The sponsorship chair SciDoSol within the Center Observation, Impacts, Energy (OIE) of MINES Paris - PSL, organized the Solar Winter School at the Campus Pierre Laffitte (Sophia Antipolis, France), during the week of March 6-10, 2023.

More than 55 engineers, master and PhD students from the academic and the industry worlds followed, in a very good and dynamic atmosphere, a 5-day training focused on solar ressource assessment and forecasting.

The training covered the use of in-situ pyranometres, fish-eye cameras, satellite imaging systems, numerical weather and atmospheric models, as well as the life cycle assessment of photovoltaic (PV) environmental impacts.

This 5-day training was composed of :

• courses
• conferences
• practical workshops (faulty pyranometric measurements, true North compass, DIY pyrheliometer, challenge of intraday solar forecasting)
• networking sessions.

Some photos from the school: