Profile
Background
Philip was awarded a first class BSc in Chemistry and Polymer Science Technology in 1985 at Loughborough University of Technology and was also awarded a Diploma in Industrial Studies through his placement at the Norddeutsche Affinerie, Hamburg Germany for the development of trace element analysis in electronic grade copper using emission spectroscopy.
He continued his work at Loughborough University in the Laboratory of Professor F. Wilkinson where he studied the chemisorption of dyes on solid substrates using novel laser flash photolysis techniques. Philip's programming skills helped develop control and analysis systems for the first pico-second diffuse reflectance flash photolysis facility at the Rutherford-Appleton laboratory.
Philip spent 15 years running his own software company providing bespoke survey and monitoring solutions for a number of UK clients after which he returned to the University's Wolfson school to pursue a passion in renewable energy technologies. Here he obtained a PhD supervised by Drs Paul Rowley and Chris Goodier after which he spent an number of years as a research Associate in the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology investigating the energy system impacts of the wide-scale adoption of Solar Photovoltaics in the UK energy system.
Along with Collaborators from Solar Century, Durham University and Solar Energy UK, Philip helped developed a Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) standard for the performance of domestic solar PV coupled with battery storage.