This book is a must-read for those interested in the aging phenomenon of materials used in new energy systems, such as photovoltaic and electric vehicles. It provides a fundamental framework for this topic and important basic data and references for insulation materials used in these systems. It covers the aging of photovoltaic systems installed in different environments, including space, as well as the aging of the discharge present in the drive motors of electric vehicles. This book is suitable for researchers and students interested in green energy systems and can be used for teaching, research, and science popularization.

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Jia-Wei Zhang was born in Ningxia, China in 1982. He received his master's degree in electrical engineering from Northeast China Institute of Electric Power Engineering in 2008. He received his Ph.D degree in 2012 from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the L'Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA De Lyon), France. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi" of the University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università Di Bologna), Italy. In 2015 and 2016, he was an invited research fellow at Fukuoka University, Japan. In 2018 and 2019, he was an invited professor at Heidelberg University and Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), Germany. He was awarded by the international exchange program of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) of Germany. At present, he works as a professor at Xi'an University of Technology. He also work as Director of Overseas Expertise Introduction Center of SX, Director of Institute of High Voltage and Innsulation XAUT and Co-director of Joint Laboratory of Morocco-China Green Energy and Advanced Materials (LGEMA). His research interests include electrical aging and insulation failure risk of electrical equipment in Renewable Energy System and the sensor for the Smart Grid based on functional dielectrics after polarization. Wei-Hang Deng graduated from the Xi'an University in 2021 with Bachelor degree in electrical engineering. Presently, he is the master student of Xi'an University of Technology and the member of LEMS. His research interests concern electrical insulation of renewable energy system. Chatchai Putson graduated from the Prince of Songkla University in 2000 with B.Sc. degree in physics and earned M.Sc. degree, also in physics, at Chulalongkorn University in 2004. He received a Ph.D. degree at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (INSA) de Lyon, France. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Division of Physical Science (Physics), Prince of Songkla University, Thailand. His research interests concern electroactive polymers and nanofibers, electrostrictive, piezoelectric and electrocaloric characterizations, and multi-physics coupling for energy conversion and energy storage materials. Fouad Belhora received his PhD in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), Lyon, France in 2014. He is currently Authorized Professor at the National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA), El Jadida, Morocco. His research interests for energy harvesting and smart structures. Abdelowahed Hajjaji is the director of National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA), University Chouaib Doukkali in El Jadida, Morocco. He received his master degree in Materials Sciences from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), Lyon, France, in 2004 and his PhD degree in Material Behaviours, Vibration Control and Energy Harvesting in 2007. He is currently Authorized Professor at the National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA), El Jadida, Morocco. His current research activities are piezoelectric systems, energy harvesting, vibration control, and noise reduction.