In close contact with policy makers and the ministries, Stryi-Hipp actively participated in shaping the market development and subsidies policy in the area of solar thermal energy and photovoltaics. From 2006 to 2009, his particular focus was international matters and technology at BSW-Solar.
As a long-term board member of the European Solar Thermal Industry Association ESTIF and an internationally active consultant, he has acquired a vast amount of experience abroad. “Energy scarcity and climate change require that a decisive restructuring of our energy supply towards renewable energy takes place in the coming years. I look forward to being able to contribute to this effort through scientifically-based national and international policy advising at the world-renowned Fraunhofer ISE”, says Stryi-Hipp in anticipation of his new position. He has worked once before at Fraunhofer ISE in 1993 when he carried out his physics diploma work.
As head of the German Solar Thermal Technology Platform DSTTP and chairman of the Heating & Cooling European Technology Platform RHC-ETP, Stryi-Hipp also promoted research strategies for solar thermal systems. Against this background, Gerhard Stryi-Hipp will takeover the leadership of the group thermal collectors and applications at Fraunhofer ISE. The leader of this group up to now, Matthias Rommel, will leave Fraunhofer ISE to take up his new position as professor and director of the Fraunhofer ISE for Solar Technologies SPF of the University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil.
