Energy Seminar – HT25 Week 8: The astonishing rise of solar PV

Dr Chris Jardine

Dr Chris Jardine

THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT

Summary: 25 years ago, solar PV was a hugely expensive, niche energy technology.  Today, it’s one of the cheapest means of generating electricity worldwide and we’re installing Gigawatts every single day.   It’s easy to take this for granted, perhaps – so here’s a light-hearted review of how it all happened.

Speaker: Chris joined the Environmental Change Institute in 2000, to work on a novel technical project – do solar panels even work in the UK?   We proved they did, and then the question became ‘how do we make them mainstream?  Chris’s career covers everything from technology to consumer attitudes, economics and policy, and from academia to years spent as Director of a solar installation company.