10 of May of 2022 - Canal Solar

Energy storage, new business models, BIPV and new technologies. These were the main topics discussed on the first day of the conference at The Smater Europe, Europe’s largest solar energy fair. “Most of the panels explored battery applications. There was a lot of talk about energy independence and the ways to achieve independence from Russian gas. In this sense, renewables are being seen as the only viable path,” says Bruno Kikumoto, executive director of Canal Solar. The opening of the conferences, which will be held until tomorrow (11), brought the current challenges of the electricity sector in Europe due to the more ambitious targets for renewable energy and CO2 reduction, in addition to exploring the post-pandemic scenario with the shortage of equipment still harming many sectors. The Canal Solar is in Munich, Germany, and brings you the highlights of the talks Residential and utility-scale energy storage systems have seen impressive growth in the European market, but storage in the C&I (Commercial & Industrial) segment continues to lag behind. The challenges in this market were explored in the talk “The Next Big Thing? C&I Electricity Storage Systems”. The talks “Quo Vadis: Electricity storage for residential photovoltaic systems” and “Agri-PV 1 - How to benefit the most from solar and agricultural energy?” explored the potential of agribusiness and agriphotovoltaic projects. “These panels will address issues related to agribusiness, with an emphasis on the synergy between agriculture and solar energy. This is because here in Europe the supply of land is not like in Brazil and there is little land for planting. In addition, there is the energy consumption of farms and professionals seek to harmonize the use of land for planting together with solar energy, which is what we call agriphotovoltaic or agri-PV”, comments Kikumoto. According to the director of Canal Solar, the points covered in the lectures on energy storage and solutions for agribusiness can be applied in Brazil, due to the strong presence of this segment in the country. Also on Tuesday, the conference “Utility Scale Solar: the power of new technologies to optimize design, reduce costs and improve yield” was held, where experts presented a summary of technological innovations, including modules, inverters, trackers, and LCOE of utility-scale photovoltaic plant projects. Participants were also able to follow the launch of the Global Market Outlook 2022-2026, a market analysis report for the global solar energy sector with comprehensive historical market data, five-year forecasts for the main global markets, as well as segmentation analysis between rooftop and ground-mounted systems. The study was launched during the panel “PV Market in Europe: everything investors need to know about the largest solar markets in Europe”. Photovoltaic energy integrated into buildings was explored in the lecture “BIPV: beautiful, multifunctional and attractive”, where new BIPV solutions applied in Europe were presented, ways of integrating these equipment into building claddings and prospects for the European market were explored, in addition to their viability. The panel “Global growth prospects and a solar deal for Europe: the role of solar energy in decarbonization strategies and trends” showed the paths for the energy transition in Europe, its challenges and how renewable energies can participate in this process. Markus Elsässer, CEO of Solar Promotion; Aurelie Alemany, CEO of Senec; Ditlev Engel, CEO of DNV; Simon Löffler, Commercial Director of Volkswagen Group Chargin e; Matthias Taft, CEO of BayWa re AG participated in the opening of the conferences. Canal Solar to stay up to date with the lectures and news presented at Intersolar Europe.