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Ben Figgis

Mr. Ben Figgis

Research Program Manager
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
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Biography

Ben Figgis is a Research Program Manager at the Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute, part of Hamad bin Khalifa University in Qatar. He manages the Outdoor Test Facility, a 35,000 m2 test site for PV and solar thermal technologies, and his research focus is on PV soiling. Ben helped establish and operate the OTF from 2009 to 2014 with Chevron Qatar, and for the preceding five years was involved in setting up the Qatar Science & Technology Park. He has B.Eng and B.Sc degrees from the University of Western Australian, M.Eng from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Strasbourg.
 

Experience

Research Program Manager

Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute

November 2014 - present

  • Research Manager

    Chevron Qatar

    2009 – July 2014

  • Marketing Manager

    Qatar Science & Technology Park, Doha

    January 2004 – April 2009

  • Project Manager

    FreeMarkets (now Ariba), Melbourne.

    2000 – 2004

  • Research Analyst

    Automotive Resources Asia, Bangkok

    1998 – 2000

  • Senior Buyer

    Holden (General Motors), Melbourne.

    1996 – 1998

Education

Bachelor of Engineering

University of Western Australia

1994

  • Bachelor of Science

    University of Western Australia

    1994

  • Master of Engineering

    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

    1997

Selected Publications

  • Benjamin Figgis, Ahmed Ennaoui, Bing Guo, Wasim Javed, Eugene Chen

    Outdoor soiling microscope for measuring particle deposition and resuspension. Solar Energy 137 (2016) 158–164

     2016

  • Benjamin Figgis, Ahmed Ennaoui, Said Ahzi, Yves Rémond.

    Review of PV soiling particle mechanics in desert environments. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 76 (2017) 872–881

     2017

  • Benjamin Figgis, Ahmed Ennaoui, Said Ahzi, Yves Rémond.

    Review of PV Soiling Measurement Methods. International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference

     2016

  • PV Soiling: Qatar Perspective. Benjamin Figgis.

    DEWA PV Soiling Workshop. Dubai, UAE, April 2016

     2016

  • Role of Moisture in PV Soiling. Benjamin Figgis.

    PV Quality Assurance Task Force, webinar, August 2016

     2016

  • Outdoor Microscope for PV Soiling Research. Ben Figgis. PV Days.

    Halle, Germany, September 2016

     2016

  • PV Soiling: Qatar Perspective.

    Ben Figgis. DEWA Anti-Soiling Workshop, April 2016, Dubai, UAE

     2016

  • Qatar STF & Environmental Conditions.

    Benjamin Figgis. PV Quality Assurance Task Force, webinar, March 2017

     2017

  • PV Testing and Thermal Management: Qatar Perspective.

    Abdelhakim Hassabou, Benjamin Figgis. GCC Solar PV Testing Centres Network meeting. Dubai, UAE, May 2017 (in preparation)

     2017

  • Solar Test Facility in Doha, Qatar.

    Benjamin Figgis. 2016. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21049.77925

     2016

  • PV Soiling Rate Variation over Long Periods.

    Figgis, Ben; Martinez Plaza, Diego; Mirza, Talha. NREL PV Reliability Workshop, 2015

     2015

  • PV Operating Conditions and Yield in Qatar.

    Benjamin Figgis, Ahmed Ennaoui. QF ARC’16, Doha, Qatar

     2016

  • Outdoor Soiling Microscope: A New Tool for In-Situ Study of PV Soiling and Condensation.

    Ben Figgis, Ahmed Ennaoui, Bing Guo, Wasim Javed. 2017

     2017
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