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KTH Energy Platform – an arena for technology neutrality, inclusion, and sustainable development
Published Jun 04, 2024KTH Energy Platform publishes a report documenting the last five years' extensive activities of events, workshops, national and international study visits, as well as regular visits to research projec...
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Electrification needs research with a systems perspective
Published May 31, 2024At the end of May, KTH Energy Platform hosted the Swedish Electromobility Centre’s (SEC) programme council meeting at KTH. Programme council meetings are held regularly at programme partner sites and ...
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Continued focus on increasing the impact of research on society
Three generations of KTH Energy Platform directors: Olga Kordas, Ramon Wyss, and Lina Bertling Tjernberg. Published May 31, 2024When KTH Energy Platform is wound up in June, its director, Lina Bertling Tjernberg, will take on a new role as Deputy Head of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). She wil...
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Ramon Wyss receives award in Oskarshamn
Photo: Privat Published Apr 22, 2024Ramon Wyss, professor at KTH and former director of KTH's energy platform, has received the award "Årets regionutvecklingspris" in Oskarshamn. On Saturday evening, companies and local heroes were cele...
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Lina Bertling Tjernberg new deputy head of school at EECS
Photo: Moa Hörnquist KTH. Published Apr 17, 2024Earlier this week the new EECS' management was presented. As one new recruitment we find Lina Bertling Tjernberg, as Deputy Head of School with a focus on research conditions and impact. EECS’ led by ...
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Workshop on BioCCS highlighted new methods of carbon dioxide capture
Published Apr 11, 2024Stockholm Material Hub recently held a workshop on carbon dioxide capture together with KTH Energy Platform. The workshop brought together national and international experts and researchers on the sub...
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Electrification has a decisive role to play in addressing the climate transition
The Association of MPs and Researchers of the Swedish Parliament (Rifo) organised the seminar “The Way Forward to Widespread Electrification of Society and Achieving UN Climate Goals” at the end of March. Photo: Magnus Glans Published Mar 25, 2024At the end of March, the Association of MPs and Researchers of the Swedish Parliament (Rifo) organised a seminar in which researchers and experts from the transport sector, electricity grid, electrici...
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KTH Energy Platform hosts workshop on hydrogen’s role as an integral part of the energy system
A panel discussion held during the hydrogen workshop arranged by KTH Energy Platform focused on the role of hydrogen in a larger systems perspective. Published Mar 07, 2024In February, KTH Energy Platform arranged a workshop on hydrogen with a particular focus on systems integration and sector couplings. Invitees included KTH researchers and students, Luleå University o...
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Breakthrough for KTH’s energy research makes sustainable hydrogen production safe and more efficient
Joydeep Dutta, Professor in Materials and Nanophysics at KTH. Photo: Fredrik Persson. Published Mar 07, 2024Hydrogen is expected to play a key role in the transition to a climate-friendly energy system. However, producing hydrogen using existing techniques is associated with a degree of risk and requires sp...
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New anthology highlights technical solutions behind a successful climate transition
The Handbook on Climate Change and Technology is edited by Frauke Urban, Professor in the Management of Sustainable Energy Systems at the Department of Industrial Economics and Management (INDEK), and Johan Nordensvärd, Associate Professor in Technological Innovation at INDEK at KTH. Photo: Magnus Glans Published Feb 16, 2024Around 50 people attended the recent launch of the Handbook on Climate Change and Technology, which included panel debates and a networking lunch hosted by KTH Energy Platform and KTH Climate Action C...
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Invitation to Apply to AFSR’s 2024/2025 fellowships
Published Feb 12, 2024The purpose of AFSR’s fellowships is to support research contributing to increased knowledge and interaction within a specific academic field, and to stimulate Swedish-French research cooperation at a...
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Handbook offers guidance for faster climate transition
Frauke Urban, editor of a new handbook on the climate crisis, calls for a climate policy that keeps pace with climate science (Photo: Christer Gummeson). Published Feb 06, 2024The technology exists to tackle the climate crisis, but the political will lags behind. This is one of the messages in the new handbook, Climate Change and Technology, on one of the major issues of ou...
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KTH Energy Platform to focus on spreading knowledge that supports the climate transition
KTH Energy Platform Director Lina Bertling Tjernberg Published Jan 22, 2024The spring term gets underway with a string of events arranged within the framework of the KTH Energy Platform. Already in January, a lot of attention is being drawn to a new handbook for how technica...
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KTH Energy Dialogue 2023
TH Energy Dialogue 2023 had the theme of energy security and resilience, and one of the invited guests was Maja Lundbäck, political expert to the Swedish government. Photo: Magnus Glans Published Dec 13, 2023Energy security and resilience topped the agenda of this year’s KTH Energy Dialogue. KTH Energy Dialogue 2023, organised by KTH Energy Platform, once again gathered researchers, students and represent...
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KTH Energy Dialogue awards three winners in this year’s poster competition
Photo: Magnus Glans. The winners of the poster competition during KTH Energy Dialogue 2023 were Malin Pehrs, Ronald Mauricio Lara Prado and Elina Charatsidou Published Dec 13, 2023KTH Energy Dialogue wrapped up with an award ceremony for a poster competition that was held during the day. After reviewing some 30 entries, the jury named the three winners: Ronald Mauricio Lara Pra...
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Perfecting the chemical transformation of biogenic waste into valuable products
Photo: Magnus Glans. The last school visit of the term was made by KTH Energy Platform at the Division of Process Technology. Published Dec 12, 2023KTH Energy Platform’s last school visit of the term was to the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Division of Process Technology, which focuses on chemical energy and fuel conversion based on ...
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Resilience and innovation: Fall showed the way for energy security, digitalisation and collaboration
Photo: Magnus Glans. One of the autumn events for the KTH Energy Platform was a joint workshop with the KTH Digitalisation Platform. Published Dec 12, 2023The autumn term provided opportunities for knowledge exchange and dialogues for new collaborations within the framework of the KTH Energy Platform. These included new collaborations between KTH’s vari...
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KTH Energy Dialogue to focus on energy and cybersecurity to strengthen society’s resilience
KTH Energy Dialogue brings together representatives from academia, business, and politics to share knowledge and experience. Published Oct 24, 2023This year’s KTH Energy Dialogue, which will focus on energy security and resilience, will be held on November 30th. During a packed half day in Nymble, participants from academia, business and politic...
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KTH Energy Platform hosts French-Swedish research days on the theme of the future of nuclear energy
French ambassador to Sweden Etienne de Gonneville, KTH Vice Chancellor Anders Söderholm, and Pär Olsson, Professor and Co-ordinator of the Sunrise research centre. Photo: Magnus Glans Published Oct 23, 2023This year’s French-Swedish research days focused on the theme of the future of nuclear energy, with KTH Energy Platform hosting the two-day conference. The event was opened by the French ambassador to...
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Workshop formed bridge between energy and digitalisation research disciplines
KTH Energy Platform and KTH Digitalisation Platform had a joint workshop with G. Kumar Venayagamoorthy, Professor at Clemson University, among the invited speakers. Photo: Fredrik Persson Published Oct 23, 2023In September, KTH Energy Platform and KTH Digitalisation Platform held a joint half-day workshop entitled ‘Data-driven methods with energy applications’, which drew together experts and researchers fr...
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