Harvard Club of Switzerland

Meet Dr. Gunter Erfurt

Dr. Gunter Erfurt has worked for over 20 years in the Solar Industry. Since 2020 he is the CEO of Meyer Burger Technology AG. His vision is to efficiently produce solar panels in Europe and to bring back the Solar Industry to our continent. Gunter has converted Meyer Burger Technology AG from a machine supplier to the Solar Industry to a manufacturer of solar cells and panels. He is a specialist in heterojunction technology, which is the cutting-edge technology for solar cells with high efficiency. These cells have become a clean and cost-efficient competitor for electricity generated in oil, gas, or coal-powered plants. Solar cells are in Gunter’s view the ultimate source of clean energy.
 
Gunter will give us an insight into the Solar Industry and into the clean energies of our future – in today’s world where the supply of fossil fuel is insecure and the CO2 footprint makes fossil fuel plants an environmental no-go, solar energy is the energy of the future, as it has the sun as an inexhaustible source.