Pierre Verlinden

Managing Director, AMROCK

Biography

Dr. Pierre J. Verlinden is Managing Director of AMROCK, a PV technology consulting company, Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and Chief Scientist at Yangtze Institute for Solar Technology, JiangYin, China.  Dr. Verlinden has been working in the field of photovoltaics for 43 years and has published over 200 technical papers and contributed to a number of books.  From 2012 to 2018, Dr. Verlinden served as Chief Scientist, Vice-President, and Vice-Chair of the State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology at Trina Solar, China. Previously, he has managed the R&D department or served as Chief Scientist in several PV companies in USA and Australia, including SunPower, Origin Energy, and Solar Systems. Dr. Verlinden is the recipient of the 2016 IEEE William Cherry Award, and the 2019 Becquerel Prize, for his dedication over the past four decades at the forefront of PV technology and his overall leadership of key R&D organizations. Dr. Verlinden is also the recipient of the 2017 Chinese Government Friendship Award, the highest award given by China to foreigners.

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Global PV market overview - Dr. Pierre Verlinden, AMROCK
01:40 PM

The PV industry is at a very important juncture, having just passed the cumulative installation of the first TeraWatt and contemplating the possible growth to a multi-TeraWatt annual market. For the first time in its history, the PV industry needs to seriously plan its growth for the next 30 years. The objective of PV deployment toward net-zero emissions, the concentration of PV manufacturing and its supply chain in China, the main characteristics of modern manufacturing, the choice of technology, and the sustainability aspects of PV manufacturing are the current questions that need to be addressed to allow for a rapid but sustainable growth toward a 100% renewable energy economy.

Pierre Verlinden

Managing Director, AMROCK

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