Preliminary Conference Program
Plenary Hall, Day 1
8:00 Registration/Welcome Coffee
9:00 Welcome address
David Gaden, Solarpraxis
Keynote speech
9:05 Peter Xie, CEO, GCL Energy: Prospects and challenges for large-scale solar in China
Session 1
9:30 Planning and Building
What has to be considered? What are possible pitfalls and how to avoid them? How can risks be minimized and output maximized? Installing PV plants – experiences
Presentations:
Tairan Guo, Chief Business Development Officer, China Technology Development Group Corporation: Experiences from developing large-scale projects in China
Stefan Riel, Co-Founder and Board Member, WIRSOL: Experiences from developing large-scale projects overseas
IBC (invited): Project development: How to differentiate yourself in the PD/EPC-business of large-scale PV parks
10:30 Panel discussion/Q&A
11:00 Coffee break
Session 2
11:30 Regulatory Landscape, Financing and Reliability - China and the World
Benchmarks for quality and reliability; what are the experiences with PV projects from the investor's
point of view? International perspective: project development in matured markets.
Presentations:
Yanwen Qiu, Deputy Director, Renewable Energy Department (Appraisal Dept.)
Yingli (invited): Large-scale Project Financing (Yingli's project financing / Motivation for financing)
Felix Holz, Vice President, Deutsche Bank: Factors for successful project developers
Fred Greguras, K&L Gates: U.S. business models for project developers - a result of the regulatory
landscape
Analysts' Perspective: Business Models for Chinese project developers
12:30 Panel discussion/Q&A
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Session 3
Operation, Maintenance and Monitoring
Construction considerations for improved O&M; best practice from operating projects; Overview
monitoring systems
Presentations:
SunEdison: Best practice from operating systems
Stefan Müller, COO, Enerparc: Value Engineering - Planning and Design Improvements of a 80 MW
Project in Germany
Skytron: Performance Care – Monitoring and Maintenance of Megawatt PV-Plants
Valentin Energiesoftware (invited): Yield forecasts – how to develop and how to ensure reliability?
Tigo (invited)
15:00 Panel discussion/Q&A
15:45 Coffee Break
16:15 Session 4
Quality Assurance
Advancements in component testing; common failures; quality and reliability considerations; improved purchasing decisions; risk management; trade-off ROI vs Quality: What is needed for sustainable success of solar energy in China?
Presentations:
China Electricity Council: Grid Connectivity
Ulrike Therhaag, Director of Solar and Fuel Cells Technologies, TUV Rheinland: Existing quality assurance programs
Christian Steinberg, Senior Consultant, Solarpraxis: Project planning and installation: What can go wrong?
Siemens: Safety and grid interconnection requirements for utility-scale solar power inverters
Rene Moerman, CSO, Solar Insurance & Finance: Risk management
17:15 Panel discussion/Q&A
18:00 End of Conference

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