PV People

Ben Figgis

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Interviews with experts in solar-energy science and technology. Hosted by Ben Figgis.

JAN 2

Gerhard Mütter, PV plant performance analysis

Gerhard Mütter, a renewable energy consultant based in Austria, shares his lessons from decades of anaylzing PV plant performance

40 min
07/20/2023

Chris Fell, PV module testing

Dr. Chris Fell, Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO, talks about how he came to set up the first accredited PV test lab in the southern hemisphere

30 min
05/31/2023

Christos Monokroussos, PV module testing

Dr. Christos Monokroussos, Global Segment Coordinator for Solar at TÜV Rheinland, talks about how to accurately test PV modules (especially perovskites), and the potential misuse of test results

24 min
12/12/2022

Radovan Kopecek, PV cell technologies

Dr. Radovan Kopecek, Co-founder and Director of ISC Konstanz, talks about silicon PV cell technologies and how he helped develop some of them

47 min
10/16/2022

Bing Guo, electrodynamic dust shields

Dr. Bing Guo, Associate Professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar, talks about his development of electrodynamic dust shields for repelling dust from PV modules

19 min
08/22/2022

Brenor Brophy, former Enki Technology

Brenor Brophy, founder of former coatings specialist Enki Technology, talks about the history and technical details of anti-reflective and anti-soiling coatings for PV modules. Recorded July 2022

33 min
06/13/2022

Raed Bkayrat, Jordan

Dr. Raed Bkayrat, a Clean Energy Project Development and Strategy Advisor in Jordan, talks about the emergence of PV in the Middle East during his time with KAUST and First Solar. Recorded May 2022

28 min
06/01/2022

Georg Eitelhuber, Nomadd

Georg Eitelhuber, CEO of Nomadd Desert Solar Solutions, talks about PV cleaning robots and the intracies of who is responsible for buying them. Recorded May 2022

27 min
05/31/2022

Klemens Ilse, Fraunhofer CSP

Dr. Klemens Ilse from Fraunhofer CSP talks about PV cleaning robots and anti-soiling coatings. Recorded May 2022.

32 min

9 Episodes

Interviews with experts in solar-energy science and technology. Hosted by Ben Figgis.

Creator

Ben Figgis
Years Active

2022 - 2024
Episodes

9
Rating

Clean
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PV People

PV People

Episodes

Gerhard Mütter, PV plant performance analysis

Chris Fell, PV module testing

Christos Monokroussos, PV module testing

Radovan Kopecek, PV cell technologies

Bing Guo, electrodynamic dust shields

Brenor Brophy, former Enki Technology

Raed Bkayrat, Jordan

Georg Eitelhuber, Nomadd

Klemens Ilse, Fraunhofer CSP

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