MEI public lecture: Scaling solar to drive global decarbonisation

About

The Melbourne Energy Institute invites you to a public lecture by Professor Pietro Altermatt, a leading expert in the field of solar energy.

This lecture will explore the ongoing scaling of photovoltaics (PV) and its connection to global decarbonisation efforts. It will also cover anticipated advancements in PV technology, sustainability challenges, and supply chain concerns, along with options for non-Chinese manufacturing of PV, and the prospects for Real Zero.

Speaker

Professor Pietro Altermatt
Principal Scientist, Trina Solar
Visiting Professor of PV Materials, Oxford University

Pietro Altermatt is the Principal Scientist of Trinasolar’s R&D centre in Changzhou, China, and a visiting professor of PV materials at Oxford University in the UK. As a concerned scientist, he conducts broader research into CO₂ reduction pathways and sustainability.

Moderator

Professor Michael Brear
Director, Melbourne Energy Institute 
University of Melbourne

Michael Brear is a mechanical engineer and the Director of the Melbourne Energy Institute (MEI) at the University of Melbourne. MEI facilitates the University’s research on the technical, economic, environmental and social impacts of energy.

Michael is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, the Combustion Institute, Engineers Australia and the Australian Institute of Energy. He previously established the University’s multi-disciplinary degree, the Master of Energy Systems. Prior to commencing at the University of Melbourne, Michael worked for ICI Australia (now Orica), and then undertook graduate studies at Cambridge University and post-doctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.