Program Thursday 10th October 2024
konference Smart Energy ForumDen 1
18 Oct 2023
9:30-11:00
Session No. 1: Best Practices of Asset Management for Utility PV Plants
George Touloupas
Quality and Reliability Risks of PV Module & Components Production and Benefits of Holistic Quality Control
Peter Grumlik
Field Tests of PV modules in the Czech Republics in Operation after 17 Years
Václav Kaska
Lessons Learned from 1,2 GW of installed Utility PV Plants in Germany, Holand and Slovakia
10:10-10:30
Maria Aram Merdzhanova
George Touloupas
Václav Kaska
Jan Kroneisl
High Level Panel: Trends in O&M and Optimalization of Utility PV Plant Performance
10:30-11:00
Topics of the Panel Discusssion:
- Innovations and Trends in PV Farm O&M
- Scaling Large Scale PV Projects With the Right Technology Applications
- How to navigate local planning regulations will impact PV deployment
- Development & Application of Storage Solution
- Can hardware and software innovations strengthen the business case for CEE region
- How to increase the value of your project with new technologies that reduce maintenance cost and improve efficiencies
- Choosing technologies with a high bankability and resilient supply chain
- What best practice of working with EPCs looks like and learnings from past experiences
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break
11:30-13:00
Session No. 2: Energy Storage for Maximizing Revenue from Solar Electricity
Vít Pokorný
Key Trends in Battery Storage and Technology Innovations (Experience of Photomate s.r.o. from BESS projects in Europe)
11:30-11:50
EVs as Smart Home Battery- Lessons Learned from Bidirectional Charging from a Customer Perspective
11:50-12:10
Jiří Vogl
How to avoid pitfalls of negative prices when trading PV power at the day-ahead markets in the Czech Republics
12:10-12:30
Cyril Svozil
Why does it pay to invest into corporate BESS – Lessons learned from 3-Year Operation at Industrial Plant in Jesenik in Czechia
12:30-13:00
13:00-14:30
Lunch Break
14:30-16:10
Session No. 3: AgriPV – Prospects and Best Practises
Gustavo Lopez
Best Project Practises in the field of Agri-PV in Europe
New PV module Technology to boost Enegy Yield from AgriPV
15:00-15:30
Panel Discussion on AgriPV
15:30-16:00
16:00-16:10
Discussion and End of Conference
The conference organizer reserves the right to change the program.