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30/05- 01/06/2024	TIM 24 Physics Conference West University of Timisoara, Romania more info Three papers presented by SERG group members
05/2024	Review paper published A cross-sectional survey of deterministic PV power forecasting: Progress and limitations in current approaches Sabadus A, Blaga R, Hategan SM, Calinoiu D, Paulescu E, Mares O, Boata R, Stefu N, Paulescu M, Badescu V. Renewable Energy 226 (2024) 120385.
04/2024	New operational instruments on the Solar Platform of ICAM - Solar spectrometer MS-711N EKO Instruments. - Solar photometer SUN SKY LUNAR PHOTOMETER CE318-TS9. CIMEL ELECTRONIQUE. - All-sky imager ASI-16 EKO Instruments.
18/09- 22/09/2023	40^th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition 18-22 September 2024, Lisbon, Portugal Paulescu M, Hategan SM, Paulescu E, Sabadus A, Dughir C. A multi-model approach to nowcasting cloud shadow. In Proc. of 40th European PV Solar Energy Conference (EUPVSEC 2023), Lisbon, September 18-23, 2023, 020453-001 - 020453-004.
09/2023	Paper published Intra-hour PV power forecasting based on sky imagery Paulescu M, Blaga R, Dughir C, Stefu N, Sabadus A, Calinoiu D, Badescu V. Energy 28135 (2023).
26/09- 30/09/2022	8^th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 26-30 September 2022, Milano, Italy Paulescu M, Stefu N, Dughir C, Sabadus A. Improved models for nowcasting sunshine number. In Proc. of the 8th WCPEC-8, Milano, Italia (2022) pp. 1264 – 1267. Sabadus A, Paulescu M. A new explicit five-parameter solar cell model. In Proc. of the 8th WCPEC, Milano, Italia 2022 pp. 454-456.
08/2022	Paper published A simple but accurate two-state model for nowcasting PV power Paulescu M, Stefu N, Dughir C, Sabadus A, Calinoiu D, Badescu V, Renewable Energy 195, 322-330 (2022).
	Start of the research project PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2021-0544 Title: Hybrid Renewable Energy Microgrid with Low Operation Cost, Integrating Energy Management Methods Based on Solar Predictions Acronym: HELIoS Project duration: June 2024 - June 2024 Coordinator: Technical University of Cluj-Napoca Partner: West University of Timisoara
06/2022	Completion of the research project PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2019-3942 Solar Platform at the end of the project
20/05/2022	SERG Workshop Forecasting the energy production of PV systems. http://solar.physics.uvt.ro/forpv/workshop/
27/09/2021	New series of SERG Seminar Room F111 and online Lecture: Forecasting sunshine number using sky imagery Speaker: Dr. Robert Blaga
08/2021	Paper published A new clear sky solar irradiance model E. Paulescu, M. Paulescu Renewable Energy 179 (2021) 2094-2103 IF = 8.0
07/2021	Commissioning the all-sky imager ASI-16 on Solar Platform
03/2021	Paper published as Editor’s pick A one-parameter family of clear-sky solar irradiance models adapted for different aerosol types Blaga R, Calinoiu D, Paulescu M Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 13(2), Article Number: 023701 (2021)
11/2020	Start of the research project PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2019-3942 Title: All-sky imager-based solar power forecasting system for smart-grid operation Acronym: ASIFOR Project duration: November 2020- June 2022 Funding: Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CNCS/CCCDI – UEFISCDI
08/2020	Pyranometers’ calibration
06/2020	Commissioning the Solar Platform
10/2019	Solar Platform has been stopped Due to the replacement of the UVT roof, the Solar Platform was completely stopped and disassembled. Estimated time to commissioning: 6 months.
27/09/2019	Noaptea cercetatorilor
29-31/05/2019	TIM19 Physics Conference West University of Timisoara, Romania more info
15/01/2019	Paper published A current perspective on the accuracy of incoming solar energy forecasting Blaga R, Sabadus A, Stefu N, Dughir C, Paulescu M, Badescu V Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 70, 119-144 (2019) Journal metrics (JCR 2018) Impact factor: 25.242 Article influence score: 7.1 1^st on Thermodynamics
24/11/2018	Gala Premiilor UVT Editia a IV-a, Opera Romana Timisoara Dr. Paul Gravila – premiul „Mircea Zaganescu” pentru Stiintele Naturii
15-17/11/2018	Global and Regional In Environmental Protection – GLOREP 2018 Politehnica University Timisoara
09-13/10/2018	Sustainable Solutions for Energy and Environment EENVIRO Conference 2018 Cluj-Napoca
24-28/09/2018	European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference Brussels, Belgium
31/05/2018	Commissioning the experimental PV system for testing the forecasting models
24-26/05/2018	TIM18 Physics Conference West University of Timisoara, Romania more info
11/05/2018	SERG Seminar Room F111 Lecture: Processing satellite data using R Speaker: Dr. Alexandru Dumitrescu National Meteorological Administration Romania
10/05/2018	SERG Workshop Forecasting the energy production of PV systems. http://solar.physics.uvt.ro/forpv/workshop/
25-27/04/2018	International Conference on Renewable Energy, Barcelona, Spain.
27/03/2018	SERG Seminar Room F111 Lecture: Satellite Data Speaker: Marc Frincu Associate professor, West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
20/02/2018	SERG Seminar Room F111 Lecture: Aerosols Speaker: Delia Calinoiu Lecturer, Politehnica University Timisoara
16/01/2018	SERG Seminar Room F111 Lecture: Diffuse Fraction Speaker: Marius Paulescu Professor, West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Physics
25/11/2017	Andrea Sabadus premiul „Studentul Anului” Gala Premiilor UVT Editia a III-a, Opera Romana Timisoara see_on_youtube Marius Paulescu premiul „Mircea Zaganescu” pentru Stiintele Naturii
01/11/2017	Solar Platform upgrade more_info
19/10/2017	Conference for Sustainable Energy – CSE 2017 Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania more_info
05/10/2017	Start of COST Action CA16235 Performance and Reliability of Photovoltaic Systems: Evaluations of Large-Scale Monitoring Data more_info
21/06/2017	Online website launch PV power forecasting toolkit for smart grid-management
25/05/2017	TIM17 – Physics Conference West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania more_info
27/03/2017	Connecting research to the PV community needs Round table within the framework of the research project: PV power forecasting toolkit for smart grid-management
09.01.2017	Online website launch SERG