6th December 2007, Fukuoka, Japan

The International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA PVPS) is pleased to have cooperated with the Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC) and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to bring delegates a joint workshop on international PV collaboration and market developments in the Asia-Pacific region.

The event provided an introduction to and overview of the work that IEA PVPS has been undertaking since the programme was established in 1993, as well as updates on industry and market developments by international experts from both member and non-member countries throughout the region.

The event was organised by RTS Corporation (Japan), with financial support of NEDO.

Presentations from the event can be downloaded by clicking the links below.

Introduction to IEA PVPS

Introduction to PVPS (IZumi Kaizuka, RTS Corp, Japan & Greg Watt, Australian PVPS Consortium, Task 1 Operating Agent)

Trends in PV Applications (Pius Hüsser, Nova Energie, Task 1, Switzerland)

Study on Very Large Scale PV Power Generation Systems (Keiichi Komoto, MHIR, Task 8 Operating Agent (Alt.) Japan)

Urban Scale Photovoltaic Applications (Christy Herig, Segue Energy Consulting, Task 10 Operating Agent, USA)

PV Hybrid Systems within Mini-Grids (Konrad Mauch, KM Technical Services, Task 11 Operating Agent, Canada)

Trends in PV Applications - National and Regional Reports

Australia (Wolfgang Meike, Australian PVPS Consortium)

Malaysia (Wei Nee Chen, PTM)

Korea (Kyung-Hoon Yoon, KIER)

Japan (Hiroshi Matsukawa, RTS Corporation)

India (Baura Asok Kumar, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science)

Mexico (Y. Mastsumoto, Centro de Investigatory de Estudios Avanzados del Mexico)

Canada (Sophie Pelland, CANMET Energy Technology Centre)

USA (Marie Mapes, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy)

Europe (Vicente Salas Merino, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)