Quality Roundtable @ Intersolar EU 2019

Moritz Ilg, Portfolio Manager, Foresight Group

Manager with 10 years of experience as asset manager, as head of technical customer service and as in-house consultant for leading asset managers and solar energy companies. Management of portfolios of solar assets with more than 300MW and more than £400m in investments, successful execution of a $250m warranty campaign creating cost savings of $50m and management of the update of 30,000 solar systems in the German grid achieving a 40% margin.

Lucie Garreau-iles, Technical Manager, EMEA, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions

Lucie Garreau-iles joined DuPont 19 years ago and has held various positions spanning technical service, R&D, production support and quality management for automotive and microelectronic applications. She began working in photovoltaics in 2009 and has been actively collecting and analyzing data on PV material degradation in the field, to help customers and partners make the right material choices that can help protect their assets, beyond the expected system lifetime.

Karl-Anders Weiß, Head of Service Life Analysis, Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE

Dr. Karl-Anders Weiß Head of Service Life Analysis, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE. Education and experience: Diploma in physics and economics at the University of Ulm, Germany in 2005. Diploma thesis at the BASF Polymer Physics lab in 2005. Working at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE since 2005, Head of Team Analytics 2009 -2012, Head of Group Service Life Analysis 2012-2018. Responsible for Service Life Analysis at since 2019.

Anika Giller, Senior Business Development Manager, EMEA & APAC, CEA

Ms. Giller is a Senior Business Development Manager at Clean Energy Associates with more than 5 years of solar energy experience. She is currently engaged in serving clients in 35+ countries in the EMEA and APAC markets. She leads a team based in India, the Philippines and Australia. Her responsibilities include expanding CEA’s business development efforts as well as strategic key account management. Prior to her work at CEA, Ms. Giller worked at a German clean technology start-up, analyzing finance alternatives for innovative, renewable energy projects.

Andrea Viaro, Head of Technical Service Europe, JinkoSolar

Andrea Viaro is responsible for the technical activities at JinkoSolar Europe since 2014, lately overseeing also product developments’ launch in the EU market. He has been working in the PV sector for the last nine years in similar roles at other tier-1 module manufacturer and technical consultancy global firm. His deep knowledge of PV technology and industry, in particular regarding PV modules features and quality, makes him a valued expert in this field.

Jonathan Govaerts, imec

Jonathan Govaerts received his Ph.D. in 2009 from Ghent University, Belgium, on packaging and interconnection technology for (flexible) electronics. Since then he has been working in Si PV at imec on module integration of silicon solar cells. His technical interests relate to both cells and modules in topics across the full range from fabrication, characterization and simulation to reliability and application.

Faruk Yeginsoy, Head of Operations LEONI Business Unit Solar & Windpower, LEONI

Faruk Yeginsoy is currently the Head of Operations LEONI Business Unit Solar & Windpower. Previously he was Head of Standardisation at Brugg Cables, Head of Product Management and Head of R&D at KIW (Brugg Group). His current standardization activities are Convenor of German National Committee AK411.2.3, Member of CENELEC TC20 and Member of IEC TC20 / WG17 and TC 82 /WG2 / WG 3 / WG 6

Paul Grunow, Technology Consultant, Board of the PI Photovoltaic Institute Berlin AG

Paul Grunow is the founder and member of the board of PI Berlin. Previously, he co-founded the then solar cell manufacturer Q-Cells and the module manufacturer Solon. Since 2011, PI Berlin has carried out more than 150 so-called "Quality Packages" on samples from module deliveries, which then go directly to the target locations via containers. In addition to LID, the PI "Quality Package" also includes STC, low-light, electroluminescence, PID measurements as well as peel and gel content tests on ten modules of the same type, depending on the size of the system.

Michael Mills-Price, Head of Inverter and Energy Storage Business, PV Evolution Labs (PVEL)

Michael Mills-Price has nearly 20 years of experience in renewable energy and has pioneered over 30 technical innovations, patents and whitepapers to advance the state of the industry. He specializes in power electronic devices, and the crucial interface of renewable technologies to the broader electrical power grids. Michael joined the PVEL team in 2014 to create a suite of performance and resiliency inverter testing strategies to benchmark commercially available products under a host of testing regimes. He is a registered Professional Engineer and active member of the IEEE.

Guido Volberg, Global Head of Technical Competence Center, TÜV Rheinland

Guido Volberg has been at TÜV Rheinland since September 1995, as a Senior expert and Certifier. His current role is Global head of Technical Competence Center for PV modules and PV. His professional training is as a Certified engineer, at Association for technical-scientific education, Cologne, Germany. He is an active member of the following committees: IEC TC82, Liaison officer to IEC TC20 and TC109, CENELEC TC82, DKE (several working groups and committees).

Neil Yu, Product Manager, Growatt

Responsible for oversea market technical support, Neil Yu has been in the power electronic and renewable energy industry for more than 10 year, experienced in PV inverter technology, PV system design, ESS system configuration etc.

Eric Ast, Head of Global Business Development Photovoltaics, Stäubli

Eric Ast is the Head of Business Development Alternative Energies at Stäubli Electrical Connectors AG (formerly known as Multi-Contact AG), a technology leader and pioneer in the fields of electrical and fluid connectors, robotics and textile machinery since its foundation in 1892. Eric Ast joined Stäubli in 2008 and has over 12 years of experience in different senior leadership roles internationally and holds a B.Sc. in Marketing and International Business. Ast also served as President of SOLARUNITED since 2014. SOLARUNITED is the only trade association focusing on Quality, Reliability, Innovation, and PV Technology.

Winfried Wahl, Head of Product Management, Chief Engineer, LONGi Solar Technologie GmbH

Winfried Wahl is Head of Product Management and Chief Engineer at LONGi Solar Technologie GmbH, a leading dedicated monocrystalline photovoltaic solar cell and module manufacturer. He has been working in solar and electronics industry for more than 20 years. Before joining LONGi in 2017, Winfried Wahl has been with Hanwha, Suntech and Tyco Electronics in leading roles in Strategic Product Management and Marketing and could significantly contribute to make each of them a number one in their industry sectors. He holds the Master of Science (Diplom-Ingenieur) degree in Electical Engineering from Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen

Jörg Althaus, Regional Field Manager Germany / India / Middle East / Africa, TÜV Rheinland Energy GmbH

Since 2016 Jörg Althaus has been the Regional Field Manager at TÜV Rheinland. He studied electrical power engineering and 2001 he started as a project engineer in the PV laboratory in Cologne. Since 2009 he manages the Business Field Solar Energy and from 2011 to 2017 in his role as Director of Global Competence Center PV Modules he coordinated the PV module testing services with the other TÜV Rheinland laboratories and offices internationally.

Moritz Ilg, Portfolio Manager, Foresight Group

Manager with 10 years of experience as asset manager, as head of technical customer service and as in-house consultant for leading asset managers and solar energy companies. Management of portfolios of solar assets with more than 300MW and more than £400m in investments, successful execution of a $250m warranty campaign creating cost savings of $50m and management of the update of 30,000 solar systems in the German grid achieving a 40% margin.

Lucie Garreau-iles, Technical Manager, EMEA, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions

Lucie Garreau-iles joined DuPont 19 years ago and has held various positions spanning technical service, R&D, production support and quality management for automotive and microelectronic applications. She began working in photovoltaics in 2009 and has been actively collecting and analyzing data on PV material degradation in the field, to help customers and partners make the right material choices that can help protect their assets, beyond the expected system lifetime.

Karl-Anders Weiß, Head of Service Life Analysis, Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE

Dr. Karl-Anders Weiß Head of Service Life Analysis, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE. Education and experience: Diploma in physics and economics at the University of Ulm, Germany in 2005. Diploma thesis at the BASF Polymer Physics lab in 2005. Working at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE since 2005, Head of Team Analytics 2009 -2012, Head of Group Service Life Analysis 2012-2018. Responsible for Service Life Analysis at since 2019.

Anika Giller, Senior Business Development Manager, EMEA & APAC, CEA

Ms. Giller is a Senior Business Development Manager at Clean Energy Associates with more than 5 years of solar energy experience. She is currently engaged in serving clients in 35+ countries in the EMEA and APAC markets. She leads a team based in India, the Philippines and Australia. Her responsibilities include expanding CEA’s business development efforts as well as strategic key account management. Prior to her work at CEA, Ms. Giller worked at a German clean technology start-up, analyzing finance alternatives for innovative, renewable energy projects.

Andrea Viaro, Head of Technical Service Europe, JinkoSolar

Andrea Viaro is responsible for the technical activities at JinkoSolar Europe since 2014, lately overseeing also product developments’ launch in the EU market. He has been working in the PV sector for the last nine years in similar roles at other tier-1 module manufacturer and technical consultancy global firm. His deep knowledge of PV technology and industry, in particular regarding PV modules features and quality, makes him a valued expert in this field.

Jonathan Govaerts, imec

Jonathan Govaerts received his Ph.D. in 2009 from Ghent University, Belgium, on packaging and interconnection technology for (flexible) electronics. Since then he has been working in Si PV at imec on module integration of silicon solar cells. His technical interests relate to both cells and modules in topics across the full range from fabrication, characterization and simulation to reliability and application.

Faruk Yeginsoy, Head of Operations LEONI Business Unit Solar & Windpower, LEONI

Faruk Yeginsoy is currently the Head of Operations LEONI Business Unit Solar & Windpower. Previously he was Head of Standardisation at Brugg Cables, Head of Product Management and Head of R&D at KIW (Brugg Group). His current standardization activities are Convenor of German National Committee AK411.2.3, Member of CENELEC TC20 and Member of IEC TC20 / WG17 and TC 82 /WG2 / WG 3 / WG 6

Paul Grunow, Technology Consultant, Board of the PI Photovoltaic Institute Berlin AG

Paul Grunow is the founder and member of the board of PI Berlin. Previously, he co-founded the then solar cell manufacturer Q-Cells and the module manufacturer Solon. Since 2011, PI Berlin has carried out more than 150 so-called "Quality Packages" on samples from module deliveries, which then go directly to the target locations via containers. In addition to LID, the PI "Quality Package" also includes STC, low-light, electroluminescence, PID measurements as well as peel and gel content tests on ten modules of the same type, depending on the size of the system.

Michael Mills-Price, Head of Inverter and Energy Storage Business, PV Evolution Labs (PVEL)

Michael Mills-Price has nearly 20 years of experience in renewable energy and has pioneered over 30 technical innovations, patents and whitepapers to advance the state of the industry. He specializes in power electronic devices, and the crucial interface of renewable technologies to the broader electrical power grids. Michael joined the PVEL team in 2014 to create a suite of performance and resiliency inverter testing strategies to benchmark commercially available products under a host of testing regimes. He is a registered Professional Engineer and active member of the IEEE.

Guido Volberg, Global Head of Technical Competence Center, TÜV Rheinland

Guido Volberg has been at TÜV Rheinland since September 1995, as a Senior expert and Certifier. His current role is Global head of Technical Competence Center for PV modules and PV. His professional training is as a Certified engineer, at Association for technical-scientific education, Cologne, Germany. He is an active member of the following committees: IEC TC82, Liaison officer to IEC TC20 and TC109, CENELEC TC82, DKE (several working groups and committees).

Neil Yu, Product Manager, Growatt

Responsible for oversea market technical support, Neil Yu has been in the power electronic and renewable energy industry for more than 10 year, experienced in PV inverter technology, PV system design, ESS system configuration etc.

Eric Ast, Head of Global Business Development Photovoltaics, Stäubli

Eric Ast is the Head of Business Development Alternative Energies at Stäubli Electrical Connectors AG (formerly known as Multi-Contact AG), a technology leader and pioneer in the fields of electrical and fluid connectors, robotics and textile machinery since its foundation in 1892. Eric Ast joined Stäubli in 2008 and has over 12 years of experience in different senior leadership roles internationally and holds a B.Sc. in Marketing and International Business. Ast also served as President of SOLARUNITED since 2014. SOLARUNITED is the only trade association focusing on Quality, Reliability, Innovation, and PV Technology.

Winfried Wahl, Head of Product Management, Chief Engineer, LONGi Solar Technologie GmbH

Winfried Wahl is Head of Product Management and Chief Engineer at LONGi Solar Technologie GmbH, a leading dedicated monocrystalline photovoltaic solar cell and module manufacturer. He has been working in solar and electronics industry for more than 20 years. Before joining LONGi in 2017, Winfried Wahl has been with Hanwha, Suntech and Tyco Electronics in leading roles in Strategic Product Management and Marketing and could significantly contribute to make each of them a number one in their industry sectors. He holds the Master of Science (Diplom-Ingenieur) degree in Electical Engineering from Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen

Jörg Althaus, Regional Field Manager Germany / India / Middle East / Africa, TÜV Rheinland Energy GmbH

Since 2016 Jörg Althaus has been the Regional Field Manager at TÜV Rheinland. He studied electrical power engineering and 2001 he started as a project engineer in the PV laboratory in Cologne. Since 2009 he manages the Business Field Solar Energy and from 2011 to 2017 in his role as Director of Global Competence Center PV Modules he coordinated the PV module testing services with the other TÜV Rheinland laboratories and offices internationally.

Moritz Ilg, Portfolio Manager, Foresight Group

Manager with 10 years of experience as asset manager, as head of technical customer service and as in-house consultant for leading asset managers and solar energy companies. Management of portfolios of solar assets with more than 300MW and more than £400m in investments, successful execution of a $250m warranty campaign creating cost savings of $50m and management of the update of 30,000 solar systems in the German grid achieving a 40% margin.

Quality Roundtable @ Intersolar EU 2019

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Lucie Garreau-iles, Technical Manager, EMEA, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions

Agenda

POSTER SESSION Added-value technical and technological focus, including posters featuring

Welcome and introductions

NEW pv magazine Quality Roundtable Industry SnapShot Poll

Quality Case Study: Investigating poor soldering quality in modules – does auditing save money?

Roundtables Discussion

Quality Case Study: Analysis of glass-glass performance in the field

DEEP DIVE DISCUSSION Glass-glass modules are gaining market share - are they really more reliable?

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Accelerated testing protocols latest developments

Quality Case Study: The dispute over direct burial of cables - what is technical best practice?

Roundtables Discussion

PANEL DISCUSSION Identifying the key considerations to ensure optimum cable connector durability

Quality Case Study: Inverters service void - what expectations about manufacturer service are fair and justified?

PANEL DISCUSSION How can inverter manufacturers address after-sales service issues, and how can this be leveraged for subsidy free PV

NEW pv magazine Quality Roundtable Industry SnapShot Poll Results

Closing remarks and invitation to the Networking and Poster Session

POSTER SESSION Added-value technical and technological focus, including posters featuring

Program features

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