Video Interviews with Speakers
Neil Hirst, Director, Office for Global Energy Dialogue, International Energy Agency, OECD, who chaired the FT Energy Conference, describes the need for technology to address the 'colossal challenges' ahead in supplying more energy to a developing world and substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Nazeer Bhore, Senior Technology Advisor, Corporate Planning Department, ExxonMobil Corporation, talks about how technology will enable vehicles to become more energy efficient in the short and long run. He also describes ExxonMobil's 'hydrogen reformer project', which could reduce emissions from vehicles by 45%.
Professor John Beddington, the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, talks about the importance of new energy technology in the battle to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Dr. Chris Borroni-Bird, Director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts, General Motors Corporation, describes a 'new DNA for the automobile'.
Magued Eldaief, Managing Director UK and Executive Director - Global Accounts, GE Energy Infrastructure, talks about the technology challenges in Carbon Capture and Storage, and how policy needs to be aligned with that technology development.
Prof. Lynn Orr, Project Director of the Global Climate & Energy Project at Stanford University, summarises some of the breakthroughs in alternative energy, including new technologies to take advantage of the vast amount of solar energy which is potentially available to the world.
Prof. Arun Majumdar, Director, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, LBNL, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, highlights the 'game changers' which are needed for the world to become more energy efficient and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the short and medium term.
Charles Soothill, Senior Vice President, Technology, ALSTOM Power, talks about his companys commitment to advancing Carbon Capture and Storage technology, and their involvement in demonstration projects now being developed around Europe and the United States.
Dr. Paul Adcock, Director of Research and Technology at Intelligent Energy, outlines the prospects for technology breakthroughs in fuel cell vehicles.
