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Toby Peters
Professor, Cold Economy, University of Birmingham
Professor Toby Peters was recently appointed as Professor, Cold Economy at the University of Birmingham and Visiting Professor in Transformational Innovation for Sustainability at Heriot-Watt University.
Toby co-founded both Highview Power Storage (2004) and Dearman Engine Company (2011) and with them the concept of liquid air as an energy storage solution for both grid and transport delivering cold and power. In 2013, he moved across full-time to lead Dearman. He has established liquid air within the mainstream energy debate and helped secure some £65 million of UK grant funding and private equity investment for liquid air development. He stepped down as CEO of Dearman in December 2016, remaining on the Board.
He was the academic lead of the 2015 'Doing Cold Smarter' Policy Commission.
