ISA & Elsevier Launch New Solar Journal at COP26 Climate Conference

The International Solar Alliance (ISA), an inter-governmental treaty-based international organisation and Elsevier, a Netherlands-based publishing company specialising in scientific, technical, and medical content, have announced the launch of a new journal, Solar Compass.

Solar Compass will be an open access journal, providing readers around the world with freely accessible articles. All its articles will be peer-reviewed before publication, and an advisory board of visionary leaders will guide the directions of the journal, alongside an editorial board of globally recognized experts who will plan, solicit articles, and conduct reviews before accepting the articles for publication.

The launch event was held during the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference COP26, in Glasgow, with Mr. Stephane Crouzat, Ambassador for Climate, Government of France, and Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, International Solar Alliance in attendance, releasing the first official call for papers to authors around the world.

ISA’s vision is for a rapid increase in solar energy usage, so that the global community can achieve an ambitious goal of net zero carbon emissions by mid-century, in order to limit the global temperature, rise to 1.50C, said the organisation.

“We are very proud to launch Solar Compass, an important vehicle to increase understanding and research on the use of solar power. The journal will cover new technology, policy and economic developments to increase access to clean energy; successful case studies from around the world that could be replicated elsewhere. It is one of the important tools for delivering solarisation and faster global energy transition,” said Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, ISA.

Yogi Goswami, University of South Florida, and recently announced Editor-in-Chief of Solar Compass said, “There is not one silver bullet to achieve the net zero goal. It will require a multi-pronged approach on new, innovative and more efficient technologies, lower-cost manufacturing at scale, investments at scale to support entrepreneurship in new technologies, and financing at the consumer end to ensure adoption, while also taking care of the global societal issues to ensure access for all people of the world.”