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Energy storage, new business models, BIPV and new technologies. These were the main topics covered on the first day of the conference The Smater Europe, Europe's largest solar energy fair.
“Most of the panels explored battery applications. There has been a lot of talk about energy independence and 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 Solar Channel.
The opening of the conferences, which will be held until tomorrow (11), brought up 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.
Canal Solar is in Munich, Germany, and brings you the highlights of the talks
Residential and utility energy storage systems utility scale 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 lecture “The Next Big Thing? C&I Electricity Storage Systems”.
The lectures “Quo Vadis: Electrical energy 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 emphasis on the synergy between agriculture and solar energy. This is because here in Europe the land supply is not like in Brazil and there is little land to plant. 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.
Also 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 this Tuesday, the conference “Utility Scale Solar: the power of new technologies to optimize design, reduce costs and improve performance” was held, where experts brought a summary of technological innovations, including modules, inverters, trackers, project LCOE of photovoltaic plants in utility scale.
Participants were also able to watch the launch of the Global Market Outlook 2022-2026, market analysis report for the global solar energy sector with comprehensive historical market data, five-year forecasts for key global markets, as well as segmentation analysis between roof-mounted and ground-mounted systems.
The study was launched during the panel “PV Market in Europe: everything investors need to know about Europe's largest solar markets”.
Photovoltaic energy integrated into construction was explored in the lecture “BIPV: beautiful, multifunctional and attractive”, where new BIPV solutions applied in Europe, exploring how these equipment can be integrated into building coverings and the prospects for the European market, in addition to their viability.
The panel “Perspectives for global growth and a solar agreement 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.
Participating in the opening of the conferences were Markus Elsässer, executive director of Solar Promotion; Aurelie Alemany, executive director of Senec; Ditlev Engel, executive director of DNV; Simon Löffler, Commercial Director at Volkswagen Group Charging; Matthias Taft, CEO of BayWare AG.
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