PV CellTech Extra will be a combination of live and on-demand sessions. Each day at 8am BST presentations will be made available to pre-registered attendees, these can be listened to at any time. At 9am BST we will hear from Finlay Colville live, giving an update on technology and speaking to experts on PV cell technology, the recording will then be made available for premium ticket holders.
To participate as a speaker please contact us asap.
Live presentation from Finlay Colville
- Understand how TOPCon has evolved into the leading candidate to replace p-mono PERC as the mainstream solar cell technology in production.
- Which companies are at the forefront of TOPCon expansions to the 10-20 GW level today?
- How much efficiency gain is provided by TOPCon today, compared to state-of-the-art p-mono PERC in volume production? And how much headroom is left for further TOPCon efficiency gains?
- Is TOPCon specific to cell producers in China; how are module assembly companies globally addressing module supply to the market using third-party TOPCon cells bought in?
Listen to a special fireside chat with two of the leading experts in solar PV R&D and technology-transfer, looking at how R&D breakthroughs have evolved in the past 40 years and been fed into GW-scale mass production facilities.
- Learn about the history of PV technology and R&D activity from two of the most respected leaders in the sector over the few decades
- Understand the timelines and challenges to implement high-efficiency cell concepts into mass production
- Find out which technologies are likely to be key to cell performance improvements going out to 2030
Live presentation from Finlay Colville
- What efficiencies and costs are being hit by leading HJT cell producers today?
- How are new-starts in China performing in their attempt to ramp up 20-30 GW of new HJT cell capacity domestically?
- Developments in state-of-the-art HJT production equipment.
- Will HJT co-exist with TOPCon as a next-generation n-type cell architecture? What are the outstanding challenges to keep material consumption costs low?
Listen to a special 1-hour fireside chat with three experts from the PV manufacturing sector, looking at how PV cell manufacturing equipment has evolved from megawatt-scale lines to factories designed for GW-scale throughput today.
Learn about the history of PV cell manufacturing, seen through the eyes of PV equipment suppliers
- Understand the role of equipment suppliers in driving cell efficiencies higher, increasing throughputs, reducing capex, upgrading technologies through process flow improvements, and training cell manufacturers to become technology leaders
- Find out how turn-key lines have been instrumental in bringing new technologies to market and enabling new cell concepts into mass production
Listen to a one-on-one interview between Finlay Colville and PV-Tech. Take the opportunity to ask questions on all of the topics covered over the three days.
- What’s left for p-type substrates: PERC or other advanced cell architectures?
- How close is the industry to moving beyond the single-junction efficiency limits?
- Which companies will be first to move to hybrid/multi-junction concepts at the GW-level in mass production?