Walt Patterson
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Walter C (Walt) Patterson (born November 4, 1936 in Winnipeg, Canada) arrived in the United Kingdom in 1960. Trained as a nuclear physicist, Patterson has spent his life teaching, writing and campaigning. In 1972 he became Friends of the Earth's first energy campaigner (1972-78) at their London office.
In 1984-5, Patterson acted as series advisor to the award-winning BBC drama series Edge of Darkness.
He has published thirteen books and hundreds of papers, articles and reviews, on nuclear power, coal technology, renewable energy, energy systems, energy policy and electricity. Since 1991 he has been a Fellow of what is now the Energy, Environment and Development Programme at Chatham House in London. He is also a Fellow of the Energy Institute, London, and a Visiting Fellow of the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex.
[edit] Awards
In 2000, the Institute of Energy, now the Energy Institute, awarded Patterson its annual Melchett Medal.
In 2004, Scientific American honoured Patterson as Energy Policy Leader for his work in pioneering the concept of distributed micropower generation.
[edit] Books
- Nuclear Power (Penguin 1976-86)
- The Fissile Society: Energy, Electricity and the Nuclear Option (Earth Resources Research 1977)
- The Plutonium Business and the Spread of the Bomb (Paladin 1984)
- Going Critical: An Unofficial History of British Nuclear Power (Paladin 1985)
- The Energy Alternative: Changing The Way The World Works (Boxtree 1990)
- Rebuilding Romania: Energy, Efficiency and the Economic Transition (Earthscan 1994)
- Power from Plants: Global Implications of New Technologies for Electricity from Biomass (Earthscan 1994)
- Transforming Electricity: The Coming Generation of Change (Earthscan1999)
- Keeping the Lights On (Earthscan 2007)
