Hugo Spowers is a partner in Riversimple, LLP. After reading Engineering at Oxford, he spent 15 years in motorsport but left in 1997 to work on environmentally benign cars. He concluded that a step change in technology was both essential and possible and, furthermore, that the principal barriers were not technical but had to do with people, politics and business; the incumbent industry was shaped by the 20th Century and redesigning the business model for providing mobility reduces both barriers and risks.
2011 SESSIONS
Urgent! Scalable Solutions For An Energy-Greedy Planet
The need for alternative sources of renewable energy is an oft-heard call around the world.Yet investment in Europe and the USA in this sector is falling due to the financial crisis, lowgas prices and an uncertain policy environment. China now leads the world in creating a ‘new world order’ in the low-carbon sector, and Japan, South Korea and Mexico are experiencing growing investment in clean technologies. Learn from pioneers in renewable energy, and discuss the politics, economics and behavioural changes that are key to spurring this industry.
