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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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 (public[dot]relations[at]ises[dot]org) for further information.
Next Webinars
Recent and Past Events
Thursday, 30. October 2025
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar Hot Water for 2030: An IEA SHC Task in Review (2)
Hot water demand for kitchen and sanitary use is continuously growing globally and as countries…
Tuesday, 28. October 2025
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar Hot Water for 2030: An IEA SHC Task in Review (1)
Hot water demand for kitchen and sanitary use is continuously growing globally and as countries…
Thursday, 26. June 2025
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Global Market Data of the Solar Industry - Key Insights from Solar Heat Worldwide 2025 (2)
Join us for an engaging deep-dive into the latest edition of the Solar Heat Worldwide 2025 report,…
Tuesday, 24. June 2025
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Global Market Data of the Solar Industry - Key Insights from Solar Heat Worldwide 2025 (1)
Join us for an engaging deep-dive into the latest edition of the Solar Heat Worldwide 2025 report,…
Tuesday, 29. April 2025
1:00 to 2:30 PM
Presenting the Solar World Congress 2025 & Perspectives on Renewables from Brazil & Latin America
From 04-07 November 2025, ISES and our local section in Brazil, ABENS, will host the Solar World…
Thursday, 03. April 2025
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Compact Thermal Energy Storage Materials: Better Material Characterization and Determination of Material Degradation Mechanisms (2)
Join this session of the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar series on the topic of Compact Thermal…
Tuesday, 01. April 2025
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Compact Thermal Energy Storage Materials: Better Material Characterization and Determination of Material Degradation Mechanisms (1)
Join this session of the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar series on the topic of Compact Thermal…
Wednesday, 05. March 2025
2:00 to 4:00 PM
Women Energizing the Future: Online Solar Networking Session by ISES and GWNET
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, ISES and GWNET, the Global Women's Network for the…
Thursday, 21. November 2024
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Boosting the Efficiency of Solar Thermal District Heating with Digitalization, Advanced Control and Open Data (2)
Join this session of the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar series by the IEA SHC Task 68 Subtask B on…
Tuesday, 19. November 2024
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Boosting the Efficiency of Solar Thermal District Heating with Digitalization, Advanced Control and Open Data (1)
Join this session of the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar series by the IEA SHC Task 68 Subtask B on…
Wednesday, 20. November 2024
8:30 to 10:30 AM
SESI Webinar: Solar Thermal Technologies for Industrial Applications
This webinar is organized by SESI, the Solar Energy Society of India, the ISES section in India.…
Thursday, 24. October 2024
1:00 to 2:30 PM
IEA PVPS Trends Report 2024
As part of the ISES and IEA PVPS webinar collaboration, ISES is happy to welcome IEA PVPS for this…
Wednesday, 25. September 2024
12:00 to 1:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Manufacturing and Design for Reliability and Durability in Solar Thermosyphon Hot Water Systems (1)
Join this session of the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar series, where experts on solar hot water…
Friday, 27. September 2024
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Manufacturing and Design for Reliability and Durability in Solar Thermosyphon Hot Water Systems (2)
Join this session of the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar series, where experts on solar hot water…
Thursday, 04. July 2024
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar Heat Worldwide 2024 - Harnessing Solar Thermal Energy for a Sustainable Future (2)
Join this session of the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar series, where experts delve into the latest…
Tuesday, 02. July 2024
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Solar Heat Worldwide 2024 - Harnessing Solar Thermal Energy for a Sustainable Future (1)
Join this session of the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar series, where experts delve into the latest…
Thursday, 25. April 2024
7:00 to 8:00 AM
ISES Board membership Q&A
Not sure if Board Membership is for you? Or have questions on what it means to be an ISES Board…
Thursday, 18. April 2024
1:00 to 2:30 PM
IEA PVPS Task 13 - Enabling 2nd life photovoltaics
ISES and IEA PVPS are happy to start a new webinar collaboration. The first webinar presents the…
Tuesday, 19. March 2024
1:00 to 2:00 PM
ISES Online Solar Energy Museum Launch Event
This webinar will launch the International Solar Energy Society’s (ISES) Online Museum of Solar…
Thursday, 14. March 2024
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Making Low Carbon District Heat a Reality in the UK
About this webinar: District heating is a key component of the UK’s strategy for net-zero heat in…
Monday, 11. December 2023
3:00 to 4:30 AM
Solar Energy Journal Awards Ceremony 2023
On December 11 at 3PM GMT/UTC, join ISES and Solar Energy Journal Editor-in-Chief Ranga Pitchumani…
Thursday, 23. November 2023
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Current developments in thermal energy storage materials (2)
About this webinar: In this webinar, get to know more about the latest R&D activities into…
Tuesday, 21. November 2023
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Current developments in thermal energy storage materials (1)
About this webinar: In this webinar, get to know more about the latest R&D activities into…
Thursday, 21. September 2023
6:00 to 7:30 AM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Task 66 - Solar Energy Buildings (2)
About this webinar: On the global level, the operation of buildings accounts for around 40 % of the…
Tuesday, 19. September 2023
2:00 to 3:30 PM
IEA SHC Solar Academy: Task 66 - Solar Energy Buildings (1)
About this webinar: On the global level, the operation of buildings accounts for around 40 % of the…
Tuesday, 15. August 2023
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
The Sun: a double barrelled energy source. How are we utilising this in South Africa?
This webinar is aimed at giving a brief overview of the energy situation in South Africa. It will…
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…
Wednesday, 12. July 2023
1:00 to 2:00 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…
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 productsLast year,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, 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, 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, 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…
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…
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…
Friday, 04. December 2020
9:00 to 10:00 PM
Session 6: Moving the Energy Transformation Forward
Lessons learnt, and pathways needed to be explored & Bringing it All Together - An ISES Roadmap…Friday, 04. December 2020
1:00 to 2:00 PM
Session 5: Public, Policy, and Financial Advances
Reviews landmark changes in public support, policy development and financial markets that have…Thursday, 03. December 2020
9:00 to 10:00 PM
Session 3: Transforming the Energy Sector
Discusses policy, regulation and market tools required to efficiently accelerate a transition to a…Thursday, 03. December 2020
5:00 to 7:00 AM
Session 1: Welcome and Overview of the Century of Energy Transformation
Highlights major advancements and future visions and launches the SWC50 virtual museum and…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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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…
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:…
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 -…
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…
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…
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…
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 "…
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…
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…
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, 22. August 2018
11:00 AM
Members only: Battery Storage in Off-Grid and On-Grid Power Systems
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, 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, 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…
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…
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,…
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…