15 September 2026
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
PVOP, a project that is transforming Europe’s approach to solar energy, enhancing efficiency and slashing maintenance costs across the continent, is teaming up with its sister projects SUPERNOVA and Solaris at EU PVSEC 2026, the world’s largest conference and exhibition dedicated to photovoltaics. At the event, which will take place from 14 to 18 September in Rotterdam, the three Horizon Europe projects are hosting a joint session looking at how today’s research and innovation will shape the solar plants of the next decade, from the drawing board through to everyday operation.
The session brings the three projects together to present a common vision for next-generation PV plants, following the digital and operational value chain from field-level monitoring hardware to software tools and data integration.
?️15 September 2026 | ⏱️15:15 – 16:45
? Auditorium 5
? World Trade Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Programme
- Improved plant observability through innovative low-cost sensing concepts — Joseba Izaguirre, Tekniker / Solaris
- Algorithm for controlling solar trackers in complex terrains — Javier R. Ledesma, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid / PVOP
- Data spaces for the PV plant of the future: enabling secure and sovereign data exchange — Corentin Tissier, Centre Suisse d’Électronique et de Microtechnique SA (CSEM) / SUPERNOVA
- Electroluminescence inspection of PV plants by drone: toward scalable digital diagnostics — Dr Sergiu V. Spataru, DTU – Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde
About EU PVSEC
For more than forty years, EU PVSEC has served as the reference event for photovoltaic research. It is the largest and longest-established conference in the field. Each edition brings together over 1,500 participants from more than 60 countries and features around 1,200 scientific contributions, from oral sessions and posters to expert workshops and dedicated industry forums. Alongside PV research, technologies and applications, the programme addresses the economic, political, social and educational questions that shape how solar is actually deployed, making it a key meeting point between the research community and industry.