What happens next?:

• Authors must register by 21 August in order to secure their presentation in the scientific program.
• Upon successful registration, authors will be provided with all relevant information regarding their presentations.
• You can already start preparing your full paper (deadline for submission is 22 October). It is imperative that authors use the SWC 2025 FULL PAPER TEMPLATE and follow the guidelines and instructions. A full paper cannot exceed 12 pages (including references and appendix).
• In advance of the event, accepted abstracts will be published in the internal conference area accessible to registered conference attendees. This allows attendees to prepare for attending the conference by familiarizing themselves with your work.

Important note: 

• A maximum of two papers can be presented per registered author at the congress. If your research group would like to present more than two papers, your co-authors need to register in addition or an additional fee must be paid.

Help: For questions, please reach out to us at swc(at)ises.org

1. Solar thermal power: Performance and optimization of solar thermal power system; Modelling, digitalization and AI; Collectors and components for solar thermal power; Thermal storage technologies and systems; Solar heating and cooling
    
2. Solar heating and cooling: Performance and optimization of solar heating and cooling systems; Modelling, digitalization and AI; Collectors and components for solar heating and cooling;
    
3. PV cell technology and PV systems: Advances in c-Si PV cells; Advances in thin films cells; Emerging and innovative PV cell technologies (i.e. Perovskite cells); Performance and optimization of PV systems; Modelling, digitalization and AI; PV system components; Concentration and solar tracking for PV systems; Hybrid PV-thermal systems (PVT); Energy storage technologies and systems
    
4. Renewable resource assessment and meteorology: Solar resource forecast; Modelling, digitalization and AI; Meteorological data applied to renewable energies; Instrumentation and measurement; Renewable energy forecast
    
5. Beyond solar: other renewables and associated applications, components, simulation and analysis: Wind power systems; Micro-hydroelectric power systems; Biomass power systems; Geothermal power systems; Tidal power systems; Hybrid power systems; Green hydrogen and green ammonia; Solar fuels; Renewable systems applications
    
6. Renewable systems applications: Concentrated solar power (CSP) applications; Cooking and other non-electric applications; Grid integration of renewable power systems; Floating PV; Agrivoltaics; Electric mobility and other uses of renewable energy for transport and mobility
    
7. Microgrids and grid interaction: Monitoring and control of microgrids; Modelling, digitalization and AI; Smart grids; Grid integration of microgrids; Decarbonization of isolated systems; Integration of solar energy in architecture and urban planning
    
8. Integration of solar energy in architecture and urban planning: Solar PV in buildings; Solar heating and cooling in buildings; Net-zero buildings; Renewable energy supply for buildings, neighborhoods and solar cities; Efficient buildings and cities; Thermal comfort in the built environment and bioclimatic architecture
    
9. Market, economy, policies, environment and social aspects: Social, economic and environmental impacts of renewable energy; Renewable energy education; Climate resilience; Gender equity in renewable energy; Workforce development and jobs in renewable energy; History of the renewable energies; Strategies, scenarios, financing and policies for renewable energy; Life cycle assessment; Recycling and circular economy; Energy transition; Extreme weather and climate events; Renewable Energies & COP