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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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