Arno Smets

Dear Friends, here is your online Solar Energy professor! On April 8th 2025, at 4 PM CET, I will give a free webinar entitled: 'The Solar Energy Revolution - Stay up to date!'. The title tells it all. Don't miss it!!!! Register at tudelft.nl/.../professio.… See you in the webinar!

Here is a message from the conference chair to all our fellow researchers and technology enthusiasts in academia and industry. youtu.be/6EM3P4s7V5k

PVSC offers great avenues to promote inclusiveness. Join us for the Minority Carriers and Women in PV event. youtu.be/DpXNp3y4dsY

youtu.be/t2jBjc8Xh7Y Dear PV friends, kind reminder that the Deadline -May 9th- for the Early Discounted Registration of the IEEE PVSC is upcoming! And a flavor of what to expect during the conference!! Don't forget to register early! It saves you money! See you in Seattle!

My annual Oranda no Sakura update (オランダの桜のアップデート): with the warmest February in the Netherlands (avg. 8.2 degree Celsius) since measurements started in 1901 we have the earliest cherry blossom on the Delft campus (9-11 March) since my measurements started in 2018!

In this video I am happy to invite you to join the 52nd IEEE PVSC (Photovoltaic Specialist Conferences), June 9-14 2024, Seattle Washington: youtu.be/uMORCkb0-tA

@BM_Visser Dank je wel China voor het investeren en het goedkoop maken van hernieuwbare energie technologieën. Daar zouden we in Europa iets van kunnen en moeten leren.

Juichende berichten in de media over de enorme groei van zonne-energie in China. Terecht. Ik kon toch niet laten dit even in NL perspectief te plaatsen. Het stroomverbruik per inwoner van China en NL is gelijk. #grafiekvandedag NL is mondiaal de nr 2 (of 1?) in zonne-energie.

@BM_Visser Minstens 95% van de zonnemodules die de 1200 Wp/inwoner in Nederland leveren, zijn niet door ons zelf gemaakt! Daar moeten we China voor danken, omdat we in Nederland noch Europa een waardeketen van zonnemodule fabricatie hebben opgezet om aan de wensen van onze ET te voldoen.

@BM_Visser In de metriek PV nominaal vermogen per inwoner is Nederland op dit moment inderdaad nummer 1 van wereld, hoera! Ter reflectie, de zonnemodules die nominaal vermogen van 400 Wp/inwoner in China leveren zijn via hun eigen regionale waardeketen van zonnepanelen fabricatie gemaakt.

Thursday it will be 10 years ago that we have launched the first two Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Solar Energy and Water Management @tudelft . It has been an amazing journey/experience. Interested in its impact, please check the article below: tudelft.nl/extension-scho…

Sorry, I missed last weeks award ceremony, as I was at @IEEEPVSC meeting abroad, but I am proud and honored to be awarded as 'Educator of the Year' at the @EEMCS_TUD faculty. Happy to see that my efforts in education incl. exploring innovations are appreciated by the students!

@bmuramatsu @wfvanvalkenburg @tudelft Impressive statistics!!! Still 1194 years @tudelft to go to beat that graph 😀

@ArnoSmets @wfvanvalkenburg @tudelft I saw this thread recently…

This happens when you have lived in Japan for several years, one starts to monitor the Sakura season. My observations of the last years suggest that the date of the cherry blossom @tudelft campus correlates with the averaged temperature in the month February...

@wfvanvalkenburg solar365.nl/nieuws/nederla…

@ArnoSmets zolang salderen nog mag, is dat niet zo interessant

Today these 17 Sunpower panels (420Wp) were installed in my house.

June 1st the poster contest took place (30 groups) for the System Integration Project course (Sustainable Energy Technology MSc) part of the Energy Challenge! 4 groups were awarded prizes: best video, audience, 1st & 2nd poster. Great event! Rene & Laura thanks for organizing!

Last Thursday I have been installed as honorary member of the ‘Electrotechnische Vereeniging’. It is a great honor! Thanks to ETV for organizing a fantastic day!

The extreme early Sakura blossom season at TUDelft continues for the fourth consecutive year! It becomes more the rule than the exception...

TU Delft en HyET Solar intensiveren samenwerking lichtgewicht, flexibel en overal plaatsbaar dunne film zonnefolie tudelft.nl/2022/tu-delft/…

The website of eurosolar NL is in the air! eurosolarnl.nl Eurosolar, as an independent knowledge and lobby platform, is committed to realizing a sustainable energy system with maximal citizen participation! Visit the website and join this great initiative!