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A propos de l'atelier

In this workshop DTU experts will give an overview of existing technologies suitable for integrating PV in the building environment. The DTU team will focus on challenges in predicting BIPV performance and appearance in conjunction with colouring materials as well as more general design and technical-economic considerations for sizing of BIPV systems.

Speakers

Sune Thorsteinsson

Project Manager, Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering Photovoltaic Materials and Systems, DTU

Sune Thorsteinsson obtained his Master of Science from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in 2006, within applied physics. After working 2 years in the semiconductor metrology industry, Sune started in 2009 as development engineer in a solar startup, which was developing advanced PV modules with laminate integrated electronics. Within this job Sune acquired deep knowledge within module design, module encapsulation materials as well as fabrication of especially back contact module. From 2012 Sune has been employed at Department of Photonics engineering at the Technical University of Denmark, where he have conducted research in different aspect of applied photovoltaics, within stand-alone systems, characterization of PV and development and characterization of BIPV systems, and have contributed to build the applied PV group at DTU. Currently the research area in focus is BIPV systems. In 2018 Sune was the driving force in launching a specialization in Solar Energy at DTU, and have developed and co-developed 4 on campus courses within PV, and been heavily involved in developing one MOOC; “Photovoltaic Systems” which is running on Coursera. In 2021 Sune was awarded his PhD degree based on research within applied PV, and Sune is currently teaching in PV energy engineering courses as well as supervising B.sc M.sc and PhD students.

Markus Babin

PhD student, Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering Photovoltaic Materials and Systems, DTU

Markus Babin was born in Austria, where he also started his scientific career with a BSc in Environmental Systems Sciences at TU Graz in 2017. He then went on to study Sustainable Energy / Solar Energy at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), which he graduated in 2020. Currently he is working on his PhD at the Photovoltaic Materials and Systems group at the DTU Department of Photonics Engineering. His current research efforts focus around building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) with all its connected topics, including PV colouring technologies, optical characterization, modelling and simulation. His recent and current research topics include goniometric reflectance (BRDF) measurements and modelling of different glass surfaces for glare characterization, optical modelling of coloured interlayers to assess impacts on both performance and appearance, and reliability assessments of different BIPV products. In addition to his research, Markus Babin is also a participant in IEA PVPS Task 15 on BIPV and member of CIE TC 2-85 on BRDF measurements. He is also involved in teaching activities within the Solar Energy study line at DTU.

Workshop date: February 7th 2023
Introduction of the workshop

SLIDESHOW VIDEO

 
Part 1: BIPV products and performance

SLIDESHOW

Part 2: Appearance and glare

SLIDESHOW

VIDEO: APPEARANCE   VIDEO: GLARE 

A propos de l'atelier

To achieve the massive integration of solar renewables into energy networks, one of the main challenges is the knowledge of their future power generation for the next minutes, hours and days. This workshop will give an overview of the available methods used to generate solar forecasts and to integrate them in the management of energy systems.

Speakers

Elke Lorenz

Head of Energy Meteorology group, Fraunhofer ISE

Dr. Elke Lorenz is a physicist and heads the Energy Meteorology group at Fraunhofer ISE since 2016. Before she worked in the solar energy meteorology group of the University of Oldenburg for more than fifteen years, starting with her PhD on satellite based solar irradiance forecasting and heading the group from 2011-2016.  

In 2019 she completed her habilitation in applied physics at the University of Oldenburg. Her research focus is on PV power forecasting and solar irradiance modelling. She has managed many national and international research projects and has been leading the subtasks on ‘Solar Irradiance Forecasting” in the IEA Tasks on solar resource assessment (IEA SHC Tasks 36 and 46, IEA PVPS Task 16) since more than fifteen years.

Nils Straub

Researcher, Fraunhofer ISE 

Nils Straub joined the Fraunhofer ISE in 2020 for his master thesis in the field of all sky imager irradiance forecasting. After completing and a subsequent researcher position he started a PhD thesis in 2021 for which he received a renowned DBU scholarship in 2022. 

His research focusses on the development of novel high-resolution irradiance forecasting approaches using computer vision and machine learning methods.

Josselin Le Gal La Salle

Postdoc, laboratory PIMENT, University of La Reunion

Arne Gross

PhD, Smart Grid ICT, Dpt. Intersectoral Energy Systems and Grid Integration, Fraunhofer ISE

Arne Groß received his master’s degree in physics from University of Freiburg 2014. Since 2016, he is pursuing his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Moritz Diehl and Prof. Christof Wittwer. His research interests include the development of intelligent control strategies for energy systems in the smart grid considering uncertainties in forecasts for renewable energy generation. He focuses on implementation of efficient optimization algorithms for stochastic systems and applications to real life use cases arising due to the transformation of the energy system to renewable energy sources.

Workshop date: August 21st 2023

Introduction Satellite and NWP All skY imagers PV power forecasting

USE OF PROBABILISTIC FORECAST

A propos de l'atelier

In this first part of the workshop DTU experts will give complete course on PV system modelling with lectures and exercises. Trainees will learn how to assess the solar irradiance received on the plan of the PV modules. Then they will model and evaluate the performance of the different components of a PV system: the modules and the inverters. The exercises will be done online with collaborative Jupyter Notebooks and the library pvlib, which requires basic knowledge on programming with Python and are accessible to beginners.

Speaker

Sergiu Spataru

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, Photovoltaic Materials and Systems, DTU

Sergiu a obtenu un doctorat en « Caractérisation et méthodes de diagnostic des modules et systèmes photovoltaïques », au Département Energy Technology de l'Université d'Aalborg. Durant cette période, il a été chercheur invité pendant six mois au National Renewable Energy Laboratory aux États-Unis, dans le domaine des tests de fiabilité et de la modélisation des modules solaires photovoltaïques. Il a poursuivi ses recherches en tant que PostDoc puis en tant que Maître de Conférence à l'Université d'Aalborg, dans le domaine de la modélisation des performances des systèmes photovoltaïques, de l'imagerie par électroluminescence, des méthodes de modélisation et d'apprentissage automatique appliquées au diagnostic et à la surveillance de l'état des systèmes photovoltaïques. En 2020, il a occupé un nouveau poste de Maître de Conférence au département Photonics Engineering de l'Université technique du Danemark (DTU). Il y enseigne et développe actuellement des cours d'ingénierie de l'énergie solaire photovoltaïque et mène des recherches sur la modélisation des performances des produits photovoltaïques autonomes, le diagnostique par l'imagerie et l'inspection par drone des systèmes photovoltaïques.
Pedagogic material

This workshop is entirely based on collaborative Jupyter Notebooks hosted in Google Colaboratory files.

Videos

Workshop introduction

getting started with jupyter notebooks

Plan of array irradiance #1   

Plan of array irradiance #2

PV array performance

Inverter efficiency

whole pv system

A propos de l'atelier

Axée sur l'intégration massive dans les réseaux électriques, des énergies renouvelables variables, comme le solaire et l'éolien, la deuxième partie de l'atelier s'appuie également sur des cours magistraux et des exercices. Les participants apprendront à concevoir et modéliser des centrales électriques hybrides (HPP), qui mélangent plusieurs technologies telles que l'énergie éolienne, solaire et le stockage d'énergie. Les applications de pénétration massive des énergies renouvelables variables sur les réseaux électriques seront testées avec HyDesign, un outil en ligne pour la conception et le contrôle de centrales électriques hybrides (HPP) basées sur le couplage stockage-éolien-solaire à l'échelle industrielle, développé par des chercheurs du DTU. Les exercices se feront en ligne avec des Jupyter Notebooks collaboratifs, qui nécessitent des connaissances de base en programmation avec Python et sont accessibles aux débutants.

Speakers

Kaushik Das

Associate Professor with the Department of Wind and Energy Systems, DTU

Kaushik a obtenu un doctorat au DTU en 2016. Ses domaines d'expertise portent sur les systèmes hybrides de production d'énergie, l'équilibrage des systèmes et l'intégration des énergies renouvelables. Il est membre de l'IEA Wind, de la CIGRE, de l'IEEE et d'autres réseaux professionnels. Il est l'agent opérationnel de la tâche 50 de l'IEA Wind portant sur les systèmes hybrides de production d'énergie. Il a été lauréat du prestigieux prix Elektronfonden’s Elektron en 2022.

Megha Gupta

Postdoc, Department of Wind and Energy Systems, DTU

Megha received a PhD degree in “Coordinated operation of TSO and DSO for efficient grid management” from Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi, India in 2022. Her research interests include hybrid power plant sizing and operations with Power-to-X; power system steady state analysis, optimization and energy markets. She is currently working on the research and development of an open-access tool ‘HyDesign‘ at DTU Wind for the design and operation of utility-scale hybrid plants with P2X.

Pedagogic material

Slideshows

Slideshow: Lecture slideshow: EXERCICES

Videos

Workshop introduction

Hybrid power plants (HPP)

Balancing tool chain #1

Balancing tool chain #2

Exercices: HPP sizing with hydesing

A propos de l'atelier
The Fraunhofer experts will give an introductory course on operation and maintenance of PV farms.
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.
 

Workshop date: September 19th 2024

 

SLIDESHOW 

Organised by the CPMR Islands Commission as part of TwInSolar, and building on a series of seminars organized in La Reunion gathering R&I stakeholders, two online workshops gathered 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.

Please find below the presentations shown during the workshop:

Organised by the CPMR Islands Commission as part of TwInSolar, and building on a series of seminars organized in La Reunion gathering R&I stakeholders, two online workshops gathered 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.

Please find below the presentations shown during the workshop:

A propos de l'atelier

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.
 

Speakers

Kaushik Das

Associate Professor with the Department of Wind and Energy Systems, DTU

Kaushik a obtenu un doctorat au DTU en 2016. Ses domaines d'expertise portent sur les systèmes hybrides de production d'énergie, l'équilibrage des systèmes et l'intégration des énergies renouvelables. Il est membre de l'IEA Wind, de la CIGRE, de l'IEEE et d'autres réseaux professionnels. Il est l'agent opérationnel de la tâche 50 de l'IEA Wind portant sur les systèmes hybrides de production d'énergie. Il a été lauréat du prestigieux prix Elektronfonden’s Elektron en 2022.

Megha Gupta

Postdoc, Department of Wind and Energy Systems, DTU

Megha received a PhD degree in “Coordinated operation of TSO and DSO for efficient grid management” from Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi, India in 2022. Her research interests include hybrid power plant sizing and operations with Power-to-X; power system steady state analysis, optimization and energy markets. She is currently working on the research and development of an open-access tool ‘HyDesign‘ at DTU Wind for the design and operation of utility-scale hybrid plants with P2X.

Rujie Zhu

PhD, Department of Wind and Energy Systems, DTU
 
Rujie Zhu received his PhD degree from Department of Wind and Energy Systems, Technical University of Denmark, in 2023. He is currently a Postdoc researcher at the same Department. He was a research scholar at University of Central Florida, USA, in 2020. His research interests include sizing and energy management of hybrid power plants, large-scale energy system modelling.
 

Sergiu Spataru

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, Solar Photovoltaic Systems, DTU

Sergiu a obtenu un doctorat en « Caractérisation et méthodes de diagnostic des modules et systèmes photovoltaïques », au Département Energy Technology de l'Université d'Aalborg. Durant cette période, il a été chercheur invité pendant six mois au National Renewable Energy Laboratory aux États-Unis, dans le domaine des tests de fiabilité et de la modélisation des modules solaires photovoltaïques. Il a poursuivi ses recherches en tant que PostDoc puis en tant que Maître de Conférence à l'Université d'Aalborg, dans le domaine de la modélisation des performances des systèmes photovoltaïques, de l'imagerie par électroluminescence, des méthodes de modélisation et d'apprentissage automatique appliquées au diagnostic et à la surveillance de l'état des systèmes photovoltaïques. En 2020, il a occupé un nouveau poste de Maître de Conférence au département Photonics Engineering de l'Université technique du Danemark (DTU). Il y enseigne et développe actuellement des cours d'ingénierie de l'énergie solaire photovoltaïque et mène des recherches sur la modélisation des performances des produits photovoltaïques autonomes, le diagnostique par l'imagerie et l'inspection par drone des systèmes photovoltaïques.
 

Workshop date: May 19-23, 2025

Day 1: Introduction to Hybrid Power Plants

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Day 2: EMS for HPP – Deterministic

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Day 3: EMS for HPP: Stochastic and data-driven

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Day 4: Sizing of HPP with P2X

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Day 5: PV plant sizing

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A propos de l'atelier

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 webinar will combine presentations as outlined in the following and involve participants to answer questions online.
 

Speakers

Elke Lorenz

Head of Energy Meteorology group, Fraunhofer ISE

Dr. Elke Lorenz is a physicist and heads the Energy Meteorology group at Fraunhofer ISE since 2016. Before she worked in the solar energy meteorology group of the University of Oldenburg for more than fifteen years, starting with her PhD on satellite based solar irradiance forecasting and heading the group from 2011-2016.  

In 2019 she completed her habilitation in applied physics at the University of Oldenburg. Her research focus is on PV power forecasting and solar irradiance modelling. She has managed many national and international research projects and has been leading the subtasks on ‘Solar Irradiance Forecasting” in the IEA Tasks on solar resource assessment (IEA SHC Tasks 36 and 46, IEA PVPS Task 16) since more than fifteen years.

Josselin Le Gal La Salle

Postdoc, laboratory PIMENT, University of La Reunion

Dr. Josselin Le Gal La Salle is a researcher at the PIMENT laboratory in the University of La Reunion. After two years working in Paris for a gas and electricity trading company, he moved to La Réunion island to pursue a PhD, during which he studied probabilistic solar forecasting and the connexions between their quality and value. Since defending his thesis in 2021, Josselin focused on integrating probabilistic forecasts into decision-making processes, assessing their benefits for end-users. He is also the lead contributor of ERMESS, a microgrid design tool based on evolutionary algorithms, which aims at optimizing energy system configuration and control strategies to improve energy autonomy, cost-efficiency, and environmental performance. He is also co-leader in the IEA PVPS task 16, activity 3.3, dedicated to solar probabilistic forecasting.
 

Arne Surman

M. Sc. Arne Surmann is a researcher in the smart grids department at Fraunhofer ISE. His research focus is on energy system modelling and control strategies for flexibility utilization within households, business units and districts. His core modelling application lies within the generation of electric vehicle driving and charging profiles with different control strategies applied, heat pump operation and sector coupling. Arne studied electrical engineering and renewable energies at DHBW Mannheim and TH Cologne. Since 2018 he is part of the Smart Grids experts at Fraunhofer ISE and starting 2025 Arne leads the Group of Smart Grid Integration coordinating the research regarding integration of renewables and flexibility into the smart grid of the future
 

Webinar date: May 27, 2025

Agenda of the webinar:

  1. Introduction to PV power forecasting and overview of forecasts for La Reuion developed in TwinSolar project; Speaker: Elke Lorenz (Fraunhofer ISE)
  1. Benefits of using probabilistic forecasting for managment of RES systems, Speaker: Dr. Josselin Le Gal La Salle (UR)
  2. Decentralized Energy Management for Energy Communities – Forecasts, Planning, and Incentivization (A Case Study), Speaker: Arne Surmann  (Fraunhofer ISE)