Manufacturing Renewable Energy Products/ Advanced Technology Development

Monday, April 07, 2025

Time
03:15 pm - 04:45 pm
Hall
Dubai World Trade Centre
Room
Conference Area

Explore the cutting-edge innovations driving the manufacturing of renewable energy products in this session. We will delve into advanced technology developments that are transforming the industry, from novel materials to state-of-the-art production techniques. Learn how these advancements are optimizing efficiency, reducing costs, and paving the way for sustainable energy solutions. Industry leaders and experts will share insights on the latest trends, challenges, and future directions, providing valuable knowledge for professionals looking to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving field of renewable energy manufacturing.

03:15 pm - 04:45 pmManufacturing Renewable Energy Products/ Advanced Technology Development

Dr. Lili Wang

Senior Director-Renewable Energy Materials

Technology Innovation Institute

Hans Juergen Sauter

Senior Advisor

IDEEMATEC

Dr. Radovan Kopecek

Director and CTO

International Solar Energy Research Center (ISC)

Dr. Puzant Baliozian

Lead Consultant of Sector Group Photovoltaic Equipment

VDMA - Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers Association

Speakers
Speaker
Dr. Radovan Kopecek, International Solar Energy Research Center (ISC)

Director and CTO

Germany

Dr Radovan Kopecek received his diploma in physics from the University of Stuttgart in 1998 and studied as well at Portland State University (Oregon, USA), where he obtained a Master of Science degree already in 1995. In 2002, he completed his doctoral thesis in Konstanz in the field of crystalline thin-film photovoltaics. Until the end of 2006, he was group leader for n-type cell technology at the University of Konstanz. As one of the founders of ISC Konstanz, Dr Kopecek has been a full-time manager and researcher at the institute since 2007 and was managing director, CTO and head of the Advanced Solar Cells department until June 2023 and head of the Strategy and Education department since July 2023. He is the author of several books and more than 200 articles and holds several patents for the production of n-type PV technologies. He is the organizer of several workshops that he started in Konstanz, such as nPV, bifiPV, tandemPV and BCworkshop. Dr Kopecek was on the board of EUREC (Association of EU's R&D centers involved in renewables) from 2016 to 2021. In 2018, he co-founded ATAMOSTEC - a research and development center for desert modules and systems in Chile and has been on the board since 2022. In 2022, Dr Kopecek was also elected to the board of the ESMC (European Solar Manufacturing Council). Since May 2023, he has been one of the spokespersons for the PV Production Working Group of the BMWK (Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection).

Speaker
Dr. Lili Wang, Technology Innovation Institute

Senior Director-Renewable Energy Materials

UAE

Dr. Lili Wang is Senior Director-Renewable Energy Materials of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Research Centre of Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi. She received her bachelor's degree on Materials Chemistry in Fudan University in 2005 and was awarded Ph.D. on Materials Chemistry and Physics in Chinese Academy of Science in 2010. Before joining TII, she worked as Director of Process Technology and served as Member of Patent Review Committee in Solaria, a solar module manufacturer based in the US, California, a pioneer developing high-density shingle module technology (acquired by Maxeon in 2023). During 2018-2019, she led the development of upscaling process of perovskite thin film PV technology in Energy Everywhere Inc., a startup company in Berkeley, California. Prior to starting her journey in the US solar industry, she worked on perovskite solar cell development as a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Fellow at Michigan State University and a visiting researcher at Case Western Reserve University respectively. Her research at TII is focused on materials and process development for advanced solar PV (cell and module) technology including emerging thin film PV and c-Si.

Speaker
Hans Juergen Sauter, IDEEMATEC

Senior Advisor

Germany

Hans is a very experienced manager, coming from steel and supply chain optimisation background. Now he is more than 10 years active in leading positions in the solar industry where he was responsible for building largest solar plants everywhere in the world. Starting with fixed tilt racking solutions mainly in Europe, Hans focused more on more on high efficient solar solutions such like single axis tracking systems especially to support lowest LCOE in the MENA region. Hans was responsible for the contracting, design and implementation of more than 3 GW solarpower, including regional top projects like Sweihan and Al Kharsa. Hans holds a Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering and graduated the Swiss SGBS Business School for strategic Management

Speaker
Dr. Puzant Baliozian, VDMA - Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers Association

Lead Consultant of Sector Group Photovoltaic Equipment

Germany

Dr. Puzant Baliozian is the VDMA PV Equipment Group's project manager since September of this year. He is involved in techno-economic studies for manufacturing capacity of PV along the value chain and represents the interests of European PV equipment manufacturers internationally. The PV Sector Group at VDMA also publishes the yearly international technology roadmap for photovoltaics (ITRPV) showing highly relevant technology projections and trends. Dr. Baliozian studied physics at the American University of Beirut (BSc., 2014) and has a specialization in renewable energy (MSc. 2016) from the university of Freiburg. From 2016 until recently, he worked at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg in the field of photovoltaic production technologies where he also did his PhD. He is best known for developing the passivated edge technology for separated industrial solar cell concepts, to boost cell and module efficiencies.

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