Plenaries & Panels

Towards 100% Renewable Energy

Photovoltaics Technology: Driven by Innovation (Status, Issues, and Trends)

Solar photovoltaics has had a long, periodically difficult, development pathway from its first serious considerations as a potential terrestrial electricity alternative in the early 1970s to its 2025 status approaching TWs deployed annually. It…

Bringing Energy to All: Facing Energy Poverty

Extreme Weather Events

In 2025, extreme weather events have included European heatwaves, Pakistan and Queensland floods and South Australian drought. What is important to note is not these incidents per se but that the IPCC’s sixth assessment report states that human-…

Agrivoltaics

From Storage to Stability: Technologies for Tomorrow's Grid

Solar Energy Integration for Sustainable Cities

This presentation will focus on applied research supporting the integration of solar energy in buildings and suburban environments. It will highlight three key areas: building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), with an emphasis on digitalisation,…

Innovative Ways of Using Solar Thermal Technologies in Sunbelt Countries

Solar Energy in Latin America: Today and Tomorrow