Together for a special event presented by Kevin Fong at the Victoria And Albert museum, london. Hello, im Kevin Fong, and welcome to the engineers clean energy. We are here at the Victoria And Albert museum In London with a socially distanced public audience, a virtual audience from around the globe, and three of the worlds leading engineers. Now, the Climate Catastrophe threatens us all. But these engineers are at the forefront of providing our world with real solutions. Applause. Please welcome henry snaith. Hes professor of physics at oxford, and through his engineering of low cost photovoltaics, henry discovered thin film Solar Cells made of perovskite. It could be a hugely significant discovery, as henry hopes it will eventually double the efficiency of Solar Power and halve the cost. Danielle merfeld is an electrical engineer who is chief Technology Officer and Vice President of ge renewables. Ge is the biggest creator of Wind Turbines worldwide, and she and her team currently ha
Engineers leading The Field in clean energy solutions come together for a special event presented by Kevin Fong at the Victoria And Albert museum, london. Hello, im Kevin Fong, and welcome to the engineers clean energy. We are here at the Victoria And Albert museum In London with a socially distanced public audience, a virtual audience from around the globe, and three of the worlds leading engineers. Now, the Climate Catastrophe threatens All Of Us. But these engineers are at the forefront of providing our world with real solutions. Applause. Please welcome henry snaith. Hes professor of physics at oxford, and through his engineering of low cost photovoltaics, henry discovered a thin film of Solar Cells made of perovskite. It could be a hugely significant discovery, as henry hopes it will eventually double the efficiency of Solar Power and halve the cost. Danielle merfeld is an electrical engineer who is chief Technology Officer and Vice President of ge renewables. Ge is the biggest cr
The field in clean energy solutions come together for a special event presented by Kevin Fong at the Victoria And Albert museum, london. Hello, im Kevin Fong, and welcome to the engineers clean energy. We are here at the Victoria And Albert museum In London with a socially distanced public audience, a virtual audience from around the globe, and three of the worlds leading engineers. Now, the Climate Catastrophe threatens All Of Us. But these engineers are at the forefront of providing our world with real solutions. Applause. Please welcome henry snaith. Hes professor of physics at oxford, and through his engineering of low cost photovoltaics, henry discovered a thin film of Solar Cells made of perovskite. It could be a hugely significant discovery, as henry hopes it will eventually double the efficiency of Solar Power and halve the cost. Danielle merfeld is an electrical engineer who is chief Technology Officer and Vice President of ge renewables. Ge is the biggest creator of Wind Turb
Engineers leading the field in clean energy solutions come together for a special event presented by kevin fong at the victoria and albert museum, london. Hello, i m kevin fong, and welcome to the engineers: clean energy. We are here at the victoria and albert museum in london with a socially distanced public audience, a virtual audience from around the globe, and three of the world s leading engineers. Now, the climate catastrophe threatens all of us. But these engineers are at the forefront of providing our world with real solutions. Applause. Please welcome henry snaith, professor of physics at oxford, and through of his engineering of low cost photovoltaics, he discovered a thin film of photocells. It could be a hugely significant discovery, as henry hopes it will eventually double the efficiency of solar power and halve the cost. Danielle merfeld is an electrical engineer who is chief technology officer and vice president of ge renewables. Ge is the biggest creator of wind turbine
Wind, solar batteries, ships please welcome our panel. Applause. So, we re going to start with talking about where we are now, and i wanted to start with you, danielle. So, before we get started on the solutions, can we outline the challenge here? the international governmental panel on climate change has said that in order to avoid the worst ravages of the heating associated with climate change, we need renewable resources like solar and wind to provide 85% of global electricity by 2050. But where are we now, and what s the scale of the challenge that faces us? so, danielle, tell me a bit about how close we are to that 85% target? well, the good news is that wind and solar power have doubled in the last five years due to their plummeting costs. Now, nearly one tenth of the world s electricity comes from wind and solar together. But if i think about it from the wind perspective, at roughly 8%, we have to get 40 plus, 40 50%. That s a huge leap from where we are today, to meet our net