Dr. Dirk Haft

Job Title: CEO
Company: IBC Solar AG
Country: Germany

Dr. Dirk Haft has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the IBC SOLAR Group since 2024. The PhD physicist had already been a member of the supervisory board of the company since 2018 and took over the role of co-CEO on the board in October 2022. Throughout his career, Dr. Dirk Haft has already gained extensive experience in the chip industry and mechanical engineering. He has founded his own companies and held various executive positions. In this context, he also provides strategic direction with regard to innovative technologies, new business models and digital transformation.

June 18, 2024The Business Case of C&I After the Energy Crises

Sessions

Session

Leading European PV Markets I: Deep Dive Germany - Understanding the Continent's Most Ambitious Solar Market

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 02:30 pm - 04:00 pm

ICM München Room 14 A

The German solar market has always played an outstanding role in the development of PV in Europe. The country has almost continually been the EU's largest market and operated nearly one third of the EU's solar power installations. But can the market grow fast enough and install more than 20 GW per year? This will be necessary to meet its ambitious target of 215 GW of solar capacity by 2030.This session will take a close look at: Status of solar power in Germany today Strategy for meeting the country's ambitious installation targets Analysis of different market segments - residential, C&I and utility-scale The German PV and Battery Storage Market

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Intersolar Europe

The World’s Leading Exhibition for the Solar Industry

May 7–9, 2025

Intersolar Europe is the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and takes place annually at the Messe München

Publications

Download the Study "Energy Transition in the Context of Nuclear and Coal Phase-Out"

To avoid a shortfall in electricity generation, photovoltaics and storage must be greatly expanded in Germany.

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Speaker

Kyle David Ryan, RWE Renewables Europe & Australia GmbH

Senior Project Engineer, Solar Engineering

Germany

Mr. Kyle Ryan is a Senior Solar Engineer of RWE Renewables. He is responsible for coordinating project engineering activities and expertise during Development, Construction and Operation of solar photovoltaic plants, in Europe and Australia. He is also responsible for creating and maintaining specifications and processes to ensure quality and best practice in solar photovoltaic projects, across the international team. He has actively contributed to solar photovoltaic growth for the company, especially in the United Kingdom and Spain. He is now also the solar lead for hybrid plant design.