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The first session of the pv magazine Virtual Roundtables Europe on June 9th showed: it is not just a theory to increase the performance of photovoltaic systems with effective measures. The evaluation of a portfolio of 70 plants prompted a plus of 8.4 percent. The video is now online.

pv magazine’s Asset Management Roundtable held on June 9, had some surprises in store. For example, how Duncan Bott was able to increase the performance of his portfolio of over 70 photovoltaic plants by 8.4 percent. The expert from LCF Alliance also provided a comparison of which measures achieved how much and what they cost. Lucie Gareaux-Iles of DuPont Photovoltaic Solution explained two individual examples with yield increases of more than 20 percent, which, according to the discussion, can be generalized.

Other surprises included how Enerparc and Allianz Global Investors deal with their portfolios, which is the difference between outsourcing services and covering them internally. Ariel Re argued that insurance even helps if you have very good internal quality management. However, data transparency is particularly important. A lively discussion in the subsequent meet-the-speaker session in the networking area of the online event was indicative of the depth of interest in the topic by the audience.  The discussion between audience and panelists lasted as long as the preceding panel discussion itself.

The video recording for review:

A big thanks to the sponsors of Virtual Roundtables Europe 2020 from pv magazine

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In the networking area of the event app, those who registered for the event can download the presentations from the individual agenda entries -> to the event app

Agenda:

pv magazine Roundtables Europe 2020

Session 1: Asset Management, 9. Juni 2020, 10:00 Uhr bis 11:45

How, and to what extent, can project developers and asset managers increase yields?

Intro:

Michael Fuhs, Jonathan Gifford, Editors in Chief pv magazine

Feed for Thought: Jacqueline Huynh, Portfolio Manager Infrastructure Equity, Allianz Global Investors

Panel Discussion:

• Jacqueline Huynh, Portfolio Manager Infrastructure Equity, Allianz Global Investors
• Lucie Garreau-iles, Technical Regional Manager, EMEA, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions
• Stefan Müller, Co-founder & Board Member, Enerparc
• Jan Napiorkowski, Global Head of Clean Energy, Ariel Re
• Duncan Bott, Partner, LCF Alliance

Pitches:

• Cases presented by Lucie Garreau-iles, Technical Regional Manager, EMEA,
• Lessons learned from 73 cases which were optimized presented by Duncan Bott, Partner, LCF Alliance

Q&A on Stage: Pro, Cons, and how-to-do of a performance ratio insurance

with Jan Napiorkowski, Global Head of Clean Energy, Ariel Re

Presentation: The role of quality and innovation in protecting assets

by Andrea Viaro, Head of Technical Service and Product Management, JinkoSolar

The videos of the other sessions of the pv magazine Virtual Roundtables Europe 2020 will be published within the next days:

• Quality
• Sustainability
• PPA & hydrogen