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Organise an event at Day Zero 2024 (28.09.2023)
We now welcome applications to host an event as part of Day Zero at the SDG Conference Bergen, 7 February 2024.
WATCH: "Mer av alt – raskere". The Energy Commission's report (12.09.2023)
Did you miss this seminar, where member of the Energy Commission, Liv Monica Stubholt, presented some of the central element in the commission's report? Watch it here!
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Fredrik bruker informatikk til å kutte drivstoffbruket til store skip (08.09.2023)
Værmeldinger har alltid vært viktige for planlegging av skipsfart. I masteroppgaven sin har Fredrik Åhgren Sørum laget en ny modell som skal hjelpe å minimere drivstoffbruk for skip som leverer offshore-utstyr fra Mongstad.
WATCH: Optimized renewable energy supply for a sustainable Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) (01.09.2023)
Did you miss Gerard A Virgili's presentation on optimizing energy supply of a Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) to reduce the carbon footprint? Watch the presentation here!
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WATCH: Emerging clean energy technologies (16.05.2023)
Did you miss Dhayalan Velauthapillai's BEL Lunch seminar presenting on research on nanomaterials for solar cells, Hydrogen and energy storage applications at Western Norway University of Applied Science? Watch it here!
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WATCH: "NVEs forslag til nye områder for norsk havvind – fordeler og utfordringer" (28.04.2023)
Did you miss Finn Gunnar Nielsens presentation of NVE's report on new areas for renewable energy production at sea? Watch it here! Please note that the presentation was given in Norwegian language.
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Call for CMI-UiB Collaboration Funding 2023 (27.04.2023)
Chr. Michelsen Institute and the University of Bergen have a long-standing agreement to strengthen development-related research in Bergen. We now invite applications for collaboration between our two institutions for 2023-2024. Deadline 7 June, 2023.
Image of the participants in the PILOT-E pilot project taken at the Kick-off with the project partners January 2023
WATCH: Energy Flexibility aggregation for the Privat Enterprise Market (25.04.2023)
Did you miss Kristin Margrethe Flornes presentation of Eviny's pilot project from PILOT-E to develop solutions for increased flexibility in the power system? Watch it here!
Illustration image with technical installations related to the project schematically drawn on an image of the Odda - Tyssedal area with the inner part of Sørfjorden
WATCH: Green Energy – Hardanger Hydrogen Hub (21.04.2023)
In this presentation, Ingvald Torblå, CEO of Odda Technology, presents the plans and current status of the Green energy project Hardanger Hydrogen Hub.
Statsraad Lehmkuhl
UiB events during One Ocean Week 2023 (11.04.2023)
On Saturday 15 April tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl returns to Bergen and this marks the start of the first annual One Ocean Week. The city centre of Bergen will be one big festival of ocean related events. This page shows the University of Bergen's activities during the week. All activities are free and open to all, except where otherwise indicated.
Professor Edvard Hviding (centre) from the University of Bergen with Vanuatu’s UN Ambassador Odo Tevi (right) and Solomon Yeo (left) from the activist organisation Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change.
Pacific youth action leads to UN resolution on climate change (31.03.2023)
On 29 March the UN General Assembly passed a resolution put forward by Vanuatu to provide an advisory opinion on UN member states obligations in protecting the rights of current and future generations from the adverse effects of climate change.
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Discussing the frontlines of water at the United Nations (15.03.2023)
The University of Bergen’s proposal for a side event at the 2023 UN Water Conference has been chosen from among 1,300 submitted proposals as one of 200 official side events inside the UN headquarters. A small delegation is heading to New York for the conference.
Collage of items representing energy, including a stylized windmill, a solar panel and more
WATCH: Energy Informatics (06.03.2023)
Did you miss professor Ahmad Hemmati's presentation on Energy Informatics? Watch it here!
Wake effects within the Horns Rev wind Farm
WATCH: Layout and yaw optimisation of an offshore wind farm (27.02.2023)
Wind energy has a very high potential for improvement, especially with regard to wake effects of the turbines within large wind farms. This work focuses the emphasis on potential of aerodynamically optimized wind park layouts and wake steering through yaw angle control.
A listing of HyValue's overall objectives illustrated with an image of a person by the sea.
WATCH: Introduction of FME HyValue – Norwegian Centre for Hydrogen Value Chain Research (20.02.2023)
Did you miss Jonas Solbakken and Velaug Myrseth Oltedal's presentation of HyValue? Watch it here!
Bilde fra SDG-konferansen i Bergen 2023.
Need for a broader debate about radical change (14.02.2023)
For three days, people from more than 100 countries have contributed to the discussion about the sustainable development goals. But the program leaders of the digital conference asks if the debate is broad and radical enough.
Yellow background, CET on paper cut out world in variations of blue. Words Job opening in the middle, with to paper cut out people in the right corner.
Research assistant at CET (1 year) (09.02.2023)
At Centre for climate and energy transformation (CET) we are looking for a full time research assistant for one year. Deadline March 5th!
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Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon (03.02.2023)
A new review in Science reveals the quick and accumulating impacts of humans in the Amazon – and nature will likely not be able to keep up. This new paper developed by CESAM member Suzette Flantua reveals the magnitude of the drivers of deforestation and degradation in the Amazon and lists the transformative policy actions needed to safeguard the region and consequently global climate.

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