Chris Goodall

Christopher Frank William Goodall (born 29 December 1955) is an English businessman, author and expert on new energy technologies. He is an alumnus of St Dunstan's College, University of Cambridge, and Harvard Business School (MBA).
His début book How to Live a Low-Carbon Life, won the 2007 Clarion award for non-fiction. His second book, Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate, was one of the Financial Times’ Books of the Year, first published in 2008 it was revised and updated in 2010. His third book, The Green Guide For Business, was published in 2010 by Profile Books. Goodall also wrote Sustainability: All That Matters, which was published in 2012 by Hodder.
In July 2016, a new book - The Switch - was published by Profile Books, focusing on solar, storage and new energy technologies.
Goodall was the Green Party parliamentary candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon in the 2010 general election.
On the issue of UK's energy mix, Goodall considers that nuclear power has a role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Goodall has said "Including nuclear power in this mix will make a low-carbon and energy-secure future easier to achieve." However, he opposed the construction of the UK's only proposed nuclear power plant, Hinkley C.
Goodall helped develop the UK’s first employee-owned solar PV installation in 2011 at the Eden Project. He is now a trustee of the project partner, The Ebico Trust for Sustainable Development.
The website Carbon Commentary, which is part of the Guardian Environment Network, is owned and operated by Goodall. Through Carbon Commentary he publishes a free weekly newsletter on clean energy around the world.
Goodall has also contributed a number of articles to the Guardian, the Independent, and the Ecologist among others. He has also spoken at literary festivals around the UK, at the British Library, the Science Museum and many universities.