12-13 March, 2024 | Frankfurt, Germany

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Agenda

09:00
 - 09:10 CET
09:10
 - 11:00 CET
Presentations
      • 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

Moderator: Finlay Colville, PV Tech

, Senior Vice President R&D Cells
, Q CELLS
, Sr. Manager of Product Marketing
, LONGi Solar
, 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"
, Vice President - BU Photovoltaics
, Schmid Group
11:00
 - 11:30 CET
Networking
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?
, Vice President
, Trina Solar
, Technical Product Manager
, JinkoSolar
, CTO
, Astronergy
, CEO
, Semco Smartech
13:00
 - 14:00 CET
Networking
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

, Director Products and Projects
, halm. elektronik
, R&D Manager - Principal Scientist
, IMEC
, Head of Department Production Technology - Structuring and Metallization
, Fraunhofer ISE
PRESENTATION - "Ultra-High-throughput technologies for the next generation of solar cells."
, Vice President Photovoltaics
, Von Ardenne
15:30
 - 16:00 CET
Networking
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

, Head of R&D (Hanau)
, Heraeus Photovoltaics
, Sector Head - c-Si solar cells
, CSEM
, 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

,
, Forschungszentrum Jülich
PRESENTATION - "Status of the Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell Technology"
, General Manager, HJT BU
, Risen Energy
, CEO
, CEA-National Solar Energy Institute (INES)
11:00
 - 11:30 CET
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"
13:00
 - 14:00 CET
Networking
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)

, CTO
, 3SUN Enel Green Power
, Professor of Physics
, ODTU-GUNAM
PRESENTATION - "PV manufacturing and research activity in Turkey"
, CEO
, Meyer Burger
, CEO
, NexWafe
15:30
 - 16:00 CET
Networking
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

, Chief Technology Officer
, Oxford PV
, 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"