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TechTalk: PV System Reliability and Asset Management with U.S. Department of Energy

Thursday, September 12, 2024

11:30 AM – 12:55 PM PT

Location: Industry Trends Theater, #A63093, Hall A, ACC

Sponsored By:

Show Floor Moderator(s)

Bishnu Bhattarai (he/him/his)

Technology Manager, System Integration Team
Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Office
Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States

Show Floor Panelist(s)

Jack D. Flicker

Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Feng Qiu

Group Leader, Advanced Grid Modeling - Optimization and Analytics
Argonne National Laboratory

Show Floor Speaker(s)

Zhaoyu Wang

Professor
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa, United States

Show Floor Panelist(s)

Murat Yildirim (he/him/his)

Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering; Director, Cyber Physical Systems Laboratory
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan, United States

As solar photovoltaics (PV) gain an increasing share in the overall energy mix and inverters emerge as the components with the highest failure rates, prioritizing the reliability of inverters becomes imperative for enhancing the availability of the entire PV system. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and DOE national laboratories are excited to conduct this session which will explore diverse strategies to bolster inverter reliability and overall asset management with the aim to improve system availability. Participants will gain insights spanning inverter degradation models, PV system health assessment approaches, and optimum operation and maintenance techniques that can be used to predict and prevent issues before they occur. Join us in the critical journey to proactively secure inverter reliability and ensure the seamless functioning of PV systems!