Agenda

This strategic session explores the delicate balance between cutting-edge technology, competitive pricing, and ESG compliance in European solar module procurement. With module prices now routinely below ten-euro cents per watt and corporate renewable energy procurement breaking records in 2024, procurement specialists must navigate complex trade-offs while meeting sustainability goals. Participants will gain actionable insights on evaluating technological innovations, responding to price fluctuations from Chinese manufacturers, and implementing robust ESG verification processes to optimize their solar procurement strategies.

This practical session addresses the critical challenge of maintaining product quality standards while operating under significant cost pressures. Industry experts will share proven strategies for implementing effective quality control measures that don’t compromise financial objectives. Participants will explore risk-based quality assurance frameworks, technology-enabled monitoring solutions, and supplier relationship management techniques that prioritize quality without premium pricing. Through real-world case studies, attendees will discover how statistical process control and data-driven approaches can identify quality issues early while minimizing costs.

This session explores the gap between laboratory performance and real-world degradation of photovoltaic modules, with special emphasis on emerging failure mechanisms in advanced cell technologies. Attendees will gain comprehensive insights into common degradation pathways including Light-Induced Degradation (LID), Potential-Induced Degradation (PID), and material aging, while examining the particularly concerning UV-Induced Degradation (UVID) phenomenon in TOPCon modules.

Through analysis of field performance and module testing the session will provide practical knowledge on how these degradation mechanisms impact energy yield forecasting, maintenance planning, and technology selection decisions.

This session brings together leading PV Module manufacturers for a series of focused presentations followed by an interactive panel discussion. Each manufacturer will deliver a presentation highlighting their latest technological innovations, production capacity expansions, and sustainability initiatives.

Following the individual showcases, our moderator will facilitate a  panel discussion where these industry leaders will address critical questions facing the European solar industry. Topics will include differentiating products, approaches to supply chain transparency, and pathways to achieving both cost competitiveness and ESG compliance.