST Wrap-up 

Session moderated by Frederike Egerer and Jonathan Gifford.

Due diligence: Financial, contractual and technical perspectives of an evolving industry

Start Time Timezone Format Name Speakers
2:00 PMCEST Welcome 
2:05 PMCESTPresentationEurope's new rulebook on sustainability Carsten Auel - Deloitte
2:10 PMCESTPanel DiscussionESG norms in the solar industry - new obligations, more opportunities?Carsten Auel - Deloitte
Giulia Guidi - NextEnergy Capital
Tanja Van den Wouwer - Encavis
2:25 PMCESTPresentationA promise on the back - Europe's largest bifacial array and its performance guarantee Roberto Murgioni - JinkoSolar EU
2:40 PMCESTFireside ChatDue diligence in technical commissioning - Keeping risk at bay from the startAlex Roedel - Nextracker
Markus Balz - sbp sonne
Gerhard Weinrebe - sbp sonne gmbh
2:55 PMCESTCase StudyDue diligence reporting on an old asset Steven Xuereb - PI Berlin
3:00 PMCESTCase StudyDamaged beyond repair? New assessments of backsheet failures Lucie Garreau - DuPont
3:05 PMCESTPanel DiscussionRisk free revamping and repowering - just a matter of due diligence? Lucie Garreau - DuPont
Steven Xuereb - PI Berlin
3:30 PMCESTCase StudyInverter replacement - a financial analysisGeorge Schulz - Ariel Re
3:35 PMCESTPresentationNever change a running system - Lessons learned from inverter revampingMichael Heidenreich - GoodWe
3:40 PMCESTPanel DiscussionEurope's aging PV-fleet - weathering the technical and financial challenges Jörn Hackbarth - Sonnedix
Michael Heidenreich - GoodWe
Rouven Lenhart - meteocontrol
3:55 PMCEST Wrap-up 

Session moderated by Marian Willuhn and Michael Fuhs.

Sustainability & Made in Europe PV: Pros, cons and opportunities

Start Time Timezone Format Name Speakers
10:00 AMCEST Welcome 
10:05 AMCESTPresentationDangers facing the European Green DealSven Giegold - European Parliament
10:20 AMCESTPanel DiscussionWhat is the rationale for Made in Europe PV?Jenny Chase - BloombergNEF
Naomi Chevillard - SolarPower Europe
Matthew King - Belectric
Johan Lindahl - ESMC European Solar Manufacturing Council
10:45 AMCESTPresentationEuropean PV manufacturing ambition made realGunter Erfurt - Meyer Burger
10:55 AMCESTPresentationGW-scale production equipment for high efficiency cellsSebastian Gatz - Von Ardenne
11:05 AMCESTPanel DiscussionHow can Made in Europe PV production be competitive?Alex Barrows - Exawatt
Vartan Oskanian - Recom
Laura Sartore - ECOPROGETTI SRL
Edurne Zoco - IHS Markit
11:30 AMCESTPresentationCircular economy for key PV module materialsMichele Vannini - Coveme
11:40 AMCESTFireside ChatDecarbonizing supply chains and ways to achieve greater transparencyLubomila Jordanova - Plan A
11:55 AMCEST Wrap-up 

Session moderated by Frederike Egerer and Jonathan Gifford.

Innovation hub: hydrogen, battery storage and electromobility raise new opportunities for solar companies

Start Time Timezone Format Name Speakers
2:00 PMCEST Welcome 
2:05 PMCESTKick-offYes, we can: roles of PV, battery storage, and hydrogen in a carbon free energy worldMarta Victoria - Aarhus University
2:10 PMCESTPresentationHow solar generated hydrogen becomes competitiveChristian PHO DUC - SMARTENERGY GROUP AG
2:20 PMCESTPanel DiscussionWith Pitch Interruption | Costs, markets, regulations - when will solar hydrogen become a business model?Aurélie Beauvais - SolarPower Europe
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis - Hydrogen Europe
Christian PHO DUC - SMARTENERGY GROUP AG
Jan-Justus Schmidt - Enapter
Pasi Vainikka - Solar Foods
2:45 PMCESTPresentationWhy a leading project developer and investor cannot wait to start hydrogen projectsManfred Groh - BayWa r.e.
3:05 PMCESTPresentationHow market demand for utility-scale solar is driving innovation across PV technologies including storageFilippo Carzaniga - FIMER S.p.A.
Maren Schmidt - FIMER
3:20 PMCESTKick-offA realistic view on today's opportunities for Storage in Europe and mid future prospectiveJulian Jansen - IHS Markit
3:25 PMCESTPanel DiscussionOpportunities in the European storage marketJulian Jansen - IHS Markit
Claire Miller - Octopus Electric Vehicles
Andreas Piepenbrink - HagerEnergy
Marta Victoria - Aarhus University
Holger Wolfschmidt - Fluence
3:55 PMCEST Wrap-up 

Session moderated by Marian Willuhn and Michael Fuhs.