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  • Successful PhD defence by Fumi Harahap

    From left to right: Fumi Harahap and professor Semida Silveira
    Published May 28, 2020

    On April 24th, 2020, Fumi Harahap from the division of Energy Systems KTH-dES, successfully defended her PhD thesis “Exploring synergies between the palm oil industry and bioenergy production in Indon...

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  • Successful PhD defence by Dennis Dreier

    From left to right: Professor Viktoria Martin, Dennis Dreier, Dilip Khatiwada and Will Usher.
    Published May 27, 2020

    On May 5th, 2020, Dennis Dreier from the division of Energy Systems (KTH-dES), successfully defended his PhD thesis “Transition Technologies for Electrification and Optimisation of Bus Transport Syste...

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  • Smartwatches tell us how to design cities

    Graphic illustration: public transport, biometric data collected by user, IoT Device, autonomous vehicle and MERGEN analysis.
    Published May 20, 2020

    Smartwatches can be a low cost, effective tool in collecting data on how people are affected by different environments when planning and designing a city.

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  • Rector's decision on Distant Examination

    Published May 14, 2020

    Due to the COVID-19 situation, the President has decided that distance examination will be implemented for all examinations that take place during the period 2020-04-14 – 08-22 (V-2020-0273). The deci...

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  • INDEK and Schibsted develop the media industry with AI

    Published May 13, 2020

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing many industries, as the media industry. The media group Schibsted and KTH have started a collaboration to develop responsible use and sustainable implementatio...

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  • Students show smart products during digital "Kexpo"

    Stefan Ståhlgren with his students
    Published May 13, 2020

    A vacuum cleaner that takes very little space, a harness for figure skaters and a ladder for stairs - these are some of the student projects at this year's "Kexpo", an exhibition that this year will g...

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  • New research center at ITM

    Published May 05, 2020

    Starting this year, Center for Mechanics and Materials Design (MMD) will bring together Solid Mechanics and Materials Science and Engineering. The center belongs to ITM but operates at both the ITM sc...

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  • UPCOMING: The 2020 OSeMOSYS Steering Committee meeting

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    The steering committee meeting will be held on June 25th 2020.

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  • Electrification pathways for Tanzania: Implications for the economy and the environment

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    A joint OSeMOSYS and Leontief Input-Output model for Tanzania to assess possible electrification pathways in the country.

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  • Cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency investments for high renewable electricity system

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    Suggesting a new methodology for quantifying the economic impact of energy efficiency investments in systems with high shares of RES and estimating the LACoSE value.

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  • 5th workshop in modelling CLEW systems in Nicaragua

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    Capacity building in modelling CLEWs systems continues in Nicaragua.

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  • Second FAO Nexus dialogue in Morocco

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    Investigating possible nexus solutions and supporting measures related to water scarcity, agricultural intensification, and sustainable energy for agriculture in the Souss-Massa river basin, Morocco.

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  • World Water Day 2020: “If climate change is the shark, then water is its teeth”

    Victoria Falls of the Zambezi River
    Victoria Falls of the Zambezi River, By Diego Delso
    Published Apr 27, 2020

    KTH researchers Vignesh Sridharan, Eunice Ramos, and Abhishek Shivakumar illustrate the interdependencies between climate systems and the water cycle in a Nature communications blog post.

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  • SIM4NEXUS project consortium meets online for last project meeting

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the meeting, which was initially planned to take place in Vienna, was carried out via teleconference.

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  • New publication unsing the OnSSET tool

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    Planning with justice - Using spatial modelling to incorporate justice in electricity pricing – The case of Tanzania

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  • A Retrospective Analysis of Energy Access with a Focus on the Role of Mini-Grids

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    New publication!

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  • Upcoming events cancelled

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    Due to the latest evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming Energy Modelling platform for Asia and the Pacific (EMP-APAC) and the Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development - ...

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  • Data for energy models: the example of the long-term electricity supply model for Jordan

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    A recent publication presenting the techno-economic data used for the electricity system's model of the Hashmite Kingdome of Jordan.

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  • New course on Energy System Analysis starting at University of Sierra Leone

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    The course introduces students at Master level to the grounds of energy and integrated systems analysis using the modelling framework OSeMOSYS

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  • KTH doubles capacity of ventilators

    Published Apr 21, 2020

    With an urge to contribute and with the department's 3D printers, the Department for Production Engineering (IIP) has helped Karolinska Institutet to manufacture components that double the capacity of...

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