Twinsolar

Online Workshop: Smart Operation and Maintenance of PV power plants
2024-09-19 11:30 - 14:30 (Europe/Paris)
On September 19, 2024, the TwInSolar consortium is pleased to present a workshop on “Smart Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of PV power plants”.

Event details

Registration link: https://forms.gle/3ihfE4rVBqEUrpVs6

Date and time: Thursday, September 19, 2024

11:30AM – 2:30PM (CET) / 1:30PM – 4:30PM (Reunion)

Location: Online, a link will be provided to registered participants

About the workshop

The Fraunhofer experts will give an introductory course on operation and maintenance of PV farms.The workshop, which will last 3 hours, will take place as follow:

Introduction to O&M of PV power plants

PV Performance Monitoring

Key Performance Indicators

Data-driven O&M

Digitalization of PV systems operation

Speakers

David Melgar, Leader of the Data-driven Quality Assurance team, Fraunhofer ISE

David Melgar is an engineer at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, specializing in the performance evaluation of photovoltaic (PV) systems. He began his career in the PV industry at ISOFOTÓN, a manufacturer of PV cells and modules, where he developed new processes and measurement systems for PV cell and module production. At Fraunhofer ISE, David has been actively involved in the characterization of PV modules in the laboratory and the analysis of power plants, including monitoring and field measurements. Since January 2024, he has been leading the “Data-driven Quality Assurance” team within the “Photovoltaic Power Plants” group at the institute.

Christian Schill, Head of Photovoltaic Power Plants group, Fraunhofer ISE

Christian Schill has been the group leader of the “Photovoltaic Power Plants” group at Fraunhofer ISE since 2021, following positions at the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), PSE GmbH, and the University of Freiburg. He is an alumnus of the Sustainability Center Freiburg. He works in the areas of photovoltaic power plant quality, outdoor exposure of PV modules, climate data, and spatial analysis, with a focus on integrated PV and digitalization in the PV industry.

TwInSolar Summer school #2
2024-11-18 08:00 - 2024-11-22 17:00 | La Reunion, France
After a successful first edition, the TwInSolar consortium is pleased to invite you to its second summer school in La Reunion on November 18-22nd 2024.

Who is it for ? All researchers, including Postdoctoral researchers and PhD students

What’s in for you?– Join us for high-level lectures on solar energy,by Fraunhofer ISE, DTU and University of La Reunion researchers on monitoring PV systems performance and solar forecasting,– Benefit from site visits of hybrid power plants and remote PV systems,– Take part in networking opportunities with experts from all over Europe !– Universities from CPMR Islands Commission member regions can benefit from a grant, to support their travel costs.

More information, complete programme and registration

Registration is open until September 20th. Please, keep in mind that places are limited.Looking forward to a great week of scientific exchanges!

Best practices workshop #1 - Fostering a virtuous Research and innovation dynamic through the energy transition in islands and Outermost regions
2025-03-25 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
As part of TwInSolar, and building on a series of seminars organized in La Reunion gathering R&I stakeholders, two online workshops will gather research & innovation policy makers from Outermost Regions and other islands and remote regions to discuss best practices and opportunities in the field of renewable energy, and in particular solar energy, in insular territories.

Complete agenda and registration

Best practices workshop #2: The clean energy transition: a driver for growth and a sustainable territorial development for islands and Outermost regions
2025-04-01 14:00 - 15:30

Technical workshop #3
2025-05-19 08:00 - 2025-05-23 17:00 | Online
In workshop DTU experts will give complete courses on 3 key topics related to the integration of variable renewable energy systems in the existing energy systems. First, they will detail how to implement different type of Energy Management Systems (EMS) in the sizing step of Hybrid Power Plants (HPP).Then, they will give an overview of sizing hybrid power plants (HPP) integrated with Power-to-X (P2X) technologies. They will end with the fundamentals of solar irradiance, photovoltaic technology, and PV inverters, leading to a practical understanding of PV plant sizing.

Registration | Agenda

Webinar - Smart management of RES with focus on PV systems and storage
2025-05-27 14:00 - 16:00
About the webinar

TwInSolar experts from Fraunhofer ISE and the University of La Reunion (UR) will give an introductory course on solar forecasting and its use in the smart management energy systems.The two-hour workshop will combine presentations as outlined in the following and involve participants to answer questions online.

Click here to access the complete agenda: https://twinsolar.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/UPDATEOutline_Webinar_2025-05-27.pdf

Science Policy dialogue
2025-06-26 14:00 - 16:00
Ce temps d’échange entre acteurs académiques, économiques et politiques est l’une des dernières étapes du projet TWINSOLAR et a pour but de présenter les bonnes pratiques en termes d’innovation énergétiques observées dans d’autres territoires européens, d’explorer les solutions à mettre en œuvre à La Réunion et de rassembler les acteurs concernés pour renforcer la collaboration science-politique autour des enjeux de transition et d’autonomie énergétique.

Evénement sur invitation uniquement

Horizon Europe Forum
2025-09-15 13:00 - 16:00
TwInSolar project will be hosting two major events in Autumn. Join us on September 15th for the hybrid Horizon Europe Forum, aiming to exchange on best practices and future opportunities regarding Horizon Europe.

Agenda and registration are available in the dedicated article

TwInSolar Final Policy Conference
2025-09-30 09:00 - 13:00 | European Committee of the Regions, Brussels, Belgium
After three years of implementation, the project will come to an end in November 2025. To maximise the dissemination of the project’s results and contribute to the ongoing Policy dialogue in Europe on the EU Green Deal, the CPMR is organising a Final Policy Conference on September 30th, at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels.This Policy event is addressed to Policy makers and Public authorities; Civil society; Research & business community.Have a look at our dedicated article for the complete agenda, and make sure to register!
