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

Further Content

Christophe Lits, market analyst at SolarPower Europe

How China, innovation and investment are changing the global solar market

The smarter E Podcast Episode 184 | Language: English

July 25, 2024

We speak with Christophe Lits about gobal developments in the solar market

Julian Schulz, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Metergrid

Tenant Electricity: Opportunities and Hurdles of Community Building Supply

The smarter E Podcast Episode 183 | Language: German

July 18, 2024

We speak with Julian Schulz about tenant electricity

Felipe Narbona, Team Leader at ABO Energy