• You gain comprehensive information about quality standards of PV power plants as well as the latest results from research and „real life experience“.
• The speakers are leading experts with a great deal of know-how in their particular working fields.
• The programme structure and the seminar venue best ensure exchange of views ­between ­participants and presenters.
• The detailed seminar proceedings with all talks will be handed over at the start of the 
• conference and will serve you well as ­ reference works.
• We get-together for a Dinner with opportunity of exchange of experiences between speakers and participants after the seminar.

Deutschland, München-Dornach, NH Hotel

[Location details and directions]

System designers and suppliers, manufacturers and suppliers of PV components, energy consultants and investors in large PV power plants

Dipl.-Kfm. Eckardt Günther, Anita Scheidacker and Franziska Smolarek

OTTI e. V., Department of Renewable Energies
Wernerwerkstraße 4
93049 Regensburg, Germany

Phone     +49 941 29688-58
Fax     +49 941 29688-54

franziska.smolarek@otti.de

Klaus Kiefer 

Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
Klaus Kiefer studied Electrical Engineering (Power Engineering) at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences.
He has worked at Fraunhofer ISE in the field of Applied Photovoltaics since 1987. He currently heads the “Quality Assurance PV Modules and Systems” Department, which is comprised of approximately 50 employees (doctoral students, scientists, engineers and technicians). The department specializes in quality assurance of photovoltaic power plants on a global scale. More specifically, the department focuses on yield assessments, as well as PV system inspections and monitoring. In addition, the calibration laboratory for the precision measurement of solar modules (CalLab Module) has been a part of his department since 2001. It is considered to be one of the world’s leading measurement labs. 

Boris Farnung

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg

Klaus Kiefer

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg

Anselm Kröger-Vodde

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg

Robert Pfatischer

Meteocontrol, Augsburg

Dr. Nils Reich

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg

Arndt Roth

VDE Prüf- und Zertifizierungsinstitut GmbH/Testing and Certification Institute, Offenbach

Andreas Steinhüser

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

Check in and Welcome Coffee 8.00 hrs

9.00 - 17.15 hrs

1.    Welcome Address

Eckardt Günther, OTTI e. V., Regensburg

2.    Quality Assurance of PV Power Plants

• Technical Requirements of Systems and Components
• Performance Ratio: the Ultimate Benchmark
• Practical Experiences and Examples

Klaus Kiefer

3.    Yield Assessment for PV Power Plants

• Solar Radiation Resource Data
• Modelling Steps and Input Parameters
• Uncertainties and Comparison to Observed Yields

Dr. Nils Reich

4.    Module Testing

• Test Procedures and Measurement Uncertainty
• Representative Sampling Based on Manufacturer Flash Lists
• Practical Experiences

Boris Farnung

5.    System Inspection and Testing

• Scope of Tests and Testing Procedures
• Importance of Field Performance Measurements
• Most Common Faults, their Causes and Prevention

Andreas Steinhüser

6.    Technical Standards and Electrical Safety

• International quality standards of components and systems,

Arndt Roth

7.    Monitoring and Maintenance

• Methods of Monitoring
• Defect Detection and Troubleshooting
• Intervals and Range of System Maintenance

Robert Pfatischer

8.    Independent Monitoring and Quality Aspects

• Quality and Selection Criteria
• Evaluation of Performance Ratio
• Exemplary Experience from Independent Monitoring

Anselm Kröger-Vodde

9.    Long-term Experience with Commercial PV Plants

• Results from Fraunhofer ISE Long-term Analyses
• Degradation behavior of Systems and Components

Dr. Nils Reich

10. Final Discussion

Per Person:     €   490,00
Member of OTTI:     €   460,00
Reduced fee for employees of federal agencies, universities
and universities of applied sciences:      €   300,00

From the third participant on, every other participant of your company profits from our 15 % discount on the seminar fee.
Fees cover the invitation to all coffee breaks, the lunch and the seminar proceedings.

NH Hotel München-Dornach
Einsteinring 20
D-85609 Aschheim-Dornach
Germany

Phone: +49 89 940096-707
Fax: +49 89 940096-100

nhmuenchendornach@nh-hotels.com

Please book your accomodation as soon as possible by yourself. 

www.booking.com 

The Seminar is in English language.

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