Prof Peter Tavner
Peter Tavner is the Professor of New and Renewable Energy in the School of Engineering at the University of Durham. He received an MA in Mechanical Sciences (1969) from Cambridge University and a PhD degree (1978) from Southampton University. His doctorate thesis was on the electromagnetic behaviour of the stator cores of large electrical turbogenerators.
He has held a number of senior research and technical positions in industry including Technical Director of Laurence, Scott & Electromotors Ltd and Brush Electrical Machines Ltd. Most recently he has been Group Technical Director of FKI Energy Technology, an international business which manufactures wind turbines, electrical machines, electrical drives, dynamometers, transformers and switchgear in the UK, Holland, Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic.
Research Interests:
The development of electrical machines of unusual topology for the extraction of energy from renewable sources and their cost-effective connection to the electricity system. He retains a particular interest in electromagnetic analysis, the application of condition monitoring to electrical systems and the use of convertors with electrical machines.
He is a winner of the Institution Premium of the IEE.
