October 21-23, 2024 – International Conference on Cleaner Energy Transition (Krakow, Poland)

Professor Sandro Nižetić, head of the project, delivered a keynote talk during the opening of the International Conference on Cleaner Energy Transition. The conference was held in Kraków from October 21 to October 23. His talk focused on the current state of photovoltaic technologies in energy transition, discussing ways to improve energy conversion efficiency of PV systems and expand their potential implementation areas. Professor Nižetić also chaired and evaluated papers presented in the poster session. Additionally, activities related to the HRZZ project were discussed and presented.

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October 7-11, 2024 – PhD International Intensive School (Naples, Italy)

PhD students and project collaborators Ivan Čorić and Jelena Bošnjak Hordov participated in the 1st PhD International Intensive School on 'Towards Zero Emission Mobility: Hydrogen Scenario', organized by the Department of Industrial Engineering for Energy Transition of the University of Naples. They were engaged in lectures, discussions, and workshops focused on the latest research and innovative approaches to achieving zero emission mobility. WhatsApp%20Image%202024-10-18%20at%2012.13.41 WhatsApp%20Image%202024-10-18%20at%2012.13.42

September 8-12, 2024 – SDEWES conference (Rome, Italy)

The project's principal investigator, Prof. Sandro Nižetić, delivered an invited speech Photovoltaic technologies in energy transition at the 19th SDEWES conference, which took place from September 8 to 12, 2024, in Rome, Italy. The event gathered 690 scientists, researchers, and experts in sustainable development from 62 countries across six continents, with 570 attending in person and 120 joining online.

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June 25-28, 2024 – SpliTech Conference (Bol, Croatia)

PhD students Ivan Čorić and Jelena Bošnjak Hordov participated in the 9th edition of Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies - Splitech 2024- and presented the research work done as a part of HRZZ project. Ivan presented an overview of Cooling Approaches for Silicon Based Photovoltaic Panels by Implementation of Phase Change Materials, while Jelena discussed an overview of Thermophysical Properties of Organic Waste-Based Phase Change Composites.

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June 24, 2024 – Work meeting

A work meeting was organized at FESB, University of Split, with all project collaborators in attendance. The discussion focused on the project's current status and plans for upcoming activities.

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May 28, 2024 – Invited talk at University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)

The principal investigator, Prof. Dr. Sandro Nižetić has provided invited talk at University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus. The lecture was provided for students of MEL program (Master of Engineering Leadership) with participation of professors from UBC. The lecture was related to the photovoltaic technoloiges. The HRZZ project activites were also presented during the lecture.

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May 13, 2024 – Invited talk at Southeast University (Nanjing, China)

The principal investigator, Prof. Dr. Sandro Nižetić has provided invited talk at School of Energy and Enviroment at Southeast University (Nanjing, China). The lecture participated PhD and master students as well as professors from the school. The lecture was focused on the photovoltaice technoligies and where also ongoing HRZZ project was sucesfully presented.

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March 20, 2024 – Plenary lecture at ICAME-2024 (Chennai, India)

The principal investigator, Prof. Dr. Sandro Nižetić has provided invited plenary lecture at 5th International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME-2024) and that was organized in Chennai (India), from March 20-22, 2024. Topic of the talk was focused on the photovoltaic technoloiges in energy transition. The current project activities at HRZZ project were also presented during presentation.

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