As a proud supporter of the Intersolar since 2000, the ISES Team is happy to return to Munich for this year's Intersolar Europe.

Meet the ISES team at booth A4.658 and learn about about ISES activities such as this year's EuroSun 2022 Conference, our monthly webinars, new student initiatives and much more!

In this newsletter, we present five of the most  cited articles from the Solar Energy Journal.

In this newsletter, we present five of the most downloaded articles in Solar Energy Advances.

Solar Energy Advances is ISES's most recent publication - a fully open access journal launched in 2021 covering a broad range of themes relevant to solar energy research, development, applications, and impact on sustainable development, climate change, resilience and circular economy.

Meet ISES Member Valentin Software at Intersolar Europe in Munich from May 11-13 2022.

Valentin Software - provider of modern design and simulation software for photovoltaic, solar thermal and heat pump systems - will be exhibiting its products at booth A4.550. The current versions of all products will be presented: PV*SOL premium 2022 with improved performance, PAN file import and new climate data sources; T*SOL 2021 with expanded databases and GeoT*SOL 2021 with optimized heat pumps.

A special focus is on the presentation of the latest version of PV*SOL premium. Corresponding live design sessions are planned at the exhibition stand.

ASES, the American Solar Energy Society and American Section of ISES, invites you to join the ASES Solar Tour 2022 - registrations are now open!

Tours and Solar Sites will be in neighborhoods across the country as well as online on the weekend of 01 - 02 October 2022. Tour organizers can host Local Solar Tours and Solar Sites in-person, fully virtual or do a mix of virtual and in-person. However you decide to host a Local Solar Tour or Solar Site, you will help the National Solar Tour empower people nationwide to learn about solar technology and the process of going solar from their friends, neighbors and other solar enthusiasts.

APVI, the Australian PV Institute has announced the dates for their 2022 conference. The Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference will take place from 29 November to 01 December in Newcastle, Australia and the Call for Abstracts will open shortly.

The Government of Spain has teamed up with REN21 - the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century - to organise the next International Renewable Energy Conference (IREC) in Madrid from 21st to 23rd February 2023, through IDAE (The Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving), a public business entity attached to the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITERD), through the Secretary of State for Energy. 

Power for All has launched a multi-media campaign, "Women with Power: Celebrating the Sector's Most Accomplished Women"  to pay tribute to accomplished women in the renewable energy sector as they share their passion and stories in a male-dominated field. Included are podcasts and videos portraing inspiring women leaders in renewable energy.

Solar Cookers International hosted a virtual event at this year’s United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Forum and the recording of the event is now available online.

 

Hear first-hand accounts of solar cooking initiatives empowering women. Guest speakers included Mary Frank, artist and activist, Esther Wang'ombe, Senior Deputy Director, Renewable Energy, Kenyan Ministry of Energy, Dr. Dan Kammen, Senior Advisor for Energy Innovation at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Rocío Maldonado, SCI Global Advisor, and Terry Tempest Williams, author, conservationist, and activist.

The WWEA Small Wind Section has appointed Mike Bergey and Frits Ogg as Co-chairs during its latest meeting in March. The members of the section have welcomed having two Co-chairs from different continents and backgrounds to reinforce the work of the WWEA on topics such as small & medium wind, distributed wind, rural electrification, and hybrid systems. During the meeting, members of the Small Wind Section have also discussed the main working areas for the next two years which will have a focus on small wind market and policy development, advocacy, R&D and quality assurance.

WWEA will hold WWEC 2022, the 20th World Wind Energy Conference in Rimini from 28-30 June 2022. In light of current events, WWEA, ANEV and Adria Congrex decided to amend the theme of the conference to "Collaborating for a Renweable Future in Peace" to highlight the potential of wind energy and of renewables in general to contribute to a peaceful world. Renewable energies, by nature, support mutual collaboration and help to avoid one-sided dependencies.

This theme of peaceful collaboration will be highlighted in the plenaries as well as in the parallel sessions as it underlines the importance of modern societies to act in a cooperative manner, for the mutual and common benefit.