Doctor Mike Farley

Director of Technology Policy

Dr Farley has worked with Doosan Babcock and its predecessors since 1974, initially within the Research & Development Department and later in the Technology Centre, becoming Director of Technology in 1998 and Director of Technology Policy Liaison in 2002.

Dr Farley represents the company on the Advanced Power Generation Technology Forum and is a member of the Government’s Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technology.  Both these groups are involved in the preparation of the UK government’s Carbon Abatement Technologies Strategy for Fossil Fuel Power Generation and agenda for Research, Development and Demonstration. 

Dr Farley is also a member of the Energy Research Partnership and a strong advocate of a strategic approach to government programmes for clean coal technology. Through membership of the Coal Forum, Chairmanship of the TUC Clean Coal Group and his Chairmanship of the IPA (Industrial and Power Association in Scotland) he has promoted Clean Coal and Carbon Capture and Storage strongly, in both UK and global contexts.  He is a Vice President of EPPSA - the European Power Plant Suppliers’ Association - and a member of the Advisory Committee of the European Technology Platform for Zero-Emissions Fossil Fuel Power Plant.

Dr Farley is a graduate and PhD of Durham University, Department of Applied Physics and Electronics.