David Mackay Lecture: 2050 Pathways - How Government is planning our energy future

28 September 2011, 6.30 PM - 28 September 2011, 6.30 PM

Wills Memorial Building, Bristol

David Mackay

How easy is it to get off our fossil fuel habit? How does our current energy consumption compare with our sustainable energy options? How can we make energy plans that add up? To address these thorny questions Cabot hosted Professor David MacKay from the University of Cambridge, chief scientific adviser to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and author of the popular book Sustainable Energy without the hot air.

Professor MacKay gave a fascinating talk to an audience of almost 800 people who packed the Wills Memorial Building. He offered a straight-talking assessment of the numbers associated with different forms of energy generation and use, and presented the 2050 Pathways Calculator that he has developed for DECC.

View the video of the event.

Further information

David MacKay FRS is the Professor of Natural Philosophy in the department of Physics at the University of Cambridge and chief scientific adviser to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

This lecture was organised by the University of Bristol in partnership with the Cabot Institute and IMechE, and is sponsored by Atkins.