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Photovoltaic energy will rise from a niche application and will become one of the main pillars for the supply of electric energy. This holds especially for developing countries, where increasing energy demands, together with high insolation, clear cost advantages in many locations and the ability for modular and decentralized implementation offer a huge potential for photovoltaics. Many of the necessary technological and financial boundary conditions already favor of the usage of solar energy today.
However, for a successful global implementation of solar and other renewable energy sources, the technological ability and the financial capacity are as important as the knowledge about existing technologies and the will for their implementation. For this, the formation of increasing local pools of experts and skilled workers is going to be mandatory.
Against this background, the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg hosts from 12th to 19th of June 2018 the “INTERPV 2018 – International Seminar on Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion”. The seminar is coupled to a visit to the leading trade fair for solar energy INTERSOLAR held in Munich (www.intersolar.de/de/home.html) and is offered in the framework of the Alumni Special Projects program of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (www.daad.de/alumni-special-projects). The INTERPV 2018 seminar is organized by the Institute of Physics of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, with the help of the International Office and the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Phototovoltaics (Fraunhofer CSP).
The seminar targets 25 Germany Alumni from developing countries (DAC country nationals) who studied, carried out research or worked in Germany for at least 3 months and are presently living and working in their home countries. The Alumni should be professionally involved in the photovoltaic technology or renewable energy technology sector and/or are working for academic, educational or development organizations, NGO’s, donor agencies or private enterprises. The prospective participants should be potential multipliers in a position to spread the acquired knowledge and experience and/or take decisions on implementation.
The lecture program of the seminar is made up by 4 thematic blocks (Photovoltaic Technologies, Systems & Applications, Energy Storage, Formation and Education) given by experts from academia and industry and is accompanied by hands-on workshops. The lectures are indented to introduce specific technologies, prepare a shared knowledge between the participants and facilitate orientation at the following trade fair INTERSOLAR in Munich.
The InterPV 2018 is organized by the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg with the support of the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics.