Solar Compass

The International Solar Alliance and Elsevier have launched Solar Compass as an important tool to support the rapid increase in solar energy use around the world. The pace of this rapid increase must be such that the global community can achieve an ambitious goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. There is not one silver bullet to achieve this 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. Solar Compass will play a role in the global quest to achieve the target of net zero through the communication of information to stakeholders, and the general public. While the existing solar and renewable energy journals are doing a great job of publishing progress in long-term scientific research, and the renewable energy magazines are providing current news to the public, there is a serious gap of information needed to help accelerate the deployment of the most appropriate solar technologies in the world. Solar Compass is designed to fill this important gap. The journal will cover new technology developments ready for commercialization, policy and economic developments to increase access, manufacturing scale-up to reduce costs, successful case studies from around the world that could be replicated elsewhere, and appropriate technologies to support energy access for all. Solar Compass will be an Open Access journal, to provide access to all readers around the world. We welcome well-researched articles from authors around the world for submission to this journal. All articles will be peer reviewed before publication.