IEA PVPS Task 13 Workshop at Intersolar Europe
- Conference: Intersolar Europe
- Date/Time: Wednesday, 07 May 2025 | 09:00 – 10:30 (CEST)
- Venue: Conference Center Munich (ICM) – Room 14 B
Workshop Overview
The increase in frequency and intensity of severe weather events associated with global climate change poses a growing risk to PV systems worldwide. These local and global risks range from outright destruction of power plants to long-term performance losses due to accelerated component and system degradation. Without concerted and event-specific resilience strategies, severe weather increasingly threatens the robustness and availability of PV generation worldwide.
This session will:
- Raise awareness of climate change and its implications for a solar-intensive energy economy
- Present a range of extreme-weather events that can impact PV power plants and identify/quantify the risks
- Share strategies for designing and siting storm-resilient PV systems
- Provide information on failure mechanisms and their root causes
Agenda
09:00 – 09:15
Ulrike Jahn, IEA PVPS Task 13 Task Manager
Introduction to Extreme Weather Events and Impact on PV power plants
09:15 – 09:30
Laurie Burnham, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
Trends in extreme weather and their implications for solar-energy generation
09:30 – 09:45
David Moser, Becquerel Institute Italia, Italy
Mapping Decisions Along the Value Chain: Who Gives a Watt?
09:45 – 10:00
Thore Müller, PVradar, Germany
Quantifying the impact of dust and snow on PV power plants
10:00 – 10:15
Giosuè Maugeri, Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico – RSE S.p.A.
Tracking Through the Storm: Outsmarting Hail in Solar PV Systems
10:15 – 10:30
Leo Micheli, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Gone with the Wind(storm): Keeping Your PV Systems Grounded in Extreme Weather
10:30 – 10:45
Discussion and Wrap-Up
Useful Links
- Intersolar Europe: https://www.intersolar.de/home
- Venue (Plaza Verde): https://locations.messe-muenchen.de/de/icm/