Walt Patterson On Energy

About Walt Patterson



Born in Canada in 1936, I came to the UK in 1960, married my English wife Cleone in 1966 and have been here ever since. Trained as a nuclear physicist, I have spent my life teaching, writing and troublemaking. You can find more details here.

I have published thirteen books and hundreds of papers, articles and reviews, on nuclear power, coal technology, renewable energy, energy systems, energy policy and electricity. Since 1991 I have been a fellow of what is now the Energy, Environment and Development Programme at Chatham House in London, and a visiting fellow of the Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex. I am on the editorial board of European Energy Review.

My previous book was called Transforming Electricity. My latest is Keeping The Lights On: Towards Sustainable Electricity. My current project for CH and SPRU is called 'Managing Energy: for climate and security'. The first working paper, co-published by CH and SPRU, argues that we are Managing Energy Wrong. Working Paper 2, 'Managing Energy Data', also co-published by CH and SPRU, challenges the conventional view of energy in society, and proposes a more promising vision.


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