ISA and Elsevier jointly launched ‘Solar Compass’

The journal aims to help deliver solar technologies of the future in the energy transition.

The International Solar Alliance (ISA) an inter-governmental treaty-based international organisation and Elsevier, one of the global leaders in research publishing and information analytics launches a new journal named Solar Compass. To help meet the challenges and share transformative information on policies, financing, technology and case studies with stakeholders, and fill the gap in information needed to accelerate the use of solar energy, ISA and Elsevier joined forces to launch Solar Compass.

Solar Compass will be an open-access journal, providing readers around the world with freely accessible articles. All 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 recognised experts who will plan, solicit articles, and conduct reviews before accepting the articles for publication. Professor Yogi Goswami from University of South Florida was announced as Editor-in-Chief of the journal.

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

0C. Achieving this target will be an incredible challenge, but it is essential to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change.

“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, Editor-in-Chief, 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.”

For more information on the submission, review, and publication processes, please visit the journal homepage here.