Professor Tim Green, Professor of Electrical Power Engineering, has accepted appointment as Director of the Energy Futures Lab (EFL) with effect from 1 February 2014. He has succeeded Professor Nigel Brandon OBE FREng, who led the EFL since its formation in 2005.
Tim Green joined the College as a lecturer in 1994 from Heriot-Watt University. He became Professor of Electrical Power Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2005, and has held the positions of Director of Undergraduate Studies and Deputy Head of Department. His research focuses on formulating the future structure of the UK’s electricity network, in order to support the incorporation of sources of low carbon energy. He leads the HubNet Supergen consortium of eight UK universities, which coordinates research on low carbon energy networks, and is the Network Champion for Research Councils UK.