Strathclyde

Faculty Member, Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Professor of Renewable Energy Technologies

About

I lead the Renewable Energy Technology group within the cross campus Institute of Energy and Environment. The purpose is to bring together the considerable expertise at the University of Strathclyde in these subjects.

Until recently I was the Director of CREST (Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology) with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Loughborough University.

I have worked in the renewables sector since completing my PhD in 1978. During this time my research interests have ranged over solar thermal system design, wind energy systems and photovoltaics. A common theme has been the integration of renewable energy sources into electricity supply systems.

I have published widely on these subjects and my research is funded by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), Industry and the EU amongst others. I am Editor in Chief of the new IET Journal of Renewable Power Generation and play a leading role in the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), which co-ordinates UK energy research and advises on energy research policy. I was the lead author of UKERC's Road Map for Photovoltaics Research in the UK, and was responsible for UKERC's submissions on renewable energy to both the DTI Energy Review of 2006, and the more recent call for evidence from the UK Government Select Committee of Science and Technology. I am a member of the Royal Society's Energy Committee. I have become Manager for Strathclyde's recent EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Centre for Wind Energy Systems. And most recently I have become a Lead Author for the IPPC's work on in progress on the climate change mitigation potential of renewable energy technologies (wind energy Chapter).

Research Interests

My research interests are with electricity generation from renewable energy sources, in particular from wind and photovoltaics (PV), and the integration of these sources into electricity systems large and small. Associated with this central challenge I take an interest in energy storage technology and application, and demand side management/responsive demand.

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