EERA Workshop on Photovoltaics & Digitalization
🌞 EERA Workshop on Photovoltaics & Digitalization
25–26 February 2026 | Vienna, Austria & online – Hybrid Event
The EERA Workshop on Photovoltaics & Digitalization is a unique joint initiative by two EERA Joint Programs: Photovoltaics (JP PV) and Digitalisation for Energy (JP DfE). This collaboration brings together the expertise of both communities—PV systems and digital technologies—to address one of the most urgent challenges in the energy transition: how to bridge the gap between digital solutions and real PV applications.
Designed as a highly interactive, in-person–focused event, the workshop gathers experts from photovoltaics, measurement, meteorology, modeling, AI, data science, and digital solutions. While online participation is possible, on-site attendance in Vienna is strongly encouraged to benefit from the full experience, including discussions, networking, poster sessions, and round-table exchanges.
The venue is NEFI Virtual Industry Lab: Gußhausstraße 23 3rd floor, 1040, Wien
📅 FULL PROGRAM
DAY 1 — 25 February 2026
14:00 — Introduction
Welcome AIT, JP PV and JP DfE
14:45 — Session 1
Gaps between digitalization and photovoltaic application
Sandra Gallmetzer (EURAC) — SUPERNOVA project
Volker Hoffmann (SINTEF) — Disruptive Nature of AI
Irene Schicker (Geosphere Austria) - Forecasting weather
15:45 — Questions to the speakers & Coffee break
16:15 — Discussion on 3 Round tables
Three tables to the topics:
Are there severe problems with the state of the art?
How do we see the diffusion of digital tools to energy sector?
What general policy measures would support?
17:00 — Presentation of tables and discussion at Posters
17:30 — Summary
Evening — Evening event - Dinner
📅 Day 2
09:30 — Welcome
09:40 — Session 2
Potential offered by measurement side for precision & quality and digitalization needs
Marcelino Sánchez (CENER) — Solar 4.0 & SUN_DT project
Robert Höller (FHOÖ) — Irradiance measurement in plants
Ibtihal Abdelmoula (Green Energy Park) — SCADA, data acquisition and detecting anomalies
10:30 — Q&A
Feedback on gaps and needs
10:40 — Coffee break
11:00 — Session 3
Needs on the plant and operation side of PV & the energy system
Erik Stensrud Marstein (IFE) — AI for plant data analytics
Hartner (FH-Hagenberg) — INSIEME project — EU energy data space
Jorge Solórzano (QPV) — Needs for data quality in plants
11:40 — Q&A
12:00 — Lunch
13:00 — Session 4
Tools and measures offered by digitalization for PV applications
Ana Martínez (ESTI) — PVGIS & ESTI modelling
Edouard Audit (CEA) — HPC services — EoCoE-3 project
K. Malek (FZJ) — Predictive models & AI
13:40 — Q&A
13:50 — Coffee break
14:30 — Round table setup
Table 1: Measurement and precision: need and potential under the trends of digitalization (A. Martinez)
Table 2 Novel digital tools for PV assessment (K. Malek)
Table 3: Data infrastructures what is there and what is needed (G. Hartner)
Table 4: Gaps vs. needs; development of a roadmap and measures (R. Mayo-García)
15:30 — Plenary
Presentation of table outcomes
16:00 — Summary & Closing
🎟 Tickets now available
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