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David MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), spoke about the UK鈥檚 energy strategy at a lecture he held during a visit to Zagreb last week. MacKay, a member of the Royal Society, is also a leading world expert on sustainable energy. His book, 鈥樷�楽ustainable energy 鈥� without the hot air,鈥欌�� has been praised by The Economist and The Guardian. Bill Gates described it as 鈥樷�榦ne of the best books on energy that has been written.鈥� An Information theorist and computer scientist, MacKay uses hard mathematics to assess renewable energy options. His book is available for free online.

During the lecture at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, attended by more than 150 energy experts, Croatian ministry officials, high-level business people and students, MacKay said that the UK uses 鈥樷�檋igh-level science and technology to make decisions in the energy strategy that are important for today鈥檚 but also future generations.鈥欌�� The panel discussion that followed included 沤eljko Tom拧i膰, a professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Kristina 膶eli膰 from the Croatian Ministry of Economy and Mladen Zeljko from the Energy Institute Hrvoje Po啪ar. MacKay was in Croatia as part of a regional tour, which also included Slovenia and Hungary. MacKay鈥檚 role as Chief Scientific Advisor is to ensure the policies and operations of the Department for Energy and Climate Change, as well as its contributions to wider Government issues, are underpinned by the best science and engineering advice available.