Global Community Summit

The POWER Global Community (GloCo) Summit is a free two-day, virtual event aimed at fostering meaningful connections, exchanging valuable insights, and exploring new opportunities for supporting user communities.

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2026 Dates Coming Soon

  • Learn about POWER's latest enhancements to data product offerings.
  • Hear how users are utilizing POWER data through community-driven Lightning Talks.
  • Engage directly with the NASA POWER project leaders and team.
  • Engage with other users from the POWER community.
  • Provide feedback on POWER data product offerings.

Details by Year

2025 Event Schedule

  1. Cecelia Paparella, Sophia Plancich, Valentina Rozo, and Katie Fidler, NASA DEVELOP Program
  2. Nicola J Buttigieg, King's College London, King's Institute for AI
  3. Dr. Saravanan Vasudevan, Arunai Engineering College

  1. Jyotsna Singh, University of Arizona
  2. Stephen Mureithi Kivuti, Aquapower
  3. Rizwan Rafique, University of Florida
  4. Kiara Morarjee, University of Johannesburg

  1. Ioannis Kasinopoulos, Electryone AI
  2. Daniel Victoria, Embrapa Agricultura Digital

  1. Sergio Cruz, Zte Colombia
  2. Siraj Mohammed, Southern Illinois University

Event Report

Meet Our Keynote Speakers

Ralph Muehleisen portrait

Ralph Muehleisen

Argonne National Laboratory

Mike Bosilovich portrait

Mike Bosilovich, PH.D.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Ryan Danks portrait

Ryan Danks

RWDI


Cynthia Rosenzweig, PH.D. portrait

Cynthia Rosenzweig, PH.D.

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

2024 Event Schedule

Agenda and event overview.

Learn about NASA Program perspectives and NASA’s engagement in Energy program area

Learn about POWER’s latest advancements and future plans for the project.

Learn about POWER’s latest technology advancements for upcoming v10 Data, Application Programming Interface (API) endpoints, and the Data Access Viewer (DAV).

  1. “Arunai Engineering College / Predictive Maintenance of Solar Photovoltaic Microgrid System” by Saravanan Vasudevan (Renewable Energy)
  2. “Alpha 311 / How NASA POWER Aids Alpha 311’s Customer Journey” by Barry Thompson (Renewable Energy)
  3. “Southern Illinois University / The Impact of Climate Change on Power Systems: Predicting Surface Pressure With Machine Learning” by Siraj Mohammed (Renewable Energy)
  4. “Jimma University / DAV” by Mohammedreha Abafogi (Renewable Energy)

  1. “Huber SE / Design Calculation for Solar Sludge Drying” by André Großer (Sustainable Infrastructure)
  2. “University of Arizona / NASA’s Renewable Energy/ POWER Data: Shaping My Solar Energy Research” by Dr. Jyotsna Singh (Renewable Energy)
  3. “ChuvSUV / Neural Network Multifactor Computational Models for Forecasting Solar Power Plant Output” by Victor Abrukov and Darya Anufrieva (Renewable Energy)

Agenda and event overview.

Hear about POWER’s partner RETScreen as they provide a brief overview of their company.

Hear about how this year's recipients use RETScreen with NASA POWER information to achieve their goals.

  1. “C2Wind / Wind Energy and Power System Modelling User Requirements” by Rémi Gandoin (Renewable Energy)
  2. “University of Freiburg / Modeling the Agrivoltaics Microclimate” by Richmond Kuleape (Renewable Energy, Agroclimatology)
  3. “Davis and Shirtliff / Solar Power Sizing Made Easy” by Kenneth Muturi (Renewable Energy)

  1. “YielData / Enhancing Food Security with Crop Simulation Models” by Mariano Tamburrino (Agroclimatology)
  2. “Moi University / Power System Resilience and Climate Change Mitigation in the Nzoia River Basin” by Stephen Mureithi Kivuti (Sustainable Infrastructure, Agroclimatology)

Join us in a community feedback session to let the POWER Team know your thoughts and ask questions.

Event Recordings

2023 Event Schedule

  1. “Optimal Solar Farm Site Selection in George Town Conurbation using GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Making and NASA POWER Data” by Puteri Bandira, The Geo-Informatic Unit (GIU), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) (RE)
  2. “Global Data Processing for Growing the RES Industry - the Case of Solar Sector” by Panas Kollas, UNISCRAP, RYAILITI Group (RE)
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  6. Question & Answer Session, led by Dr. Paul Stackhouse

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Event Recordings

Meet Our Keynote Speakers

Gerrit Hoogenboom portrait

Gerrit Hoogenboom, Ph.D

Institute for Sustainable Food Systems

Drury B. Crawley portrait

Drury B. Crawley, Ph.D.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated™

Gregory Leng portrait

Gregory J. Leng

RETScreen International

2022 Event Schedule

  1. “Using NASA POWER Data to Specify Solar Water Pumping Systems” by Ken Muturi, the Davis & Shirtliff Group (RE)
  2. “SOLARPE PRO, a Free Android App for Photovoltaic Systems” by Pedro García, SOLARPE PRO (RE)
  3. “POWER in the Classroom: Plugging in the Numbers for COP26” by Daniel Devine, Digital Skills Education (RE)
  4. “NASA DEVELOP Energy Projects: Building Capacity to Use POWER to Determine Solar Potential” by Cecil Byles, NASA DEVELOP (RE)
  5. “Solar Insolation Lookup Tool (SILT)” by Davis Conley, SIL International (RE)
  6. Question & Answer Session, led by Dr. Paul Stackhouse