ESA Power Workshop 2025

Europe/Amsterdam
Tennis Hall (ESTEC)

Tennis Hall

ESTEC

Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
Alexander Dimitrijevic, Antxon Arrizabalaga (European Space Agency (ESA)), Seonyong Park (European Space Agency), Yvonne Hilges
Description

We would like to invite the European space power community from all ESA member states to our on-site ESA Power Workshop 2025 at ESA-Estec from 08/04-10/04 in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

 


Tuesday 08/04: Energy Storage and Nuclear Power Session
From surviving the lunar night to sustaining long-term deep-space missions, powering the future of space exploration demands cutting-edge energy solutions. Join experts in Li-ion batteries, fuel cells, and nuclear power as they unveil the next generation of technologies to push missions farther than ever before.
NEW: LAB Tour of the battery and fuel cell facilities will take place for a limited group of registrants. More information will follow after the closure of the registration

Wednesday 09/04: Power Management Session
WBG devices (SiC and GaN), are taking over power electronics, and space is no different! Join us to learn about WBG devices in space together with a variety of industry presentations on space power systems and an unvaluable chance to network.
NEW: Mid-Workshop Cocktail will take place for networking and fruitful discussions

Thursday 10/04: Solar Generator Session

Join us to discuss current and future major developments and products of solar cells and solar generators towards competitive European solar power technology. Discussions are also supported by ESA and Industry presentations. 

 

For more information, please check out the timetable with the agenda!

The registration will close Sunday, 30 March 2025

 

ESA Power Organising Committee
Registration
ESA Power Workshop 2025
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Introduction Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Convener: AURORE CARRE (ESA-ESTEC)
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Batteries Session 1: SAFT VL10ES Cell & Battery Qualification (Saft) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Conveners: Hélène Tricot (SAFT), Yannick Borthomieu (SAFT)
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Batteries Session 1: New Methodology for Accelerated Assessment of Battery Cell Performances (CTC) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Convener: Alejandro Pérez Nuñez (CTC)
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Batteries Session 1: Design of Containment Techniques for Batteries Stored Energy at the EoL (Ineris) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Convener: Caroline Gaya (Ineris)
    • 11:15 AM
      Coffee break and Networking Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Batteries Session 2: Li-Ion Battery Technology for Low-Temperature Range (Saft) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Convener: Vanessa Armel (SAFT)
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Batteries Session 2: Update on Active Battery Management by Coxabengoa (Coxabengoa) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Convener: Miguel Angel Jimenez (Coxabengoa)
    • 1:00 PM
      Lunch Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Fuel Cells Session: Overview of fuel cell related technology developments at ESA: a Roadmap Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Convener: Brandon Buergler (ESA)
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Fuel Cells Session: Lunar Night Survival Regenerative Fuel Cell System Development to TRL 5 (CERTH) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Conveners: Dimitris Tsiplakides (CERTH), Stella Balomenou (CERTH)
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Fuel Cells Session: Progress on Lunar Night Survival Regenerative Fuel Cell System Development to TRL 5 at Air Liquide Advanced Technologies (ALAT) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Convener: Luc Littré (ALAT)
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Fuel Cells Session: Electrochemical Oxygen Pumping Technologies for Regenerative Fuel Cells and Other Uses (Omnidea) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Convener: Jorge Barreto (Omnidea)
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Fuel Cells Session: Surviving the Martian dust storm, presentation of the activity “Development of an Engineering Model of a Regenerative Fuel Cell System for Power Generation on Mars (NORCE) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Conveners: Ivar Wærnhus (NORCE), Veronika Reckova (NORCE)
    • 3:30 PM
      Coffee break Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Nuclear Power Session: Roadmap (Endure) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Convener: Pierre Coquay
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Nuclear Power Session: Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (University of Leicester) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Convener: Christophe Fongarland (ESA)
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Nuclear Power Session: Radioisotope Thermo-Acoustic Linear Induction Generator (Deep Space Energy) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Convener: Mihails Ščepanskis
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Nuclear Power Session: Nuclear Radioisotope Production Activities and Development of Low TRL Systems Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Conveners: Jakob Asenbauer (ESA), Stephanie Barron (ESA)
    • Energy Storage and Nuclear Power: Wrap-up Session: Technologies Complementarity Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
      Convener: Geraldine Palissat
    • 5:30 PM
      Lab Tour and Networking Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
    • Power Management: Introduction (ESA) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Dr Arturo Fernández (ESA)
    • Power Management: Session 1, European radiation hard WBG devices: Launching silicon carbide to space: a program developing rad-hard power devices to minimise SEE-related derating (University of Warwick) Tennis Hall

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      ESTEC

      Convener: Prof. Peter Gammon (University of Warwick)
    • Power Management: Session 1, European radiation hard WBG devices: EPOSIC: A Radiation Hard SiC MOS technology for space applications (Infineon) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Dr Martin Goellner (Infineon)
    • Power Management: Session 1, European radiation hard WBG devices: GaN half-bridge integrated circuits for power converters (TAS-B and MinDCet) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Conveners: Mr Marc Fossion (Thales Alenia Space Belgium), Dr Mike Wens (MinDCet NV)
    • Power Management: Session 1, European radiation hard WBG devices: Radiation Tolerant / Hardened GaN for space (Semi Zabala) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Dr Simon Wainwright (Semi Zabala)
    • 11:05 AM
      Coffee break Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
    • Power Management: Session 2, Application of WBG devices in space: GaN power supplies for harsh environments (ESA) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Dr Nils Van der Bliej (ESA)
    • Power Management: Session 2, Application of WBG devices in space: Design of GaN based Switching Latching Current Limiter (LCL) and analysis of GaN gate open failure (ESA) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Mr Nikola Boskovic (ESA)
    • Power Management: Session 2, Application of WBG devices in space: Enhancing the compactness of a high voltage power converter by increasing the switching frequency (TAS-B) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Mr Benjamin Spitaels (Thales Alenia Space Belgium)
    • Power Management: Session 2, Application of WBG devices in space: SiC in space for very high power applications (ESA) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Dr Antxon Arrizabalaga (ESA)
    • 1:20 PM
      Lunch Main Restaurant

      Main Restaurant

      ESTEC

    • Power Management: Session 3, Power systems and voltage regulators: Research of advances of supercaps for power supply units (University of Žilina) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Prof. Michal Frivaldsky (University of Žilina)
    • Power Management: Session 3, Power systems and voltage regulators: Highly integrated voltage regulators for powering FPGAs and SoCs for AI (PulpoSemi) Tennis Hall

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      ESTEC

      Convener: Mr Séamus O'Driscoll (Pulposemi)
    • Power Management: Session 3, Power systems and voltage regulators: Radiation Hardened (RH) Point of Load Converter chip in plastic package (STMicroelectronics) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Mr Salvo Pappalardo (STMicroelectronics)
    • 3:30 PM
      Coffee break Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
    • Power Management: Session 4, ICs for space applications: PWM controller IC for digital comfort in analogue regulation loops and mitigation of failure propagation (Space IC) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Mr Volodymyr Burkhay (Space IC)
    • Power Management: Session 4, ICs for space applications: Conan : a 130V electronic circuit-breaker and latch-up current limiter controller (Weeroc) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Mr Julien Fleury (Weeroc)
    • Power Management: Session 4, ICs for space applications: GaN ready single chip dc-dc controller (HSC) (TAS-B) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Mr Marc Fossion (Thales Alenia Space Belgium)
    • Power Management: Session 5, Failure analysis and control: A comparative study on experimental loop-gain measurement techniques applied to digitally controlled DC-DC converters (ESA) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Mr Valentin Riat (ESA)
    • Power Management: Session 5, Failure analysis and control: Automated failure analysis for electronic systems in space applications (Power Smart Control) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Mr Marcos Robles Monterde (Power Smart Control)
    • Power Management: Session 5, Failure analysis and control: Modular architecture with decentralized control for a regulated power distribution bus (Universidad de Oviedo) Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Prof. Pablo Fernández Miaja (Universidad de Oviedo)
    • 5:31 PM
      Cocktail Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
    • Solar Generators: Welcome and introduction Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Antonio Caon
    • Solar Generators: ESA Presentation: Highlight on the technology roadmap and major topics Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Conveners: Antonio Caon, Carsten Baur
    • Solar Generators: Session 1 - AZUR SPACE’s solar cell products for versatile space applications Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Torsten Torunski (Azur Space)
    • Solar Generators: Session 1 - Solar Cells manufacturing improvement (CESI) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

    • Solar Generators: Session 1 - Silicon Solar Cells for Space Applications: Degradation and Regeneration Effects (ISC Konstanz) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Valentin Mihailetchi (ISC Konstanz)
    • Solar Generators: Session 1 - Silicon Photovoltaics for Space: Key Issues and Advances (CEA) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Romain Cariou (CEA)
    • Solar Generators: Session 1 - Progress towards Low Cost III-V Space Solar Cells (Fraunhofer-ISE) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: David Lackner (Fraunhofer-ISE)
    • Solar Generators: Session 1 - (R-) Evolutionary innovation in Ge substrates for space multijunction solar cells (UMICORE) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Jinyoun Cho (UMICORE)
    • Solar Generators: Session 1 - Perovskite-silicon tandem cells and their potential for space PV (Oxford PV) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Beth Allum (Oxford PV)
    • Solar Generators: Session 1 - Perovskite Solar Cells for VLEO Applications (Institute for Photovoltaics, University of Stuttgart) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Stephanie Essig (Institute for Photovoltaics, University of Stuttgart)
    • Solar Generators: Session 1 - Solar panel protection : a challenge for Rectifier (STMicroelectronics) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Thierry Castagnet (STMicroelectronics)
    • 11:30 AM
      Networking with coffee Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
    • Solar Generators: Session 2 - On-going and Future Developments at Teledyne Qioptiq Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Conveners: Jilly Knox-Shoosmith (QIOPTIQ), Sam Vaughan (QIOPTIQ)
    • Solar Generators: Session 2 - Solar Cell Cover glass development of SCHOTT Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Oliver Theussl (SCHOTT)
    • Solar Generators: Session 2 - Sparkwing solar arrays for MW constellations (Airbus) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Martin Kroon (Airbus)
    • Solar Generators: Session 2 - Solar Arrays Development at Leonardo Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Giorgio Tesser (Leonardo)
    • Solar Generators: Session 2 - Advance in series production experience. Balance after three years of massive activities (SpaceTech, STI) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Emanuele Ferrando (SpaceTech)
    • Solar Generators: Session 2 - PVA developments from TAS-B (Thales Alenia Space Belgium) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Johan Das (Thales Alenia Space - Belgium)
    • 1:00 PM
      Lunch & Networking Main Restaurant

      Main Restaurant

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1
    • Solar Generators: Session 3 - Development of a Synchronized Deployment Solar Array Wing for SmallSats (DHV) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Ismael Sanchez (DHV)
    • Solar Generators: Session 3 - 5M - Involvement in solar panel development and manufacturing (BSTG - 5M) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Pavel Lorenc (BSTG - 5M)
    • Solar Generators: Session 3 - AELIS, innovative testing of Solar Array Wings at Beyond Gravity Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Héloïse Boross (Beyond Gravity)
    • Solar Generators: Session 3 - PowerCube - An Origami-Inspired 100W Solar Array for SmallSats (DCUBED) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Antonio Pedivellano (DCUBED)
    • Solar Generators: Session 3 - DESOP, deployable solar panels for nanosatellite (PROGETTI) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Loris Marchignani (PROGETTI)
    • Solar Generators: Session 3 - DEAR – A 1U membrane-based 100W Solar Array Engineering Model development and testing (DLR) Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Tom Sproewitz (DLR)
    • Solar Generators: Session 3 - Spasolab activities and perspectives Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Christopher Lawrence Barber Daza (SPASOLAB)
    • 3:40 PM
      Networking with coffee Tennis Hall

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
    • Solar Generators: Wrap-up and conclusion Tennis Hall (ESTEC )

      Tennis Hall

      ESTEC

      Convener: Antonio Caon (ESA)