Enabling High Pen PV Through Next-Generation Power Electronic Technologies

Join Us

Please join us on October 11–12, 2016, for Enabling High Penetration Solar PV Through Next-Generation Power Electronic Technologies—a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) workshop exploring future power electronics solutions for photovoltaic (PV) systems.

The workshop will bring together leading experts in power electronics, semiconductor devices, system packaging, magnetics, embedded controls, and PV inverter manufacturers, to discuss research paths forward for the development of PV power electronics with higher efficiency, functionality, and reliability at a lower cost.

Attendees will be able to provide input to DOE’s SunShot and Systems Integration teams on current research paths as well as priorities and topics of interest for future research in this area. The expected outcomes of this workshop include an assessment of the state-of-the-art of power electronic technologies, a proposed set of solutions that will address near- and long-term research and development needs, and the identification of critical areas that will need DOE support for interconnecting and integrating hundreds of gigawatts of solar power onto the electric grid.

Space for this workshop is limited. Please register by September 30.

Organized by:

U.S. Department of Energy’s Systems Integration and SunShot Initiatives

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

National Energy Technology Laboratory

Workshop Overview

October 11, 12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

• Overview of DOE SunShot’s Systems Integration and Power Electronics activities
• Keynote presentation – PV Power Electronics: Where We Stand Now
• Panel presentation – Current power electronics research activities under DOE’s SunShot Initiative
• Group discussion to gather input on current research activities

October 12, 8 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.

• Panel presentation – The Future for PV Power Electronics: Component Manufacturers’ Perspectives
• Panel presentation – The Future for PV Power Electronics: System Manufacturers’ and Integrators’ Perspectives
• Breakout Session – Research Needs for Next Generation Power Electronics Components
• Breakout Session – Research Needs for Next Generation Power Electronics Systems

Detailed agenda and speaker list available soon.

Visiting NREL

Click here for detailed information on visiting the NREL campus, including lodging and transportation options and security procedures.

If you are a foreign national, please fill out the Foreign National Data Card and submit it to Denise Barber at Denise.Barber@nrel.gov no later than September 30.

Questions

For questions about visiting NREL, please contact Denise Barber (Denise.Barber@nrel.gov, 303-275-4308).

For questions about the workshop, please contact Sudipta Chakraborty (Sudipta.Chakraborty@nrel.gov, 303-384-7093).