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2017 Membership - Membership rates and form  (pdf version)

 

Dates for your diary:

 

Wed 10 May, 1.30 - 3.30 pm, 40th Annual General Meeting, 73A High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire OX14 4AT

 

 


Upcoming Lectures, Conferences and Recent Events

 

   
The Solar Energy Society 2017 David Hall Memorial Lecture

All-renewable electricity and rooftop solar fuel are closer than you may think

Keith Barnham

Emeritus Professor of Physics, and Distinguished Research Fellow,
Physics Department, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ
With an introduction by
Dame Mary Archer, DBE

President, The Solar Energy Society

Further information and Registration Form

Word version

 

Wed 13 December, 6.00 - 9.00 pm

Cavendish Campus,

University of Westminster

New Cavendish Street,

London W1W 6UW 

14th Photovoltaic Science Applications and Technology Conference (PVSAT-14)

Conference C100 and Industry Exhibition

Imperial College London,

 

Wednesday 18 - Friday 20 April 2018

 

18-20 April 2018

 

 

Imperial College London

     

13th Photovoltaic Science Applications and Technology Conference (PVSAT-13)

Conference C99 and Industry Exhibition

Bangor University, Wales, 5-7 April 2017

 

The forum for the meeting of the UK photovoltaic academic and industry communities.

 

Conference Chair: Dr Nigel Mason

Conference Secretary: Prof Ralph Gottschalg

Local Organisers: Dr Jeff Kettle

Programme Chair: Dr Alex Cole

Visit the PVSAT-13 web-site

PVSAT-13 CALL FOR PAPERS

PVSAT-13 DELEGATE REGISTRATION

PVSAT-13 EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION

PVSAT-13 SPONSOR INFORMATION

Abstract submission deadline: Friday 16 December 2016

Wed 5 - Fri 7 April 2017

  Bangor University

Wales

     
The Solar Energy Society 2016 David Hall Memorial Lecture

 

CANCELLATION : This event is cancelled due to low registration numbers

The rise and fall of Bioenergy: can we, should we, move beyond the current hiatus?

Dr Jeremy Woods

Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London

 

with an introduction by

 

Dame Mary Archer DBE

President, The Solar Energy Society (UK-ISES)

 

Advanced registration required

2016 DHML REGISTRATION FORM (Word)

2016 DHML REGISTRATION FORM (pdf)

 

 

Wednesday 14 December 2016

 

Cancelled

 

Cavendish Campus,

University of Westminster

New Cavendish Street,

London W1W 6UW

 

 

The Solar Energy Society 2015 David Hall Memorial Lecture

Renewable energy, the global carbon cycle and UK agriculture - a personal perspective

Dr Jonathan Scurlock

Chief Advisor, Renewable Energy and Climate Change

National Farmers' Union

 

with an introduction by

 

Dame Mary Archer DBE

President, The Solar Energy Society (UK-ISES)

 

Download Jonathan's Lecture

 

View a list of previous David Hall Memorial Lecture Speakers

 

Wednesday 16 December 2015

 

Doors open

6.00 pm

Drinks and Canape Reception follows

 

Cavendish Campus,

University of Westminster

New Cavendish Street,

London W1W 6UW

 

12th Photovoltaic Science Applications and Technology Conference (PVSAT-12)

Conference C98 and Industry Exhibition

University of Liverpool, 6-8 April 2016

 

The forum for the meeting of the UK photovoltaic academic and industry communities.

 

Conference Chair: Dr Nigel Mason

Conference Secretary: Prof Ralph Gottschalg

Local Organisers: Prof Ken Durose; Dr Rob Treharne

Programme Chair: Dr Alex Cole

Visit the PVSAT-12 web-site

 

PVSAT-12 Sponsored and Supported by

IET Journals Logo         

 Materials_Char_Group logo (RGB)      SuperSolarLogo

                pvcrystalox Logo 4444 x 1111 - 198KB  Sharp   

                      

 

 

Wed 6 - Fri 8 April 2016

  University of Liverpool

 

The 40th Annual General Meeting

of the Solar Energy Society

 

10.45 am

University of Liverpool

 

POSTPONED

 

Friday

8 April 2016

University of Liverpool

     

 

The Solar Energy Society 2014 David Hall Memorial Lecture

Milliwatts to Gigawatts - the PV Journey

Dr Tim Bruton

TMB Consulting

 

with an introduction by

 

Dame Mary Archer DBE

President, The Solar Energy Society (UK-ISES)

 

UK-ISES 40th Anniversary Event

 

 

 

View a list of previous David Hall Memorial Lecture Speakers

 

Wednesday 10 December 2014

 

Doors open

6.00 pm

Drinks and Canape Reception follows

 

Cavendish Campus,

University of Westminster

New Cavendish Street,

London W1W 6UW

 

11th Photovoltaic Science Applications and Technology Conference (PVSAT-11)

Conference C97 and Industry Exhibition

University of Leeds, 15-17 April 2015

 

The forum for the meeting of the UK photovoltaic academic and industry communities.

 

Conference Chair: Dr Nigel Mason

Conference Secretary: Prof Ralph Gottschalg

Local Organiser: Dr Rolf Crook

Programme Chair: Dr Alex Cole

PVSAT-11 Sponsored and Supported by

IET Journals Logo         

 Materials_Char_Group logo (RGB)      SuperSolarLogo

                pvcrystalox Logo 4444 x 1111 - 198KB  Sharp   

                      

 

 

Wed 15 - Fri 17 April 2015

  University of Leeds

     

 

The Solar Energy Society 2013 David Hall Memorial Lecture

PHOTOVOLTAICS IN BRITAIN:

FROM IRRELEVANT TO UBIQUITOUS

Professor Bernard McNelis

IT Power

and

Southampton University

 

UK-ISES 40th Anniversary Event

 

Sponsored by Elsevier

 

 

View a list of previous David Hall Memorial Lecture Speakers

 

Wednesday 11 December 2013

 

Doors open

6.00 pm

Drinks and Canape Reception follows

 

Cavendish Campus,

University of Westminster

New Cavendish Street,

London W1W 6UW

 

     
     

 

The 39th Annual General Meeting

of the Solar Energy Society

 

10.45 am

Loughborough University

 

Friday

25 April 2014

Loughborough University

9th Photovoltaic Science Applications and Technology Conference (PVSAT-9)

Conference C95 and Industry Exhibition

 

Conference Chair: Dr Tim Bruton

Conference Secretary: Prof Ralph Gottschalg

Local Organiser: Dr Trystan Watson

 

The forum for the meeting of the UK photovoltaic academic and industry communities.

Wed 10 - Fri 12 April 2013

 Swansea University, Wales

 

The Solar Energy Society 2012 David Hall Memorial Lecture

LIGHT AND SHADE

Fenestration and facade systems for energy efficiency and high performance

 

Professor Michael Hutchins

Sonnergy Limited,

and

Oxford Brookes University

 

Sponsored by Elsevier

 

 

View a list of previous David Hall Memorial Lecture Speakers

 

Thursday 13 December 2012

 

Doors open

6.00 pm

Drinks and Canape Reception follows

 

Keyworth Centre,

London South Bank University

 

 

8th Photovoltaic Science Applications and Technology Conference (PVSAT-8)

Conference C94 and Industry Exhibition

 

PVSAT-8 was held in the Newcastle Business School and Department of Law on the Northumbria University City Campus East.

 

More than 110 delegates attended.

 

The PVSAT-8 Conference programme is available here

ORDER A COPY OF THE PVSAT-8 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

 

2-4 April 2012

Northumbria University,

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

 

The Solar Energy Society 2011 David Hall Memorial Lecture

SOLAR CITIES AND THE SOLAR REVOLUTION

Professor Susan Roaf

Heriot-Watt University, Scotland

 

Sponsored by Elsevier

 

 

 

View a list of previous David Hall Memorial Lecture Speakers

 

Wednesday 14 December 2011

 

Doors open

6.00 pm

Drinks and Canape Reception follows

Keyworth Centre,

London South Bank University

ENERGY IN THE CITY

Conference C92, London South Bank University, 23-24 June 2010

In partnership with London South Bank University to mark the opening of the Centre for Efficient and Renewable Energy in Buildings (CEREB) by Boris Johnson, Mayor of London

 

For full details visit The Energy in the City web-site www.energyinthecity.org.uk

 

The CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

 and DELEGATE REGISTRATION  details can be downloaded here

23-24 June2010

London South Bank University

6th Photovoltaic Science Applications and Technology Conference

 (PVSAT-6)

Conference C91 and Industry Exhibition

The forum for the meeting of the UK photovoltaic academic and industry communities.

Sponsors

EPSRC, PV-Net, PV Crystalox Solar, Sharp Laboratories of Europe, The Institute of Physics

 

Once again the Call for Papers has generated a strong response from the UK photovoltaics community - some 60 abstracts have been received and a full and varied programme is promised. Invited speakers who will present at PVSAT-6 include Wim Sinke, ECN, The Netherlands, Chris Wronski, Pennsylvania State University, Ayodhya Tiwari, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Thomas Hofmann, Centrosolar Glas, Germany, Ray Noble, Renewable Energy Association, Darren Bagnall, University of Southampton and Alan Turner, Solarbuzz.

PVSAT-6 will be held at the historic Chilworth Manor (www.chilworth-manor.co.uk) in the grounds of the Southampton University Science Park.

 

Exhibitors include

AR UK Ltd, Bentham Instruments, Hiden Analytical,

HORIBA Scientific, Kurt J Lesker Company, LOT Oriel, Perkin Elmer, SemiMetrics

 

Full details at : www.pvsat.org.uk

 

Downloads

PVSAT-6 Conference Programme (Draft V1.1)

Delegate reservation form

Accommodation reservation form

Exhibitor reservation form

Become a PVSAT Sponsor

 

24-26 March 2010

Chilworth Manor,

University of Southampton

 

The Solar Energy Society 2009 David Hall Memorial Lecture

DOWN WITH FUEL !

Speaker: Dr Walt Patterson

Despite what you hear from every side, we don't need to use less energy. We need to use less fuel. Traditional 'energy policy' fosters ways to use more fuel. Real energy policy will foster ways to use less. Once we get that right, the renewable fuel - biomass - will come into its own, as an essential component of sustainable human energy systems.

Walt Patterson is Associate Fellow in the Energy, Environment and Development Programme at Chatham House in London, UK, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex. He is author of Keeping The Lights On: Towards Sustainable Electricity (Chatham House/Earthscan 2007), his thirteenth book, and hundreds of other publications, on nuclear power, coal technology, renewable energy, energy systems, energy policy and electricity. His current project for CH and the Sussex Energy Group is called 'Managing Energy: for climate and security'. Walt Patterson On Energy, <www.waltpatterson.org>, is an online archive of his writing since 1970.

 

 

Wed 9 December 2009

Keyworth Centre,

London South Bank University

5th Photovoltaic Science Applications and Technology Conference

 (PVSAT-5)

Conference C90 and Industry Exhibition

 

PROCEEDINGS NOW AVAILABLE

The forum for the meeting of the UK photovoltaic academic and industry communities.

Sponsored by

EPSRC, PV-Net, The Institute of Physics, Carbon Trust, PV Crystalox Solar

 

For full details of PVSAT Conferences visit www.pvsat.org.uk

 

1-3 April 2009

Glyndŵr University

Wrexham, North Wales

 

 

EuroSun 2006 Conference Proceedings can be ordered here

 


PVSAT-4 Conference Proceedings can be ordered here

 


The 35th Annual General Meeting of the Solar Energy Society

 was held at Glyndwr University on 3 April 2009

Minutes will be posted here.


Details of Membership Subscriptions for 2009 are published here.


The 2007 David Hall Memorial Lecture "Renewable energy - Yesterday’s alternative, Tomorrow’s mainstream" presented by Philip Wolfe, Renewable Energy Association, at London South Bank University on 6 December 2007 can now be downloaded as a Powerpoint file (3.3 Mb) here.

 

The 2006 David Hall Memorial Lecture "Location, Generation and Sustainability" presented by John Thorp, UK-ISES Chairperson, at London South Bank University on 7 December 2006 can now be downloaded as a Powerpoint file (2.6Mb) here.


30th Anniversary of UK-ISES

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Society, three eminent members, Prof Brian Brinkworth, Prof John Page and Bernard McNelis, present their reflections on the history of solar energy in the UK.


Contact

 

The Secretariat

 

Telephone:  +44 (0) 7760163559

Fax :           +44 (0)1235 848684

 

Postal address:

The Solar Energy Society

PO Box 489, Abingdon

OX14 4WY, UK 

Email:  info@uk-ises.org