9:00 - 9:10
CONFERENCE OPENING

Chairperson:
• Philippe Welter, PHOTON Europe, Germany

Invited Speakers

9:10 - 10:30
FUNDAMENTALS & GRID INTEGRATION
• Ash Sharma, IMS Research, UK
»Global solar inverter market – status and trends in supply, demand and prices«
• Peter Knaup, Voltwerk (Conergy), Germany
»Inverter technology trends«
• Bill Brooks, Brooks Engineering, USA
»Inverter designs for safe large-scale grid connection of solar systems«
• Thomas Mühlberger, Fronius, Austria
»Global use of inverters – product adaptation to different grid codes and installation guidelines«

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:45
TECHNOLOGY I: TOWARD HIGH EFFICIENCIES
• Dirk Kranzer, Fraunhofer ISE, Germany
»The 99-percent efficiency inverter«
• Roland Bründlinger, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Austria
»Dynamic Maximum Power Point tracking«
• Christian Rohrer, Regatron, Switzerland
»Equipment for in-house testing of PV inverters«
• Bodo Giesler, Siemens, Germany
»String vs. central inverters – dimensions of inverters«
• Wei Zhao, Sungrow, China
»High efficiency PV inverters from China«

12:45 - 13:45
Lunch

13:45 - 15:15
TECHNOLOGY II: MICROINVERTERS & POWER OPTIMIZERS
• Paul Nahi, Enphase Energy, USA
»Experiences from the global leader in microinverters«
• Ron van Dell, SolarBridge, USA
»Power conversion for solar«
• Guy Sella, SolarEdge, Israel
»Distributed power harvesting and monitoring systems«
• Ralph Nolte, National Semiconductor, USA
»Lowest cost per kWh with SolarMagic active power management solutions«
• Bernd Neuner, Tigo Energy, USA
»Maximizing the power output of PV arrays; a data driven approach«

15:15 - 16:45
TOP FIVE PERFORMERS IN PHOTON INVERTER TESTS
• Heinz Neuenstein, PHOTON Lab, Germany
»Overview of PHOTON inverter tests«
• Jochen Hantschel, Refu Elektronik, Germany
»Refusol inverter technology«
• Tobias Henne, SMA, Germany
»Solar inverters«
• Thomas Kühefuß, Diehl AKO, Germany
»Winning inverter technology by Diehl AKO«
• Christian Buchholz, Sunways, Germany
»Sunways«
• Marco Trova, Power-One, Italy
»Top five performers in PHOTON inverter tests«