We welcome papers, brief technical notes, and posters. You are invited to present your research or discuss your technical developments in our printed proceedings.

Please be prepared to submit an abstract of maximum 500 words (free style) as well as a brief summary of the nature of your work and level of expertise between 11 February and 11 May, 2012.

Please note that abstracts will only be accepted if submitted to the workshop's online abstract submission system.

Based on this information, authors will be notified of the acceptance of their papers by 15 June, 2012.

Final papers must then be submitted 15 September, 2012 at the latest.

Authors will need to register but are entitled to pay a reduced workshop fee.

All presented papers and posters will be published in the workshop proceedings (ISBN 978-3-9813870-6-3).

All participants are responsible for paying their own travel and hotel expenses.
Please select a subject for your work from the list of conference topics.

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•Project experiences related to grid connection
•Smart Grids and Solar Power
•Experiences with large-scale integration of solar power into power systems
•IT technology for the integration of solar power
•Solar power monitoring and prediction systems
•Modeling of inverters and solar power plants for system integration studies including methods of testing and verification of compliance with requirements, and technologies (on grid side and power plant side) to facilitate integration
•Power balancing methods and solutions, e.g. balance markets, to manage solar power variability in power systems
•Evaluation of rules and mechanisms for integrating solar power in electricity markets
•PV/CSP system models for interconnection and planning studies
•State-of-the-art solar resources forecasting and opportunities for improvement
•Solar integration study methodologies and data requirements
•Modeling solar power plant output variability and assessing the impacts
•PV/CSP integration study experiences
•Interconnection standards for solar systems, solar system models for system planning and interconnection studies
•Solar power plant performance for plant operation and interconnection with the grid
•Solar energy and storage systems integrated solutions