Solar Energy: Addressing New Uses and Challenges in a Changing World
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Dear Colleagues,
Against the backdrop of mounting evidence of the climate emergency—which increasingly shapes political and media agendas at national, regional and global levels—and the consolidation of solar energy as a key pillar of the Energy Transition, this Topic is developed in collaboration with CIES'2026, XX Iberian Congress and XVI Ibero-American Congress on Solar Energy. Its aim is to ensure the continuity of a long-standing forum for technical and scientific dialogue in this field, which has evolved over more than four decades.
Some examples of new advances are improvements to new cell concepts, new thermal fluids, new thermodynamic cycle concepts, etc. Collecting information on these new advances in CSP is one of the goals of this Topic, focusing on the following ideas:
- Solar thermal energy;
- Photovoltaics;
- Energy management and storage;
- Solar resources;
- Sustainable solar buildings;
- Smart solar communities and cities;
- Education, software, training and teaching of renewable energies;
- Solar energy for the development and improvement of society.
Prof. Dr. Javier Muñoz Antón
Prof. Dr. Ramón Pujol-Nadal
Prof. Dr. Iván Alonso de Miguel
Prof. Dr. Andreu Antoni Moià Pol
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Keywords
- solar thermal
- solar photovoltaics
- renewable energy
- solar energy storage and management
- smart cities
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