Full Agenda

Belen Gallego's address

Chairman's address

Gabriel Sala, Instituto de Energía Solar - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Harnessing the Power of CPV

Antonio Luque, Director, Instituto de Energia Solar - Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

A bright future for CPV

Gary Conley, Solfocus

Green and Gold Energy showcase their module

Increasing cell efficiency for decreased cost

Geoff Kinsey, Technical Lead, Spectrolab

Focusing on the optics

Juan Carlos Miñano, LPI
Pablo Benítez, LPI

Maximise concentration through tracking efficiency

Ignacio Luque-Heredia, Inspira

CPV, a 30-year-old dream come true

Vicente Diaz, Isofoton

New Concepts in Photovoltaics

Antonio Marti, Instituto de Energia Solar - Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Caracterización de componentes y sistemas Fotovoltaicos de Concentración

Gabriel Sala, UPM

Why a CPV Cell Warranty is important to CPV solar farms

Greg Watson, Green and gold Energy

Simple, quick and affordable CPV projects

John Lasich, Solar Systems

Emcore

ISFOC - leading the way for commercial CPV

Pedro Banda, Director, ISFOC

Chairman's welcome back address

The concept of Concentración Solar la Mancha

Miguel Trinidad Aragón, Manager, Concentración Solar la Mancha

Alternative CPV projects

Ricard Pardell, CEO, Sol3g

From space to CPV solar solution

Gerhard Strobl, Director Business Development & Projects, AZUR SPACE Solar Power

Hansjörg Lerchenmüller, Managing Director, Concentrix

Maximise output with low concentration CPV

Lewis Fraas, CEO, JX Crystals

CPV research work in the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

Y.T.Chen, Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

Introduction into CPV Consortium

CPV project Finance: Everything you need to know

Pablo Varela, CEO, Amstrom

A project finance success for CPV

José Toña , Guascor Fotón

Ensayos de Certificacion de CPV

Ana Rosa Laguna, CENER

Titan Trackers

The path to commercialisation - panel session

Jon Bonano, Power by Principle

Harnessing the power of CPV

• Discover the superior benefits of CPV over traditional flat panel PV and why concentrated power will significantly increase your profits
• Scaling up your existing PV operations to a CPV plant – Hear how you can quickly, and cost effectively, build a CPV business within your existing set-up
• How to avoid silicon market fluctuations through the use of super efficient CPV solar cells such as multi-junction and intermediate band cells

Antonio Luque, Director, Instituto de Energía Solar, UPM

A bright future for CPV

• Hear how CPV technology is dramatically reducing costs for the PV industry to as little as €2/W and how you can take a slice of the action!
• Discover the major technological and strategic steps you need to take now to scale up your CPV applications to the holy grail of 1GW
• CPV is now! The future of low cost energy can be secured today – discover how your business can prepare to steal competitive advantage

Gary Conley, CEO , Solfocus

Increasing cell efficiency for decreased costs

• Learn how high performance multi-junction solar cells (developed for space applications!) witch are used for the commercialisation of III-V in CPV to decrease cost per KW
• Hear how Spectrolab use the very latest solar cells that achieve efficiencies of more than 38% and how your business can secure the same benefits – today!
• Find out how to get your solar cells from the laboratory into the market and the temperatures they need to tolerate for a successful CPV operation
• Keeping your cells cool ensures long term stability - advanced cooling designs and techniques that extend the life of your CPV cells

Geoff Kinsey, Technical Lead, Spectrolab

Focusing on the optics 

• Hear how you can have a high concentration gain and still keep a robust and tolerant concentrator 
• Learn how to radically reduce system costs through a simple and clever optical design that does not jeopardize your system performance
• Hear how to successfully master: Uniform illumination, high concentration, high acceptance angle - all in a single simple design

Juan Carlos Miñano , Managing Director, LPI

Pablo Benítez , Managing Director, LPI

Maximise concentration through tracking efficiency

• Take away top tips on the efficient tracking systems that will slash costs and significantly improve energy output for your plant
• Identify the most accurate and reliable sun tracking systems to ensure you harness yield results up to a tenth of a degree
• In-depth insight precise and reliable trackers which will help your project achieve maximum concentration and minimum maintenance costs

Ignacio Luque-Heredia, CEO, Inspira

Simple, quick and affordable CPV projects

• Case study analysis of a dish Stirling CPV system that takes full advantage of the sun when it's only 5 ° above the horizon and has maintenance that is simple, quick and affordable
• Find out how you can produce 30% more electricity than traditional PV systems at significantly lower costs
• Hear how CPV systems allow for upgrades, unlike traditional PV systems, to ensure that you can take advantage of future advances in the technology

John Lasich,Technical director , Solar Systems

Maximize output with low concentration CPV

• Hear how low concentration CPV will reduce the cost of standard photovoltaic panels and understand how you can take advantage of this business opportunity - today
• Understand how low concentration systems work, how they compare to traditional flat panels and how you'll achieve a reduction in cost of output as a result
• Learn how unique angulations within low concentration panels allows for highly efficient north orientated rooftops and hear how you can take advantage of this new market segment
• See how low concentration CPV modules are designed for single and multiple family residence buildings and how your business can take advantage of them

Lewis Fraas, CEO, JX Crystals

CPV research work in the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

• Hear what CPV research works are being carried out on the USTC
• Technical analysis of the performance of a prototype of CPV for the concentration of 100 using the tracking method of active controlled collector is reported
• Understand how to achieve the best ecological result comparing to that of the widely used flat PV, the low concentration PV (LCPV) modified by the ordinary solar cell may be one of the best choices
• First commercialised design of this kind LCPV and the preliminary field testing results of such device

 Y.T.Chen, Professor, University of Science and Technology of China

The path to commercialisation (Panel)

• Determine where to find the investment you need to scale up your plant and become commercially viable
• Understand the expectations of the utility companies so you can fulfil their needs
• Cater your project to the needs of utilities companies and learn what they expect from you
• Understand how new niche markets are enabling CPV to compete with CSP in minifarms

Jon Bonanno, President, Power by Principle

Financial framework

• Ascertain how to reduce the risks of your CPV project, convince the bank of viability of your and to get the funding you need
• Find out how – and where - venture capital investment is available in the CPV industry to get your project from prototype stage to full production
• Hear country by country reports on the best investment opportunities for your business that will allow your project to go ahead with full financial support from the banks

New Technologies and future developments in CPV

• Hear a state of the art technology update on projects such as Thermal Photovoltaics and Intermediate Band cells - discover how your business can get involved
• Realise the importance of multi-junction and intermediate band cells, how they can dramatically change the performance of your plant and how you can implement them today
• Hear about latest research and development on Thermo-Photovoltaic cells which you can put to work in your projects immediately

Introduction and panel moderator: Antonio Marti, Professor, Instituto de Energia Solar - Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

ISFOC – leading the way for commercial CPV

• Hear why Junta de Castilla La Mancha decided to heavily invest in CPV by financing the ISFOC, which aims to lead the world's CPV commercial research
• Understand the importance of establishing ISFOC and how they will provide unique information in the development and implementation of CPV systems worldwide
• Hear how the ISFOC project will finance 3MW of CPV installed power, what this means for the industry and how your business can benefit too

Pedro Banda , Director, ISFOC

ISFOC CPV Technology Update

• Hear the experiences and lessons learned on the first phase of constitution of ISFOC, 1.7 MW were received from Solfocus and Inspira, Isofotón and Concentrix
• Case study experience on the lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid from projects with Solfocus and Inspira, Isofotón and Concentrix (1.7MW)
• Unique insight into second phase results from Sol3G, Concentración Solar La Mancha, Arima Eco and Emcore (1.3MW) and what ISFOC found in the analysis stage

Gabriel Sala, Professor, UPM

A CPV Business model from the automotive industry

• An introduction to the Concentración Solar la Mancha Business model - how they acquired key skills for the CPV industry that you can apply today to your own business
• An in depth analysis of how CPV is reducing the price of energy with innovative module designs
• Lessons learned and what not to do to facilitate your entry the CPV industry avoiding painful mistakes

Miguel Trinidad Aragón , Manager, Concentración Solar la Mancha

Alternative CPV projects

• Get an in-depth technical analysis of Sol3G modules with fresnel lenses and multi-junction cells that concentrate up to 476 times the solar radiation per cell
• Hear positive experiences in CPV plants in Denmark , Girona, Lleida, Barcelona , Sevilla and Madrid and identify the critical success factors you need to replicate
• Learn about Gira-Sol, a HCPV integrated system which follows the sun for improved efficiencies, and understand how you can incorporate the module into your plant

Ricard Pardell , CEO, Sol3g

Cutting costs of energy with CPV

• Hear how you can harness more energy from the Sun using CPV than traditional PV technology - and at a lower cost
• Compare the cost efficient results of CPV technology and see why you should be installing CPV technology right away!
• Analyse the results of actual measurements from the field to learn how CPV can super charge your output at minimum budget

Hansjörg Lerchenmüller, Managing Director , Concentrix

CPV -  a 30-year-old dream come true

• Find out why large installations are becoming more and more common in the PV market and how CPV is the step forward for your plant, 30 years on  
• Discover why  CPV is cost effective from only 10MW and can be scaled up quickly at minimal cost  to your business   
• Case stud y analysis  of different CPV developments - hear  the lessons learned so that you avoid painful mistakes!

Vicente Díaz Luque , Concentration Systems Manager, Isofotón

From Space to CPV solar Solution

• Find out how state of the art solar cells from satellite applications are being used for CPV to lower the cost of energy produced  
• Discover how cells with efficiencies of up to 35% are commercially available to be fitted to your project today
• Understand that cell efficiencies decrease as temperatures increase, and higher temperatures also threaten the long-term stability of solar cells and find out how to keep your cells as cool as possible

Gerhard Strobl, Director Business Development & Projects, AZUR SPACE Solar Power