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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