KT Tan
Director
Viridian Solar
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr KT Tan is the Technical Director at Viridian Solar – a UK company based in Cambridge with their renowned innovative Clearline Fusion products. For over a decade, he has been devoting his professional life to developing products and technologies for the renewable sector. He started working with solar thermals well before the PV became a mainstream renewable solution. As a Chartered Engineer, he specialises in solar technologies with a particular interest in roof-integrated systems, advanced cell technologies and innovative mounting solutions. He is a member of the Industrial Advisory Panel of the Centre for Doctoral Training in New and Sustainable PV, and a member of the GEL/82 Standards Policy and Strategy Committee for PV Systems at British Standards Institution. He is also the Chair of the MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) Solar PV Technical Working Group – a technical committee that develops a set of standards for the general practice of PV installations in the UK. He graduated with an Engineering PhD from University of Cambridge.
Research Interest
Solar PV