31. October

11:30

  • Tuesday, 31. October 2023
    11:30 to 12:00

    Solar cooling technologies for emerging markets

    • Prof. Dr. Uli Jakob

    The energy demand for air-conditioning is growing faster than any other energy consumption in buildings. The main share of the projected growth for space cooling comes from emerging economies and will more than triple by 2050 to 6,000 TWh/a…

14:30

  • Tuesday, 31. October 2023
    14:30 to 15:00

    The Integration of Solar Energy by Flexible Sector Coupling

    • Dr. Andreas Hauer

    For a 100 % decarbonized energy system, our final energy demand has to be covered by renewable sources. To achieve this, the energy actually needed has to be supplied. Therefore, the different demand sectors – electricity, mobility and thermal…

02. November

11:30

  • Thursday, 02. November 2023
    11:30 to 12:00

    The role of DRE in the rural segment

    • Amit Kumar Singh Parihar

    Utility-scale RE systems are considered as preferred options for power sector decarbonization. However, owing to challenges associated with their on-ground implementation and also considering a socio-economic developmental perspective, there is a…

  • Thursday, 02. November 2023
    11:30 to 12:00

    Global Outlook of PV Technologies for the Second Half of the Decade

    • Prof. Eicke Weber

    The keynote will talk about the global outlook for PV technology at the juncture of moving from the 2nd-gen C-Si PV technology (PERC and variations) to 3rd-gen C-Si PV technologies that offers higher efficiencies at low costs, and later to 4th-…

16:30

  • Thursday, 02. November 2023
    16:30 to 17:00

    Towards 100% urban renewable energy islands, a system analysis

    • Chiel Boonstra

    The key message is to show how connected urban renewable energy islands could develop, without a strong need for external energy sources and heavy infrastructure. He will address the dependencies between low demand, renewable supply profiles and…

  • Thursday, 02. November 2023
    16:30 to 17:00

    Towards 100% Renewables: Challenges and Opportunities

    • Prof. Rangan Banerjee

    The goal of countries and the world moving to 100% renewables has been recognised as desirable and achievable. The initial scenarios and studies were criticised as being unrealistic, with several flaws outlined by critics. Recent studies,…

03. November

09:00

11:30