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  • Lina Bertling Tjernberg new deputy head of school at EECS

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    Photo: Moa Hörnquist KTH.
    Published Apr 17, 2024

    Earlier 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

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    Published Apr 11, 2024

    Stockholm 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

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    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, 2024

    At 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

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    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, 2024

    In 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

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    Joydeep Dutta, Professor in Materials and Nanophysics at KTH. Photo: Fredrik Persson.
    Published Mar 07, 2024

    Hydrogen 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

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    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, 2024

    Around 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, 2024

    The 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

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    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, 2024

    The 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
    KTH Energy Platform Director Lina Bertling Tjernberg
    Published Jan 22, 2024

    The 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

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    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, 2023

    Energy 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

    Energy Dialogue 2023 were Malin Pehrs, Ronald Mauricio Lara Prado and Elina Charatsidou
    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, 2023

    KTH 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, 2023

    KTH 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, 2023

    The 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, 2023

    This 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

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    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, 2023

    This 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, 2023

    In 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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  • IVA's Royal Technology Tour focused on electrification and skills supply

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    Some 28 participants joined the Royal Technology Tour, including Tuula Teeri, CEO IVA (left), with Lina Bertling Tjernberg, Director KTH Energy Platform, and Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, Vice-Chancellor at Luleå University of Technology. Photo: Staffan Eriksson, IVA
    Published Oct 23, 2023

    Focused on the theme of sustainable transition and development, this year’s IVA Royal Technology Tour travelled to Västerbotten and Norrbotten in northern Sweden. KTH Energy Platform’s Lina Bertling T...

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  • Electrically-powered boat motor showcased for KTH Energy Platform

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    Nicholas Honeth, Lina Bertling Tjernberg, and Christophe Duwig inspect the lightweight pod motor. Photo: Magnus Glans
    Published Oct 18, 2023

    KTH spin-out Zparq is set to launch its first electric motor for leisure boats next year. The technology, which is being refined in collaboration with KTH’s Division of Electric Power and Energy Syste...

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  • “Knowledge and energy are needed to address the climate crisis”

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    Guests Nate Hagens, Olivia Lazard beside Christophe Duwig, Francesco Fuso Nerini and Kerstin Forsberg co-organizers of the event. Photo: Helena Glisén
    Published Oct 18, 2023

    In September, KTH Energy Platform, together with KTH’s Industrial Transformation Platform, KTH Climate Action Center and NAVET hosted a dialogue about the impact of ongoing climate change on people an...

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  • Meet Jagruti Ramsing Thakur, our new assistant professor

    Published Oct 03, 2023

    We are thrilled to introduce our latest team member, Dr. Jagruti Ramsing Thakur, who joins us as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Heat and Power Technology. Dr. Thakur is a distinguished scho...

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