ISES Webinars
ISES organizes monthly webinars and invites everybody to join (free-of-charge). Focusing on solar energy related topics of high relevance in science, technology development, market and industrial implementation, social issues, training and education our webinars offer something for everyone.
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The International Solar Energy Society (ISES) invites your organization to be a sponsor of our webinar series. Focusing on solar energy related topics of high relevance in science, technology development, market and industrial implementation, social issues, training and education our webinars offer something for everyone. ISES initiated these online seminars in 2012 and since then, they enjoy a great popularity and increasing number of participants. Please contact public.relations [at] ises.org for further information. View our webinar sponsoring flyer here.
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Webinar panelists are distinguished experts from research, academia and industry. Panelists share their knowledge and passion during the webinar on a voluntary basis and answer participants questions during and after the live webinar. We welcome new panelist speakers who are experts in their fields to participate in an ISES wbinar. Please contact public.relations [at] ises.org for further information.
Next Webinars
Wednesday, 12. July 2023
3:00 to 4:00 PM
REN21 Renewables 2023 Global Status Report: Energy Demand & Supply Modules
In this webinar, ISES welcomes Jad Baba, REN21 Knowledge & Data Lead to present the first two…Thursday, 22. June 2023
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar Heating and Cooling Markets, Trends and Outlook (2)
About this webinar: This June, the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar will look at developments and…
Tuesday, 20. June 2023
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar Heating and Cooling Markets, Trends and Outlook (1)
About this webinar: This June, the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar will look at developments and…
Recent and Past Events
Wednesday, 26. April 2023
12:00 to 1:30 PM
ISES Solar World Congress 2023: All you need to know about SWC 2023
From 30 October to 04 November 2023, ISES will be hosting the ISES Solar World Congress 2023 (SWC…
Thursday, 23. March 2023
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Global Solar Certification Network and SOLERGY (2)
About this webinar: The Global Solar Certification Network (GSCN) is working on the global…
Tuesday, 21. March 2023
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Global Solar Certification Network and SOLERGY (1)
About this webinar: The Global Solar Certification Network (GSCN) is working on the global…
Thursday, 26. January 2023
1:00 to 2:30 PM
Solar PV: A Gender Perspective - New IRENA Report
In this webinar, invited speakers and discussants present the latest instalment of the IRENA Gender…
Thursday, 15. December 2022
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA PVPS Task 16 - All Sky Imagers Benchmarking
In this webinar, the existing and advancing solar nowcasting techniques with the use of all-sky…
Thursday, 01. December 2022
6:00 to 7:00 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: IEA SHC Task 64 & SolarPACES Task IV on Solar Process Heat II
Large-scale installations for the provision of Solar Heat for Industrial Processes (SHIP) are a…
Tuesday, 29. November 2022
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: IEA SHC Task 64 & SolarPACES Task IV on Solar Process Heat
Large-scale installations for the provision of Solar Heat for Industrial Processes (SHIP) are a…
Wednesday, 16. November 2022
4:45 to 6:15 PM
COP 27 Side-Event: Stronger Together: Showcasing Success of Renewable Energy Technologies Working for the Energy Transition
A renewable energy transformation is central to addressing major energy supply challenges and…
Thursday, 27. October 2022
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Task 65 Solar Cooling for the Sunbelt Regions - II
In 2016, air-conditioning accounted for nearly 20% of the total electricity demand in buildings…
Tuesday, 25. October 2022
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Task 65 Solar Cooling for the Sunbelt Regions - I
In 2016, air-conditioning accounted for nearly 20% of the total electricity demand in buildings…
Tuesday, 16. August 2022
1:00 to 2:30 PM
IEA PVPS Task 16 - Firm PV Power
In this webinar, the speakers investigate whether photovoltaics (PV) can effectively and…
Thursday, 23. June 2022
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar Heating and Cooling Markets and Industry Trends (2)
This webinar will highlight the global solar thermal market development as well as industry and…
Tuesday, 21. June 2022
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy Webinar on Solar Heating and Cooling Markets and Industry Trends (1)
This webinar will highlight the global solar thermal market development as well as industry and…
Thursday, 24. March 2022
6:00 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy on: Global Solar Certification Network (2)
SOLERGY – A new international label for high quality solar thermal products Last year, the Global…
Tuesday, 22. March 2022
2:00 to 3:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy on: Global Solar Certification Network (1)
SOLERGY – A new international label for high quality solar thermal products Last year, the Global…
Thursday, 10. February 2022
3:00 to 5:00 AM
AgriPV - An Introduction
In this first ISES organized webinar in cooperation with the GSC on the topic of AgriPV - also…
Thursday, 09. December 2021
9:00 to 10:30 AM
Perspectives on Future Power Grids - SWC50 Follow Up Webinar
In December 2020, ISES celebrated 50 years of the society’s biannual global congress – the ISES…
Thursday, 25. November 2021
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Task 63: Solar Neighborhood Planning (2)
In this webinar, representatives of IEA SHC Task 63 on Solar Neighborhood Planning will discuss…
Tuesday, 23. November 2021
1:00 to 2:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Task 63: Solar Neighborhood Planning (1)
In this webinar, representatives of IEA SHC Task 63 on Solar Neighborhood Planning will discuss…
Tuesday, 16. November 2021
1:00 to 2:00 AM
ISES + Elsevier: Announcing the RTC 2021 Winner
In this webinar, ISES and Elsevier will announce the winner of the Renewable Transformation…
Tuesday, 28. September 2021
1:00 to 2:00 AM
Renewables 2021 Global Status Report
This September, ISES is happy to once again welcome REN21 to introduce their annual Renewables 2021…
Thursday, 19. August 2021
1:00 to 2:00 PM
Renewable Transformation Challenge Webinar: Towards a World Powered by Renewable Energy
Following the launch of the RTC2021, we have invited the two previous winners, ME SOLShare Ltd and…
Thursday, 12. August 2021
1:00 to 2:30 AM
Transforming the Air, Sea, and Land Freight Transport Sector - SWC50 Webinar
On August 12 at 1PM GMT/UTC, ISES continues its year-long SWC50 – The Century of Solar virtual…
Monday, 28. June 2021
1:00 to 2:30 PM
RENAlliance Webinar: A New Momentum for Climate Change Mitigation: Renewables Working Together
With the new US Administration in office, China committing to becoming climate neutral by 2060, the…
Thursday, 24. June 2021
6:00 to 7:00 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar Heating and Cooling Markets and Industry Trends (2)
This webinar will highlight the global solar thermal market development as well as industry and…
Tuesday, 22. June 2021
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar Heating and Cooling Markets and Industry Trends (1)
This webinar will highlight the global solar thermal market development as well as industry and…
Thursday, 06. May 2021
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Scaling Up - High PV and Renewables Penetration Scenarios
Driving the renewable energy transformation, the upscaling of renewables such as PV will be key in…
Thursday, 25. March 2021
6:00 to 8:00 AM
IEA SHC Task 62 - Solar Energy in Industrial Water & Wastewater Management (2)
This webinar in the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar series will introduce the work of IEA SHC Task 62…
Tuesday, 23. March 2021
2:00 to 3:30 AM
IEA SHC Task 62 - Solar Energy in Industrial Water & Wastewater Management (1)
This webinar in the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar series will introduce the work of IEA SHC Task 62…
Thursday, 18. February 2021
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Introducing the IEA PVPS Task 16 Best Practices Handbook for Solar Resource Data, Version 3
This webinar seeks to introduce a new edition of the widely used IEA PVPS Task 16 Best Practices…
Thursday, 29. October 2020
2:00 to 3:30 AM
PV Recycling and End-of-life Processing
With more and more PV modules reaching the end of their life-span, end-of-life processes and…
Friday, 25. September 2020
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Webinar on Task 61 - Integrated Solutions for Daylighting and Electric Lighting (2)
This fourth webinar in the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar series will introduce the work of IEA SHC…
Thursday, 24. September 2020
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Webinar on Task 61 - Integrated Solutions for Daylighting and Electric Lighting (1)
This fourth webinar in the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar series will introduce the work of IEA SHC…
Thursday, 27. August 2020
2:00 to 3:30 AM
Updates on solar forecasting and other solar resource work of IEA PVPS Task 16
Solar Resource Assessment and Forecasting remains as a key technology to assure successful solar…
Monday, 06. July 2020
2:00 to 3:00 PM
The Global Status of Renewables - REN21's 2020 Report
This July, ISES is happy to once again welcome REN21 to introduce their annual Renewables 2020…
Tuesday, 30. June 2020
12:00 to 1:15 PM
RENAlliance Webinar - Renewables working together: Building Back Better through a Green Recovery
The Covid-19 pandemic has created the biggest global crisis in generations, aside from the climate…
Wednesday, 24. June 2020
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar Heating and Cooling Markets and Industry Trends
This webinar will highlight the key data and findings of the two most recent SHC market reports:…
Thursday, 28. May 2020
2:00 AM
ISES + GSC Webinar: Floating Solar Photovoltaics
On 28 May 2020 at 2PM GMT/UTC, the International Solar Energy Society is happy to present this…
Tuesday, 05. May 2020
3:00 PM
Powering Renewables: Women in Solar Energy III
The International Solar Energy Society, ISES, envisions a world with 100% renewable energy for all…
Wednesday, 25. March 2020
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar heat and electricity: PVT solutions for buildings and industry
Over the past few years, PVT systems that combine solar thermal technology and solar PV have gained…
Tuesday, 10. March 2020
1:00 to 2:00 AM
ISES Infographics - Solar Thermal Heat for Industry Processes
In this webinar, ISES is happy to introduce the latest installment of the ISES infographics on the…
Thursday, 27. February 2020
9:00 AM
Renewables in Cities & Lessons learned from scaling up solar PV
This February, ISES is happy to once again welcome REN21 for one of our monthly webinars - this…
Tuesday, 28. January 2020
12:00 to 1:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Renovating Historic Buildings towards Zero Energy - Task 59
The International Solar Energy Society is pleased to host the first webinar of the IEA SHC Solar…
Wednesday, 27. November 2019
2:00 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Material and Component Development for Thermal Energy Storage - Task 58
The International Solar Energy Society is hosting the next webinar in the IEA SHC Solar Academy's…
Wednesday, 18. September 2019
2:00 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Building Integrated Solar Envelope Systems for HVAC and Lighting - Task 56
The International Solar Energy Society is hosting the next webinar in the IEA SHC Solar Academy's…
Wednesday, 03. July 2019
2:00 to 3:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar Heating and Cooling Market and Industry Trends 2018
The International Solar Energy Society is hosting the next webinar in the IEA SHC Solar Academy's…
Wednesday, 26. June 2019
1:00 AM
The Global Status of Renewables - REN21's 2019 Global Status Report
This June, ISES is happy to once again welcome REN21 to introduce their annual Renewabels Global…
Thursday, 23. May 2019
1:00 AM
Global Energy Systems based on 100% Renewable Energy
ISES invites you to join this month's webinar in which we welcome Christian Breyer, Professor for…
Thursday, 25. April 2019
1:00 to 2:30 AM
Introducing the Global Solar Council: Enabling Solar to deliver clean power and energy access
--> The International Solar Energy Society is pleased to present the first webinar of the…
Thursday, 21. March 2019
2:00 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Large Scale SHC Systems Integration into District Heating and Cooling Networks
The International Solar Energy Society is very happy to host the IEA SHC Solar Academy's 2019…
Tuesday, 12. February 2019
3:00 AM
Powering Renewables: Women in Solar Energy II
The International Solar Energy Society envisions a world with 100% renewable energy for everyone…
Tuesday, 29. January 2019
8:00 AM
Dispelling the Myths: Renewables in the Grid
In December 2018, the International Solar Energy Society launched its latest publication "…
Wednesday, 12. December 2018
1:00 to 2:30 PM
Solar Standards and Certification - IEA SHC Solar Academy Task 57
As part of the IEA SHC Solar Academy, in which IEA SHC shares it’s work and supports R&D and…
Tuesday, 20. November 2018
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Measuring Albedo
In this ISES webinar, 5 expert speakers from India, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and the US…
Thursday, 08. November 2018
2:00 to 3:00 PM
Powering Renewables: Women in Solar Energy
The International Solar Energy Society envisions a world with 100% renewable energy for everyone…
Wednesday, 19. September 2018
2:00 to 3:30 AM
Solar Air Conditioning and Cooling - IEA SHC Solar Academy Task 53
This webinar will delve into the realm of New Generation Solar Cooling and Heating Systems (PV or…
Thursday, 30. August 2018
12:00 PM
Geothermal Underground Storage for Solar Applications
With the summer being in full swing in Europe and the ISES HQ in Freiburg enjoying wonderful sunny…
Wednesday, 22. August 2018
11:00 AM
Members only: Battery Storage in Off-Grid and On-Grid Power Systems
Thursday, 05. July 2018
1:00 to 2:00 PM
The global status of renewables - REN21's 2018 global status report
Transformation is picking up speed in the power sector, but urgent action is required in heating,…
Tuesday, 12. June 2018
1:00 to 2:30 PM
Solar Heating and Cooling Market and Industry Trends 2017
This webinar will highlight the key data and findings of the two most recent SHC market reports:…
Thursday, 31. May 2018
1:30 to 3:00 PM
An International Collaboration to Advance the Use of Solar Resource Information
Since the 1990’s an international group of solar resource experts has been undertaking…
Wednesday, 02. May 2018
2:00 to 3:30 PM
The Local Dimension of the NDCs - 100% Renewable Energy: Comments and Discussion
This webinar is part of the follow-up process of a successful forum organized during COP23 by the…
Wednesday, 14. March 2018
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Price Reduction of Solar Thermal Systems
Having the image of being too expensive to buy, too complex to install, too costly to maintain,…
Monday, 26. February 2018
8:00 PM
International use of the NREL System Advisor Model (SAM) with case studies
This webinar will introduce the viewer to the System Advisor Model (SAM) from NREL and its…
Tuesday, 23. January 2018
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Concentrating Solar Thermal Power with Built-in Storage
Concentrating Solar Power systems, or CSP, employ large fields of mirrors to reflect the direct…
Thursday, 14. December 2017
1:00 to 2:30 PM
Solar Academy: Energy Economy and Solar Heat – Perspectives and best practice
What role solar thermal will play in the energy sector in 2050 is one of the principal questions…
Thursday, 30. November 2017
3:00 to 4:30 PM
The Local Dimension of the NDCs: 100% Renewable Energy
This webinar is part of the follow-up process of a successful forum organized during COP23 by the…
Wednesday, 25. October 2017
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Renewable Transformation Challenge - The Energiewende 3.0 - Smart P2P Solar Grids
Proposed agenda: 12:00 - Welcome and introduction12:05 - RTC100 introduction and…
Wednesday, 13. September 2017
10:00 to 11:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar Energy in Urban Planning
A webinar of the IEA SHC Programme's Solar Academy, hosted by the International Solar Energy…
Tuesday, 29. August 2017
1:00 to 2:30 PM
Members only: Q&A with ISES Board Members - Solar technologies
Register for this special ISES webinar, exclusively for ISES Members! This webinar is additional to…
Thursday, 03. August 2017
8:00 to 9:30 PM
Solar cooker performance evaluation
This webinar is organized together with Solar Cookers International. Solar cooking uses free solar…
Thursday, 06. July 2017
1:00 to 2:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar heating for industrial processes
A webinar of the IEA SHC Programme's Solar Academy, hosted by the International Solar Energy…
Wednesday, 14. June 2017
7:00 to 8:00 AM
Global Status of Renewable Energy 2017
This webinar will discuss key findings from the REN21 Renewables 2017 Global Status…
Tuesday, 23. May 2017
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Solar Resource Data Applications to Support Industry
As large-scale solar projects continue to grow in size, requiring ever-increasing levels of…
Wednesday, 26. April 2017
6:00 to 7:30 AM
Renewable Energy Disruption in the Australian Electricity Industry
Electricity supply in Australia has long been dominated by coal and natural gas. Generators are…
Tuesday, 21. March 2017
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Advanced Lighting Solutions for Retrofitting Buildings
A webinar of the IEA SHC Programme's Solar Academy, hosted by the International…
Wednesday, 08. February 2017
2:00 to 4:00 PM
Solar Professionals for the New Energy Era: Activating engineering and business careers with online education
We are all participants in an emerging era of international renewable…
Wednesday, 25. January 2017
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Renewable district heating and local heat planning
Heat planning at local level is a crucial activity to ensure that…
Thursday, 08. December 2016
9:00 AM
PV Market Development
The IEA-PVPS just published the 21st edition of the "Trends in PV…
Tuesday, 29. November 2016
1:00 to 2:30 PM
Renewable energy in developing countries - Focus on Tanzania and Morocco
The Paris Agreement calls to limit temperature increase to 1.5 C. This requires countries to…
Wednesday, 26. October 2016
2:00 to 3:30 PM
Renewable district heating – Small local grids and cooperative utilities
District heating based on local renewable energy sources is becoming more and more an appealing…
Monday, 26. September 2016
10:30 AM
175 GW of Renewable Power, Including Addition of 100 GW Solar in India by the Year 2022- Challenges and Present Status
The Indian Government has set an ambitious target to achieve 175 GW of…
Thursday, 25. August 2016
2:00 PM
100% Renewable Energy for Islands
A number of Island countries have ambitious targets of 100% RE for their…
Tuesday, 19. July 2016
3:00 PM
The Global Status of Renewable Energy
Key findings from the Renewables 2016 Global Status Report In 2015 the solar PV market…
Thursday, 16. June 2016
2:00 PM
Solar Resource Assessment with the IRENA Global Atlas for Renewable Energy
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Tuesday, 24. May 2016
3:00 PM
Solar Resource Nowcasting
This webinar features several solar resource assessment experts who talk about the concept of near-…
Thursday, 21. April 2016
12:00 PM
Opportunities and Challenges for Renewable Energy in the Asia-Pacific Region
There is worldwide…
Tuesday, 29. March 2016
12:00 PM
Solar Heating in Europe - Challenges and Opportunities
Experts in the field of solar heating give…
Monday, 29. February 2016
3:00 PM
What does the COP21 agreement mean for renewable energies?
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Wednesday, 27. January 2016
5:00 PM
Solar Resource Forecasting
…Monday, 23. February 2015
4:00 PM