2nd Annual Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit, USA, San Diego
Power into Commercial CPV…Your Roadmap to opportunities, finance and projects!
Your opportunity to meet the key people who can take your CPV business to the next level and give you all the information you need to seize market opportunities in 2010. Hot topics being discussed include What is the present state of CPV? Where will it be tomorrow? How will utilities engage with CPV? How can you get public and private finance? Answers to these questions and more will be given through a selection of high-level presentations, panel debates and roundtables featuring the cream of the Concentrated Photovoltaic community, this event will revolutionize your approach to CPV commercialization.
With speakers across the CPV community including US Department of Energy, NREL, Sandia National Laboratories , Concentrix, American Electric Power, CPV Consortium, SolFocus, Nth Power, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and many of the leading companies in the field. Connect and meet CPV experts for 48hours!
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installed, the investment climate is looking Improve CPV efficiency and reliability. CPV
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technology to achieve that potential”
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in dePth look into What CPV global teChnologiCal adVanCements
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ToP SPeAKerS From ArounD The Globe
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US Department of Energy Efficiency California Energy Commission Terry Jester John Lee
and Renewable Energy, Commissioner, BB Blevins TÜV Rheinland PTL LLC, Bill Shisler Quantasol, Tom Tibbits
Edward Etzkorn University of California Berkeley, IBM, Supratik Guha Silicon CPV plc, Professor Humayun
American Electric Power, Dan Kammen
The Boeing Company, Adam Plesniak Mughal
Robert P Powers Sacramento Muncipal Utilities
Solar America Board for Codes and LPI LLC Juan Carlos Miñano
NREL, Carl Osterwald District, Obadiah Bartholomy
Standards, Suzanne Borek
Sandia National Laboratories, San Francisco Public Utilities University of California,
Center for Energy Research, Merced Roland Winston
Jeff Nelson Commission Power Enterprise, University of Nevada-Las Vegas,
ISFOC, Pedro Banda John Doyle Navigant Consulting, Paula Mints
Robert Boehmn
Concentrix, Hansjoerg Lerchenmueller Nth Power, Tim Woodward Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, 10x Technology, Robert Pricone
Cyrium, Harry R. Rozakis US Venture Partners, Winston Fu St.Petersburg, Russia, Renewable Analytics LLC,
SolFocus, Mark Crowley Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Valery Rumyantsev Dirk Morbitzer
CPV Consortium, Nancy Hartsoch Courtney McColgan JX Crystals, Lewis Fraas SgurrEnergy Ltd, Geoff Hoffheniz
EXCEllEnT rEVIEWs On Our PrEVIOus CPV summITs
“The CPV summit (in Madrid) was the starting gun in the race for CPV” “I thoroughly enjoyed the conference experience and profited
Antonio Luque, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid greatly both from listening to the presentations and from interacting
with other conference attendees via the networking opportunities”
“Excellent conference from a networking perspective” James W Garland, EPIR Technologies, INC.
Jim Weldon, Solar Junction
“Despite the uncertain economic and regulatory climate, I came
away with a lot of hope for the success of CPV in the future. As
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“I was very happy with the event, thanks for championing
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in the CPV value chain. Great opportunity to gain knowledge and
“I came to the conference to learn about the technology of CPV experience in technical ground as well as regulatory standards.
and assess the market opportunities. I was able to achieve all my looking forward to the next event”
objectives - a great conference”
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4. DAy 1 - FebruAry 2, 2010 - PlenAry SeSSionS: CPV in 2010 AnD beyonD
Commercialization of CPV in Strategies to Secure Private Utility Scale Solar – The Way
2010: The First 100 MW kEynOTE
Investment for CPV in a Risk Forward For CPV
• Assess the state of the industry as Adverse Climate • Find out which utilities are excited to work
commercialization moves into its second • Give your CPV project the best chance of with CPV and get the latest on how they will be
year launches into large-scale solar deployments, continued financial backing by finding out where pushing forward with installation projects
both distributed generation and utility scale best to target your financing campaign • Meet their needs - understand what utilities want
• What will it take for the industry to reach the first • Hear direct from the horse’s mouth what figures most from their CPV partners so that you can
100 MW milestone, and how will industry leaders and statistics investors use to define and evaluate build long term winning relationships and position
address both the thriving opportunities and the new investments and how to use this information your CPV business for future success
significant challenges which abound? to make your pitch in the right way and instill
Mark Crowley, CEO and President, SolFocus, Inc • PPAs = guaranteed growth for your business.
confidence in your product
Discuss how to best work towards a power
• Drill deep down into the key areas covered purchase agreement in partnership with a utility
during technical due diligence and understand
CPV Super Panel: The CPV all you can do to make your project as low-risk Robert P Powers, President - AEP Utilities,
Landscape - Today’s Numbers POWEr as possible American Electric Power
PanEl
and Tomorrow’s Expectations Terry Jester, Entrepreneur in Residence, Obadiah Bartholomy, Project Manager, Advanced
Hudson Clean Energy Partners Renewables & Distributed Generation Technologies,
• Will the CPV industry meet the anticipated level Sacramento Municipal Utilities District
Courtney McColgan, Associate,
of deployment in the next few years? Take a hard
Draper Fisher Jurvetson John Doyle, Infrastructure Development Manager,
look at the numbers and find out how many CPV
installations and MW are in the field and expected Tim Woodward, Managing Director, Nth Power San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
in the near future Winston Fu, General Partner, US Venture Partners Power Enterprise
• The economic crisis, the Spanish feed-in tariff Geoff Hoffheniz, Solar Team Leader / Senior
cap and the drop in silicon prices have all hit Renewable Energy Consultant, SgurrEnergy Ltd
CPV recently - but this industry is still moving
forward. Fully understand the long term effects neTworKinG
these changes will have on your CPV business and
profitability How To Understand and Win Public DrinKS PArTy
• What’s your long term goal for CPV? Benefit from Investment For CPV Projects With over 300 CPV industry leaders
the super panel’s expert opinions and make sure
• The million dollar question for CPV right now
you are positioning your business to be competitive in attendance you’ll want to meet and
- how is the stimulus going to help CPV power
and win big when this industry hits critical mass do business with everyone you need
forward? Find out what you can do to boost your
Hansjoerg Lerchenmueller, CEO, Concentrix chances of application approval and seize this to. That’s why we have organized
Nancy Hartsoch, Director, CPV Consortium opportunity while most of the funding is still up the CPV Today networking drinks
Mark Kapner, Senior Strategy Engineer, Austin Energy for grabs
Party on February 2. make sure you
BB Blevins, Partner, California Strategies & Former • What does the 30% tax rebate in manufacturing
California Energy Commission Commissioner mean for you? Find out how the $2.3 million tax clear your diary for this important
Dan Kammen, Professor, credit can save you money , strengthen your networking event!
University of California Berkeley manufacturing capacity and provide a boost for
your business
John Bartlett, Financial Analyst, Department of
Tips and Strategies from Energy Solar Energy Technologies Program / Keynote Roundtables
Regulators, Utilities and POWEr
PanEl
New West Technologies
Edward Etzkorn, AAAS Science and Technology CPV leaders will be gathered in San Diego to work
Financiers together to power into commercial CPV…fast!
Policy Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy, Solar
• The Department of Energy talks CPV - discover Energy Technologies Program This year CPV Today have organized formal working
the ins and outs of their approach and attitude group discussions moderated by industry leaders as
towards the CPV industry and how companies can we combine our collective thinking to address the
best work with state and federal bodies to ensure challenges your business faces.
expectations are met CPV Real World Results - the Latest
Innovate, collaborate, and dominate!
• Hear a first hand account of a utility’s path to Facts Laid Bare From International
You’ll be expected to get involved and put forward
CPV installation and understand their plans to CPV Testing Institutions your opinions in these vitally important discussions
incorporate CPV into their portfolio
• Gain a valuable insight from ISFOC based on the that will form the basis of feedback sessions and
• ‘Banking’ on CPV – why struggle convincing
real world results from CPV installations to date, post Summit papers.
worried investors? Hear from the financial backers
equipping you with knowledge of the practical Be part of the CPV revolution! Register your place
that believe in the promise that CPV will provide
challenges you will face moving outside the lab today and help drive the agenda on topics including:
ROI, and how to mitigate risks to get funded
and what you can do to improve your system in • Roundtable discussion: How do I reduce my
Edward Etzkorn, AAAS Science and Technology Policy the field
Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Energy costs? Where are the areas of cost reduction when
• Field tests vs Lab tests - take a look at the making my CPV module? How fast till CPV delivers
Technologies Program
differences between the two and hear the latest the most competitive LCOE?
Robert P Powers, President AEP Utilities, revealing results from NREL and Sandia National
American Electric Power • Roundtable discussion: How do I align the energy
Laboratories - exactly what you need to help you generation capability and related performance
Tim Woodward, Managing Director, Nth Power devise technical solutions to overcome testing! metrics of CPV with other technologies such as
Obadiah Bartholomy, Project Manager, Carl Osterwald, Principal Engineer, silicon PV and thin films?
Sacramento Municipal Utilities District National Renewable Energy Laboratory • Roundtable discussion: What is realistic for CPV
Dwain Boettcher, VP Business & Transmission Jeffery Nelson, Solar Technologies Manager, Sandia in 2010? Where will the industry be in 5 years?
Planning, Cannon Power Group National Laboratories What needs to be done today to make sure we
Paula Mints, Principal Analyst PV Services Program, Pedro Banda, General Director, ISFOC reach the CPV dream?
Navigant Consulting
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5. DAy 2 - FebruAry 3, 2010
kEynOTE rOundTaBlE dIsCussIOns TraCk TWO: ImPrOVE yOur TECHnOlOgy & InCrEasE OuTPuT
TraCk OnE: COmmErCIalIZIng CPV Exclusive Insight Into Expert CPV Boosting Optics Capability For
Testing Knowledge - Concentrator Increased CPV Efficiency
CPV at the Module Level – Exclusive Performance Measurements at NREL • Non-tracking quantum dot based solar
CasE concentrators - understand the details of their
Case Studies sTudy • Hear test results and unique analysis from NREL
design and development and find out how your
• Real life case studies, hear from those who have - the only laboratory in the United States with the
capability to get primary reference cell calibrations system can benefit from emitted photons that
done it! Understand what they would have done better, can be matched at or near the band gap of the
where the great successes were and how these lessons traceable to the World Radiometric Reference
recipient solar cell
impact plans for upcoming deployments • What do the results show in efficiency versus
concentration measurements of multijunction • Understand how optimizing the concentration
• Debate and discuss how projected spends and high efficiency is predicted to increase the efficiency
expectations marry with the reality of costs and results on cells and outdoor performance of concentrator
modules? of the cells and what the research into
the ground. Come away with the ultimate A-Z guide for thermodynamic modeling will mean for your
navigating unseen hurdles when preparing your installations • Master the challenge of measuring the
CPV project
Adam Plesniak, Engineering Design Lead, Boeing Solar Energy performance of multijunction PV devices; uncover
the problems, discover the capabilities and Roland Winston, Director California
Technology Program, The Boeing Company Advanced Solar Technologies Institute,
understand what you can to do to get more
accurate results University of California, Merced
CPV - Competing and Beating Other Solar
Carl Osterwald, Principal Engineer,
Technologies National Renewable Energy Lab
Enhancing The Potential Of The
EXClusIVE
• CPV vs CSP, Thin Film and PV - understand the TO CPV
TOday
CPV Cell
strengths and weaknesses of each technology CPV Qualification Testing Standards • Discover how to improve your CPV system
so you know how to leverage CPV’s main selling
points and give your product a competitive edge – Lessons Learned To Date using non-metamorphic technology and band
gap engineering
• Discover from experiences gathered in research and testing • Accelerate your CPV development through valuable
insider knowledge from the major contributor to • Take an in-depth look at the cost of ownership -
the key operational features that can help boost your lifetime value, cost to buy and cell power
efficiency and profitability & take your product to the next level IEEE 1513 and IEC 62108 CPV standards
harvest efficiency
Robert Boehm, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and • Challenges abound in qualification testing and
there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach. Benefit • Find out how cell manufacturers are building
Director of the Energy Research Centre, strong relationships with EPI supply houses
University of Nevada Las Vegas from the real lessons learned in the lab so you
can develop systems that meet the standards across the globe and developing vital
connections into the far East to provide a cost
Critical Cost Reductions in CPV Systems – right out the gate
effective triple junction cell for your system
Bill Shisler, Head of Quality, TUV Rheinland PTL
The Triple Junction Cell Tom Tibbits, Product Engineering Director, Quantasol
• Get a real understanding of how cell manufacturers can Taking CPV From Pilot to Production
work with CPV manufacturers to cut costs and how this HPCV Developments Using Fresnel
relationship is key to improving your bottom line! • Check your manufacturing model against the
industry’s best and find out how to make your Lenses
• The latest on cell efficiency and how it translates to lower
systems deliver high quality, reliable output – • Find out how improvements made in HCPV
cost - get your primer on the most up to date developments
ensuring you can satisfy the user and offer a modules with Fresnel lenses and III-V
and decide if these will be enough to justify the initial
20 years in the sun guarantee! multijunction cells will benefit the efficiency of
cash investment
• Continuous process technology - what you need your CPV system
• Find out how cell manufacturers are preparing to scale
to know. Discover how developments being • Uncover the secrets to achieving high lens UV
up alongside CPV installations - so you can benefit from
made now will enable the manufacture of CPV stability, better resistance to thermal shocks and
identifying key issues early on & ensure a smooth transition!
concentrators with high efficiency and low cost temperatures and learn about recent progress
Harry R Rozakis, CEO, Cyrium Technologies in the development of much needed protective
Robert M Pricone, CEO, 10X Technology
technology for solar cells
CPV System Cost Reductions – Trackers
Maximize Your Efficiency/Cost Ratio Valery D Rumyantsev, Chief Scientist of the
and Optics Photovoltaic Lab, Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute
by Boosting The Tolerance Budget of
• Be a part of a high level discussion that tackles whether CPV
costs have come down enough to be realistically competitive Your Fresnel System Highest Effective Use Of Trackers
and what areas can be improved next to push closer to the • Discover the most vital manufacturing and for CPV
holy grail of price parity with traditional energy sources! assembly tips to reduce loss from your multi
junction cells and capitalize on their high • Gain a comprehensive overview of the sun
• Hear face to face from the top experts in optics and trackers
conversion efficiency tracking system field and the more significant
- discover progress made to date and the pros and cons
proposals for closed-loop and open-loop tracking
of various component options that can help you build a • Higher precision without a price hike - uncover
systems that will facilitate higher accuracy in
profitable CPV solution the holy grail of CPV manufacturing by achieving a
your projects
robust design with adequate tolerance levels
• Benefiting from solar position estimating - hear
Market Insight Into LCPV Juan Carlos Miñano, Associate Scientist, LPI LLC lessons learned to date and explore how the
• Where is the market niche for LCPV, and what are the relationship between the comparative output
projected predictions for growth? Thermal Management for CPV at voltage of each solar cell and the determination
• Understand the challenges being faced as LCPV powers >2000 sun of the solar position can benefit your system!
into the market, and identify who is showing interest and John Lee, Associate Professor,
• Find out about the developments made for thermal
be part of the collaboration which will propel forward the National Pingtung University, Taiwan
packages on a >2000 sun concentrator system
industry’s success
so that you can replicate these strategies and
• Debate the benefits of LCPV compared to other solar make your system successful when tested at
technology, get a run-down of the latest advancements and >2000 suns
challenges faced and come away ready to implement the
next steps to project success! Supratik Guha, Senior Manager Semiconductor
Materials and Devices, IBM
Humayun Mughal, CEO, Silicon CPV
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6. who ATTenDeD CPV SummiT uS lAST yeAr?
Below is a sample list of the more than 250 companies that attended our For information on who you could meet at the 2nd Concentrated
Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit US in San Diego last year. Photovoltaic Summit US, see the website at www.cpvtoday.com/usa
3M Sener Decafun WSU Interplex Engineered
Abengoa Solar Sol3g Draper Fisher Jurvetson Xandex Products
Axt Solar Junction Dundurn Capital Partners US Coast Guard Invetech
Boeing SolFocus Enco Utility Services US Digital Greystone Renewable
Concentrix Solar Soliant Energy Greenvolts SV Solar Energy
CPV Consortium Southern California Edison Hitachi High Technologies Sylarus technologies Guardian Industries
Cyrium Spectrolab America Synova Huettinger Electronic
Emcore Spire Semiconductor KPCB Tadpole Ventures/Babson Epistar
Energy Innovations Suntrack Macquaire Capital College
EV Group
Everphoton Titan Tracker Microsharp Tetra Tech EC
Morgan Solar SHL- Solar Hydrogen Link DynTest Technologies
Evonik Cyro Veeco
Iberdrola Renewables Whitfield Solar NaREC Sigma Energy Solutions EcoGen
ISFOC Arch Solar Command Patriot Solar Silvey Enterprises Edison Mission Energy
Isofotón Bayer Material Science Sigma Energy Solutions Sirculor Deposition Sciences (DSI)
JP Morgan Capital Center for Energy Strata Equity SnowPeak Energy Bullen Semiconductor
Corporation Research/UNLV SunFlake SoftBank China Venture
Morgan Solar Chromasun Frye General Contracting
University of Delaware Capital
NREL Boschman Technologies Moorilup Energy Research Palensolutions Consulting
University of Lisbon
Pacific Gas & Electric Bratton Corporation Innolume Passport Capital
WorldWater & Solar
San Diego Gas and Electric Danfoss Bauer Technologies Intensity Solar RNT
ShoW off yoUR PUT yoUR PRoDUCTS aND SERvICES IN fRoNT of ThE
PRoDUCTS aND SERvICES lEaDINg DECISIoN MakERS IN ThE CPv INDUSTRy
The 2nd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit US offers an excellent
Dear Industry Colleague,
range of sponsorship and exhibition opportunities to suit every need and
budget. We can literally tailor make a sponsorship package to your needs The 2nd Annual CPV Summit US is the place where new and existing CPV projects “come
meaning that you speak, build your brand or organize meetings with the to life” and the products and services driving those projects get seen and sold.
leading figures in the CPV space. In no other environment do so many CPV decision makers all come together under one
roof to discuss the latest challenges in the industry. With this environment of over 300
Do not miss out on this unrivalled opportunity to do business and
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secure sales from the CPV industry!
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• Take a speaking slot and • Host interactive workshops with • Meet Top Level Delegates – The CPV Summit US will substantially grow this year, and
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to find ‘senior level’ business executive. This will allow you to benefit from valuable
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yourself asking these questions? process for your company.
This summit is the perfect chance for you to launch that new product or service,
Where can I find new meet potential new customers, and strengthen existing customer relationships.
customers for my CPV
products and services? Please give me a call on 1800 814 3459 ext 7523 or drop me an email on
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Which emerging challenges
will offer my business All the best,
lucrative opportunities going
forward?
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