A 360⁰ perspective on solar sustainability

Program
Sustainable Solar Europe 2024

Preliminary Programme - Subject to Change

12.12.2024
Event Lounge, Brussels

09:00 - 09:30
Welcome Coffee
09:30 - 10:00
Opening
Room: Convention 1
10:00 - 10:45
European Solar Sustainability Award 2024
Room: Convention 1
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:45
Meeting Sustainability Requirements From End-Users: PV Sustainability and Resilience in Public Procurement
Room: Convention 1
How Can Solar Deliver Biodiversity Net Gains
Room: Convention 2
ESG: Ensuring Long-Term Sustainability of Solar Assets
Room: Convention 3
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30
Agricultural Best Practices: How Can Agrisolar Projects Provide Cross-Cutting Benefits for Renewable Energy, Agriculture and Nature?
Room: Convention 1
How to Lower the Carbon Footprint of PV Modules and Components: Sharing Industry Best Practices
Room: Convention 2
Closing the Circularity Loop: Research and Innovation Challenges for PV Recycling
Room: Convention 3
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30
Achieving Supply Chain Transparency
Room: Convention 1
From Brussels to the Ground: How Innovative Models of Engagement Support Communities’ Empowerment
Room: Convention 2

Room: Convention 3

Prolonging the Lifetime of Solar PV Through Module Reuse

This session will discuss the development of a market for solar PV reuse in Europe. From decommissioning, testing and preparation of modules for second life, to a successful deployment of reused modules to a new site, there is a wide range of challenges and opportunities. Building upon lessons learned from the Sustainable Solar report and End-of-Life Best Practice Guidelines published earlier this year, stakeholders from the public sector, industry and academia will discuss the current state of play and the way forward.

16:00 - 17:30

Speakers of Session 9:

Jérémie Aimé, Head of Applied Systems Laboratory, French Alternative Energies & Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Nicolas Defrenne, Managing Director, Soren
Roger Nyffenegger, Researcher, Bern University of Applied Sciences
Stefan Wippich, Managing Director, SecondSol GmbH

Moderator

Bethany Meban
Head of Press & Policy Communications, SolarPower Europe
17:30 - 18:00
Closing – Sustainable Solar Photo Competition and European Solar Sustainability Awards 2024
Room: Convention 1
18:00 - 20:00
Reception