Andrew Blakers

Professor, Australian National University, Australia

Andrew Blakers is Professor of Engineering at the Australian National University. He was joint winner of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering in 2023 for PERC technology, which comprises half of all solar panels ever made and is mitigating 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions through displacement of coal. Prof Blakers engages in analysis of 100% renewable energy systems supported by storage for which he was joint winner of the 2018 Eureka Prize for Environmental Research. His team developed a global atlas of a million off-river pumped hydro energy storage sites which is influential in the renewable energy storage industry.