- Day 1 - 14 March 2023
- Day 2 - 15 March 2023
09:10
- 11:00 CET
Presentations
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- Full update on who is making what today in a 300-GW-plus annual solar cell production environment
- What is the expected market share of n-type cells in 2023?
- What will cell production look like when the industry gets to annual TW levels
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Moderator: Finlay Colville, PV Tech
, Head of Market Research
, PV-Tech & Solar Media Ltd
PRESENTATION - "The solar industry in 2023: how geopolitics & energy security are diversifying capex trends into new PV manufacturing & technology"
11:30
- 13:00 CET
Presentations
- Who are the market-leaders in TOPCon cell production today?
- How much TOPCon production is taking place outside China?
- What process flow improvements are happening now to increase mass production efficiency levels?
- Where are costs for TOPCon cell manufacturing?
14:00
- 15:30 CET
Presentations
- Will the new globalization of cell manufacturing accelerate faster, cheaper and higher-performing GW-scale production lines?
Moderator: Anis Jouini, CEA-INES
, Head of Department Production Technology - Structuring and Metallization
, Fraunhofer ISE
PRESENTATION - "Ultra-High-throughput technologies for the next generation of solar cells."
16:00
- 17:30 CET
Presentations
- Special focus on printing, metallization, and silver consumption
- R&D and technology-transfer activities for back-contact cells – what efficiencies and costs are expected from 2024 onwards?
Moderator: Finlay Colville, PV Tech
, Managing Director - Quality Management
, ISC Konstanz
PRESENTATION - "The polyZEBRA concept - upgrade of low cost IBC solar cell production"
17:30
- 19:30 CET
Join us in the networking area after the conference has finished for the day for relaxed drinks and networking.
09:30
- 11:00 CET
Presentations
- Hear from the heterojunction market-leaders making HJT cells at GW-scale.
- Understand how much cell production is happening in China now, and across the world.
- Where are HJT cell efficiency levels from the new GW-scale fabs in operation?
- Making HJT cell production profitable – what challenges are remaining?
Moderator: Peter Wolf, Maxwell Technology
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, Forschungszentrum Jülich
PRESENTATION - "Status of the Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell Technology"
11:30
- 13:00 CET
Presentations
- Hear from the first wave of global entrants, now ramping up pilot lines to move cell manufacturing beyond the single-junction limit.
- What cell architectures are likely to be the first to be moved to the GW-capacity level – and when will this happen?
- Making product commercially – what needs to be done before solar cell production can make the move to tandem or advanced hybrid concept at the 100-GW-plus level?
Moderator: Christian Buchner, Schmid
, Program Manager Tandem Photovoltaic Technology and Applications
, TNO
PRESENTATION - "Upscaling hybrid perovskite/silicon tandem PV devices"
, Managing Member
, American Perovskites
PRESENTATION - "From R&D labs to commercialization: ramping up manufacturing of perovskite solar cells"
, Head of Industry compatible processes, solar cells and modules at PVcomB
, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
PRESENTATION - "Challenges in upscaling of monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells"
14:00
- 15:30 CET
Presentations
- The push for cell manufacturing outside China and Southeast Asia – where are the new cell production lines in India, Europe and the U.S.?
- What cell technologies are being adopted within this new wave of global cell diversification?
- How can cell production be profitable and meet ESG goals in these new fabs?
Moderator: Johan Lindahl, European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC)
, Professor of Physics
, ODTU-GUNAM
PRESENTATION - "PV manufacturing and research activity in Turkey"
16:00
- 17:00 CET
Presentations
- Learn about the different roadmaps underpinning solar cell production as it moves to annual TW levels.
- What is the roadmap for R&D and technology-transfer in the coming years?
- Is there a realistic sustainability roadmap for cell production globally?
- What is the cell technology roadmap looking like and how might this evolve under different scenarios?
Moderator: Finlay Colville, PV Tech
, Director Division Photovoltaics - Production Technology
, Fraunhofer ISE
PRESENTATION - "Roadmap for Sustainable Production of Solar Cells in Europe"
, Co-Chair
, ITRPV Steering Committee
PRESENTATION - "ITRPV 14th edition, March 2023 - key findings & report presentation"