1PROGRAMThe University of Agder, Campus KristiansandWednesday 9 May 2012, 08:00-16:15

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Welcome to the Solar Energy Conference 2012 in Kristiansand the Sunny Part of Norway!

The theme of this conference is survival and innovation in the solar industry, in face of increased global competition and economic crisis. Our goal is that the conference will be an arena for networking and strengthening of the solar industry, both regionally and across borders. The program offers a variety of talks on politics, market, investment, technology and application of photovoltaics, given by market leaders and experts in the field. We also include presentations from selected companies and competences in the region, to highlight the regions attractiveness for new industry establishment and highly skilled employees.

In the global market, the companies that win are those that are most able to change and continuously adapt themselves to changes relating to products, markets and competence. Southern Norway is the leading export region in Norway for processed goods, including suppliers to the solar industry. Despite hard times, the industries have demonstrated an admirable ability to adapt. They have focused on developing environmentally friendly technologies and processes, and have positioned themselves as world leaders. We wish to help facilitate the continued development so that Southern Norway can maintain this unique position. To do this, we need combined efforts from process industry and finance sectors, public

and academic sectors to develop healthy change, new competence and bright ideas as we prepare for the future.

We welcome all of our national and international guests, and wish you a fruitful and rewarding conference. We would like to thank the following partners for contributing and thereby making this arrangement possible: Elkem Solar, Eltek, Saint Gobain Ceramic Materials, Metallkraft, J.B. Ugland Fornybar Energi, Teknova, Agderforskning, the University of Agder, Kristiansand Kommune, Innovasjon Norge, Best Event, and Norsk Solenergiforening. We also gratefully acknowledge the financial

support from Kristiansand Kommune, Vest-Agder Fylkeskommune, VRI-Agder (a program for regional innovation), Innovasjon Norge, Sparebanken Pluss and Nordea, which has been crucial in making this initiative possible. In addition we would like to thank all of the speakers who are participating and contributing to the program.

Regards, The Program Committee

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PROGRAM08.00 - 08.30 Registration and coffee

WELCOME & INTRODUCTORY TALKS: Political and Market Development

Arvid Grundekjn, Mayor of Kristiansand Welcome

Alf Egil Holmelid, Member of Parliament Solar industry between markets and politics

Signe Antvorskov Krag, Gaia Solar & Danish Solar Cell Association PV politics and market development in Denmark

Terje Osmundsen, Scatec Solar The next wave for PV: Solar power meet grid-parity

10.00 - 10.15 Coffee break

TECHNICAL SESSION I: Technology Developments in Photovoltaics

Erik Stensrud Marstein, Institute for Energy Technology How solar cells are changing the world solar energy today and tomorrow.

Tom Markvart, University of Southampton Harvesting Sunshine: From Solar Cells to Artificial Photosynthesis

Turid Reenaas, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 3rd generation solar cell research in Norway

Ole-Morten Midtgrd, University of Agder Performance testing of photovoltaic modules in Southern Norway

11.45 - 12.45 Lunch

TECHNICAL SESSION II: Photovoltaic Application and Integration

Jrg Bagdahn, Fraunhofer CSP Photovoltaic modules: Current status, further trends and reliability issues

Jan von Appen, Fraunhofer IWES Preparing for high penetration of photovoltaic systems in the grid.

Tine Hegli, Snhetta Architecture State of the art building design; solutions and markets for integration of photovoltaic technology.

Kjetil Rostoft Boysen, Eltek Smart grid and grid-connection of PV systems.

14.30 - 14.45 Coffee break

INVESTMENT & MARKET SESSION: Finance and Industry

Erik Edvard Tnnesen, Skagerak Venture Capital A European industry overtaken by China?

Ragnar Tronstad, Elkem Solar Norwegian companies show pioneer spirit in solar technology but will the industry have a future in Norway?

Yngve Walle, Pareto Developments in the equity and debt markets - from a solar industry perspective

Lars Bjrn Christiansen, Nordea Bankability within the solar industry

Anne Gerd Imenes, Teknova & University of Agder IEA PVPS Task 13 : Performance and Reliability of Photovoltaic Systems

Concluding remarks

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6Speakers at Solar Energy Conference 2012 Kristiansand

Kristiansand has during recent years built up a significant position within offshore, technology and energy industries. The combination of several large solar industry companies and emerging solar research groups in the region have resulted in increased interest and momentum over the last few years.

The solar energy industry represents a growing, innovative and exciting part of the business in Kristiansand. I am therefore very pleased that this important conference will be held in our city.

Welcome to Kristiansand!

Have a great conference!

Arvid GrundekjnMayor of Kristiansand

Alf Egil Holmelid is a master of technology in cybernetics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He is currently representing the Socialist Left Party in the Norwegian parliament, where he is the member of the business and industry committee. Holmelid was the Director of Research at the University of Agder (UiA) from 2002 to 2009 and was leading the Department of Technology at this university from 1997 to 2002, while being employed as an associate professor. He has also been working at SINTEF and as Research Director at Elkem Research in Kristiansand.

Holmelid was a member of the national board of the Socialist Left Party for six years in the 1980s, and in the period 2003-07. He has also been the leader of the partys local branch in Kristiansand. He has been a member of the City Council in Kristiansand for 16 years (1987-2003). His career also includes a number of various positions of trust in various organizations and networks.

Signe Antvorskov Krag, Division Manger in Gaia Solar A/S and Chairman of the Danish Solar Cell Association. At Gaia Solar Signe is working with sales and strategic business development for the private sector at Gaia Solar A/S. Gaia Solar is one of Scandinavias largest production companies within the field of building integrated solar modules (PV). Signe has a Master in Civil Engineering from The Danish Technical University and has 7 years of experience as a consulting engineer at Esbensen Consulting Engineers A/S, working with solar energy and integrated energy design for buildings and urban cities. For the past 2 years Signe has held the

Chairman position in the Danish Solar Cell Association working for better a better political framework and conditions for the PV industry in Denmark.

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Terje Osmundsen is the senior vice president of Scatec Solar, a global developer and turn-key supplier of solar PV solutions. He holds a cand.polit. in political science, economy and legal science from the University of Oslo, and studied political science and international economy at the American University (1976-1977). Osmundsen has an extensive entrepreneurial and leadership experience, including Chief Adviser to The Prime Minister as well as various international management assignments in Saga Petroleum, Alcatel and the engineering and technology group Kvaerner. He was the founder/CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the influential weekly Mandag Morgen

(Monday Morning). Before joining Scatec, Terje led a collaborative partnership of 14 leading companies promoting low-carbon solutions. From 1994 to 1997 he served as Chairman at the Cicero Center for International Climate Research, as well as a representative to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Erik Stensrud Marstein is the Centre Manager of the Norwegian Research Centre for Solar Cell Technology. The Centre joins the major Norwegian research groups and companies in the field of solar cell technology, and focuses its research on mono- and multicrystalline silicon, modeling of silicon production processes, solar cell and module technology, new materials for next generation solar cells and characterization of solar cell materials and solar cells. Marstein gained his PhD in physics from the University of Oslo in 2003 and has been working at the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) since then. He currently is a Principal

Scientist and Deputy Department Head of the IFE Department of Solar Energy, and he also holds an Adjoint Associate Professor position at the Department of Physics at the University of Oslo. His main research interest is crystalline silicon solar cell. technology.

Tom Markvart is a professor of Energy Conversion at the University of Southampton. He has background in mathematical physics but has spent the best part of the last twenty years working in solar energy conversion, with research interests including photovoltaic devices and systems, thermodynamics of photoconversion, distributed energy systems and microgrids. His Solar Electricity remains a popular textbook on photovoltaics; his Practical Handbook of Photovoltaics: Fundamentals and Applications

(edited jointly with Luis Castaer) was published by Elsevier in 2003.

Turid Worren Reenaas has a PhD from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in solid state physics, on optical characterization of semiconductor heterostructures (multiple quantum

wells). She is currently associate professor at the Department of

Physics NTNU. Her research interest is modelling and fabrication of high efficiency, intermediate band solar cells. After two post doc periods she started working in SINTEF Materials and Chemistry focusing on functional materials, including solar cell materials. She has been board member of the NTNU/SINTEF Gemini centre Solar cell materials and the Norwegian Solar Energy Society, and has been part of the leader group at the Centre for Renewable Energy Research (SFFE). She is currently manager for the work package on new solar cell materials in The Norwegian Research Centre for Solar Cell Technology.

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Ole-Morten Midtgrd is a professor of Electric Power Engineering at the University of Agder, where he has been since 2004. His research interests includes End Use of Photovoltaic Technology, an area where he leads a project which is sponsored by the Research Council of Norway, Elkem Solar and Kristiansand municipality. The project, now in its final stage, includes the education of two PhD-students

and international collaboration, and has been a key factor in the establishment of other research and teaching activities in photovoltaic technology at the University of Agder and industrial partners. Professor

Midtgrd graduated from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 1992, and received a PhD from the same institution in 1997. From June 2012 he returns to NTNU as a professor with responsibility within the area of Smart Grids.

Jrg Bagdahn holds a diploma and a Ph. D. in material science from the Technical University of Chemnitz. In 2000 he received a Ph. D. on research in silicon wafer bonding from the Martin-Luther-University Halle. From 2000 until 2002 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) on long term reliability of thin silicon films. In 2003 he joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials and worked there as a group leader and later on as head of the department Microelectronics and Microsystems.Since 2008 he is one of two directors of the new founded Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP, a joint research center for

Fraunhofer Institutes for Solar Energy and for Mechanics of Materials with 60 employees. At the Fraunhofer CSP he is currently responsible for research in the areas of silicon wafers, material characterization and module technology and reliability. Since 2008 he also holds a professorship for Photovoltaic Materials at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences.

Jan von Appen is a researcher in the department Distribution System Operation at Fraunhofer-Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) in Kassel, Germany. He holds a joined degree of business administration and electrical engineering from the Technische Universitt Darmstadt. During his studies he conducted research stays at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA, USA and at the Grenoble INP in Grenoble, France.His research focuses on the analysis of distribution systems with high amounts of distributed

energy resources. Especially, he is interested in PV and storage systems to supply not only energy but also ancillary services.

Tine Hegli is working as Senior Architect at the internationally renowned architectual company Snhetta where she has been engaged since 2001. She is currently working as project manager on Powerhouse One at Brattrkaia in Trondheim, and Powerhouse Kjrbo, a refurbishment project in Brum, both pilot projects for large building integrated PV-systems. She has previously been involved in, amongst other prestigious projects, the Oslo Opera House, National September 11 Memorial and Museum (Ground Zero) in New York and The King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture in Saudi Arabia. She graduated from the Norwegian University of Science

and Technology (NTNU), Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, in 1997.

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Kjetil Rostoft Boysen got his master degree in Electrical Power Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 2000. Since 2000 he has worked as a development engineer within the field of Power Electronics. His main interests are smart grid, energy conversion, and product design. Since 2010 he has been part of building up the Eltek Renewable business area, with focus on technology and product design. He is currently working as Power Electronics manager for Eltek Renewable.

Erik Edvard Tnnesen is Managing Partner of Skagerak Capital AS, and is one of the founders of the company. Erik has a long and versatile background in bank management, insurance and financing. His previous experience includes Bank director of Sparebanken Sr in Kristiansand with responsibility for the business market. He was a partner of and in charge of establishing the investor company Acta Sunndal Collier i Sr-Norge, and was the executive

director of the insurance company Gjensidige Nor, overseeing the business development area in Southern Norway. Tnnessen holds a degree in economics and business administration (sivilkonom) from BI, the Norwegian Business School in Oslo.

Ragnar Tronstad has his background in Chemical Engineering and started his professional career at Forsvarets Forskningsinstitutt followed by 3 years at Norsk Hydro Research center. He came to Elkem in 1979 and has had several positions both as operative metallurgist, researcher and research manager. After a 2 years period as a Research Manager at Eramet Norway, he returned to Elkem in 2001 to manage the research group responsible for developing the new Elkem Solar technology.Ragnar Tronstad is today R&D Director in Elkem. He has also had several positions in the research community like; member of the FFF (Ferrolegeringsindustriens

forsknings forening) board, board member in Teknova, advisory board member at ISC Konstanz (Germany), managing the Elkem Forskningsfond, and participating in several strategic projects at Norges Forskningsfond and Teknologirdet.

Yngve Walle has been with Pareto Securities since 2000. Prior to joining Pareto Securities, he spent three years with Arthur Andersen Business Consulting. He has extensive experience from various parts of the energy industry, including the utility sector and companies operating within renewable energy. Educational background includes a Sivilkonom (Master of Business and Economics) degree from the Norwegian School of Management (BI) and a Certified Financial Analyst degree

from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH). His experience includes projects for OCAS (clean tech company),

for Statoil (sale of Norwegian onshore

wind power portfolio), for Boliden (long-term power contract with Statkraft), for Fjellkraft (small scale hydropower), several projects for players in the Norwegian utility segment and renewable energy projects within areas like wind, biofuel and solar.

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Members of the Program Committee:Elkem Solar Ragnar Tronstad (R&D director)

Eltek Valere Espen Kristensen (R&D project manager)

Saint Gobain Ceramic Materials Pl Runde (R&D Director)

Metallkraft Knut Henriksen (R&D director)

Universitetet i Agder Ole-Morten Midtgrd (professor, power electronics)

Teknova Anne Gerd Imenes (senior researcher/group leader Renewable Energy)

Agderforskning Thomas Laudal (senior researcher, innovation)

Kristiansand Kommune yvind Lyngen Laderud (trade/international advisor)

Innovasjon Norge Lasse Leirfall (advisor)

Sponsors and supporters:VRI Agder Rachel Funderud Syrtveit (project leader, energy and technology)

Vest-Agder Fylkeskommune Trond Kristiansen (climate- and energy advisor)

Sparebanken Pluss Liv Sivertsen (secretary for the gift committee)

Nordea Lars Bjrn Christiansen (Senior Business Analyst) and Christopher Andersen (Relationship Manager)

Norsk Solenergiforening se Lekang Srensen (secretary-general)

European Solar Days (represented by Norsk Solenergiforening)

Ugland Fornybar EnergiCarina Ugland (Managing Director)

Lars Bjrn Christiansen, Senior Business Analyst, Corporate & Institutional Banking, NordeaLars holds a M.Sc. in Finance from Copenhagen Business School from 2003. He grew up in Denmark and moved to Norway in 2004. He has had different positions within corporate banking in Nordea and been involved in a broad spectre of transactions within industry and energy. The last couple of years, Lars has covered the solar industry.

Anne Gerd Imenes holds a PhD degree in Applied Physics from the University of Sydney and a Cand. Scient. degree in Environmental Physics from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB). She worked with concentrating solar energy systems during her doctoral research in Sydney, and solar thermal collectors in collaboration with the Energy Physics group at the University of Oslo. After graduation, Anne Gerd worked as a Post Doc and Research Scientist at the National Solar Energy Centre at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) in Newcastle, Australia. She then returned to Norway and is now

Senior Researcher and Team Leader for the Renewable Energy group at the research institute Teknova AS in Kristiansand. She also holds a 20% position as Associate Professor in the Photovoltaic group at the University of Agder.

Contact: Conference leader:Anne Gerd ImenesE-mail: agi@teknova.noPhone: +47 47 29 32 03Teknova AS Gimlemoen 194630 KristiansandNorway

Technical organizerAlex NyhusPhone: +47 988 24 657E-mail: alex@best-event.noBest Event ASSkibsen 24b4636 Kristiansand Norway

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