Ready to Construct Concept – a German Offshore Wind Farm Project

PNE WIND AG is a German company that is listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and was founded in 1995. PNE focuses on the development and implementation of wind farm projects. PNE’s track record is consisting out of 804 MW operational wind farms. PNE is working in its core markets Germany, USA, Canada, UK, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey on a project pipeline of 4800 MW onshore and 2651 MW offshore wind farms. PNE offers investment opportunities to international financial investors, German Retail Funds and utilities for example the major European supplier EnBW.

With such a professional background PNE is one of the most experienced wind farm developers – worldwide! The most interesting investment opportunity PNE offers at the moment is the offshore project Gode Wind II which will have start of construction in 2012. This project is located in the North Sea with a total of 252 MW and an investment volume of approx. €1 billion. Key elements of this project are a unique investment structure which is characterized by a non-recourse financing and a very efficient conglomerate of key contractors. Gode Wind II is a project that is fully developed, close to financial close and ready to construct!

Speaker

Mr. Martin Billhardt Chief Executive Officer PNE Wind AG

Energy for All, Local Choices, Local Resources

For municipalities of French suburbs, like the city of Paris – La Courneuve fuel poverty of local households has become a major problem: on one side, municipality has to invest to reduce energy CO2 emissions and on the other side, an important part of the inhabitants’ income is near the poverty line.

Since the 1980th, most of social housings are connected to Local District Heating that combine geothermal energy, block heating, and heat pumps. Recently renovated, and with a new supervisory system installed, the local district heating system shows high energy performance using nearly 50% of renewable energy. The LDH, is now extended to private buildings.

In spite of the poor thermal performance of buildings, energy bills for heating low income households are below the usual amounts in France. The actual economical crisis and high energy prices make situation critical, number of fuel poor people increases.

New sober technology issues have no more a classic economical success. Municipality of La Courneuve city is looking for political choice issues and has decided a new technical and popular project involving all actors in order to reduce fuel poverty.

Speaker

Sr. Engineer Joseph Irani Sr. Engineer / Juridical Expert / Deputy Major of La Courneuve B4E

The Abu Dhabi Sustainable Public Lighting Strategy

This presentation sets out the mission and goals behind the establishing a far reaching sustainable Lighting Strategy for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the triple bottom-line thinking used in its research, production and implementation. Looking beyond the purely economic aspects, the strategy encompasses the equally important environmental and social issues necessary to ensure a long-term quality lighting environment is created and maintained as part of Abu Dhabi’s 2030 vision for the Emirate and its citizens. The Lighting strategy covers the careful implementation of new technologies such as LED, along with intelligent controls and the aims of long-term maintenance reduction. Undertaking worldwide research the application of these sustainable technologies was achieved in tandem with a reduction in all illumination design levels for roads and public realms as well as setting benchmarks on lighting quality, colour temperatures and the lighting technology itself for. DMA/ADM with this Strategy has now halved the lighting levels on all roads compared to those used through to 2010 and the use of LED fixtures is now required on nearly all road types. The combination is massive reduction in energy costs and carbon footprint by up over 60% and 80% respectively and the reduction in maintenance requirements ensures these benefits are achieved year after year. For parks, streetscapes and other parts of the public realm, the strategy promotes the quality of the lit environment for the people using careful application of efficient lighting for all projects with the goal to minimize light pollution and increase commerce whilst also creating exciting and attractive destinations. The presentation will introduce the background to the Strategy as well as show the benefits of each of its key aspects through text and image examples.

The Strategy is now being implemented internally on all DMA/ADM projects and is to be published as a DMA Code document to be available to all working in the Public Realm arena in Abu Dhabi.

Speaker

Engr. Abdullah Al Shamsi Executive Director of Municipal Assets and Infrastructure Abu Dhabi Municipality

Consumption of Fuel Wood and Alternative Sudan

This topic aims to determine energy consumption for Sudan.

Also to estimate the future energy consumption by predicted the future energy consumption for six states of Sudan. The topic aims to identify that Sudan depended heavily on its forests and biomass resources for the satisfaction of its energy requirement. In 1993, (FNC) conducted a Survey of Forest Product Consumption. The survey estimated wood products consumption as 15.77 millions m3 for Sudan (households sector 89.4%, Industry 6.8%, commercial and services, 2.5% and Quran Schools 1.3%.

The survey also evaluates the contribution of the woody and non- woody biomass in energy supply.

A sample of (Six) states of Sudan were selected. The topic attempted to outline the magnitude of the energy crisis and the long term effects of energy policies. Its display a little information about Sudan and six selected states. Also it’s classifies Sudan forests and shows the main utilization.

The table shows Sudan energy consumption ( 2011 – 2020)

Speaker

Mrs. Hanan Magzoub Economist Planner Forests National Corporation

Low-Concentration Photovoltaic System Based on High Efficiency Back Contact Cells

As the solar industry scales towards installation capacities in the range of 30 to 50 gigawatts per year, cell manufacturers have to increase fabrication capacity. However, this approach involves high capital expenditures and long lead times. In order to meet short term demand at minimal cost, concentration photovoltaics (CPV) shows tremendous promise. In CPV systems, optical components such as mirrors and lenses are used to focus sunlight onto photovoltaic cells. SunPower is currently focusing on research and development investments in low concentration photovoltaic (LCPV) systems, which can reduce capital expense per watt by up to 90% while minimizing design changes in SunPower’s high efficiency back contact solar cells.

We have installed an LCPV array at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility at Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, New Mexico, demonstrating a linear 7X geometric LCPV system that utilizes the superior performance of SunPower cells under concentration.

The design leverages the standard SunPower module and single-axis tracker technologies to achieve a low-cost and deployable product. Slight modifications to the module design were made to withstand higher ultraviolet content and thermal loads. This system was shown to achieve a direct resource efficiency of 18.4%, in agreement with modeled values.

Speaker

Mr. Manuel Brachet Managing Director Sunpower Corporation

Local Value Creation Through Renewable Energy Programs

A RES (Renewable Energy Sources) program needs to be designed and developed from an holistic perspective, considering not only its close relationship with the “conventional” energy industry (in terms of, among others, allocation of economic resources in the electric system, returns of legacy generation portfolio vs. new generation portfolio, effects of high penetration of non-manageable energy in the electric system – Back up requirements,…) but its potential to develop and boost the economy and wealth of the country, laying the foundations to build a differential global position in specific industrial areas, In this sense, the guiding principles to design and implement an effective and efficient RES plan, with impact in the economy of the country are the following (specific lessons learnt for each principle will be disclosed during the lecture)

1. Macro-economic impact of the different value chain activities
   It is key to understand the direct and indirect activities related to an specific RES to assess their impact, in GDP and job creation terms.
2. Internal critical mass to launch and consolidate industrial activities
   Internal demand, driven by country RES targets, could be enough to provide appropriate returns to localized activities (factories, services,…) in a first step, leaving room for export later on
3. Future worldwide position of the country depending on maturity of the technology
   Building a worldwide differential position for a country in mature industries in process of commoditization might be challenging
4. Comparative advantages of the country
   Worldwide market dynamics need to be considered to manage the country comparative advantages
5. Focus efforts on winner movements vs. a “go-for-all” strategy
   Technologies with critical mass on allocation of economic resources can be easily developed as ad-hoc industries vs. other marginal technologies.

Speaker

Mr. Fernando Oliveros Partner Oliver Wyman

What is the True Cost of Green Certification Programs Applied in Water Stress Areas and Sustainable Cities Concepts?"

The presentation goes through a Water Stress Overview, with a focus on potential solutions based on regional and climate situation. It explains why we should use A Green Building Certification Rating Program and explains the optimal level of sustainability rating for Sustainable City and why it depends on a balance of financial benefit versus brand-equity benefit. The presentation further explores relevant sustainability strategies, shares some project examples and tools, including: Sustainability Integrates All Aspects of City Planning; Key Strategic Process Ensures Viable Project Alignment with Vision, Governance, and Management; One-of-a-Kind Tools Optimize Sustainability and Resource Management Decisions; and key Strategic Process Ensures Viable Project Alignment with Vision, Governance, and Management.

Speaker

Mr. Jay Witherspoon Global Water Sustainability Director CH2M Hill

Reappraising Renewable Energy - Overview of Commercial and Practical Implementation Issues and Trends

Nowadays, renewable energy is very much in the media as well as investment and national development plans. Especially in emerging market economies, renewables are often compelling for policy and even financial reasons. However, the reality on the ground is that actual development and buildout of renewables projects lags far behind targets. Too often, there are any number of projects starving for funding and Funds staring at a dearth of investible projects. Several factors contribute to this including the particular characteristics of renewable energy, a lack of corporatized structure underlying the assets, and the challenge of adapting funding mechanisms more suited for large-scale monolithic financings. However, just as computing evolved from mainframes to PCs, the commercially and financially viable reality will increasingly shift from baseload fossil fuel plants to a more distributive renewables model.

Such shifts would of course, require an adjustment of the landscape including where target opportunities and profit profiles will evolve. We will overview the current renewables landscape and these challenges, highlight various national and private sector evolutionary trends especially from Asia, and also extrapolate into possible future directions in distributive energy, scaled-renewables profiles and biofuels/biomass.

Speaker

Mr. Mr William I.Y. Byun Managing Director Greenpower Fuels Pte Ltd

From CSP to PV and then finally CPV

Innovation and scaling up in the field of solar power generation is a key driver to this industry. Different technologies compete positively with different benefits for the customer. Total has historically been involved in PV technology with its Tenesol business in France and South Africa mainly for off-grid installations (the model developed in terms of business profitability proved to be perfectly fit to the situation). Recently, Total partnered with Abengoa Solar to propose one of the largest highly efficient CSP parabolic troughs plant to Masdar with the Shams Project. The next step was to obtain a majority share in SunPower which supplies the world’s most efficient PV panels (with unique back contact technology), including the tracker upside for the benefit of all space constrained sites. Indeed, at the end of the day, space is key and valuable to the general interest, whether on roof tops or commercial needs or even UPP if one wants to achieve ambitious generation. But the next technology looks appealing: SunPower (who was established around CSP) has released the new C7 low concentration PV panels which will certainly be able to compete favorably in most cases with grid parity, combining the best of the 2 technologies, and enabling to include a large part of local content for its erection. The object of this round table is to share a review of the development of the latest state of the art.

Speaker

Mr. Jean Marc Otero Del Val VP Electricity & New Energies Total

Reducing Energy Consumption and Energy Peaks by Monitoring Freezers

Introduction

Geroco’s business is to provide utilities and Service Providers with interactive solutions to better engage their customers in energy savings. The solutions are based on a combination of smart devices linked to a web platform on which the end-user can visualize how he consumes energy, benchmark it, get tailored advices and manage its energy consumption.

Innovation

Time has come to perform some drastic and pragmatic changes in the field of Energy Demand Side Management.

Energy is a decreasing resource and people still think about it as an unlimited one.

But things are changing, black-outs are happening and politics and citizens are now looking for solutions.

Big questions are now open!

How to be able to better manage energy demand regarding the availability?

How to provide utilities with a new business opportunity in order to deploy a mass solution?

How to engage people in energy saving and peak reduction?

Solution seems to be in our fridge & freezers.

Deploying ecowizz smart electrical plugs on all freezers, utilities can remotely switch-off these high-consuming devices when peak time is occurring. Just keep in mind that these devices have a 24-36 hours of autonomy and there will be no impact on the temperature.

Architecture of the solution is simple and deployment can be done by the user directly:

1. Plug-In the ecowizz smart plug in the electrical outlet
2. Connect the freezer on the electrical plug (done by the user)
3. Ecowizz measures energy consumed by the freezer and send them to a 3G gateway installed in the household
4. Ecowizz servers receive the energy data and report it to the utility that can switch-off devices remotely when peaks happen
5. Customers is rewarded

Speaker

Mrs. Virginie Carniel Managing Director Carniel Corporation

The First Inline Texturization Method for Mono Crystalline Silicon Wafer in a Production Line

Until now the Mono-wafers are texturized in Batch Systems, applying a process time typically of 20 - 40 minutes. Schmid developed a new texturization method capable of texturing the c-Si wafers in less than 10 minute process time. The method is applied on Mono-wafers, combining the saw damage removal with the texture formation. The texturized surface (fig.1) is characterized by uniform random Pyramid's size of 2 - 5 microns (fig. 2), achievable in a very short process time: from 8 to 10 minutes.

The wet chemistry process is IPA-free; an In-Line machine is used where a new Schmid spray concept (fig.3) is applied. This allows obtained the best wafer surface uniformity, a high density of random pyramids and 10% of reflectivity at 650 nm. With this new Texturing Process the chemistry consumption is also significantly reduced: about 35% less than the Batch System

Speaker

Dr. Maher Izaaryene Process Manager Schmid-group GmbH

Sainty Solar - Solar Application Solution

• Brief Introduction: Brief introduction of Sainty Solar; include its parent company and its development.
• Core Capability: Share the core capability of sainty solar and its off-grid system solution from product, quality, delivery and service. We will have further discussion with customer for the product showed in the PPT.
• Cooperation Reference: Share the cooperation reference of off-grid system

Speaker

Mr. Nathan Zhang Sales Manager Jiangsu Sainty Machinery Imp. And Exp. Corp.,Ltd.

Innovation – Only in Technology?"

Innovation in energy companies is traditionally limited to technology and engineering. Indeed, we need more technological solutions to meet increasing global energy demand. However, should innovation be limited to technology and R&D only?

You are invited to join Shell GameChanger in an open dialogue to stretch the boundaries of our imagination and brainstorm how we can radically innovate innovation, including addressing the non-technical dimensions of any possible solution.

Speakers

Mr. Mandar Apte Game Changer Shell International E&P

Mr. Hans Haringa Game Changer Shell International E&P

Assessing the Maximum Penetration of Non-Programmable RES Generation in Power Systems with Predominant Thermal Generation

The deployment of RES generation, mainly solar and wind, in Arab countries is becoming an increasingly appealing solution to tackle the environmental constraints on GHG emissions and to balance the generation mix, now predominantly based on fossil fuel resources.

This trend has already begun in some Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries where some small scale projects have been commissioned. In the longer term, a large amount of RES generation may be commissioned (see Mediterranean Solar Plan and Desert Industrial Initiative). Thus, an accurate assessment of the maximum penetration level shall be evaluated beforehand, keeping into account the inflexibility of thermal generation and the limited interconnection capacity between Arab countries.

CESI has developed and applied a top-down methodology addressing the evaluation of all aspects associated with uncertainty and intermittency of RES generation in the planning process, considering the interaction of renewable productions with network constraints, reserve margin and storage devices.

The methodology is structured on three layers: from a system-wide assessment of the maximum non programmable RES penetration (“single busbar” analysis) to detailed static probabilistic and dynamic simulations (“multi busbar” analysis) aimed at evaluating the compliance with the security standards.

Practical applications to power systems in the Mediterranean area are presented.

Speaker

Dr. Bruno Cova Head of Power Systems, Markets & Regulatory CESI Spa

Photovoltaic Technologies for UAE and GCC- is Si Based Technology Viable? Technology Perspective

The mainstream technology for Photovoltaic applications is Si based (85%). There have been a multitude of other technologies either for 1 sun applications or Concentrated solar that evolved quite dramatically in the last few years. Some of them proved to be effective from en efficiency standpoint and cost effective as well. The regional distribution of the various technologies and the basis of choosing one or the other relies on a number of factors. This round table will focus on the mainstream technology that is Si based with its various components and its viability for the region, Abu Dhabi, UAE and GCC in general as it allows to narrow down on an optimal solution. We will approach this talk from a technical perspective mapped to the regional factors (weather, eco-system: industrial or otherwise…), but the debate will certainly other factors pertaining to the business world ultimately.

Speaker

Prof. Adel Gougam Assistant professor Materials science and Technology Masdar Institute

Why Should Everybody Convert to Solid State Lighting

Human beings are born into light. Artificial light is a fundamental and integral part of our productivity, security and artistic expression as human beings.

Lighting constitutes approximately 22% of the global consumption of electricity and approximately12 billion incandescent lamps that are still in use on the planet are a large contributor to this figure.LED’s can be used to build energy-efficient lighting products that provide massive savings in energy, help protect the environment and reduce maintenance costs without compromising on the quality of light. This technology can save up to 85% of the electricity used by these “OLD” technology incandescent lamps and can even provide substantial energy savings replacing both linear and compact fluorescent lamps as well.

Solid State lighting fixtures incorporate Light Emitting Diodes that have been developed to take lighting into and through the 21st century. A revolution in LIGHTING.

SS Lightingis universally regarded as a vast improvement over incumbent lighting technology because ofits longer rated life and higher efficiency which ends up saving us money in the longerterm even when the higher initial cost is taken into account. It also results in massive reduction in carbon emissions.

SS Lighting has revolutionized lighting, as essentially, lighting is not about watts it’s about light. It’s not about lamps and fixtures. And it’s not about cost per unit. “Don’t save light, save ENERGY!

So let’s throw out our preconceived notions, cast aside incumbent technology that in general has been superseded and look at things in a new “LIGHT”.

Speaker

Mr. Vic Andrews Managing Director Ruud Lighting Arabia LLC

Introduce Pay as You Go Solar Explore the Opportunities in Developing Markets

The discussion will cover how Eight19’s innovative pay-as-you-go solar technology, known as IndiGo, is transforming the lives of people in the developing world, and has the potential to revolutionise those economies that don’t have easy access to electricity via the grid.Just as mobile phones have negated the need for landline infrastructure in Africa, the Middle East and the Indian sub-continent, IndiGo (launched in September 2011) can provide electricity power to communities in off-grid locations without the need for a massive and costly expansion to a country’s electricity grid infrastructure. It is estimated that 1.6bn people globally do not currently have access to electricity via the grid but with IndiGo, they can have access to clean low-cost solar energy, instead of relying on expensive and polluting diesel generators for their electrical power and kerosene lamps for their lighting. IndiGo combines solar and mobile phone technology in a system that offers users an affordable way to light their homes and charge mobile phones for less than their current spend on kerosene.

This session will introduce and explore:

• Pay-as-you-go-solar
• Opportunities in developing markets for western companies
• What the West can learn from such deployments in developing markets

Speaker

Dr. Simon Bransfield-Garth CEO Eight19 Ltd.

Future Internet Technologies Empower Building 2.0

Future Internet is about advanced wireless and wired devices communicating to each other in a machine to machine fashion, can be accessed from anywhere at any time, can be worn as “artificial skins” on assets. These assets (buildings, homes, Renewable Energy Power Plants e.tc) can become immediately intelligent through innovative decision support systems running on the Cloud. Build-IT has four years of expertise in sensing technologies and delivers managed services over its private cloud called MyAssets. Building 2.0 is a brand new concept which deals with the right combination of energy efficiency, energy production and energy storage techniques in a building which can be transformed from Near Zero Energy Building up to Net Zero Energy Building or even Virtual Power Plant according to its energy special characteristics and needs. Building 2.0 services can optimize the operation of the new technologies we see more and more often in buildings today, like High Performance HVAC systems, Lightning Control Systems, Building Integrated Photovoltaics and Energy Storage Systems, and can make them work harmonically together creating at the same time a highly efficient microgrid within the building which can cover all its energy needs or even “export” energy to other “neighbor” buildings.

Speaker

Mr. Menelaos Ioannidis Chief Executive Officer Build-IT

Winning the Green Energy Race

If we want to win the green energy race we need to take the total cost of our energy needs into account, so that we use our precious resources in the best possible way.

Why wind?

The future will not wait. We all know that our planet does not enjoy endless supplies of oil, gas, clean water or even fresh air if we are not careful. We have to make the transition into a green energy future as soon as possible.Everyone and everything requires energy. The cost of energy matters for the competitiveness of local business, for creating and maintaining local jobs and for economic growth. We need to limit the risks associated with our energy choices. We need to get the most power out of our investment. In order to ensure the best energy choices we need to focus on the cost of energy. When choosing our power sources we need to take both direct and indirect costs into account. The indirect costs are many and hard to quantify. Most of these costs are not carried by the owners of the power plants but by citizens and society. Wind energy has very low indirect costs. This presentation will outline the key role that wind energy can play in winning the Green energy race.

Speaker

Mrs. Mirella Amalia Vitale Head of Global Marketing & Customer Insight Vestas Mediterranean

Modular and adaptable Monitoring and Metering system technologies for PV

The unique situation of the UAE to show one of the world's highest growth in economy, the need for energy, the economic strength, the awareness for the need of renewable energies and the location with a never ending sun boost the use of solar power plants, may it be thermo or PV. The presentation will show a modern high interoperable approach to monitor solar power plants by using the latest equipment in metering, database and systems and avoiding proprietary solutions.

For the central data evaluation several techniques are used in the systems of baer measurements LLC. First of all the metering data are an integrated part in the plant Monitoring and can be evaluated together with the typical plant data. Modern meters allow the data acquisition of multiple environmental data (e.g. phase voltage, phase current, reactive power or distur-bance parameters) of the connected power grid. The plant Monitoring modules provide a quick view to the system base as well as a deep analysis combined with a reporting engine. The operation of large plants is supported by featuring special map views and coloring possibilities using SCADA modules. The Historical Information Storage and the Calculation Engine provide arbitrary data mining in histories.

Speakers

Mr. Hubert Medl CEO BML Baer Solar

Dr. Gerhard Dinkel CEO BML Baer Solar

Business Enablers for a Renewable Energy Future

As governments seek to create jobs and drive their economies forward, sustainable energy offers an opportunity. Governments across the world have an opportunity to invest in new renewable energy sources to drive innovation and create jobs locally. The opportunities are in energy production through distributed generation (as in the solar roof program) as well as in transportation (as in vehicle electrification and the charging networks to support this change). This cannot be done by business leaders alone and will require forward thinking government officials who recognize the chance for long term job creation. Similar opportunities exist in the greening of the global supply chain. This transition to a low carbon economy can be done by implementing technology systems for the measurement and tracking of carbon emissions (because measurement and tracking is critical to improvement) and by regulatory advancement in the areas of better building codes (e.g. estidama in Abu Dhabi). These are but a few of the opportunities which governments and business leaders must take in order to drive the future of sustainable energy for all.

Speaker

Mr. Dan Weisser Associate Director of Urban Programs CH2M HILL

Enhanced Predictability of Solar Power by Utilizing Energy Storage and Hybridization Systems

High quality power supply is the principal duty for a utility company to it’s customers in order to support the present daily demand curve and the future organic growth of a region. Due to an increasing share of fluctuating energy production such as from PV parks and from wind energy, the predictability of such power gains more and more momentum. In order to enhance predictability of fluctuating renewable energy systems, M+W Group analyzed the effect of hybridization of PV parks with short term energy storage systems in form of stationary battery applications and diesel backup generating in parallel. Further comparing figures will be shown of CSP systems with molten salt energy storage with the focus of levelized cost of energy figures.

Speaker

Mr. Manfred Engelhard Technology Manager Energy M+W Group

Key ecological and aesthetic issues facing large-scale wind: Results from the TCU-Oxford-Nextera Wind Research Initiative

The dramatic growth in wind power development in the US has raised a number of challenges for the industry. These include concerns over potential impacts to wildlife, particularly birds and bats, visual and noise impacts on communities, issues relating to siting, and the ability to more clearly identify the system-wide environmental and emissions impacts from wind energy. In this round table, we present results from the first four years of work on the TCU-Oxford-Nextera Wind Research Initiative. Several key ecological/human impact questions have emerged from the research that will provide the context for discussion, including:

• What natural and social conditions influence public attitudes?
• What are the relative roles of various environmental impacts from wind turbines on public attitudes?
• What roles do proximity and location have in influencing public attitudes?
• What are the potential threats to bird and bat populations?
• Can we predict when and where high fatality bird and bat events will occur?
• Are there indirect effects of wind turbines, such as displacement and habitat fragmentation?

Ultimately, we aim to better understand the ecological impacts of, and public reactions to, large-scale wind developments as a step toward more widespread use of renewable energy resources.

Speaker

Dr. Michael Slattery Director: Institute for Environmental Studies TCU

Cost and Technology Trends Along the PV Value Chain

Photovoltaics within the global energy mix

• Availability of Conventional Energy
• The True Costs of Energy
• World Energy Outlook
• Total Availability of Renewable Energy Resources

Public dispute on photovoltaics and the SCHMID group answers

• Are photovoltaics a competitive source of energy?
• Is PV really ecologically sustainable?
• What about its energy balance?
• How long is the energy payback time?

The SCHMID Group philosophy

• SCHMID Global Strategy

Polysilicon to module - Turnkey solutions embedded in the SCHMID Technology Roadmap

• The Schmid R+D roadmap 2012- 2014
• The new generation of cell manufacturing
• The technology impact on Polysilicon-, Wafer-, Cell and Module manufacturing
• To bring the costs down to 0.60$/Wp Module full production cost

Speaker

Mr. Uwe Habermann Sales Manager business unit integrated fab solutions Gebr. Schmid GmbH

The Smart Grids As Key Infrastructures For A Sustainable Power System

More and more countries in the world are fostering the penetration of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) as integration to the conventional generation plants, essentially based on fossil fuels.

These RES developments are becoming of paramount importance as most of the countries worldwide are committing, on the basis of their availability of resources and with different timeframes, to specific targets of reduction of carbon emissions and enhancement of security of energy supply.Energy efficiency and renewable energy are definitely seen as concrete ways to reach this goal. In parallel, the progressive liberalization and opening of most of the energy markets are designing new roles and challenges for the traditional market players and at the same time are enabling the conditions for the customers to actively participate in the power system.

As a matter of fact, the present electric power infrastructure was not designed to meet the increased use and variability of renewable power production. Traditional power systems are primarily comprised of large central generation plants connected by a high voltage transmission network to local electric distribution systems which, in turn, serve homes, business and industry, based upon electricity flows predominantly in one direction.

The transition of the traditional Grids toward “Smart” Grids can be intended as an enhancement of the grid capacity of monitoring, protecting and optimizing the operation of its interconnected elements – from thecentral and distributed generators through the high-voltage network anddistribution system, to industrial users and end-use consumers.

A Smart Grid will be characterized by a two-way flow of electricity and information to create an automated, widely distributed energy delivery network.

A Smart Grid will integrateboth traditional elements andnew grid technologies with renewable generation, storage, active customers, sensors, communications and computationalability.

Several challenges have still to be overcame for the Smart Grid to be deployed on a large scale, such as the definition of clear sets of standards, enabling the players of the industry to move on agreed directions, and the optimal allocation of the costs and benefits among the different power system stakeholders.

Speaker

Dr. Alessandro Bertani Head of Networks Automation & Smart Grids CESI Spa

OEM’s Electrical Vehicle Strategies: Risk Assessment

The years to come will observe the cohabitation between several technologies and degrees of electrification: the internal combustion engine will adopt its role among the hybrid vehicles before the range of the batteries satisfies a certain level of demand. In parallel, the electric engines and transmissions will also evolve and define the standards that may permit the cost reductions necessary. To understand and to fix the mail stones of this process has become clue for the industry.

This scenario imposes to the OEMs the definition of long term strategies, focused on the progressive deployment of electric technologies among its portfolios while avoiding losing influence on the value chain. These strategies must observe those product definitions that are coherent with the actual characteristics of the electric vehicle; segments and markets to be firstly supplied, mainly depend on both the level of satisfaction of people’s needs that the current technology can achieve and the willingness to pay of potential customers.

The study of the AIC-Intelligence Unit presents and compares the OEMs’ electric vehicle strategies, assessing them from a coherence and soundness point of view. A deep analyze of the product portfolio, engineering and production capacities, global location and established partnerships may permit to evaluate the risk of each OEM’s strategy bet and identify those initiatives that are likely to be successful.

Speaker

Mr. Oriol Saperas Intelligence Unit Manager AIC-Automotive Intelligence Center

Sustainable cities - Integrated Planning and Delivery

Over half the world's population lives in cities - and cities are responsible for most of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. The move towards sustainable cities is creating an unparalleled opportunity for transformation and investment in low carbon energy systems.

This seminar by Richard Bellingham will explore how cities can create strong low carbon energy strategies and move to effective programme delivery - using Sustainable Glasgow as one example.

Sustainable Glasgow is helping Glasgow become one of Europe’s most sustainable cities. For Glasgow this means achieving a mix of objectives – reducing carbon emissions by over 30% – and also achieving urban regeneration; growing the green energy sector; delivering jobs; regenerating communities, and tackling fuel poverty. The key is a strategy that is technically and financially viable, and gains the active long term support of people and politicians.

Sustainable Glasgow is delivered through a unique partnership between the University of Strathclyde, local government, and major private companies.

The University is launching its new Global Energy Management Masters course at the World Future Energy Summit– aimed at creating the next generation of high calibre policymakers and managers for government and industry.

Speaker

Mr. Richard Bellingham Deputy Director Strathclyde Business School

Concentrated Photovoltaics Opportunity For A Sustainable Future

In the past ten years, photovoltaic conversion proved to be a reliable source of energy all over the world and the solar market has boomed. This tremendous increase in photovoltaic is however due to the particular feed in tariff laws applied in some countries like US, Germany and Italy.

In fact, to have a reliable and sustainable solar energy source, the cost of energy shall meet the grid parity, i.e., the energy generated by PV conversion shall meet the cost of conventional energy source.

To do this, there are mainly to ways:

• Increase the conversion efficiency , Silicon flat plate modules have an efficiency of only 15%, therefore 85% of the solar radiation is lost
• Decrease the cost of the solar plants.

The decrease in cost is persecuted by using thin film approach. Thin film solar cells group a lot of variety of devices, based on very different materials from amourphous silicon to CdTe up to organic compounds. All these devices are characterized by a low efficiency but production costs very low because the related technology is based on mass production processes and reduces the material consumption (the devices are really thin, a few microns are sufficient, instead of hundreds of micron). For example, for CdTe, solar module with efficiency of 12% and cost of less than 1€/watt have been proved by First Solar. The drawback of this approach is that a lot of area is needed, due to the low efficiency and they loose efficiency when they work at high temperature.

The other method to meet the grid parity, is to increase the conversion efficiency. Silicon solar cells have almost reached their maximum theoretical efficiency, therefore new materials like III-V compounds should be investigated to increase the rate conversion. Triple junction solar cells belong to this class of materials and they are the only devices that showed a dramatic improvement in conversion efficiency in the last ten years overcoming the threshold of 40% . These devices can be used in concentrated photovoltaic system (CPV) where the expensive area of semiconductor is substituted by low cost lenses or mirrors. The overall system is more complex because there are not only the solar cells but also the optic and the tracking apparatus but, the final efficiency of the whole CPV system is about 30%, double the standard PV and the cost of energy is already in the range of 0,08 €/KWh when installed in insolated countries, absolutely the lowest energy cost obtainable with photovoltaic technologies.

Speaker

Mrs. Roberta Campesato Head of Solar Cells Laboratory CESI Spa