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Our webinar series will continue in 2021 – thank you for joining our discussions!

If you missed out, you can now watch all our webinars on demand.

Our last webinar of 2020 was  broadcasted on December 17th, 2020.

Past Webinars

Webinar Series – Part 6:

Deep Learning approaches for weather-dependent businesses

Language: English

Initial broadcast date: December 17th, 2020

Deep learning techniques can enhance and improve weather forecasting and help weather-dependent businesses to encounter the effects of weather proactively.
But how does it work and how can it help solve today’s business challenges?

After the Webinar you’ll have an understanding of:

• Why deep learning can enhance weather forecasts for solar energy in comparison to the use of physical models and image processing technology
• How deep learning works
• A use case from PV production forecasting
• Why weather-dependent businesses should consider machine-learning technology for weather forecasts
• Biased data and the importance of a good data set
• The wide range of applications of weather decision-making engines

Language: English

Initial broadcast date: December 17th, 2020

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Webinar Series – Part 5:

Prévisions et systèmes de gestion de l’énergie pour les projets CRE ZNI

This webinar deals with grid code requirements on French Islands. More info here.

Language: French

Initial broadcast date: November 26th, 2020

Webinar Series – Part 4:

Off-grid Solar: The Cost Saving Potential of Solar Hybrid Systems using forecasting and sky cams for Off-Grid Mines

Add-on solar and storage solutions help mining businesses make their operations more sustainable. Resource Extraction has been relying on fossil fuels for decades, and is now turning towards add-on renewables. Suntrace and Reuniwatt we will share their experience in the design and actual operation of off-grid solar projects, particularly for mines.

After the Webinar you’ll have an understanding of:

• The electricity cost reduction potential through hybridization with low cost solar power for mining operations
• The reliable integration into the existing off-grid power generation system
• The role of short-term forecasting for a sucessful integration
• Case Study results for HFO fuelled power generation combined with solar PV and battery storage, and for diesel power generation combined with solar PV

Language: English

Initial broadcast date: September 3rd, 2020

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Webinar Series – Part 3:

Dispatchable PV+Storage Plants using MESA-ESS and precision forecasts based on sky cams

All-sky imagers are a key enabler for the dispatchable solar concept and necessary to improve energy integration. Solar and energy storage projects for public and private utilities benefit from irradiance and production forecasts – learn from 8minute’s pioneering Springbok Solar Cluster.

After the Webinar you’ll have an understanding of:

• A pioneer mega-scale project with unique features
• An innovative sky imager and a tracking system
• Why dispatchable solar paired with solar forecasting and energy storage will be the backbone of the 21st-Century grid
• How solar short-term forecasts can be used for active power smoothing
• How an advanced control solution coupled with high-accuracy forecasts will allow you to achieve multiple control modes

Language: English

Initial broadcast date: July 9th, 2020

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Webinar Series – Part 2:

Mega Solar Projects and Grid Integration Challenges – Benban’s return on experience

Designing and realizing mega-projects like Benban Solar Park brings along its own challenges. In our webinar Voltalia discusses the history of Benban’s commissioning and its particularities related to the project’s enormous size, while Reuniwatt presents the aspect of weather and production forecasting.

After the Webinar you’ll have an understanding of:

• The essential points to be addressed in order to integrate a mega project into the grid (requirements of the grid operator, compliance list, technical specifications).
• The limitations applied by the grid operator to allow the production of the solar complex to be regulated (specifications in the grid code and connection points).
• How climatic challenges to be overcome in desert areas.
• How forecasting helps maintain the supply-demand balance

Language: English

Initial broadcast date: October 15th, 2020

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Webinar Series – Part 1:

Lessons learned: Monitoring and improving remote assets

How to achieve a better solar park performance. Get an overview of best practices developed by Reuniwatt, Arconi Solutions and Topbis Reunion from more than 30 years of experience!

After the Webinar you’ll have an understanding of:

• How to compare a plant’s production to the production expected in the business plan, and for which reasons the performance differ from what was expected.
• How to avoid wrong diagnosis and plan for site inspection only when needed
• How to detect plant failure and early ageing
• How to better mitigate the weather related risks of your solar assets

Language: English/French/Spanish

Initial broadcast date: May 5th, 2020

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The german version of this webinar series puts a special focus on different KPIs for Solar Asset Management: