SUPERNOVA To Host Three Sessions At Solar Quality Summit Europe 2026 In Barcelona On 17-18 February 2026, Showcasing Mid-Term Horizon Europe Project Highlights

From 17 to 18 February 2026, SUPERNOVA, the Horizon Europe-funded project focused on establishing high-quality and high-performance standards for solar PV projects, will host three sessions at the Solar Quality Summit Europe 2026 in Barcelona. The project aims to advance the resilience, efficiency, and operational excellence of solar photovoltaic systems through innovative tools and approaches.

Lukas Koester, SUPERNOVA Project Coordinator and Team Leader at Eurac Research, stated: “The Solar Quality Summit brings together the right people to discuss quality where it truly matters – under real-world conditions. After nearly two years of work within the Horizon Europe SUPERNOVA project, the Summit offers the ideal platform to present our mid-term achievements. We will highlight advances in predictive maintenance, advanced forecasting, cross-platform data management, and AI integration. It will also be a valuable opportunity to engage with the sector on how to build and operate more resilient and high-quality solar PV systems.”

The first workshop, titled “AI Agents in PV Plant-Integrated Monitoring Systems,” will take place on 17 February from 2:40 to 3:40 pm. This session will explore the role of artificial intelligence in enhancing solar PV plant monitoring. It will feature presentations and group exercises from the SUPERNOVA project as well as contributions from the Becquerel Institute Italia. Lukas Koester will moderate the session, which will include insights from Elena Petrova, Project Manager at Saidea, and David Moser, Managing Director of the Becquerel Institute.

The second session, “Predictive Maintenance in Action,” is scheduled for 17 February from 4:10 to 5:25 pm. It will present next-generation tools that are redefining the operation and maintenance of solar assets, including environmental sensors on tracker systems that automatically trigger weather-driven safety actions. Lukas Koester will lead the discussion alongside Will Hitchcock, Founder and CEO of Above; Ricardo Alonso, Manager of the Renewable Energy O&M Platform at Tecnalia Research & Innovation; Chiara Barretta, Researcher at Sustainable Polymer Solutions, PCCL; and Andrea Monni, Programme, Quality, and Process Manager at Convert Italia.

The third session, “Next-Gen Forecasting: AI-Driven Solar & Grid Predictions,” will take place on 18 February from 10:05 to 11:20 am. This panel will focus on the latest AI-based developments in solar and grid forecasting, including contributions from Google, NVIDIA, and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Grazia Barchi, Team Leader and Senior Researcher at Eurac Research, will moderate the discussion. Panelists will include Pierre-Jean Alet, Group Leader of Digital Energy Solutions at CSEM; Oriol Saltó i Bauzà, Associate Partner and Chief Data Scientist at AleaSoft; and Masaaki Hasegawa, General Director of EKO Instruments.

Through these sessions, SUPERNOVA aims to demonstrate how innovative technologies and AI-driven tools can improve solar PV system performance, maintenance, and forecasting, while fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange across the European solar sector.