International Solar Energy Society August Newsletter – The Global Voice for Renewable Energy

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Greentech

 

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Contents:

Presidents column Society news Section news Partner news Members news Solar Cat Events New Corporate Members

Presidents column

ISES’ US Section Pushes for Climate Action at its Annual Conference

The American Solar Energy Society, the U.S. Section of ISES, held its annual conference, Solar 2018, at the University of Colorado, Boulder on 5-8 August. Over 300 people from all over the U.S. and some international locations gathered for the 4-day event to present research results and learn of the latest technology and solar program developments underway in the U.S. The plenary sessions were organized around high-level cross-cutting themes. As you will see later in this newsletter, I was invited to present a talk at a plenary addressing the theme “Energy Resilience, Preparedness, and Recovery”. I and my fellow speakers, Dr. David Fahey of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Hunter Lovins of Natural Capital Institute discussed the climate challenge, the expected weather disruptions and natural disasters that are likely to result (and the evidence that climate change is already affecting our weather systems and the need to be prepared for further disruptions), and the opportunities for rapid acceleration of renewable energy deployments to mitigate further disruptions in the future. To be sure, the challenge is daunting: Dr. Fahey showed the rapid growth of energy consumption over the past decades that has resulted in substantial increases in annual carbon emissions, despite the introduction of renewable energy technologies in the energy system.  I showed that, to limit global warming to no more than 1.50C above preindustrial levels, carbon emissions should be one half of today’s level within the next two decades, and anthropogenic carbon emissions should essentially be eliminated well before the end of this century. However, the reality is that emission levels, after leveling off the past couple of years, are now increasing.

Read the full Presidents column by Dr. David Renné here

Society news

Save the Date

ISES is planning its next Solar World Congress in Chile in November 2019 – more details and updates will be announced here: swc2019.org

ISES ?Affiliate Event at the Global Climate Action Summit

ISES together with several other organisations is hosting a forum titled, “Superheroes for Sustainable and 100% Renewable Energy: Global Renewable Energy Strategies for Decision-Makers” taking place September 11 at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. This forum is an affiliate event taking place within California Governor Jerry Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS).

ISES Secretary Paulette Middleton will be speaking about the critical success factors to take renewable energy into the future.

This event will host visionaries, leading global experts, policy makers, strategists, and technologists in sustainability and renewable energy from 12 different countries, and will imagine a 100% renewable energy future.

A keynote speech will be given by Bertrand Piccard, visionary behind Solar Impulse, the first solar airplane to circumnavigate the earth without fuel. Speakers will also include Rana Adib from REN21, Lasse Bruun from the Climate Action Network on behalf of Global 100%RE, Mayor Steve Skardron from Aspen, Colorado, and many others.

The Panels start at 9am and the day will end with a celebration reception and networking event. For any questions and to register, please visit the event page or contact ISES at [email protected]