Anna Heimsath is the head of the "Analysis of Modules and PV Power Plants" department at Fraunhofer ISE. In the department, over 70 scientists, technicians, and students conduct research on pv power plants, integrated pv and pv power forecasting. One of the areas of research is sustainability and carbon footprint reduction of pv systems. Anna Heimsath has been involved in the development of solar technologies for more than 15 years. She studied production engineering at the University of Bremen and later earned her doctorate in physics, supported by scholarships from the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Fraunhofer TALENTA program.