2017 9th PV Performance Modeling and Monitoring Workshop

Deadline of paper abstract

November 2, 2017
Acceptance letter

November 18, 2017
Deadline for registration(early stage)

November 2, 2017
Workshop Date

December 5-7, 2017

Subject Research: This workshop includes the following aspects of speech, during the workshop, there will also be enough time to communicate.

Solar energy resource data in China and uncertainty
Prediction and modeling of grid connected photovoltaic system
Application of photovoltaic modeling: modeling tool update & panel discussion
Modeling techniques for next generation modules (Intelligent module, Two-sided , Other new technologies)
New generation photovoltaic system technology, In the field of power electronic Inverters, tracking system, and module monitoring…)
Field test, disclose, and research on the method of keeping the power plant long term work
Modular method, for example：Distributed photovoltaic power generation and energy storage
Pollution research and modeling methods

Agenda

Day 1 Tuesday, December 5, 2017
8:00	0:30	Registration of participants
8:30	0:05	Welcome & Introductions	Shitao Wang	Harbin Institute of Technology	China
8:35	0:05	Welcome & Introductions	Boris Farnung	Fraunhofer ISE	Germany
8:40	0:05	Workshop Overview	Joshua Stein	Sandia National Laboratories	USA
		Keynote Speeches	Shitao Wang	Harbin Institute of Technology	China
8:45	0:15	Welcome to Harbin Institute of Technology	Prof. Xiaofei Xu	President of Harbin University of Technology at Weihai	China
9:00	0:20	Current PV Status of China and Future Forecast	Sicheng Wang	Energy Research Institute National Development and Reform Commission	China
9:20	0:20	PV Energy Modeling: A 10-Year Retrospective	Ben Bourne	SunPower Corporation	USA
9:40	0:20	Simulating and Monitoring Energy Transition - Experiences from Germany	Harry Wirth	Fraunhofer ISE	Germany
10:00	0:30	Networking Break
Session 1		Solar Resource Data and Forecasting	Harry Wirth	Fraunhofer ISE	Germany
10:30	0:20	Modeling Spectral Solar Irradiance for Solar Energy Applications	Manajit Sengupta	NREL	USA
10:50	0:20	Latest developments in solar irradiance measurement; improving measurement accuracy, improving data availability	Kees Van der Bos	Hukseflux	Netherlands
11:10	0:20	Status of development of Solargis weather database for China	Marcel Suri	Solargis	Slovakia
11:30	0:20	Local and Regional PV Power Forecasting - Combining on-site measurements, satellite data and weather predictions	Jefferson Bor	Fraunhofer ISE	Germany
11:50	0:20	Panel Discussion
12:10	1:10	Lunch break
Session 2		Modeling Software Updates	Joshua Stein	Sandia National Laboratories	USA
13:20	0:20	Precise Design and Modeling Technology Application of PV System	Zhang Xianli	Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd	China
13:40	0:20	Novelties and new features in PVsyst	Bruno Wittmer	PVsyst SA	Switzerland
14:00	0:20	PlantPredict: New Features to Improve Prediction Speed & Accuracy	Kendra Passow	First Solar	USA
14:20	0:20	Recent and Planned Improvements to the System Advisor Model (SAM)	Nicholas DiOrio	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	USA
14:40	0:20	Software Assisted Optimization of PV Module Concepts	Max Mittag	Fraunhofer ISE	Germany
15:00	0:20	Panel Discussion
15:20	0:20	Networking Break
Session 3		Modeling Methods and Case Studies	Boris Farnung	Fraunhofer ISE	Germany
15:40	0:20	Comparison of modeling methods and tools for bifacial PV performance	Joshua Stein	Sandia National Laboratories	USA
16:00	0:20	Simulation of tracking PV installations with PVsyst	Bruno Wittmer	PVsyst SA	Switzerland
16:20	0:20	Modeling methods and tools for bifacial PV+tracker performance	Shitao Wang	Arctechsolar	China
16:40	0:20	Prediction of the solar spectrum for accurate prediction of energy yield of the highperformance PV system using multi-junction cells and solar-driven cars	Kenji Araki	Toyota Technology institute	Japan
17:00		End of Day 1
17:00	1:00	Break
18:00		Evening event – Sponsored Dinner at Haiyue Jianguo Hotel, No.177 West Wenhua Road, Weihai, Shandong Province, China Evening event – Dinner at Haiyue Jianguo Hotel	New product announcement from sponsors
Day 2 Wednesday December 6, 2017
8:00	0:30	Assemble
Session 3		Modeling Methods and Case Studies (continued)	Boris Farnung	Fraunhofer ISE	Germany
8:30	0:20	Mathematic Models Used in Shading Distance Calculation between PV Arrays	Sicheng Wang	Energy Research Institute National Development And Reform Commission	China
8:50	0:20	Comparison of Uncertainties in Power Plant Modeling and real world data	Boris Farnung	Fraunhofer ISE	Germany
9:10	0:10	Panel Discussion
Session 4		PV Monitoring for Degradation	Amy Halloran	Sandia National Laboratories	USA
9:20	0:20	Rate Of Change Determination Of Real-world Commercial PV Power Plants using Data-driven Modeling	Roger H. French	SDLE Research Center	USA
9:40	0:20	Comparison of different wafer based bifacial and monofacial module technologies at different sites	Andre Richter	Meyer Bergur	Germany
10:00	0:20	Innovative Surveying Method and Monitoring Platform at Aerospec	Ma xiaorui	Aerospec Technologies	USA
10:20	0:20	Hierarchical Context-Aware Anomaly Diagnosis in Large-Scale PV Systems Using SCADA Data	Dahai Kang	Concord New Energy Group Limited	China
10:40	0:15	Panel Discussion
10:55	0:30	Networking Break
Session 5		New PV Technologies	Shitao Wang	Harbin Institute of Technology	China
11:25	0:20	Bridging scientific research and industry: Research progress on industrial crystalline silicon solar cells at SJTU	Wenzhong Shen	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China
11:45	0:20	CIGS module performance and modeling	Bruce King	Sandia National Laboratories	USA
12:05	0:20	Insights into PERC Cell and Module Lifetime Performance From Modeling I- V, Suns-Voc, and Advanced Characterization Data	Jennifer Braid	SDLE Research Center	USA
12:25	0:15	Panel Discussion
12:40	1:10	Lunch Break
Session 6		Grid Integration of PV	Shitao Wang	Harbin Institute of Technology	China
13:50	0:20	Grid Safety and Countermeasures in Large Scale Photovoltaic Power Plants	Junjun Zhang	China Electric Power Research Institute	China
14:10	0:20	Study on impact of distributed grid-connected PV system on distribution network	Da Li	CSG Energy Co	China
14:30	0:20	Innovation towards High Penetration of Renewable Energy: Strategies, Trends and Exertions	Yibo Wang	The Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)	China
14:50	0:20	"PV+Storage" Smart Grid design key requirement	Xiaoqing Dong	HeBei Engineering Design Co.Ltd	China
15:10	0:15	Panel Discussion
15:25	0:40	Networking Break
Session 7		Soiling Studies	Bruce King	Sandia National Laboratories	USA
16:05	0:20	Automatic Detection of Soiling Zones and Rates for Optimized PV Plant Cleaning	Zoe DeFreitas	Envision	USA
16:25	0:20	Measuring PV System Soiling Losses	Bill Stueve	Atonometrics	USA
16:45	0:20	Spatio-temporal Model of Backsheet Degradation and Soiling	Laura BruckMann	SDLE Research Center	USA
17:05	0:20	Study on the dust properties and application of self-cleaning materials in photovoltaic power plant operation and maintenance	Guixiang Yang	Liontrunk	China
17:25	0:15	Panel Discussion
17:40	0:20	Workshop Summary	Joshua Stein, Boris Farnung, and Shitao Wang
18:00		End of Workshop
Day 3 Thursday, December 7, 2017
		Optional Technical Tours: Solar Research Institute of HIT Meeting point: Harbin Institute of Technology,Weihai main building
9:00	1:30	Tour of Outdoor PV Test Field of Solar Research Institute of HIT
10:30	1:30	Tour of Technical Laboratories of HIT
12:00		End of Technical Tours

Call for Papers: Interested contributors please send the abstract of the paper to the mailbox pvpmc@hitwh.edu.cn before November 2, 2017.; The abstract should be no more than 2 pages, and include the following aspects:

Tittle
Name, and address of the first author
Name, affiliated institution , and address of other authors or co-author
Objective and method of work
Scientific innovation and relevance to problem solving
File format: doc or pdf

There will be some speeches and poster introductions at this workshop, to improve the attention of some important subjects and papers. The best abstract will also be selected by the Science Committee and recommended to the workshop. The author of abstract will receive the acceptance letter from the organizing committee before November 18, 2017. All presentations and posters will be published on the workshop web page(PDF), and also will be available to the public.

Regular fee：$350.00 （VAT included） (Register after November 2, 2017)
Dinner place is limited to 300 people, participation for dinner is based on the principle of first come first served.
It includes technical visit, but requires pre-registration.

Offline payment Online payment

Note: if your online payment is not successful, please click on this link for registration, payment by the transfer of accounts or on-site payment

Regular Workshop Registration Includes: If you have any questions about this, please send e-mail to pvpmc@ hitwh.edu.cn

Access to all sessions of the workshop.
Meals and snacks：Daily rest time and buffet lunch.
Technical visit (limited number of places).
Simultaneous translation for Chinese and English.

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Venue Address

All meetings will be held at the lecture hall of HIT (Weihai).
Address: No. 2 Wenhua West Road, Weihai City, Shandong Province, China.
Postcode: 264209

Haiyue Jianguo Hotel is located in Weihai, a beautiful seaside garden city. It's invested by Shandong Dawu Group. At present, it is the biggest and advanced business hotel in Weihai and it was constructed according to the standards of five-star hotel.

Haiyue Jianguo Hotel offers preferential room price.

RSV code:PVPMC ( to get special rate)¥350/Day

Address: No.177 West Wenhua Road, Weihai, Shandong Province, China.
Website:http://www.haiyuehotel.com.cn/en/index.html

Workshop Dinner at Haiyue Jianguo Hotel

Date: December 5, 2017
Time: 7:00 P.M.
Address: No.177 West Wenhua Road, Weihai, Shandong Province, China.
http://www.haiyuehotel.com.cn/en/index.html

A technical visit will be arranged during this workshop at December 7th(Thursday). Solar Research Institute of HIT will be briefly introduced to participants attending the technical visit(limited number of places) .

Date: December 7th, Thursday
Price: free (limited number of places, need to make an appointment in advance)
Time: 8:30-10:00 A.M.
Address: No. 2 Wenhua West Road, Weihai City, Shandong Province, China.
Rendezvous: main entrance of Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai)
Postcode: 264209

Traffic

Weihai is a "garden city" in china, located in the northeast coast of China, it has beautiful islands, unique natural scenery and a long and important history. Weihai is located in the heartland of Shanghai, Beijing, Korea, and even Japan, it's a popular place for students and researchers around the world.

Weihai can arrive either by car or by train, or by direct flight from several airports.

By Bus:: The bus station of Harbin Institute of Technology is one of the important sites of Weihai traffic network, you can choose the following bus routes to arrive: Bus No. 12, Bus No. 17, Bus No. 34, Bus No. 48, Bus No. 7, Bus No. K1, Bus No. K2.

By Air:: Weihai International Airport has opened flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Harbin, Heihe, Seoul, Busan and many other cities.
When you arrive at Weihai International Airport, you can take a taxi to get Harbin Institute of Technology, the distance between the airport and HIT is 48 kilometers, the fare is about 100 yuan.

By Train:: From Weihai Station:
Taxi: 15 kilometers, the fare is about 40 yuan
Bus: Take Bus No. K1, Bus No. K2, Bus No. 12, Bus No. 41, and get off at Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) station
From Weihai North Station:
Taxi: 6 kilometers, the fare is about 15 yuan
Bus: Take Bus No. 48, Bus No.29, Bus No.K2, Bus No. 41, Bus No. 28, and get off at Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) station

By Taxi:: Taxis in Weihai are an effective way to get around the city, usually it is the easiest to find in the hotel taxi waiting area. The flag-down fare of Luxury taxi is 7 yuan, 2 to 8 kilometers, the price is 1.40 yuan, more than 8 kilometers (including 8 kilometers) , one-way price for 2.1 yuan, two-way price for 1.4 yuan. The flag-down fare of regular taxi is 5 yuan, 2 to 8 kilometers, the price is 1.20 yuan, more than 8 kilometers (including 8 kilometers) , one-way price for 1.80 yuan, two-way price for 1.2 yuan. You can take the taxi at hotel or the Taxi pick-up point in the city.

By Ship:: Ships from Weihai to Inchon and Pyeongtaek are as many as nine times a week, and ships to Dalian are as many as three times a day.

Fraunhofer ISE

Contacts：Boris Farnung

Email: boris.farnung@ise.fraunhofer.de

http://www.ise.fraunhofer.de
Sandia National Laboratories

Contacts：Dr. Joshua S. Stein

Email: jsstein@sandia.gov

https://pvpmc.sandia.gov
Solar Research Institute of HIT

Contacts：Prof. Shitao Wang

Email: brucewang@hitwh.edu.cn

http://en.hitwh.edu.cn/