Chris Goodall is a world-leading expert on new energy technologies. The Switch, a book on the transition to a solar future around the world, will be published in June 2016. His previous book for Profile, Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate, was one of the FT's Books of the Year. How to Live a Low-carbon Life won the 2007 Clarion award for non-fiction. He publishes Carbon Commentary, a website and newsletter on energy efficiency and advances in renewables. He is also an investor in young companies in the low carbon world.