The 1st International Conference of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Brunei Darussalam Network


Keynote Speech
on
Renewable Technology in Future Sustainable Energy Systems
by
J N Loughhead
President, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK)
Executive Director, UK Energy Research Center

Synopsis
Renewable technologies are generally expected to play an increasing role in future energy systems. Realising that vision has implications for both the technical details of energy system control and for the industrial supply chain that will deliver it. The presentation will review the global potential for renewable energies and some of the issues that will need to be addressed to deploy them now, and to continue their development in the future.

Biography

The IET (UK) President, John Loughhead is Executive Director of the UK Energy Research Centre. The Centre is charged with conducting whole systems research while ‘networking’ the energy research community. A major part of John’s role is high-level networking with UK and overseas researchers and Governments - particularly in India and China - while ensuring that the Centre continues to operate on the cusp of energy research and policy, with strong ties to Government.

John’s professional career has been predominantly in industrial research and development for the electronics and electrical power industries. He started at the then GEC Mechanical Engineering Laboratory where he developed what still is the standard design code for European space vehicles. He subsequently led GEC’s Thermofluids Division which developed new and renewable energy technologies, and was one of the first UK industrial developers of fuel cell systems. John then became Director of the GEC Engineering Research Centre before moving to Paris as Vice-President for Technology. In those roles he set up the major European grouping developing solid-oxide fuel cells, pursued the application of high temperature superconductors and co-ordinated all other technology development across the whole product range.

For several years John has been extensively involved in national and European public sector technology programmes, as a member of various advisory committees and chair of policy reviews in the area of future electric power systems. He is a member of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council Technology Board, Assessor for the DTI Technology Programme, Advisor and Assessor to the European Commission Directorate-General Research, chaired the EC Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Implementation Panel and has recently been appointed co-chair of the Implementation Committee of the International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy. He is a member of several university advisory boards and of the UK’s Energy Research Partnership.
 


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