Scaling wind energy: What it will take to reach global net-zero, with Simon Watson
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Simon Watson
Director of the Delft University of Technology Wind Energy Institute
Simon Watson
Director of the Delft University of Technology Wind Energy Institute
Simon Watson is a professor of wind energy and the Director of Delft University of Technology’s Wind Energy Institute.
Dr. Watson began his career in wind energy in 1990 and has worked at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Good Energy, and as a senior lecturer the Loughborough University’s Center for Renewable Energy Systems Technology.
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Wind energy is one of the cheapest sources of energy today, but it accounts for only ~6% of global electricity generation.
To limit global warming to 2 degrees C or less, wind energy will need to scale up to about 5 times its current size.
So, how can this be achieved? What are the challenges to scaling wind energy to this degree? How does off-shore wind fit into this equation? And what needs to happen this decade to put us on track?
Climate Now is joined by Dr. Simon Watson, Director of the Delft University of Technology Wind Energy Institute, to discuss the role of wind energy in the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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