Research & Publications

Industry contributions

Best Practices for the Optimization of Bifacial Photovoltaic Tracking Systems
Lead author | 2024
Chapter: Albedo optimization
Optimisation of Photovoltaic Systems for Different Climates
Lead author | 2025
Chapter: Best practice and mitigation strategies (hot & dry).
Case studies: Cleaning strategies for Southern Spain and Negev Desert

APV-Monitor
Optimizing Agri-PV operation through integrated monitoring and modeling
Joint research project with Volateq and Forschungszentrum Jülich
Co-financed by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the European Union
2024–2027

Probabilistic reconstruction of unknown tracker angles for sub-hourly loss quantification.
Thore Müller | May 12-14 2026 | Albuquerque, USA
Constructing and Validating pvlib Model Chains for Accurate Site-Specific PV Simulation.
Thore Müller | Oct 29-31 2025 | Ayia Napa, Cyprus
PVRADAR Python Package: Extension to pvlib for faster and easier modelling.
Thore Müller | May 13-15 2025 | Albuquerque, USA
Launching the New python library for soiling modelling.
Thore Müller | Aug 21-22 2024 | Copenhagen, Denmark

Dynamic Cleaning Optimization Based on Historical Analysis and Real-Time Soiling Data.
Franco Clandestino | Sep 22-26, 2025 | Bilbao, Spain
Quantifying the Global Impact of Soiling.
Franco Clandestino | Sep 23-27, 2024 | Vienna, Austria
Cleaning optimization for photovoltaic power plants: A novel approach combining techno-economic modelling with historic rain and soiling.
Franco Clandestino | Sep 18-22, 2023 | Lisbon, Portugal

VivaTech,
Scaling solar asset intelligence: a PVRADAR x TotalEnergies pilot.
Thore Müller | Jun 19-20 2026 | Paris, France
Intersolar Europe Conference
Quantifying the Impact of Dust and Snow on PV Power Plants.
Thore Müller on behalf of IEA PVPS Task 13 | May 7 2025 | Munich, Germany
1st Middle East and North Africa Solar Conference (MENA-SC),
Cleaning optimization for PV plants: Techno-economic evaluation of different fully-autonomous robotic solutions.
Thore Müller | Nov 15-18 2023 | Dubai, UAE
50th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC),
Cleaning optimization for photovoltaic power plants: A novel approach combining techno-economic modelling with historic rain and soiling.
Franco Clandestino | Jun 11-16, 2023 | San Juan, Puerto Rico
38th PV-Symposium,
Techno-economic evaluation of the cleaning of PV power plants on the basis of satellite data.
Thore Müller | Feb 28, 2023 | Bad Staffelstein, Germany