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Latest Agenda
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CPV
TODAY- MARKETS, TRENDS & FACTS
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speakers include:
Ignacio Luque Heredia, CEO, Bsq Solar
Pedro Pérez, Technology Transfer Director,Universidad de Jaén
Eduardo Collado, Technical Director, ASIF
Pablo Valera, Director, Astrom EnergĂa Sostenible
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| THE PV SECTOR AND THE ROLE OF CPV |
- The Spanish Photovoltaic Industry Association (ASIF) talks about their report
on today’s international PV industries and macroeconomic implications-
assess what is the role of CPV
- Hear an analysis of the international PV sector’s biggest challenges and the resulting best practices for how tariffs should be awarded before and after grid parity
- Understand the significance of self-consumption for each one of the PV technologies
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| PANEL: CPV 2010 MARKET UPDATE |
- Get an update on the latest CPV industry numbers- find out what
developments are in progress or are planned for the near future
and what the growth potential is for this technology
- Solar energy experts share their thoughts on CPV – will it continue to grow and how can it compete against other solar technologies?
- What’s next for CPV? Understand where CPV is most likely to consolidate, which countries will see the most new plants built and how big CPV companies are likely to spread their plants across many different regions
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| PANEL: CPV SPECIFIC FEED-IN-TARIFFS |
- Setting a specific CPV feed-in tariff would be a big boost for the CPV market. Hear the story of how a group of lobbyists are trying to get the Spanish government to commit to this, what is the progress of the campaign and what it would mean for the entire CPV community if they succeed
- Lobbying campaigns are happening in various solar markets around the world- find out the details of what’s happened so far and how this will open up new CPV markets across the world
- Experts explain exactly what the feed in tariffs would mean to the uptake of CPV and what you can do to help push this movement forward
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ROLL
OUT YOUR CPV PROJECT
Section
speakers include:
Mr. Martin Ojanguren, CTO, Guascor Foton
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| PANEL: THE CLIENTS' PERSPECTIVES
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- Top utilities and project developers reveal what they think
about CPV's potential and its pros and cons as an energy technology.
Find out what role they see CPV playing in the broader energy
market
- Find out what your potential clients look for when choosing
a renewable energy partner and in particular what they want to
hear from CPV companies
- Get exclusive recommendations from potential clients on the
next steps for CPV - how to become a mainstream renewable energy
technology
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CHANGING
CPV PERCEPTIONS
Section
speakers include:
Francesco Aleo, Manager of the Ricerca technical area,
ENEL Ingegneria e Innovazione
Dr. Sameer Abu-Zaid, Department Manager, Power distribution, Masdar
Trinidad J. GĂłmez, Area Manager Spasolab, INTA
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| PANEL: BUILDING A TRACK RECORD &
PROVING CPV'S VALUE |
- Find out how you can easily show investors the performance and
reliability of concentrator systems by collecting data on KW return
per cycle
- Get the latest from ENEL and other demonstration sites - including
data of systems performance in real operating conditions
- Project coordinators from new CPV deployments will fill you
in on their results to date and what they expect to see in the
near future
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| CPV'S COMPETITIVENESS FOR LARGE-SCALE
PROJECTS |
- CPV's story in numbers - take a look at the largest  achievements
CPV has made to date and how these results show that this industry
has a bright future
- Save your business time and money by hearing how various CPV
companies have overcome the challenges that all growing CPV companies
face
- Direct from market leaders and their top partners, hear what
projects will begin construction in the next few months and what
plants are already in development
- Find out how some CPV leaders grew their business into large-scale
projects and what you need to do to reach that stage
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| DEVELOPING CPV STANDARDS |
- Hear about the new CPV standards that have been developed and
understand how this will make it easier to get investors to give
you financial support
- Find out about the proposals for power and energy standards,
trackers, cells and safety. Understand how the IEC standards are
changing and how will this benefit the technology
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| AN UPDATE ON CPV TESTING |
- Discover what steps you can take to make systems that will last
for the 20+ years that investors want to see
- Understand the latest advancements in testing methods and how
that helps improve how people think about CPV technology
- See the data on how much power CPV can generate and get a real
life comparison against other solar technologies
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| WORKING GROUP DISCUSSIONS:
HOW TO BUILD A LONG-TERM CPV BUSINESS |
- ESTABLISHING A TRACK RECORD- Learn how to gain enough on-site
experience in order to establish a solid track record.
- DEVELOPING A MARKET- Discuss strategies to generate more demand
and therefore larger deployments of CPV
- LOWERING COSTS- Analyse where could more efficiencies be reached
- SECURING FINANCE- Discover how to secure initial and ongoing
financial backing and generate confidence among potential investors
- COMPETING WITH FLAT PV- Examine how to become competitive enough
with flat PV’s falling prices
- CHANGING PERCEPTIONS- Hear how to generate a greater level of
customer engagement with the technology and a better perception
of CPV
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| ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS: CPV MYTHS AND
FACTS |
- MYTH: CPV cannot lower costs to the same levels as other PV
technology
- FACT: There is more room for cost improvement in CPV than in
any other solar technology
- MYTH: To be profitable CPV needs a large amount of sunlight
- FACT: CPV is already making money in areas with direct solar
radiation of over 1800 kw/hr per m2 yearly
- MYTH: CPV is high risk because it is a young technology
- FACT: Today CPV power plants can be installed and connected
to electricity grids
- MYTH: Storage issues will always be a major problem for CPV
- FACT: There are new CPV systems that can avoid the storage problem
- MYTH: CPV is a product only for ground installations
- FACT: CPV can reduce land costs by being installed in new spaces
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CPV
FINANCING STRATEGIES
Section
speakers include:
Andreas Piontek, Programme Manager,European Commission, DG Research
Jorge Ramos, Head of EMEA Renewables, Citi
Pablo Valera, Director, Astrom EnergĂa Sostenible
Dr.Frank
Siebke, Director, Good Energies
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| CPV'S FINANCIAL FUTURE: A BANK’S PERSPECTIVE |
- Discover what's behind the slow down in solar financing and find out what you need to do to attract bank financing
- Impressing CPV investors - understand how to make your CPV project a more attractive business investment
- What investors want to hear - find out exactly what questions investor's will ask you when you apply for financing and what the answers are that they want to hear
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| THE ROLE OF PUBLIC FUNDING |
- Public funding is of growing importance in CPV - find out what you can do now to make your project more likely to win public funding
- Understand the strategic benefits of the European Commission NER-300 funding program and what this means for the industry
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| DUE DILLIGENCE IN CPV |
- Find out what the changes are likely to be in due diligence for CPV and how this might have an effect on your project financing
- Understand the technical and legal processes you need to know about to raise more finance for your project and avoid costly delays
- Preparing for a due diligence report - find out exactly what is involved and what you can do to make sure your product and company gets a positive report
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CUTTING
CPV COSTS
Section
speakers include:
Bettina Weiss, Senior Director Photovoltaics,SEMI PV Group
Dr. Andy Skumanich, Founder and CEO,Solar Vision Consulting
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| LOWERING CPV COSTS AND INCREASING SALES VOLUME |
- Can CPV become a low cost technology in the short term? Hear whether the CPV industry can lower costs fast enough to compete with other energy technologies
- What areas should be worked on to cut CPV costs? Find out what you should dedicate your time and resources to working on to see the greatest cost cuts
- How to increase sales volume – discover the steps you need to take to get your CPV business producing energy on a large scale, giving you more freedom to cut costs and compete with other energy technologiesÂ
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| LESSONS FROM THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY |
- Partnerships in the semiconductor industry have improved the ability to get the right quality at the right price - discover how this lesson can be applied to your CPV business
- Compare and contrast the businesses that make up the CPV industry to the businesses in the semiconductor industry and see how increasing co-operation can actually speed up the markets development so that everybody wins
- Standards and integration - take a look at what makes the semiconductor industry work smoothly without making all technology vendors appear the same (so they can still compete on something other than price)
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| COST CUTTING LESSONS FROM THE LED INDUSTRY |
- The LED industry has cut cost by up to 90% in the last 5 years - hear the story from LED experts on how they were able to do this whilst also increasing their production
- Gain an understanding of what lessons and strategies can be taken from LED's story and how they can be applied to your CPV business
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| LEVELIZED COST OF ELECTRICITY (LCOE) |
- Discover the new models being used to measure LCOE and what this will mean to your CPV projects
- Compare flat PV, CPV, CSP and Wind Energy LCOE numbers and find out what the strengths and weaknesses are of these competing solar technologies
- The cost of Balance of Systems- find out why the figures might not be what they seem across solar technologies
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TECHNOLOGY
IMPROVEMENTS & SYSTEM EFFICIENCY
Section
speakers include:
Juan Carlos Miñano, Associate Scientist, LPI
Bob Conner, VP Photovoltaics, Semprius
Philip Connor, CTO & Director, Sunengy
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| NEW MODULE TECHNOLOGIES IN DEVELOPMENT |
- Hear first-hand from the developers of new promising module technologies- what are they working on and how could this change some industry paradigms?
- Find out how these innovations will provide solutions to key CPV challenges and lead the way to lower costs
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| THE TRACKERS EXPERIENCE |
- Do trackers actually improve the productivity of CPV systems? Find out whether the benefits of using them are worth the increased maintenance costs
- See the performance and benefits of different tracking systems and which one is best for CPV
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| WHAT CELL ENGINEERING MEANS TO CPV |
- Get an understanding of the latest advancements in state-of-the-art cell efficiency
- Cell epitaxy developments explained - understand how the latest innovations can lower your overall CPV costs
- Leading cell manufacturers talk about what improvements they expect in the near future and how you can optimize your cell components for maximum effect
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| LATEST OPTIC DEVELOPMENTS FOR CPV |
- Optics materials and design methodology - find out what the latest developments are and what impact they can have on CVP plants
- Hear the latest results from most innovative optic methods and how they will allow costs to fall drastically and improve overall performance of CPV
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