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I am Dr. Hamed Hanifi, a photovoltaic and solar energy expert. With extensive experience in the field, I provide consulting services on solar energy, share insights on industry events, and keep you updated with the latest solar energy news. Explore my site to learn more about the power of solar energy.
SUMMARY OF COMPETENCES
Since 2013, working in the field of Photovoltaic modules and systems with a major focus on PV odules and systems.
- Strategy planer for products and technologies for each market segment (Residential, C&I, Utility, Niche)
- Product management and technical marketing strategist to boost sales (mainly knowledge-based to convince customers including experiments, presentations and collaborations with research centers)
- In-depth understanding of PV module technology, reliability, and standardization
- Expert in product development, management, and optimization
- Experienced in technical risks, aging, and failures of solar projects including after sales activities
- Consult companies and provide technical solutions for solar projects
- Expert in niche markets such as integrated PV, AgriPV, PVT and shade-resistant modules (high margines)
- Experienced in project acquisition, secure fundings, bringing different partners together and manage teams
- Strong networker and “TOP VOICE OF LINKEDIN in SolarPV
WORK EXPERIENCES
10/2021 – Now
- DIRECTOR OF R&D AND TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT
- AESOLAR
- Leading the research and business orientated technical topics including:Strategy planer for products and technologies for each market segment (Residential, C&I, Utility, Niche)
- Product management and technical marketing strategist to boost sales (mainly knowledge-based to convince customers including experiments, presentations and collaborations with research centers)
- In-depth understanding of PV module technology, reliability, and standardization
- Expert in product development, management, and optimization
- Experienced in technical risks, aging, and failures of solar projects including after sales activities
- Consult companies and provide technical solutions for solar projects
- Expert in niche markets such as integrated PV, AgriPV, PVT and shade-resistant modules (high margines)
- Experienced in project acquisition, secure fundings, bringing different partners together and manage teams
- Strong networker and “TOP VOICE OF LINKEDIN in SolarPV
06/2024 – Now
- MEMBER OF WG: INTEGRATED PV and PV PRODUCTION
- ETIP – European Technology and Innovation platform – EU Commission
- Member of workgroups Integrated PV and PV production to analysis the market and releasing reports defining the roadmaps of funding for European Commission
05/2024 – Now
- EXTERNAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER OF APPOLO EU PROJECT
- EU Commission funded project
- Member of external board of advisors of an EU research project for recycling of PV modules
04/2021 – 08/2021
- SENIOR SCIENTIST
- Dubai Electricity and Water Authority DEWA
- Various responsibilities including:
- Development of standards for desert climates
- Development of business models for research as a product
- Setting up and component selecting of a pilot research product line of PV modules
04/2015 – 03/2021
- PROJECT MANAGER AND R&D SCIENTIST
- Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP
- Direct collaborations with industry in the following topics in the framework of industrial, national, and international projects:
- Project acquisition and management
- Product development (efficiency, durability, costs, maintenance)
- Module technology, reliability and diagnostics
08/2015 – 12/2018
- RESEARCH SCIENTIST
- Anhalt University of Applied Sciences Project:
- Optimization of PV modules for desert applications
04/2013 – 07/2015
- STUDENT ASSISTANT AND INTERN
- Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP
- Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES)
- Internship focusing on half-cell PV modules
- Student assistant for fabrication and evaluation of half-cell modules
- Master thesis on PV-Battery systems
EDUCATION
PHOTOVOLTAIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D.)
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Thesis: Optical, thermal and electrical optimization of PV modules for desert applications
ELECTRICAL POWER ENGINEERING (Master of Science, M.Sc.)
Brandenburg University of Technology
Thesis: Simulation-based evaluation of grid-connected PV-battery systems
ELECTRICAL POWER ENGINEERING
Azad University
Thesis: Optical, thermal and electrical optimization of PV modules for desert applications
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