Conference Lectures and Academic Presentations

2025

Reliability of PV + BESS

Erik S. Marstein

Elmia Solar, Jönköping 05.02.2025 

Reliability of PV + BESS

Erik S. Marstein

IEA-PVPS Task 13 meeting, Roma 25.02.2025 

Design and optimization of hybrid PV + wind power plants

Erik S. Marstein

IEA Wind Task 50 WP3 meeting (online), 01.04.2025 

The solar (PV) industry

Erik S. Marstein

FME Conference, Trondheim, 03.04.2025 

How PV is leading the green transition

Erik S. Marstein

ITS Lunch seminar 25.04.2025 

Introduction to FME SOLAR

Mari Øgaard

Renewable Energy Day, UiA, foredrag, Grimstad, 06.06.2025

Optimalization of PV plants in snow rich areas

Thomas Thiis, Arnkell J. Petersen, Jan Potac, Matthias Henkies, Iver Frimannslund

9th European African Conference on Wind Engineering (EACWE2025), oral presentation Trondheim 18.06.2025 

Samfunnet trenger mer strøm, men er vi villig, og i stand til å ta i bruk energikildene som finnes?

Tore Vehus

Arendalsuka 12.08.2025 

Solbransjen som eksportindustri

Erik S. Marstein

 Arendalsuka, 13.08.2025 

Solenergi for fremtiden: Insentiver for høsting på næringsbygg

Erik S. Marstein

 Paneldiskusjon, Arendalsuka 12.08.2025

Solkraft som eksportnæring – hvor står vi?

Erik S. Marstein, 

 Paneldiskusjon, Arendalsuka 13.08.2025 

Matproduksjon og solernergi = sant

Erlend Hustad Honningsdalsnes

Arendalsuka 13.08. 2025 

How PV is leading the green transition

Erik S. Marstein

 Solcellespesialisten seminar, Fredrikstad, 22.08.2025 

A comparison of machine learning and calibrated physical models for solar energy analysis in snowy regions

M. Manni, A. Nocente, G. Lobaccaro

Conference proceedings, CISBAT2025, Lausanne September 3rd - 5th 2025 

How PV is leading the green transition

Erik S. Marstein, UiO førsteårsstudenter, Sundvolden, 04.09.2025 

How PV is leading the green transition

Erik S. Marstein, UiO førsteårsstudenter, Sundvolden, 04.09.2025 

Analyzing and Modeling Snow Loss in Ground-Mounted PV Systems

Mari B. Øgaard, Erling W. Eriksen, Sigrid Rønneberg, Heine N. Riise

 EUPVSEC, Bilbao, 2025 

Finding the Needle in a 100 MWp Haystack

Marie Syre Wiig, Magnus Moe Nygård, Bjørn Aarseth, Erik Marstein, 

EUPVSEC, Bilbao, 2025 

Assessing Cold-Weather Reliability of PV + BESS

Erik S. Marstein

EUPVSEC, Bilbao, 23.09.2025 

Quantifying the benefits of hybrid PV-wind power plants

Erik S. Marstein

EUPVSEC, Bilbao, 26.09.2025 

Deep Learning-Based Solar Irradiance Decomposition Models for Nordic Regions

 Alfredo Sanchez Garcia, Berhane Darsene Dimd

poster, EUPVSEC, Bilbao, 2025 

Nature-Inclusive Operation and Maintenance of PV Parks – An Expert Elicitation of PV Performance and Ecological Impacts

Heine Nygard Riise, Anne Catriona Mehlhoop, Nathan Roosloot, Magnus Moe Nygård, Erling Ween Eriksen, Harsha Walpita, Mari Benedikte Øgaard, Marie Syre Wiig, Marija Vukovic

poster, EUPVSEC, Bilbao, 2025 

Performance Evaluation of Installed Bifacial PV Modules: Towards the Ground Albedo Enhancement

Dounia Dahlioui, Steve Schading, Ingar Alvaro Høye, Tore Sandnes Vehus

poster, EUPVSEC, Bilbao, 2025

Towards a cost-priority number for module replacements informed by energy yield time series and infrared thermography data

(Nygård et al.)

Poster, EUPVSEC, Bilbao, 2025 

FME SOLAR in a nutshell

Erik S. Marstein, FME SOLAR Webinar series, 04.03.2025 

Batterisystemenes rolle

Erik S. Marstein, FME SOLAR Webinar series, 28.05.2025 

Reliability of PV + BESS

Erik S. Marstein, FME SOLAR Webinar series, 10.06.2025

Cloud motion detection and short-term photovoltaic (PV) power forecasting using spatially resolved production data

Magnus Moe Nygård, FME SOLAR Webinar, 11.03.2025 

Short-term PV Power Forecasting Using Time-Series Decomposition and Machine Learning

Alfredo Sanchez Garcia, FME SOLAR Webinar, 11.03.2025 

Sky imager information for forecasting 

Erling Ween Eriksen, FME SOLAR Webinar, 11.03.2025

Introduction to recycling though the silicon solar cell value chain

Marisa Di Sabatino, workshop on Recycling and Machine learning, Trondheim 3.6.2025 

Recycling of silicon kerf: challenges and possibilities

Tinotenda Mobaiwa. workshop on Recycling and Machine learning, Trondheim 3.6.2025 

Recycling of EOL panels

Jonas Låstad, workshop on Recycling and Machine learning, Trondheim 3.6.2025 

Introduction the HEU Retrieve project

Rune Søndenå, workshop on Recycling and Machine learning, Trondheim 3.6.2025 

Recycling end-of-life PV modules: Hands-on experience

Per-Anders Hansen, workshop on Recycling and Machine learning, Trondheim 3.6.2025 

Machine learning in CZ process and structure loss

Alfredo Garcia, workshop on Recycling and Machine learning, Trondheim 3.6.2025 

Digital Product Passport

Rune Søndenå, workshop on Recycling and Machine learning, Trondheim 3.6.2025 

Bakkemontert solkraft i Norge: Hvorfor går det så sakte? 

Arrangement: Arendalsuka, Arrangører IFE, FNI, Greenstat, Norconsult, Fornybar Norge. 12.8.25 

Solkraft som eksportnæring: Hvor står vi? 

Arrangement 13. august 2025: Arendalsuka. Arrangører: Fornybar Norge, Scatec, Multiconsult, IFE 

Norwegian solar cell conference oral presentations, 20th - 21st of May

An update on the PV industry

Erik S. Marstein

IFE

An update from IEA-PVPS

Jarand Hole

NVE

 PV in Norway - status and important processes

Trine K. Berentsen

Fornybar Norge

Extending the lifetime of fused quartz crucibles in Czochralski silicon production

Gabriela K. Warden

NTNU

A first look on Antimony-doped n-type Czochralski silicon wafers

Rune Søndenå

IFE

Enhancing PV silicon crystal growth through Czochralski furnace simulation

Nagarajan S. Ganesan

SINTEF

FT-IR studies of Hydrogen species in Si wafer during Light Soaking

Nicole Aßmann

UiO

Melting behavior of Si-kerf agglomerates and characterization of kerf loss waste

Tinotenda Mubaiwa

NTNU

Increasing specific power and the emergence of new markets for crystalline silicon PV

Matthew Wright

University of Oxford

Electrically Conductive Adhesives (ECA) for PV module assembly

Helge Kristiansen

Conpart

Phase segregation mapping in perovskite solar cells using hyperspectral photoluminescence imaging

Ivar Loland Råheim

NMBU

Band gap optimization of multijunction cells with up to six subcells

Rune Strandberg

UiA

Thin film top cell absorbers for multijunction solar cell

Snorre B. Kjeldby

UiO

Short-term PV power forecasting using spatially resolved production data

Magnus Moe Nygård

IFE

A fast and accurate raytracing approach for assessing performance of mono-and bifacial PV modules in complex irradiance

Arnkell J. Petersen &
Iver Frimannslund

NMBU

Trends in the Norwegian solar resource during the period 1991–2020

Erik Berge

MET

Finding the needle in a 100 MWp haystack - O&M of utility-scale PV power plants

Marie Syre Wiig

IFE

Voltage compensation in a solar power plant

Torfinn Årdalsbakke

Eidsiva

Zerbst Solarpark

Fredy E. Canizares Nino

Statkraft

How the Norwegian virtual self-consumption scheme affects profitability of PV

Jarand Hole

NVE

Hybridization of solar PV and wind in the Nordics, how to handle ice, snow and curtailment

Sigbjørn Grini

Norconsult

Analyzing and modeling snow loss in ground-mounted PV systems

Mari B. Øgaard

IFE

Frozen Watts: the impact of snow deposition on photovoltaic power output

Mattia Manni

NTNU

The spatial potential for agrivoltaics to address energy-agriculture land use conflicts

Richard J. Randle-Boggis

SINTEF

Modelling and validation of crop yields in Nordic vertical solar parks

Erlend Hustad Honningdalsnes

IFE

Status of the nearshore floating PV technology BRIZO

Eirik Bøckmann

Fred. Olsen 1848

Operating temperature of floating PV and its effect on performance and reliability

Torunn Kjelstad

IFE

Floating PV in Europe – technology and main market trends

Josefine Selj

IFE

The Furulund Kro Pilot Roadside PV project

Knut Braathen

Hafslund