Because of Covid-19, numerous scientists of various disciplines called on politicians to push on integrated measures that would both boost the economy and help protect the climate in the long term. Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), sees this path as essential and gives recommendations for policymakers.

In the context of security and resilience of the energy supply hybrid renewable energy systems play an important role. In recent years, hybrid solar technologies (PVT) have developed in the shadow of the single technologies, namely photovoltaics and solar thermal energy. Now the technology is established with a collector area of 1.17 million m² installed worldwide by the end of 2019. PVT systems have a much higher efficiency per unit area than comparable single technologies. This makes them particularly interesting for the building sector due to the increasing demand of locally generated renewable energy.

Read more about hybrid solar technologies in the current issue of the magazine “sustainable technologies”.