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 PHOTON's 4th Thin Film Conference
MARKET STRATEGIES OF CIGS MODULE MAKERS
Conference outline:
While Solyndra shut its module factory, copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) technology market-leader Solar Frontier has started full production at its 900 MW fab, and many further start-ups are ramping to mass production as well. And while the market environment for CIGS suffers as crystalline silicon module prices continue to fall, new CIGS efficiency records provide hope for this promising thin-film technology. After PHOTON’s last thin-film conference successfully focused on CIGS, this event will once again be entirely devoted to the thin-film technology with the highest efficiencies, and will feature the leading stakeholders to discuss the status and future of CIGS.
Topics covered:
- Supply and demand: An overview of CIGS thin-film production and market growth (total, geographical)
- Cost: Estimates for CIGS thin-film module costs compared to other thin-film technologies and c-Si panels
- Technology: The latest in CIGS R&D and production equipment
- Case studies: Performance of CIGS solar systems
- Investors views on CIGS thin-film manufacturing
- Company presentations from the most promising global CIGS thin-film producers
- A panel discussion
February 1, 2012, San Francisco
Registration: 8 am, start: 9 am,
End: approx. 6 pm
Ticket: US$ 840
(US$740 for PHOTON International and PHOTON – The Photovoltaic Magazine subscribers)
Discounts:
10% with ticket purchase before December 15, 2011
5% with ticket purchase before January 7, 2012
10% when buying tickets for two or more PHOTON USA conferences
PROGRAM
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INVITED SPEAKER, ORGANIZATION
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9:00 - 9:05
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CONFERENCE OPENING
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Chairpersons:
Michael Schmela, PHOTON International, Germany
Craig Hunter, Intermolecular, USA
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9:05 - 9:45
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FUNDAMENTALS
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Rommel Noufi, National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
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Promises & challenges of CIGS technology
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Markus Beck
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CIGS – a process agnostic view of the requirements for high-volume manufacturing
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9:45 - 11:15
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CIGS COMPANIES - COMPETING FOR MARKET SHARE
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Ichiro Sugiyama, Solar Frontier, Japan
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Low-cost manufacturing at gigawatt capacity
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Mustafa Pinarbasi, SoloPower, USA
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Flexible CIGS modules
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Hartmut Fischer, Avancis, Germany
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Partnering for success – from sole production in Germany to a new JV factory with Hyundai in Asia
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Atiye Bayman, MiaSolé, USA
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A different approach - CIGS using all PVD
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11:15 - 11:35
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Coffee Break
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11:35 - 13:00
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CIGS COMPANIES - COMPETING FOR MARKET SHARE
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Aaron Thurlow, Stion, USA
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Ramping up of a new 135 MW factory in Mississippi
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Dave Jackrel, Nanosolar, USA
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Cracking the code on CIGS
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Michael Bartholomeusz, AQT, USA
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Getting CIGS 3.0 ready for commercialization
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Boris von Bormann, Solecture, Germany
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CIGS Performance and quality measurements - striving for customer adoption and satisfaction
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13:00 - 14:00
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Lunch
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14:00 - 15:30
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TECHNOLOGY: CHOOSING THE RIGHT TOOLS TO SCALE BIG AT LOW COST
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Dieter Manz, Manz, Germany
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Turnkey lines for high-efficiency CIGS modules
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Torsten Winkler, FHR Anlagenbau / Centrotherm, Germany
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Roll-to-Roll type equipment for flexible CIGS
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Dave Pearce, Nuvosun, USA
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Minimizing CIGS Costs through Internal Equipment Design
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Harry Efstathiadis, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of Albany, USA
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The US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) - Ways to increase and spead up implementation of CIGS
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15:30 - 16:00
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Coffee Break
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16:00 - 17:30
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PERFORMANCE: TALES FROM LAB AND FIELD
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Steve Fleming, Q-Cells, Germany
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Efficiency roadmap to 16.7-percent CIGS modules by 2016
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Jeroen van Duren, Intermolecular, USA
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Accelerating the CIGS learning curve
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Markus Schweiger, TÜV Rheinland, Germany
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Performance characteristics of CIGS modules compared to other PV technologies
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Martina Siebmanns, PHOTON Laboratory, Germany
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Outdoor test results for CIGS modules at PHOTON's test site
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17:30 - 18:30
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EXECUTIVE PANEL: CIGS - THIN FILM'S SAVIOR?
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Conference program - download here
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