VDE at Intersolar Europe 2021

VDE Renewables will be at the Intersolar Europe 2021. Together with Munich Re, we will be promoting their PV Warranty Insurance premium product. Visit us at booth A5.537 and contact us at renewables@vde.com to organize a meet-up at the fair.

Talk with our experts about our quality assurance services:

• PV module testing and certification
• Technical due diligence for solar PV and wind power plants
• Batteries and energy storage systems: Testing, technical guidance, bankability, investability services, battery analytics
• Grid conformity testing and certification  
• Supply chain services
• VDE Corporate Standards

 Intersolar Europe 2021 Conference 

Our PV expert Ulrike Jahn will be moderating two workshops of the International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA PVPS) Task 13. Participants can look forward to a series of expert presentations, discussions and networking opportunities.

PVPS Task 13 Workshop 1: Performance of New System Designs
6 October 2021, 09:30 – 11:00h | Conference Center Nord, Raum C54
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Performance indicators for complex PV new systems have to consider their multiple-usage benefits. These PV systems are built to produce energy on the one hand and on the other hand to provide additional yield or benefits, economically or for instance regarding social acceptance of PV system installations. Thus, performance indicators besides energy yield related figures are relevant for rating a certain PV installation. The workshop attempts to provide a collection of new performance characterization methods for new PV system designs as a reference. New methods are described and explained by laboratory tests up to case studies. The presentations in session 1 will cover the outcomes of the work carried out by IEA PVPS Task 13 experts to provide well-founded and comparable key figures in order to enable new PV system designs to move faster into new fields of PV applications.

PVPS Task 13 Workshop 2: Data Driven Mitigation Measures in Advanced PV Plant Monitoring
6 October 2021, 11:30 - 13:00h | Conference Center Nord, Raum C54
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In the future, big data analysis using advanced AI techniques based on the monitoring of a large amount of data will enable the development of extensive benchmarking of key performance indicators (KPIs) for the solar PV industry. This will help PV developers to derive the real-life impact on the system losses and reliability of design choices and configuration during design phase, while O&M operators could optimize their maintenance routines during the operational phase. The presentations in session 2 will cover the outcomes of the work carried out by IEA PVPS Task 13 experts to provide best practice on how to gain insights from monitored data and extreme diversity of asset types and operational context within a PV plant.