Solar Technology Advancements - Bigger, More Efficient and Higher Yield

Friday, December 09, 2022
Time
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Hall
Conference Area
Room
Conference Room I

Solar PV modules are becoming bigger and better. The power rating of a typical solar PV panel has increased from less then 300 W in 2010 to more than 600 W in 2022. PV panel efficiency has increased from less than 15% to more 22% for the same period for certain PV panel technologies. Solar Inverters and some of the other components have also seen tremendous technological improvements. In this session, the latest advancements in terms of improvement in efficiencies of mature technologies, performance of nascent technologies and introduction of promising new technologies will be covered.


The specific topics to be discussed will include

  • What is the anticipated year-on-year improvements in module technologies?
  • How do Bifacial modules perform in comparison to monofacial PV technology? What are the promising new PV technologies in the horizon?
  • What are the breakthrough advancements in Inverter technologies?
  • Does the cost-benefit analysis favour trackers relative to fixed mounting structures?

10:00 am - 10:05 amWelcome and Introduction

Goutam Samanta

Head - PV Technology

Juniper Green Energy

10:05 am - 10:20 amNavigating Wind Effects on PV Systems and its Advancements

Bhami Ilyas

Regional Business Director

CPP Wind Engineering & Air Quality Consultants

10:20 am - 10:35 amLatest Trends in PV Technology

Goutam Samanta

Head - PV Technology

Juniper Green Energy

10:50 am - 11:05 amImproving PV LCOE with Trackers

Venkat Rajagopalan

Director-Product Management

FTC Solar

11:05 am - 11:20 amCombination of Tracker and Cleaning Technologies to Impriove Project IRR

Shailesh Vaidya

CEO

Scorpius Trackers Pvt. Ltd.

11:20 am - 11:30 amQ&A Round

Speakers

Speaker

Goutam Samanta, Juniper Green Energy

Head - PV Technology

India

- More than 36 years professional experience (including last 29 years in International Photo Voltaic (PV) industries - Solar PV Power Plant: Successfully installed more than 1500 MW module in ACME, Orange Renewable Power (Greenko Group) & Juniper Green Energy - Core competency in Wafer, Solar Cell & Module: - Technology, manufacturing, process, quality, product, reliability & R & D - PV manufacturing: Successfully installed more than 800 MW cell & module manufacturing facilities in India Websol, Central Electronics Ltd (A Govt. of India Enterprise under DSIR) & Moser Baer-MBPV (Founder member of MBPV-Employee No 2) - Audited more than 25 PV cell & module manufacturing facilities in India & China on behalf of Électricité de France (EDF) - Auditor of Électricité de France (EDF) in South-east Asia - Had in-depth training under guidance of Prof. Giuliano Martinelli, University of Ferara, Italy on crystal growth, ingot, wafer, cell & module manufacturing (at Helios Technology Srl, Padova, Italy) in 1994 - Inter-University Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), Belgium: Worked with Dr. Jozef Szlufci & implemented Screen Printed Diffusion Technology at Central Electronics Ltd (Govt of India & Govt of Belgium project) in 1998 - Sunpower Corporation, San Jose: Interacted with Prof Dr. Richard Swanson, CTO of Sunpower Corporation & also Dr. Charlie Gay, Board of Directors Sunpower Corporation, US for technical due-diligence on IBC (Inter-digitated Back Contact) Solar Cell Technology in 2004

Speaker

Bhami Ilyas, CPP Wind Engineering & Air Quality Consultants

Regional Business Director

India

Mr. Ilyas is CPP's local representative based out of Dubai Office for Middle East and South Asia business operations. Bhami has over 14 years of wind engineering experience during which he worked on iconic projects around the world including large utility scale solar projects in the region. Some of the notable projects in build environment include Large Scale Solar Utility plants in North India, the UAE Pavilion @Expo 2020 with Santiago Calatrava, Address JBR, Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminal in Mumbai as well as numerous other projects around the Middle East, South Asia region. He has developed his career towards technical client consulting. Bhami holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Aeronautics (Anna University) and has a Desautels Faculty of Management (McGill) executive certification in Business Management. An Advanced Management Program (AMP) certification from the American University Cairo (AUC), Egypt. He is an alumni of the McGill Executive Institute and School of Business - AUC. Bhami speaks four different languages which include Arabic, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. He is a speaker at various conferences including at PV Tech Solar, Zak World of Facades and the Skyscraper Summits. CPP is world's leading wind engineering organization and a pioneer in wind effects research on PV mounting systems. CPP is a contributing member for SEAOC PV2, CTBUH, ASCE and wind engineering associations including AAWE.

Speaker

Shailesh Vaidya, Scorpius Trackers Pvt. Ltd.

CEO

India

A veteran entrepreneur, Mr. Vaidya co-founded Scorpius Trackers in 2012 which was one of the Indian pioneers in Solar Tracking systems and Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) based power generation Systems. Scorpius is also supplying India's largest Tracker+Bifacial project of 250 MW. He holds an MBA and B.E. degree in Computer Science.

Speaker

Venkat Rajagopalan, FTC Solar

Director-Product Management

India

Venkat Rajagopalan currently handles Product Management for FTC Solar. He has more than 20 years of experience in the Solar and Semiconductor industries. Venkat brings Developer (SunEdison, Greenko), EPC (Siemens Gamesa), Inspection & Testing (PI Berlin) and Manufacturer (FTC) perspectives to PV Technology. He is also a Quality Expert, having conducted multiple GWs of PV Module Factory audits and Inspections of suppliers in India and China. With an Academic background in Chemical Engineering, Venkat holds dual Master's degrees in Microelectronics and in Management from the US. He is a Certified Product Manager (CPM).

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