Scientists, exhibitors, representatives of 180 companies and the world of research from over 50 countries, will discuss the most relevant advances and innovations in the path to generate electricity from the sun through increasingly innovative, efficient, sustainable and architecturally integrable photovoltaic technologies. TO Alessandra Scognamiglio from ENEA will coordinate the work for the first time.
A large Italian representation is expected at the event, which takes place every four years. ENEA will present the latest results of the activities of the "Photovoltaic and Smart Devices" Division - conducted in the "Development of photovoltaic and sensor systems and digital applications" and "Innovative Devices" laboratories of the Research Center of Portici (Naples), in the laboratory "Engineering for industry photovoltaic ”of the Casaccia Research Center (Rome) - and the most recent innovations in the field of research on solar photovoltaics. With 18 reports, 40 researchers, the presence in the Emerging Countries Committee and Poster, the role of paper reviewer and chairmanship of 4 panels and an exhibition stand, ENEA will focus on technologies to contribute to decarbonization, in particular: high-efficiency solar cells, smart photovoltaics, new materials and devices, innovative technologies and prototypes for the manufacture of modules, digital evolution of photovoltaic systems, applications of distributed sensors and computational intelligence algorithms for the characterization of sites and of the solar resource.
The opening ceremony scheduled for Monday 26 September (10:55 am, Auditorium Red) will be attended by, among others, Christian Thiel, Head of the Renewable Unit of the Joint Research Center of the European Commission, Ajay Mathur, Director General of the International Solar Alliance Agency (ISA), Paolo Frankl, head of the Renewable Division of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Markus Beck, program manager of the US Department of Energy, Li Zhenguo, president of the LONGi company, one of the world leaders in the sector and president of ENEA Gilberto Dialuce.
The conference program is divided into 5 main themes: silicon materials and cells; emerging technologies; engineering; applications; energy transition, understood as a multidisciplinary effort to ensure the diffusion of photovoltaic technologies on a global scale and a key element of the ecological transition.
More specifically, during the work, ENEA researchers will address the issues of new challenges linked to an ever-increasing demand for photovoltaic energy, the commitment to its sustainability and reliability, even in the long term, and technological innovation. Some reports will focus on: reducing the costs of photovoltaic technology to ensure sustainability along the entire value chain; need to increase production capacity and end-of-life issues for the recovery and recycling of materials, such as glass, aluminum, silicon and plastic; ecodesign of the modules; improvement of cell efficiency but also use of the soil resource; attention to system design and impact on the environment, as an expression of a new landscape culture.
The conference will also be an opportunity to present the results of the National Agricultural NetworkiSustainable voltage, launched in 2021 by ENEA with the support of ETA Florence Renewable Energies, which today has over 950 members including companies, institutions, universities and trade associations, including foreign ones, ranging from the agricultural to the energy sector. The network aims to promote the defidefinition of the regulatory framework for the sector and support tools for decision-makers to build plants that allow for the production of electricity from photovoltaics and, at the same time, for cultivating the land.
"PHOTOVOLTAICS | FORMS | LANDSCAPES", A discussion forum open to the public to find new visions and perspectives for photovoltaic landscapes, coordinated by ENEA and also promoted by ETA Florence Renewable Energies, UN-Habitat, IN / ARCH and with the media partnership of PAYSAGE TOPSCAPE (27 / 09, 11.00-17.30, Auditorium Orange, registration required, free participation onsite and online).
As part of the event, the winning projects of the international competition “Agrivoltaics for Noah's Ark” for the design of the best agrivoltaic garden will also be rewarded.
Who is Alessandra Scognamiglio, first Italian at the top of the WCPEC8. Graduated in Architecture, with a PhD in Environmental and Architectural Technologies, she is specialized in the integration of photovoltaics in buildings and in the landscape and is coordinator of the ENEA Sustainable Agrivoltaic task force, to create the first national network of companies, institutions, universities and industry trade associations, definish the methodological and regulatory framework for the design and evaluation of plants, the tools to support decision-makers and to promote Italian excellence in the field of new technologies for renewable energy, agriculture and the landscape.
studies and develops the technological steps for the manufacture of new architectures of high efficiency solar cells aimed at an innovative, environmentally friendly and architecturally integrable photovoltaic. Furthermore, it manufactures and characterizes innovative sensory devices for the development of the smart PV and for other related vertical applications. The laboratory is also equipped with the most advanced investigation techniques for the structural, morphological, electrical and optical characterization of materials and devices.
it is oriented towards the technological transfer of research results towards companies in the photovoltaic sector. It studies and validates pre-industrial and industrial process steps for the production of single and multi-junction solar cells. It designs and perfects, in collaboration with companies, manufacturing technologies and process machines dedicated to both conventional and new generation materials and devices, aiming to reduce production costs, increase efficiency, product reliability and the reduction of environmental impact.
carries out research and development, design, characterization and certification of flat and concentrating photovoltaic components and systems. He works for the advancement of PV applications and network integration methods. It studies the digital evolution of photovoltaic systems and the applications of distributed sensors by developing sensory fusion models and techniques, geo-spatial models and computational intelligence algorithms for the enhancement of generation and characterization of sites and of the solar resource.
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