Chris Goodall
Energy expert, consultant and author speaking about energies of the future, sustainability and climate change
Our keynote speaker Chris Goodall is a successful author, consultant and speaker in the field of new energies. The independent expert has the talent to communicate complex scientific ideas in an engaging manner to his attendees. He gives specialized talks about climate change, energies of the future and sustainability.
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Chris Goodall
An optimistic view on the energy of the future
Optimist about the energy future
As an author of several successful books and writer for Guardian Environment Network and
other energy websites, Chris Goodall knows how to communicate ideas clearly and tersely.
His most recent book ‘What We Need To Do Now’ was shortlisted for the UK’s major prize
in the environmental field.
Chris’s weekly newsletter Carbon Commentary covers topics across energy technology and
finance across the world. He is also an active investor in young UK startups focused on
energy efficiency and low carbon electricity generation. As chair of the company, he led the
UK’s fastest growing car charging business to a successful sale in summer 2019 to the French
multinational Engie.
Chris Goodall has built up a strong expertise within the field of energy technologies and
gives regular talks about global approaches to low carbon energy generation, low carbon
heat, electric cars and battery storage as well as carbon capture and geoengineering. He has
spoken at most of the large festivals across the UK, including Hay, Cheltenham, Oxford and
Bristol Science. He has given presentations at the Science Museum, the House of Commons
and the British Library. Chris Goodall works with big NGOs and companies and gives his
best advice on how they can become more energy efficient. He has advised Marks &
Spencers on community energy and even helped Greenpeace with the possibility of a 100%
switch to LED in the UK.
Chris Goodall is often asked to give opinionated statements of why the conventional view is
mistaken; he always explains his views professionally with data and arithmetic analysis. He
brings in stories of individual entrepreneurs and their companies.
Chris Goodall is a strong believer in research and supports that the world can now become a
world of low fossil fuel use but reasonable prosperity for all. He is an optimist about the
energy future.
Chris Goodall has worked for many of the world’s largest media companies in locations
around the world. After leaving Harvard Business School, he was also a full member of the
UK Competition Commission, now part of the Competition and Markets Authority.
As an author of several successful books and writer for Guardian Environment Network and
other energy websites, Chris Goodall knows how to communicate ideas clearly and tersely.
His most recent book ‘What We Need To Do Now’ was shortlisted for the UK’s major prize
in the environmental field.
Chris’s weekly newsletter Carbon Commentary covers topics across energy technology and
finance across the world. He is also an active investor in young UK startups focused on
energy efficiency and low carbon electricity generation. As chair of the company, he led the
UK’s fastest growing car charging business to a successful sale in summer 2019 to the French
multinational Engie.
Chris Goodall has built up a strong expertise within the field of energy technologies and
gives regular talks about global approaches to low carbon energy generation, low carbon
heat, electric cars and battery storage as well as carbon capture and geoengineering. He has
spoken at most of the large festivals across the UK, including Hay, Cheltenham, Oxford and
Bristol Science. He has given presentations at the Science Museum, the House of Commons
and the British Library. Chris Goodall works with big NGOs and companies and gives his
best advice on how they can become more energy efficient. He has advised Marks &
Spencers on community energy and even helped Greenpeace with the possibility of a 100%
switch to LED in the UK.
Chris Goodall is often asked to give opinionated statements of why the conventional view is
mistaken; he always explains his views professionally with data and arithmetic analysis. He
brings in stories of individual entrepreneurs and their companies.
Chris Goodall is a strong believer in research and supports that the world can now become a
world of low fossil fuel use but reasonable prosperity for all. He is an optimist about the
energy future.
Chris Goodall has worked for many of the world’s largest media companies in locations
around the world. After leaving Harvard Business School, he was also a full member of the
UK Competition Commission, now part of the Competition and Markets Authority.
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