Registrations for the NSCC 2025 conference is now open! There are a limited amount of spots for master students at heavily reduced rates. Early-bird rates (10% off) will be available until March 1st.
Norwegian Solar Cell Conference
FME SOLAR continues the popular tradition started in 2013 by previous FME centres, by arranging the Norwegian Solar Cell Conference (NSCC) every year in May. The conference contain two exciting days filled with presentations and discussions of recent scientific, technological, and industrial development in the solar cell industry in beautiful surroundings by the Oslo fjord.
The topics covered at the conference include:
- Silicon feedstock, ingots, wafers and crucibles
- Solar cell and module technology
- Performance, reliability and operation of PV power plants
- Building-integrated PV (BIPV), Infrastructure-integrated PV (IIPV), Floating PV (FPV) and Agri-PV
- Resource and production forecasting
- PV + storage, hybrid PV power plants and grid integration of PV
- PV power plants in Nordic conditions
- Re-use and recycling
- The role of PV in Norway and Europe
- Environmental impact and social acceptance of PV production
- Beyond the horizon: Disruptive PV technologies
NSCC 2025
Register for the conference
We are happy to invite you to the very first solar cell conference arranged by FME SOLAR! It will occur on May 20th-21st at Son Spa. Registration is still open, so make sure to register before March 15th , using the following link:
Submit an abstract
During the Conference there will be a series of oral and visual (poster) presentations, and ample opportunities for discussions and networking. The oral program is now full, but we may be able to accomodate a few more posters. Contact merete.estensen@ife.no with your 1 page abstract if you wish to participate with a poster.
Program NSCC 2025
You can download the entire program, including poster list here
Tuesday 20th of May
10:00
Conference registration
Session 1: Updates
10:30
An update on the PV industry
Erik S. Marstein
IFE
10:50
An update from IEA-PVPS
Jarand Hole
NVE
11:00
PV in Norway - status and important processes
Trine K. Berentsen
Fornybar Norge
11:15
Extending the lifetime of fused quartz crucibles in Czochralski silicon production
Gabriela K. Warden
NTNU
11:30
Lunch
Session 2: Silicon
12:30
A first look on Antimony-doped n-type Czochralski silicon wafers
Rune Søndenå
IFE
12:45
Enhancing PV silicon crystal growth through Czochralski furnace simulation
Nagarajan S. Ganesan
SINTEF
13:00
FT-IR studies of Hydrogen species in Si wafer during Light Soaking
Nicole Aßmann
UiO
13:15
Melting behavior of Si-kerf agglomerates and characterization of kerf loss waste
Tinotenda Mubaiwa
NTNU
13:30
Coffee break
Session 2: Solar cell technologies
14:00
Increasing specific power and the emergence of new markets for crystalline silicon PV
Matthew Wright
University of Oxford
14:15
Electrically Conductive Adhesives (ECA) for PV module assembly
Helge Kristiansen
Conpart
14:30
Phase segregation mapping in perovskite solar cells using hyperspectral photoluminescence imaging
Ivar Loland Råheim
NMBU
14:45
Band gap optimization of multijunction cells with up to six subcells
Rune Strandberg
UiA
15:00
Thin film top cell absorbers for multijunction solar cell
Snorre B. Kjeldby
UiO
15:15
Group photo (outside if possible)
Grab a bite
15:30
Poster session
18:30
Aperitif in bar
19:00
Conference dinner
Wednesday 21st of May
Session 4:
09:00
Short-term PV power forecasting using spatially resolved production data
Magnus Moe Nygård
IFE
09:15
A fast and accurate raytracing approach for assessing performance of mono-and bifacial PV modules in complex irradiance
Arnkell J. Petersen &
Iver Frimannslund
NMBU
09:30
Trends in the Norwegian solar resource during the period 1991–2020
Erik Berge
MET
09:45
Finding the needle in a 100 MWp haystack - O&M of utility-scale PV power plants
Marie Syre Wiig
IFE
10:00
Coffee Break
Session 5:
10:30
Voltage compensation in a solar power plant
Torfinn Årdalsbakke
Eidsiva
10:45
The Furulund Kro Pilot Roadside PV project
Knut Braathen
Hafslund
11:00
How the Norwegian virtual self-consumption scheme affects profitability of PV
Jarand Hole
NVE
11:15
Hybridization of solar PV and wind in the Nordics, how to handle ice, snow and curtailment
Sigbjørn Grini
Norconsult
11:30
Lunch
Session 6:
12:30
Analyzing and modeling snow loss in ground-mounted PV systems
Mari B. Øgaard
IFE
12:45
Frozen Watts: the impact of snow deposition on photovoltaic power output
Mattia Manni
NTNU
13:00
The spatial potential for agrivoltaics to address energy-agriculture land use conflicts
Richard J. Randle-Boggis
SINTEF
13:15
Modelling and validation of crop yields in Nordic vertical solar parks
Erlend Hustad Honningdalsnes
IFE
13:30
Coffee break
Session 7:
14:00
Status of the nearshore floating PV technology BRIZO
Eirik Bøckmann
Fred. Olsen 1848
14:15
Operating temperature of floating PV and its effect on performance and reliability
Marit Ulset
IFE
14:30
Floating PV in Europe – technology and main market trends
Josefine Selj
IFE
14:45
TBC
TBC
TBC
15:00
Closing remarks
15:30
FME SOLAR General Assembly
The meeting will be arranged directly following the Norwegian Solar Cell Conference (NSCC)
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We wish you all a warm welcome to the Norwegian Solar Cell Conference of 2025! It will occur on the 20th - 21st of May at Son Spa.