Karl Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit International Award for Antonio Luque

Professor Antonio Luque, founder and president of the Solar Energy Institute has been awarded with the "Karl Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit" award, given by the University of Delaware (USA), for his contributions to the development of photovoltaics. worth $60,000, the prestigious award recognizes the most outstanding international careers in the field of solar energy.

Thanks Professor Luque

Karl Böer prizes are awarded every two years in honor of the scientist, who was a member for years at the University of Delaware, founder of the Institute of Energy Conversion EE (UD's Institute of Energy Conversion) and one of the great researchers in solar cells. The jury awarded prizes consists of a committee which includes representatives of major US solar companies and government Department of Energy.

"Professor Luque has made outstanding contributions in the field of solar energy," said Michael Klein, Executive Director of Karl Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit, announcing the winner in this edition. "In giving this award, we recognize the impact their work has had on the scientific and technological development of renewable energies. The selection committee is proud to make this announcement. "

A successful career

Karl Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit recognizes the many achievements of Antonio Luque, who has several decades researching and improving solar PV technology, and turning these achievements into practical applications. In fact, Luque is one of the researchers who owes its solar energy development.

For years working in intermediate band cells, of which he has always said he is a real sun revolution. In 1969, Professor founded the Semiconductor Laboratory of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and ten years later became the laboratory at the Institute of Solar Energy (IES), a highly recognized worldwide in photovoltaic research center.

Antonio Luque developed in 1976 Si - bifacial solar cells, which are active on both sides and are able to collect as much direct light as part of it is reflected on the front face, resulting in cells with very high efficiency. In order to manufacture these solar cells, Professor founded the company Isofotón in Málaga and became its first president until 1990.

CPV : Antonio Luque, Viacheslav Andrew

In its appreciation to the Spanish scientist, US jury award also highlights that Luque supported the adoption of a generous Feed In Tarifs System for the Spanish photovoltaic, which led in 2008 to 2.6 Gw commisioned to the Spanish Electrical network by producing more electricity with this technology than the medium nuclear power plant production (500 Mw).

Many awards

This is not, of course, the first award for Antonio Luque. Professor has many other national and international awards: the SolarWorld Senior Einstein Award SolarWorld (2008); the IEEE's William Cherry Award for Photovoltaic Science and Technology (2006); the Juan de la Cierva to Technology Transfer (2003) National Award; King James I to Research in the Environment (1999); the Edmond Becquerel Prize for Outstanding Contributions to the Development of Photovoltaic Solar Energy (1992); and the National Technological Research Prize Leonardo Torres Quevedo (1987).

Among the winners in previous editions of Karl Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit include, among others, the German Hermann Scheer (2009), for his long contribution and commitment to the diffusion of solar energy, and Adolf Goetzberger (1997), founder of Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems; David Carlson (1995), inventor of thin film solar cells; and US President Jimmy Carter (1993), who encouraged the development of this technology and aroused worldwide interest in photovoltaics.

Spanish Source: http://www.energias-renovables.com/articulo/nuevo-premio-internacional-para-antonio-luke--20141124

Ernesto Guillamo is registered as 14.302 engineer at COITIM

Renewable Energies can Replace Fossil Fuels by 2050.

In 15 years, participation in Electricity Generation from renewable energies will triple the current situation, from the current 21% to 64%. In a new report entitled Energy Revolution pioneer 2015 by Greenpeace International, the Global Wind Energy Council and Solar Power Europe, former EPIA, we are shown on 364 pages, the road to an energy sector powered by 100% renewable energy, as this shows that it is possible to completely do without fossil fuels and stock only clean and renewable energies in 2050.

The Energy Revolution scenario is 2015 or something similar, is necessary if we are to have a reasonable chance of complying with the agreed target of keeping the increase in global average global temperature below 2°C.

Missing and less than three months to go to the climate summit in Paris, world leaders have the opportunity to take the first critical steps to tackle climate change by accelerating the ongoing transformation of the energy sector in the world fossils and towards 100% renewable fuels by mid-century.

According to Steve Sawyer, secretary general of the Global Wind Energy Council, we now have competitive technologies that can solve most of the climate problem, namely the carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector.

What is needed now is the political will to implement the right policies and fiscal and regulatory measures to implement them in full.

On the other hand, according to Greenpeace Sven Teske, lead author of the report, wind and solar technologies currently have a competitive cost with respect to coal. It is very likely that these outweigh the coal industry in terms of jobs and energy supplied in the next decade.

The Energy Revolution scenario 2015 shows how this transformation is possible and at what cost, as well as its impact on employment in the energy sector. The report updates the previous scenarios energy revolution, and for the first time offers an advanced with a supply of 100% renewable energy scenario and provide updated with current policies scenario of the World Energy Outlook the IEA extrapolation all this comparison purposes. A detailed report shows that the transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050, could create millions of new jobs and save money analysis.

In fact, the investment required would be more than covered by the future savings in fuel costs, since to make these changes, an investment that would be more than covered by the savings generated in the future in fuel costs would be necessary. On the one hand the average additional investment required in renewable energy by 2050 would be approximately 900,000 million euros a year, while as renewable energy, which do not require spending fuels, saving at that time would be about 950,000 million euros a year, enough to cover the investment required, with the balance point between 2025 and 2030.

In this 2015 report Energy Revolution, the largest global source of energy worldwide for 2050 would be wind energy, supplying about 30% or 32% respectively.

The wind industry alone could employ 8 million people in 2030, almost 10 times more than at present (which is almost twice as many people currently employed by the oil and gas), and in the case of the photovoltaic industry could employ 9.7 million people by 2030 worldwide, ten times more than today.

Within 15 years, the share of electricity generation from renewable energies would triple the current situation, from the current 21% to 64%, covering almost two thirds of global electricity demand. In countries with rapid development of renewable energy, such as Brazil, China and India, CO2 emissions could fall by a third, from the current 30 Gt generated annually, 20 Gt by 2030.

Smart Grids, Self-Consumption and Sellf Sufficient Micro Grids

More important, however, is the reduction of global CO2 emissions, and reaching zero emissions in the energy sector will not solve all the climate problem, although it is by far the biggest challenge, and must therefore be the main objective of the work of governments to the climate summit in Paris later this year, governments will have to manage the dismantling of the industry that is becoming obsolete, guiding the fossil fuel industry, to prepare gradually, and being aware that every euro invested in fossil fuel projects, it is a sunk cost, as declared Sven Teske, Greenpeace researcher.

Also, be careful not to be influenced by pressure from vested interests in the fossil fuel industry, that will not get in the change of renewable energies, which are the most effective and fairest way to have a clean and secure energy future, due to their investment costs.

Meanwhile Kumi Naidoo, head of Greenpeace International has urged all the skeptics who say you can not do, to read this report and recognize that can be done, should be done and it will be for the benefit of all.

We hope therefore that the climate summit in Paris, have advances that allow us to be optimistic about the evolution of our energy future.

EGA is registered as 14.302 Engineer at COITIMadrid