International DAAD Alumni Seminar – Inter PV 2018 – PV Technologies and Projects – Focus on mature and developing markets (Sachsen),

Seminar Programme for Alumni

(Tuesday)

Arrival of the participants, informal evening event Day one 13.06.2018 (Wednesday)

Location = Freiberg

Opening session (Terra Mineralia) 09.00 Words of welcome of the Words of welcome conveners of TU Presentation of the University

Ingrid Lange / Torsten Mayer

09.30 – 10.00 First working session Renewable energy in Germany: policy and legal framework, energy markets, economic and social impact

lecture by Prof. Dr. Jan C. Bongaerts

10.00 – 10.30 Introduction: Innovative PV technology

lecture by Matthias Müller (Institute of Applied Physics)

10.30 – 11.00 Reliability of high-performance low-cost PV cells and modules I

lecture by Tobias Urban (Institute of Applied Physics)

11.00 – 11.15 Break 11.15 – 11.45 Second working session Reliability of high-performance low-cost PV cells and modules II

lecture by Tobias Urban (Institute of Applied Physics)

11.45 – 12.15 Defects in silicon solar cells and their impact on PV module energy yield

lecture by Michael Ehrl (Institute of Applied Physics)

12.15 – 12.45 From Silicon to Photovoltaic Systems - Selected Research Topics

lecture by Thomas Kaden (Fraunhofer THM)

12.45 – 14.00 Lunch break

14.00 – 16.00 Special workshop on  Group I: Workshop organized and entrepreneurship and offered by SAXEED, business incubator of business start-ups TU Bergakademie Freiberg  Group II: Visit Terra Mineralia

16.00 – 18.00  Group II: Workshop organized and offered by SAXEED, business incubator of TU Bergakademie Freiberg Group I: Visit Terra Mineralia

18.00 End of day one

Day two 14.06.2018 (Thursday) (Senatssaal Akademiestrasse)

Location = Freiberg 10.00 – 13.00 Networking day Short presentations by representatives:

Ingenieure ohne Grenzen (Freiberg Chapter): voluntary student projects in (Break with developing countries refreshments in between) SAENA, Sächsische Energieagentur, : consultancy on renewable energy for businesses and consumers

Stadtwerke Freiberg: energy for the community – PV installations on schools rooftops

Elektro Grän, Sayda: innovative craftsmanship for PV projects – with sunny greetings!

3ENERGY, Großschirma: renewable energy project in developing countries – 25 years experience

Nagaro GmbH, Frankfurt: PV energy for smart biogas plants in stand-alone applications

GeoENERGIE Konzept, Freiberg: PV energy for geothermal technologies

AccuSol GmbH, Theodorakis

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break

13:30 – 14:30 Travel costs reimbursement

14.30 – 16.30 Excursion to Fraunhofer Visit of laboratory and research pilot Technologiezentrum plants Halbleiter Materialien, Freiberg Fraunhofer THM

18.00 Official Seminar dinner

21.00 End of day two

Day three 15.06.2018 (Friday)

Location = “CHEMNITZ DAY” Renewable energy in Urban Development – focus on PV 8.50 – 9.30 Transfer to Chemnitz Meeting point: Freiberg Train Station at 8.40 am

10.00 – 12.30 Presentations session Renewable energy for urban climate policy – Carina Kühnel, Stadt Chemnitz, with questions and Umweltamt answers Renewable energy in Chemnitz – Andreas and: Braumann, Stadt Chemnitz, Gebäude- management und Hochbau, Sachgebiet (break with Energiemanagement refreshments in between) Renewable energy Business partnerships between Germany and developing countries – Dr. Konstantin Kotsas, IHK Chemnitz EZ Scout

11.45 – 12.30 Lunch break (Suppengrün, Museum für Archäologie)

13.00 – 16.30 Renewable energy city Heckert Solar: producer of PV modules tour (Carl-von-Bach-Str. 11)

Solar thermal plant of inetz (eins energie) (Georgstr./Mühlenstr., Chemnitz)

17.00 Return to Freiberg

18.30 End of day three

Day four 16.06.2018 (Saturday)

10.00 – 10.30 Transfer to Clausnitz Meeting point: Freiberg Bus Station at 9.40 am 10.30 – 14.00 Excursion day Visits to Integrated renewable energy projects of Agrargenossenschaft Clausnitz eG. :Biogas, Photovoltaics, Wind Energy, biofuels

14.30 End of day four

Day five 17.06.2018 (Sunday) Terra Mineralia

Location = Freiberg 09.00 - 12.00 New developments in PV technology: materials, components and systems

New applications for PV technologies: HVAC, heat pumps, e-mobility, hybrid systems, batteries

Costs and costs developments with focus on developing countries

Policy concepts and regulatory frame- works with focus on developing countries

Financing PV technologies and PV projects

Business models for PV applications

Special issues for developing countries: 1. PV in remote locations 2. PV (and hybrid) in stand-alone applications 3. PV for mining operations 4. PV for community development 5. Role of NGOs in PV projects 6. Qualification and vocational training for PV technologies 7. Gender issues and PV technologies 8. New sources of financing: crowd funding, micro-finance, remittances 9. North-South co-operation 10. South-south co-operation

Other relevant topics proposed by participants

12.45 – 14.00 Lunch break

14.30 – 16.30 METAPLAN about Objective: to evaluate the ideas and renewable energy proposals for innovative and feasible project development projects on renewable energy in revisited and reviewed developing countries which have taken shape during the Seminar

 Outcome: project ideas and project proposals  17.30 End of day five Day six 18.06.2018 (Monday) Terra Mineralia

Location = Freiberg 10.00 – 12.00 Closure Ceremony  Summary of findings  Feed-back by participants  Evaluation questionnaire  Information about travel to Munich  Words of thanks  Conclusions  Suggestions for further activities

END OF SEMINAR

19.06.2018 Transfer to Munich Meeting point: Freiberg Train Station at 8.10 am

20 - 22 Munich