One-day open conference with oral and poster presentations, accompanied by workshops that foster the exchange and cooperation of distinct expertise.  Presenters will be selected via a Call for Projects, and on invitation. Invited presentations will be key-notes addressing the one or more conference topics.

To meet the goals of the Paris Agreement 2020, confirmed at the COP 26 in Glasgow in 2021, the major industrial countries and regions of the world design and establish new policies aiming to de-carbonise the Energy sector. Common to all these policies is the fix of a date around the middle of this century (2045…2060), where energy is consumed causing zero (or very close to zero) Greenhouse-Gas (GHG) emissions. These target dates reflect a compromise between what is considered to be economically viable and a trajectory of reducing GHG emissions meeting a maximum amount of emission-budget (around 80…100 GtCO2eq) allowed according to the commitment to “…close to 1.5-degree global warming by 2100”. 

There is in general agreement across most industrial countries that burning of fossil energy carriers must come to an end, and that coal consumption is the first to be phased out, with oil and gas following.  

Renewable energy is the choice for the phase-out of fossil energy sources, and almost all current technologies are cost-competitive with conventional sources. However, all renewable sources of Solar, Wind, Hydro and Biomass require considerably more land area than any of the combustion of nuclear-based forms of energy. Successfully transiting towards a zero-carbon energy production by the middle of the century requires therefore an entirely new debate and solutions of how and in which way societies are using the available land area. In densely populated areas like in Europe, double use of existing land and its structure is an absolute necessity, in particular as “unused” areas suitable for large area solar or wind installations are diminishing or used for agricultural purposes. 

Regarding Solar Photovoltaics, a renewed focus will inevitably fall on integrating the technology elements (PV modules) in the human environment and current energy systems, rather than further improving device physics and materials technologies.  

Integration of PV systems in most cases means double-use of the anthropogenic environment without spoiling its basic functions, notably in the built environment (“Building integrated PV”), the agricultural land (“Agri-Photovoltaics”) and other installations (Infrastructure and vehicles) 

Each of such integration tasks requires a multitude of knowledge and skills far beyond the pure technology solutions as they are readily available and cost-effective. 

The conference will be the knowledge-exchange distribution event for all topics relevant for the integration of PV Emphasis will be on demonstrating integrated approaches of the many solutions in technology, engineering, design, and finance. 

Integration of PV into Buildings, Infrastructure or generally into the visible environment requires multi-disciplinary skills and transversal knowledge. Accordingly, we envisage a wide range of topics:

Submit your contribution and become one of the speakers at the Conference! 

Deadline: 30th of September 2024