EUPVSEC - VIPERLAB Final event

[CONFERENCE]

 

 

 

Celebrating VIPERLAB’s achievements in driving the EU’s Perovskite solar cell research and innovation landscape

 

VIPERLAB Final event
in conjunction with the EU-PVSEC conference

on Monday 23 September from 17:00 to 18:30 PM

 

Over the past three and half years, the VIPERLAB project has significantly advanced cooperation on the Perovskite PV topic through the development of a strategic research and innovation agenda and coordination of virtual and physical access to the main perovskite PV research and infrastructures in Europe. In this context, the VIPERLAB Final Public event titled “Unveiling the future of Solar Energy with Perovskite PV”, organised by PNO Innovation Belgium in collaboration with the VIPERLAB partners, was held at the 41^ST European Photovoltaic Solar Energy (EU PVSEC) Conference and Exhibition Conference on 23 September 2024.

 

 

The VIPERLAB event was opened by Prof. Dr. Eva Unger, Group Leader of Solution-Processing of Hybrid Materials and Devices at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, and coordinator of the project. She  welcomed all the participants and opened the event with an introduction to the VIPERLAB project, highlighting its role in advancing Europe's perovskite photovoltaics potential and the importance of a fully connected virtual and physical perovskite PV lab. Next, Dr. Sjoerd Veenstra, Project Manager at TNO & Solliance, presented VIPERLAB’s collaborative research infrastructures, the use of its databases for tracking an increasing amount of available solar cell data and the need for standardisation and harmonization to compare results effectively. These collaborative research efforts where showcased with user testimonial videos of researchers who shared their experiences with VIPERLAB's infrastructures. Then, Prof. Dr. Rutger Schlatmann, Head of Division Solar Energy at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and chairperson of the ETIP steering committee on solar energy discussed the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for perovskite PV, focusing on the development of scalable manufacturing processes and the integration of this agenda within the larger framework of the European roadmap on solar energy. The final presentations was from Ms. Maria Getsiou, Senior expert in the Renewable Energy Sources Unit of the European Commission's Directorate General for Research and Innovation. She addressed the challenges and opportunities for PV in the EU's clean energy transition and explained how the Horizon Europe funding programme supports and prioritises research and innovation efforts in this field at the European level.

In a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Nader Akil, Operations Manager at PNO Innovation Belgium, the speakers and audience members engaged in a lively dialogue about the future of perovskite PV technology and the continuation of collaborative efforts beyond the VIPERLAB project

 

 

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Speakers

Prof. Eva Unger, HZB	Dr. Sjoerd VEENSTRA,  TNO & Solliance	Prof. Dr. Ivan Gordon, EERA PV Coordinator	Ms. Maria Getsiou, European Commission's DG RTD

 

Moderator

Dr. Nader Akil, PNO Innovation