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Jonathan Bates

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Commercial Director at Photon Energy
📍 Reading, England, United Kingdom

Jonathan Bates is a renewable energy expert with experience dating back to 1994 and a PhD in photovoltaics. As Commercial Director at Photon Energy, which he co-founded in 2006, he leads commercial solar projects. He is also a board member of Solar Energy UK, chairing the Rooftop PV Working Group.

He is deeply committed to humanitarian causes, serving as a UK Ambassador for the RePower Ukraine initiative. This role involves fundraising and traveling to Ukraine to oversee the installation of solar and battery storage systems for hospitals and other critical infrastructure affected by the conflict.

Jonathan personally visited a hospital in Slobozhanske, Ukraine, to attend the launch of a solar power system his initiatives helped install, providing the facility with energy independence.

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Experience
32 Years
Current Role
Commercial Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Support for Ukraine
He is a UK Ambassador for the RePower Ukraine charity, personally visiting the country to install solar PV systems on hospitals and actively fundraising for the cause.
Rooftop Solar PV
As Commercial Director of a leading solar installation company and Chair of the Rooftop PV Working Group for Solar Energy UK, he is a key industry voice.
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Career

Work history

12-2006
Commercial Director
Photon Energy
12-2006 - 12-2010
Managing Director
Energy & Development Group (Uganda)
6-1998 - 12-2006
Director
IT Power
1-1996 - 5-1998
Project Engineer
Halcrow
11-1994 - 12-1996
Senior Research Associate
Newcastle PV Applications Centre, University of Northumbria
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Education
1982 - 1985
BSC (Eng) Hons
UCL
1989 - 1992
PhD
Northumbria University
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