Christian Schill

Job Title: Group Manager "PV Power Plants"
Company: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Country: Germany

Since 2021, Christian Schill is group manager of 'Photovoltaic Power Plants' at Fraunhofer ISE, Germany, after stations at Freiburg Material Research Centre (FMF), PSE GmbH and the University of Freiburg. He is an alumni of the Sustainability Center Freiburg. He works in the fields of quality of PV power plants, outdoor weathering of PV modules, climate data and spatial analyses, with a focus on integrated PV and digitalization in the PV sector.

June 18, 2024IEA PVPS Task 13 Activity 2.4: Digitalisation in the PV Sector

Sessions

Session

Utility-scale Solar Power II: Digitalization in PV Power Plants - Enhancing O&M through Digital Twinning, Data and Process Integration

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 04:30 pm - 06:00 pm

ICM München Room 14 B

The utility-scale segment is being digitized at a rapid pace. New digital tools make workflows along the PV power plant value chain more cost-effective: from development to operations and maintenance. A key concept in PV digitalization is the so-called digital twin, a digital representation of the physical PV plant that accurately simulates the performance of a solar system. A digital twin enables better failure detection and support of the O&M decision-making process. This session will discuss: The role of digitalization and digital twins in the solar power plant sector How digitalization can enhance O&M activities Need for full integration of data along the value chain of PV power plants Benefits, drawbacks and hurdles for digitalization in the utility-scale segment (panel debate)

Further Content

Dr. Korbinian Kramer, Coordinator for Solar Thermal Energy, Fraunhofer ISE

Shadowy Existence - How Solar Thermal Energy Is Helping to Shape the Energy Transition

The smarter E Podcast Episode 171 | Language: German

April 4, 2024

We talk about this with the symposium's technical director, Dr. Korbinian Kramer from Fraunhofer ISE in Freiburg.

Expert Interview

“The Sexiness of User Experience Is Critical to the Success of the Energy Transition”

October 19, 2023

Interview with IoT expert Marco Oesterlein on the problems and solutions of digitalization.

News

Unlocking Innovation for PV Quality Assurance and Reliability: TRUST-PV and ETIP-PV at Solar Quality Summit

Oktober 23, 2023

TRUST-PV and ETIP-PV on quality assurance and reliability at the Solar Quality Summit 2024 in Barcelona.

News

Solar Start-Ups Present Solutions for Trade and Industry

November 14, 2023

Start-ups from the solar industry present their innovations in the commercial and industrial sectors at the Forum Solar PLUS in Berlin 2023

News

Repowering: Amendments to the Solar Package I

October 25, 2023

Legislative changes to repowering of rooftop systems according to Solar Package I of the BMWK.