Featured in Beyond low MENA tenders – 01-2019

From solar to gas

The opportunities for power-to-gas have long interested the solar community, but large-scale projects have been exceptionally rare. Outgoing CEO of SolarPower Europe James Watson has presided over a transformative period at the organization, and has departed this month to head up Eurogas – right at the point the region’s solar sector is set for revival. Advancing a power-to-gas agenda, Watson says, will be a big part of his new challenge.

By

Jonathan Gifford

15 Jan 2019

Watson joined SolarPower Europe in 2014 after seven years of working in the energy sector in Brussels with the consultancy Weber Shandwick. | Photo: SolarPower Europe

Looking at your move to Eurogas, of course people are going to say that you are now going to the ‘dark side’ of fossil fuels. How do you explain your motivation to make the switch?Next year the EU launch something called the Gas Package. Being a lobbyist by nature, I had worked quite heavily on …

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