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Design of Sustainable Energy Systems 

The chair of Design of Sustainable Energy Systems (D-SES) is embedded in the Energy Technology group at Mechanical Engineering. D-SES aims at an optimal use and integration of sustainable energy technologies in products, buildings and local infrastructures. In this design-driven research theme improved designs of sustainable energy systems are explored and also developed by means of simulation, prototyping and testing. A strong interest exists in optimized applications of solar energy technologies in the context of product designs and affiliated energy sources and technologies that support storage, use and flexibility of sustainable energy.

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My aim is to enhance design-driven research on sustainable energy products and systems to support the energy transition

Research profile

Angèle Reinders is a professor of 'Design of Sustainable Energy Systems' at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Eindhoven University of Technology. She aims at an optimal use and integration of sustainable energy technologies in products, buildings and local infrastructures. In this design-driven research theme improved designs of sustainable energy systems are explored and also developed by means of simulation, prototyping and testing. A strong interest exists in optimized applications of solar energy technologies in the context of buildings and mobility and affiliated energy technologies that support storage, enhanced user interactions and flexibility of sustainable energy.

Academic background

Angèle Reinders studied experimental physics at Utrecht University, where she also received her doctoral degree in chemistry. At present her research has a design-driven scope and as such it is trans-disciplinary, with a focus on performance of energy technologies, environmental aspects, user interactions as well as prototyping and testing of innovative energy products. 

Angèle Reinders was the Director of Solliance (2023-2024) besides a part-time professorship at TU/e (2018-2024), and an Associate Professor at University of Twente (2002-2023). From 2010 to 2017 she was appointed as a full professor of Energy Efficient Design at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering in TU Delft.  In the past she conducted research at - among others - Fraunhofer Institute of Solar Energy in Freiburg, the World Bank (2000) in Washington, D.C., ENEA (2010) in Naples, Center of Urban Energy (2013-2014) in Toronto and in the remote areas of Papua in Indonesia. Also she was a visiting professor at the School of Photovoltaics & Renewable Energy Engineering of UNSW in Sydney (2019-2023).

She is known for her books at Wiley’s “The Power of Design” (2012) and “Photovoltaic Solar Energy From Fundamentals to Applications” (Volume 1 in 2017, Volume 2 in 2024) and her involvement in the IEEE PVSC conference which she chaired in 2014 and 2017. In 2010 she co-founded the Journal of Photovoltaics for which she serves as an editor. In 2014 she received the PVSC Napkin Award in the USA for her contributions to the field of solar photovoltaics. Also she is involved in various tasks of the International Energy Agency PVPS program among which Task 17 on PV for Transport and Task 1 on Strategic PV Analysis & Outreach.

Projects which she has been leading range from design-driven research projects on solar powered mobility to applied PV research at Solliance to exclusively research-oriented projects like her ongoing work on Luminescent Solar Concentrator Photovoltaics (LSC PV), COST Action PEARL PV, https://www.pearlpv-cost.eu/, and ERA-Net Smart Grid Plus Project CESEPS, http://ceseps.nl/.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Education/Academic qualification

Science and technology, Doctor, Performance Analysis and Simulation of Photovoltaic Solar Systems , Utrecht University

Award Date: 15 Feb 1999

Physics, Master, Experimental Physics, Utrecht University

Award Date: 31 Aug 1993

External positions

Associate Professor, University of Twente

1 Sept 2002 → …

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  • Comprehensive review and state of play in the use of photovoltaics in buildings

    Bonomo, P. (Corresponding author), Frontini, F., Loonen, R. & Reinders, A. H. M. E., 15 Nov 2024, In: Energy and Buildings. 323, 18 p., 114737.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticleAcademicpeer-review

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    15 Citations (Scopus)
  • Performance Analysis and Degradation of a Large Fleet of PV Systems

    Lindig, S. (Corresponding author), Ascencio-Vasquez, J., Leloux, J., Moser, D. & Reinders, A., 1 Sept 2021, In: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 11, 5, p. 1312-1318 7 p., 9502105.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticleAcademicpeer-review

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    30 Citations (Scopus)
    210 Downloads (Pure)
  • Designing with Photovoltaics

    Reinders, A. H. M. E., 18 May 2020, Boca Raton: CRC Press. 226 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook editingAcademicpeer-review

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  • Status report on emerging photovoltaics

    Anctil, A., Beattie, M. N., Casec, C., Chaudhary, A., Chrysler, B. D., Debije, M. G., Essig, S., Ferry, D. K., Ferry, V. E., Freitag, M., Gould, I., Hinzer, K., Hoppe, H., Inganäs, O., Krishnan Jagadamma, L., Jee, M. H., Kostuk, R. K., Kirk, D., Kube, S. & Lim, M. & 21 others, Luther, J. M., Mansfield, L., McGehee, M. D., Nguyen Minh, D., Nain, P., Reese, M. O., Reinders, A., Samuel, I. D. W., van Sark, W., Savin, H., Sellers, I. R., Shaheen, S. E., Tanga, Z., Toor, F., Vähänissi, V., Wassweiler, E., Warren, E. L., Whiteside, V. R., Woo, H. Y., Xiong, G. & Zhu, X., 6 Aug 2024, SPIE Selections: 50 Years of Solar Energy Research. SPIE, 51 p.

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    1 Citation (Scopus)
  • Photovoltaic Solar Energy: From Fundamentals to Applications, volume 2

    van Sark, W. (Editor), Hoex, B. (Editor), Reinders, A. (Editor), Verlinden, P. J. (Editor) & Ekins-Daukes, N. J. (Editor), 21 Jun 2024, Wiley. 597 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook editingAcademicpeer-review