Conference on Sustainable Energy Systems

Overview

CSES 2026 gathers engineers and researchers working on grid-scale storage, renewable integration and building decarbonisation for three days of technical sessions and site visits to IREC's pilot facilities.

The conference has run annually since 2021. CSES 2025 took place in Porto with 5 published papers featured in this year's proceedings.

Tracks

Grid-scale energy storage
Renewable integration and forecasting
Building and district decarbonisation
Materials for next-generation solar cells

Key dates

1 Mar 2026 Abstract submission opens Done
30 Jun 2026 Abstract submission deadline Done
1 Aug 2026 Notification of acceptance Done
15 Sep 2026 Early-bird registration ends Done
27–29 Oct 2026 Conference Closing soon

Registration fees

Early-bird pricing has ended — regular rates apply.

Category	Early-bird	Regular	On-site
Regular delegate	€450	€560	€620
Student / early-career	€260	€330	€380

Fees include admission to all sessions and the site visit to IREC's pilot facilities. Payment is by card via Stripe.

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Committee

General Chair

Prof. Elena Rossi

Catalonia Institute for Energy Research

Publications Chair

Dr. Rex Amankwah

Scholarly Publishing Consortium

Proceedings

Accepted full papers are published in the CSES 2026 Conference Proceedings — open access with a Crossref DOI per paper.

Current Issue

CSES 2027 Proceedings

Proceedings of the Conference on Sustainable Energy Systems, 2026. Peer-reviewed papers across grid-scale storage, renewable forecasting, building decarbonisation and next-generation solar materials. Proceedings of the Conference on Sustainable Energy Systems, 2026. Peer-reviewed papers across grid-scale storage, renewable forecasting, building decarbonisation and next-generation solar materials.

Published: 2026-12-31

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Past editions

CSES 2025 · Porto 5 papers

Supporting journals

Selected full papers are invited to submit an extended version to one of the following journals for further peer review.

Journal of Sustainable Energy Systems

IREC Press

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Sponsorship packages

CSES 2026 brings together engineers and researchers working on grid-scale storage and renewable integration. Sponsorship puts your organisation in front of that audience for the full three days.

	Gold €8,000	Supporting €2,000
Exhibit booth	✓
Logo on homepage & signage	✓	✓
3 complimentary registrations	✓
Half-page ad in proceedings	✓
1 complimentary registration		✓

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