Mr. Wisdom A. Togobo from Ghana (PPRE 1997-98), former Director for Renewable Energy at the Ministry of Energy and Bui Power Authority (BPA) in Ghana, was nominated by the Republic of Ghana to compete for the position of Director-General of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) headquartered in…

Very saddened to inform that Dr. Gajanana Hegde (PPRE 97) passed away in India on 2nd September after a brief illness. 

PPRE alumni, Ram Prasad Dhital (PPRE 2001-02), was appointed as the Chairman of the Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC), Nepal, by the Council of Ministers.

Dr.-Ing. George Pechlivanoglou (PPRE 2005-07) is working at Eunice Energy Group in Greece since 2017 and has been CTO since 2019. Their project of battery energy storage systems (BESS) has recently been recognized as one of the European Union's Projects of Common Interest (PCI).

In March 2024, Fernando Peñaherrera V. (PPRE 2014-16) concluded his doctoral studies with the defense of his thesis. Fernando is currently employed as a Senior Scientific Researcher at the OFFIS Institute for Information Technology and at the Department of Informatics at the University of Oldenburg.

The Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics (CPS) in Halle (Saale), Germany, welcomed their first Senior Scientist. This position was filled by our PPRE alumni Ulrike Jahn (PPRE 1989-1990).