It was a pleasure to interview Ian Rippin, Chief Executive Officer of MCS, at Solar and Storage Live in Birmingham this year!

Solar&StorageXtra is the new publishing part of the Solar and Storage Live event series where we will be interviewing our esteemed speakers, exhibitors, sponsors and attendees to get their live reactions to the event and the important discussions within the industry.

Ian Rippin joined Solar&StorageXtra to discuss MCS’ quality assurance services, the creation of the Solar Taskforce and providing a platform to the future leaders in the Solar industry!

Ian highlighted the fact that many of the industry leaders in the renewable energy industry may not be in their position when the UK reaches net zero in 2050. ‘The Future Leaders’ programme will aim to fill these positions and encourage ‘highly skilled individuals’ to take up new leadership roles.

“The Future Leaders Programme is about establishing skills… leadership skills in high potential individuals who we know will be leading the organisations I’ve mentioned (MCS and Solar Energy UK). You can learn how to be a leader and create that capacity for leadership; that is what the programme is about, giving back to the industry… and allowing them to make the best contribution they can.” Ian Rippin, CEO, MCS

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