Bergen Energy Lab meetings and events

December

• The challenges with big wind turbines.  BEL Lunch, Thomas Hansen, 5.12.2023

November

• Subsea substations – Leveraging Existing Technology to Reduce Costs off Offshore Wind, 21.11.2023
• Half-day seminar: European Electricity Market Design for the Future, 02.11.2023

October

• Webinar on European Energy Policy @ Bergen Energy Lab by Rosita Zilli, EERA Senior Policy Officer, 31.10.2023
• Hydrogen production from hydrolysis and natural gas pyrolysis - Jonathan Økland Torstensen, 24.10.2023
• Korleis kan fleksibilitet handtere utfordringar i distribusjonsnettet - Per-Oddvar Osland, 17.10.2023
• Accelerating the transition to a net zero ocean space using flexible fuel cells  - Ina Ekeberg, 10.10.2023

September

• "Mer av alt – raskere". The Energy Commission's report - Liv Monica Stubholt, 26.09.2023

• Presentation of two FME-initiatives: Energy-SoS and Offshore wind 2040 - Geir Nævdal / Cristian Guillermo Gebhardt, 19.09.2023

• Optimized renewable energy supply for a sustainable Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) - 12.09.2023 - Gerard Ayuso Virgili,12.09.2023

May

• Emerging clean energy technologies - Dhayalan Velauthapillai, 23.05.2023

• Energy Flexibility aggregation for the Privat Enterprise Market - Kristin Margrethe Flornes, 09.05.2023

• NVEs forslag til nye områder for norsk havvind – fordeler og utfordringen - Finn Gunnar Nielsen, 02.05.2023

April

• Green Energy - Hardanger Hydrogen Hub - 25.04.2023

March

• Towards a climate neutral UiB 2030 - Steinar Sundberg, 24.03.2023
• Energy informatics - Ahmad Hemmati, 21.03.2023
• Layout and yaw optimisation of an offshore wind farm - Daniel Sukhman, 07.03.2023

February

• Demand- response, why is it important and a challenge? - Astrid Skjønborg Brunt, 28.02.2023
• Introduction of FME HyValue – Norwegian Centre for Hydrogen Value Chain Research - Jonas Solbakken / Velaug Myrseth Oltedal, 21.02.2023
• Green propulsion - Lessons learned from Viking Shipping - Peter Edgar Koch, 14.02.2023

January

• Opportunities and challenges of “Energy System Integration” based on ongoing R&I projects - Peter Breuhaus, 31.01.2023
• Seabed Minerals - Jon Hellevang, 24.01.2023
• A Gusty Wind or A Cool Breeze? Interplay between OWFs, Fisheries, and Climate Change - Abdulah Al Arif, 17.01.2023

November

• Decision-making tool for roof-mounted solar panels .  Anne Jordal, Volte and Runar Skorge Stranden, Master's student at UiB and consultant at Volte.
• Democratic energy transition in Norway - possibilities and obstacles.  Endre Meyer Tvinnereim, professor, UiB
• Bergen Harbour  towards zero emmision - Nils Møllerup, Marketing Manager, Bergen havn
• Tariffs, retail competition, and demand response - Half day BEL seminar at NHH
• BIR’s Carbon Capture Project and how Waste to Energy can Contribute to Negative Emissions - Atle Tvedt Pedersen, Driftssjef, BIR Ressurs AS

Oktober

• Optimal utilization of the grid - Augusta Pithalice, Project lead R&D, Eviny

• Local perceptions of onshore wind parks: reflections from two cases in Norway - Christina Gkini, PhD-candidate, UiB

• Green ammonia in shipping - Ragnhild Høvik, Project Engineer & Analyst at Grieg Star

• Ocean City Bergen - Vidar Aarhus, Prosjektleder Havbyen Bergen

September

• Space Level AI for Monitoring Infrastructure Networks - Reza Arghandeh, Professor, Western Norway University of App Sci and Research Professor at Florida State University and  Lead Data Scientist at StormGeo AS, Norway
• Volatile kraftmarkeder i Europa - Preben Klyve Olsen, Preben Klyve Olsen, porteføljeforvalter hos Eviny Fornybar AS
• Trollvind - Kristian Holm, Technology Director, Renewables at Equinor ASA

August

• BEL lunch: Prices and crisis: Regulatory Reflections on the Energy Landscape - Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui, Associate Professor, UiB

June:

• Development and growth of a hydrogen energy sector (watch here) - Arvid Nøttvedt, Strategic Adviser - Energy (NORCE)

• World’s first full scale test of a ship engine fuelled by ammonia (Watch here) - Tore Kallevåg, Vice president Sales and Business development, Sustainable Energy AS

May: 

• Norseman Wind: Offshore Wind in Norway - the big picture (Watch here) - Harald Dirdal, partner og project developer at Njordr 

• Risk-reduction for hydrogen installations by partial suppression of explosions (Watch here) - Matthijs van Wingerden, PhD Candidate, Department of Physics and Technology University of Bergen  

• Offshore wind - past, present and future (watch here) - Jan Fredrik Stadaas, Corporate Strategy Manager at Equinor

• Sustainable Space Flight -  Dr. Chris Welch (space-ist.com), Dr. Luciano Anselmo (Italian National Research Council), Jenni Tapio,(LL.M, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland) and Alexander Soucek (LL.M, MSS European Space Agency), Dr. Norbert Lümmen (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences), Jöran Grande (M.Sc. Andøya Space), Dr. Heike Frei (DLR – German Aerospace Center)

April:

• Green Public Procurement  - Linda Midtun, researcherat Faculty of Law (UoB) 

• Batteries for future electrochemical energy storage - Yulia Arinicheva, materials researcher in the field of all solid state batteries at the Research Center Jülich GmbH, Germany

March:

• A green direction through a circular value chain (watch here) - Ronny Haufe, CEO at CCB Energy Holding (ccbeh)
• Offshore wind in Utsira and Sørlige Nordsjø II, phase I; what now? (watch here) - Sigrid Eskeland Schütz, Professor at Faculty of Law (UoB),Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui, Associate Professor at Faculty of Law (UoB),Joachim Reuder, Professor at Geophysical Institute (UoB) andChristian Haug Eide, Associate Professor, Sedimentologist at Department of Earth Science (UoB)
• MF Hydra – world’s first LH2 driven ship and the challenges ahead towards zero-emission shipping - Ivan Østvik, Project Manager, Norled AS
• A biorefinery approach to renewable energy and chemicals (watch here) - Dag Helge Hermundsgård, Research assistant, Department of Chemistry, (UoB)
• What’s new in EU State aid for renewable energy projects (watch here) - Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law (UoB)  

February: 

• Energy solutions in the most Eco-friendly neighbourhood in Bergen (watch here) - Louise Korsbæk Sondrup, Manager Innovation at Eviny

• Experimental investigation of wind farm flow effects (watch here) - Jan Bartl, Associate Professor at IMM-HVL 

• Developing infrastructure for greener shipping - Plug’s approach to shore power (watch here) - Maria Bos, Managing Director at Plug 

January:

• An ambidextrous organization – innovation in Eviny (watch here) - Kristin Flornes, Senior Adviser at Eviny and Tiril Thielemann Try, Christian Åsvang and Tobias Farsund Sydberger (students from UoB)

• Some thoughts on interconnectors (watch here) - Endre Bjørndal and Mette Helene Bjørndal, Professors at the Department of Business and Management Science, NHH

• Climate attitudes: Fresh results from the Norwegian Citizen Panel (watch here) - Thea Gregersen, PhD Candidate, Centre for climate and energy transformation (CET)

December:

• Mapping the value chains of electric vehicles: social and environmental accounting (watch here) - Devyn Remme, PhD Candidate at Department for Geography at University of Bergen (UoB) 

November:

• Improvement of solar cells - Nanotechnology to increase solar cell efficiency  - Martin Møller Greve, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen (UoB) 

• Decommissioning of offshore wind farms: where are we and what challenges lie ahead (watch here) - Gunnar Eskeland, Professor at NHH Norwegian School of Economics

• Storing carbon dioxide and hydrogen underground (watch here) - Martin Fernø, Professor at Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen (UoB)

• The next generation of marine fuel cell systems (watch here) - Thor Humerfelt, Senior Vice President Product Architect at Corvus Energy  

• Multi Rotor Wind Tubrine Designs - Jan Bartl, Associate Professor, Institute for Mechanical and Marine Engineering (IMM), Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL)

October:

• Green shipping networks and decarbonization of the shipping industry (watch here) - Agnete Hessevik, PhD Candidate at Department of Administration and Organization Theory at University of Bergen

• Changes over time in renewable energy project and impact assessment (watch here) - Eirik Finserås, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen

• Guarantees of Origin and Market Power in the Spot Electricity Market (watch here) - Mario Blázquez de Paz, Assistant professor, Department of Business and Management Strategy, NHH 

• Hydrogen Production (watch here) - Thor Henrik Hagen, CEO at HYDS

September:

• Energy for emission-free building and construction sites (watch here) - Camilla Moster, head of Mobile Energy, BKK

• Efficient and sustainable energy use in buildings (se her) - Tor Instanes, CEO at GC Rieber Real Estate 

August: 

• Energy use in Norway  (watch here) - Jarand Hole, NVE 

June:

• Stortingsmeldingen om langsiktig verdiskapning fra norske energiressurser (se her - tilgjengelig til 31.12.21) - Sigrid Eskeland Schütz, UiB, Benedicte Stålelsen Nilsen, BKK og Johannes Magnus, Bergen Næringsråd
• Climate Neutral University 2030 (watch here) - Steinar Sundberg, the facility department at UiB

May:

• Flexible hydrogen production  (watch here) - Lars Strømholm and Raag August Sandal Rolfesen, students at NHH
• Part 2: the EU Taxonomy (watch here) - Herlaug Fyhn (DNB), Benedicte Staalesen Nilsen (BKK) & Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui (UiB)
• Part 1: The EU Taxonomy (watch here) - Berte-Elen Konow (UoB), Daniel Næsse (PwC) & Grete Rusten (UoB)
• Hydrogen as a clean solution for the maritime industry (watch here) - Bjørn Sundland, senior forretningsutvikler BKK

April:

• Perceptions of hydrogen production for maritime applications (watch here) - Henrik Litlere Bentsen, NORCE
• Power grid capacity: are we ready for the electric future? - Atle Isaksen, Leader of Grid Management and Development in BKK Nett AS
• A scalable multi-body wave energy converter for offshore aquaculture (watch here) - David Lande-Sudall, Associate Professor at HVL
• Utilization of woody biomass and residues for production of energy products and high-value natural compounds (watch here) - Kristoffer Mega Herdlevær, PhD candidate at the Department of Chemistry, UoB

March:

• Ammonia - the obvious choice as fuel for ships? (Watch here) - Peter Edgar Koch, Assosiate professor at HVL
• Kitemill - Airborne Wind Energy (Watch here) - Lode Carnel, technical manager at Kitemill
• Kraftmangel i kraftfylke Vestland - Sølve Sondbø, seksjonsleder i Grønn vekst, klima og energi, Vestland fylkeskommune
• EU hydrogen strategy and regulations - Aleksander Glapiak, research assistant at the Faculty of Law (UoB)

February:

• Ammonia - the energy carrier of the future - Vidar Remi Jensen, Professor at the Department of Chemistry, UoB
• Offshore wind and it's effect on the Nordic power market - Elise Tomt and Martine Utgård, 5th year students at NHH 
• Sustainable logistics in Norwegian cities - the CityFreight project (Watch here) - Håvard Haarstad, Director of CET, and Rafael Rosales, PhD Fellow at CET
• The impact of the Basel Ban Amendment on the legality of Regulation (EU) No 1057/2013 on ship recycling (Watch here) - Ingvild Kristine Hoel, graduate from the Faculty of Law, UoB

January:

• Does the Utilities Directive apply on offshore wind projects in the exclusive economic zone of Norway in light of article 126 of the EEA Agreement? - Arqam Hamza Ahmad, graduate from the Faculty of Law, UoB

• NVEs langsiktige kraftmarkedanalyse (Se her) - Silje Tellervo Jelsness, samfunnsøkonom, NVE
• EU's strategy for offshore renewable energy (Watch here) - Energy director Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, UoB

November:

• Biogas - green fuel from organic waste - Lene Pilskog, business developer in RENEVO
• The role of hydropower of the future - Liv Randi Hultgreen, Executive Director of FME HydroCen and Gine Kirkebøen Støren, master student at NTNU
• Part 2: The Norwegian Energy Market in relation to the EU - Toril H. Christensen, Head of Analysis in BKK Produksjon
• The role of hydrogen when moving towards a zero emission society - Velaug Myrseth Oltedal, associate professor at HVL
• "The greenest city in Norway" - Are Børjesson and Elisabeth Sørheim from the new Agency of Climate at Bergen commune

October:

• Sustainable logistics in Norwegian cities - the Cityfreight project - Håvard Haarstad, Director of CET, and Rafael Rosales, PhD Fellow at CET.

• Half-day seminar: Flexibility in local electricity grids – challenges and solutions (Watch here) 

• Hydropower production planning - Kjetil Trovik Midthun, head of production planning at BKK Produksjon AS

• Energy poverty and the promotion of energy access - Iñigo del Guayo, Professor in Administrative Law at the University of Almería, Spain
• Half-day seminar: "Sustainable Aviation?"

September:

• Community benefits and renewable energy projects: the case of offshore wind (watch here)- Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui from the Faculty of Law, UiB 
• Master thesis presentations on offshore wind and prosumers - Tine Kristin Bjørnøy-Dimmen and Kristina Horpestad Hansen, graduates from the Faculty of Law, UiB
• Half-day seminar: Just Mobility Transitions (JUSTMOB) (video here)

August:

• The solar collector facility at HVL - Boris Balakin, Høgskulen på Vestlandet

May:

• New COST Action Positive Energy Districts European Network - Siddharth Sareen, Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Geography, Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation, UiB 
• Norwegian energy market in relation to EU - Toril H. Christensen, Head of Analysis in BKK Produksjon

April: 

• Liquid hydrogen to decarbonize maritime transport in Norway - Bjørn Sundland from BKK

March: 

• POSTPONED: "The greenest city in Norway" - Eva Britt Isager from Bergen Kommune
• Freight distribution in Bergen -  Stein Wallace, professor and Head of Centre for Shipping and Logistics at the Department of Business and Management Science at NHH. 
• From worrying about climate change to pro-environmental behavior - Thea Gregersen, PhD candidate at the centre for climate and energy transformation (CET) and the department of Psychosocial Science, UiB
• Towards widespread use of hydrogen as an energy carrier in society - Trygve Skjold, associate professor in process safety technology at the department of physics and technology, UiB

February: 

• The Norwegian Offshore Wind Paradox - Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui, from the Faculty of Law, UiB
• Postponed: The Collaboratory – radical education for radical times - Jakob Grandin, PhD candidate and convener of the UiB Collaboratory and Tarje Iversen Wanvik, postdoctoral fellow, both from the Department of Geography at UiB
• Introduction to life cycle analysis - Tanja Barth, professor at the Department of Chemistry, UiB

January: 

• The role of decarbonized natural gas in a zero carbon energy system - Steinar Eikaas, VP of Low Carbon Solutions in Equinor 
• An holistic approach to electrification of the North Sea - Eyvind Bohne-Kjersem from BKK
• The status of USE - professor Martin Fernø at the Department of Physics and Technology, UiB

December:

• Prospects for powering past coal - Vadim Vinichenko, researcher, the CET-center 

November:

• Optimisation of wind and tidal turbine farms - David Roger Lande-Sudall, Associate Professor, HVL 
• New generation of solar cell technologies - Dhayalan Velauthapillai, professor HVL
• DeWindSea: Designing a refined legal framework for offshore wind in the North Sea basin - Sigrid Schutz, professor at the Faculty of Law, UiB
• Hydropeaking (effektkjøring) in BKKs hydropower plants - Sigve Næss, Senior Hydropower Engineer, BKK

October:

• CCUS: Storage - challenges and solutions - Guttorm Alendal (Professor, Department of Mathematics, UiB) and partners
• Net-Zero: Energy security and the future of natural gas in the UK - Michael Bradshaw from the Global Energy in the Strategy and International Business Group at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK
• Higher-order-statistics for characterization of a wind turbine wake -  Jan Bartl, Assosiate professor at HVL

September:

• CCUS: the design and production of sustainable and biocompatible polymers - Mali Husby Rosnes, Department of Chemistry, UiB
• Recent Developments in U.S. Energy Law and Policy - Ross Pifer, Penn State Law (Associate Dean for Clinics & Experiential Learning and Clinical Professor of Law)
• Nanofluids for Solar Energy - Boris Balakin, Høgskulen på Vestlandet
• Aerodynamical optimization of airfoils and winglets for wind turbine application - Thomas Hansen from the Bergen Offshore Wind Centre

June: 

• Energy Transitions, Ownership, and the City: conflicts about remunicipalisation in Germany - Sören Becker (Postdoctoral Researcher, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin)

May: 

• Wake meandering effects for floating wind turbines - Adam Wise (Department of Marine Technology, NTNU)
• Guided tour: "Potential exceeds demand" - Textile artist Margrethe Kolstad Brekke
• The rooftop lab at UiB

April: 

• The boat network - Einar Svendsen
• Half-day seminar: Sustainable Marine Transport
• Representation of short-term solar and wind variability in long-term energy models – a European case study - Hans-Kristian Ringkjøb (Ph.D. candidate, GFI)

March: 

• Introduction to energy storage during phase change - Rune Teigland (project leader, COWI)
• Participatory energy monitoring - Scott Bremer (UiB) and Patrik Oskarsson from SLU (Uppsala)
• Robotization and machine learning in the energy sector - Kjartan Aarbø (Driftssjef ved BKK Varme)

February: 

• Arbaheat - conversion of a coal-fired power plant to bioenergy and biorefining - Professor Tanja Barth (Department of Chemistry, UiB)
• Half-day seminar: Smart Cities
• Energy master students presentations, vol. II - Regine Johansen, Dag Helge Hermundsgård and Håkon Arvidsen (MS students, UiB)
• The fundamentals of blockchain in the energy sector - Arne Magnus Johnsen (Senior Manager, Deloitte)

January:

• Geothermal Energy - Digging Deeper - Professor Inga Berre (Department of Mathematics, UiB)
• The role of hydrogen for energy transition – Outlook from UiB - Professor Martin Fernø (Department of Physics and Technology, UiB) 
• Energy Markets: A mulitidisciplinary perspective - Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui (Faculty of Law, UiB)
• Synthetic liquid fuels for sustainable transportation - Lars Magne Nerheim (Department of Mechanical and Marine Engineering, HVL)
• Energy master student's presentation, vol. I - Even Storheim (MS student, UiB)

November:

• Norwegian citizens’ perceptions of electrical vehicles - Ole Martin Lægreid (Norwegian Research Centre)
• The political economy of energy transitions - Dr. Siddharth Sareen (Department of Geography, UiB and CET)
• The importance of environmental monitoring to ensure safe and efficient energy production - Emilie Dorgeville (Aanderaa Data Instruments)

October:

• Potential Exceeds the Demand - Margrethe Kolstand Brekke (Textile artist)
• Hydrogen som drivstoff i maritim transport - Tomas Fiksdal (Greenstat)
• Zero Emission Building (ZEB) ‘K2’ at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Campus Kronstad, Bergen- Usman Dar (Sweco)
• Solar panels at BKK's rooftops at Kokstad
• Bacterial energy production. An electrifying tale - Anders Schouw (Department of Biological Sciences (BIO))

September:

• Competition from Bottom to Top: New Trends in Electricity Markets - Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui (Faculty of Law, UiB), Monika Inde Zsak (BKK), Anne Sofie Risnes (Statnett), Svein Harald Bjørlo (Rambøll), Mette Bjørndal (NHH)
• Hydrogen in Japan - Anja Lindgaard Molnes (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UiB)
• Metal-organic frameworks as energy materials - Professor Pascal D.C. Dietzel (Department of Chemistry, UiB)

August:

• Deregulation and Deregulated Electricity Sectors in Central Europe and Scandinavia from 1970 to the present - Gregory Ferguson-Cradler (Postdoc, CET and Geography, UiB)
• An overview on the status of renewable energy - Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa (Energy Director, UiB)

May:

• Sustainable Finance - Berte-Elen R. Konow (Faculty of Law, UiB)
• Hydrogen from waste - Norbert Lümmen (Department of Mechanical and Marine Engineering at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL))
• Renewable energy and the climate sciences - Jan Wohland (Forschungszentrum Jülich)

April:

• Riders on the Storm - Investors' Fiduciary Duty and Liability in Climate Change Matters - Esmeralda Colombo (Faculty of Law, UiB)
• Vehicles for a sustainable future - Half day seminar - Robert Schneider (Aalen University), Torfinn Belbo (ZERO), Ulf Christiansen (Scania), Henrik Håkonsen (BKK), Vegard Frihammer (Greenstat), Rune Listhaug (ASKO), Sølve Sondbø (Hordaland County Council), Morten Woldseth (Skedsmo Municipality), Tomas Fiksdal (Greenstat), Jon Gaute Kvinge (BIR)
• Energy, measurement and society - Half day seminar - Steven Wolf (Cornell University), Hans-Terje Ylvisåker (BKK), João Pedro Gouveia (NOVA University of Lisbon), Siddharth Sareen (Department of Geography, UiB)

March:

• The role of smart cities in promoting energy transitions - Marikken W. Wathne and Håvard Haarstad 
• Fuel Cells and Hydrogen in Maritime Applications - Tjalve Magnusson Svendsen (Prototech)
• The Winter Package and the Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) - Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui (Faculty of Law, UiB)
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February:

• Reducing Cost of Energy for Tidal Stream Turbines through Co-location - David Lande-Sudall (HVL)
• Does the world really need more energy? - Finn Gunnar Nielsen (GFI, UiB)
• Global perspective on energy support and demand (and food) - Einar Svendsen

January:

• An Update on Renewable Energy and Technology - Karoline Ullaland Hove (Greensight)
• Language and climate action - expressions of responsibility and obligation - Kjersti Fløttum (Department of Foreign Languages, UiB)
• Statoil’s ambitions in offshore wind, industrial and research challenges - Arne Eik, Gudmund Olsen, Nenad Keseric (Statoil); Lars Henrik Hosøy (Aibel); Gunnar Buvik (GCE Subsea); Joachim Reuder, Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, Peter Haugan, Kårstein Måseide (UiB)

November:

• Modelling the future energy system in Longyearbyen – Hans-Kristian Ringkjøb (GFI, UiB)
• An introduction and analysis to the EU-ETS system and how it is working (or not) - Ernst Nordtveit (Faculty of Law, UiB)
• Energy design for the future - Aina Eide (Sweco)
• Political science perspective on energy and climate - Thor Øivind Jensen (Department of Administration and Organization Theory, UiB)

October:

• Ocean Energy Developments at Runde - Lars Golmen (NIVA)
• Biomass for energy: Potentials and sustainability - Half-Day Seminar - Einar Aalen Hunsager (Hordaland County Council), Simen Gjølsjø (NIBIO),  Kristine S Akervold (City of Bergen, Bergen Kommune), Camilla Løhre (Department of Chemistry), Thomas Hansen (St1), Dorinde Kleinegris (Uni Research)
• Nanotechnology for harvesting solar energy - Martin Greve (IFT)
• An introduction to BREEAM - Jeff Graves (ABO Plan & Arkitektur)
• Public acceptance of energy sources - Gisela Böhm (Department of Psychosocial Science)

September:

• Green Cluster in Bergen - Karina Garnes Reigstad (City of Bergen)
• Physical changes and risks to humans: Explaining what people in four European countries associate with climate change - Endre Tvinnereim (Uni Research)
• Efficient and Sustainable Electricity Markets - Half-Day Seminar - Mette Bjørndal (NHH), Christian Bergqvist (University of Copenhagen), Benjamin Fram (NHH), Stefan Funk & Jonathan Wood (NHH), Ann-Mari Løberg Knudsen (BKK), Jørgen Bjørndalen (DNV GL - Energy)
• Some research challenges for Photovoltaic Solar Energy - A collaboration with KNUST in Ghana - Tor Sørevik (Department of Mathematics)

August:

• History of Hywind - Finn Gunnar Nielsen (GFI)
• Autumn 2017 Kick-off meeting - Eva Britt Isager (City of Bergen) & Sølve Sondbø (Hordaland County Council)

June:

• European Energy Research - Seen from EUA - Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa (CMR/UiB) (06.06.2017)

May:

• Geothermal Energy in Norway and in Hordaland - Kirsti Midttømme (CMR) (30.05.2017)
• Planning installation of offshore wind farms - Stian Backe (Department of Informatics) (23.05.2017)
• Towards Increased Fidelity in Simulation of Moored Wave Energy Converters - Claes Eskilsson (Chalmers) (16.05.2017)
• Legal Control and Enforcement over National Energy Plans - Esmeralda Colombo (Faculty of Law - UiB) (09.05.2017)
• Hywind - Gudmund Olsen (Statoil) (02.05.2017)

April:

• Tidal Current Energy - Jarle Berntsen (Department of Mathematics) (25.04.2017)
• Electrification of the Norwegian Shelf with Wind Energy - Ida Marie Solbrekke (GFI) (18.04.2017)
• The Norwegian Energy Market - Endre Bjørndal (NHH), Ørjan Mydland (NHH), Marte Wigen Nilsson (Multiconsult), Per R. Sandberg (Statoil) (05.04.2017)
• The potential for wave energy in the North Sea - Birgitte Rugaard Furevik (Norwegian Meteorological Institute) (04.04.2017)

March:

Extended Lunch-meeting - Malgorzata Cyndecka (Faculty of Law) & Gunnar Eskeland (NHH) (28.03.2017)

Greensight - Hilde Holdhus (21.03.2017)

Electric production from raindrops - Lars Egil Helseth (Department of Physics and Technology, UIB) (14.03.2017)

Emerging technologies and their impact on the society - Kjetil Rommetveit (SVT,UIB), Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa (NORCOWE/UIB), Simona Petroncini (Solbære), Halvard Tesdal (Småkraft), Lars Egil Helseth (Department of Physics and Technology, UIB), Dhayalan Velauthapillai (HVL), Thomas Hårklau (Kitemill), Helge L. Tvedt (Department of Geography, UIB), Ernst Nordtveit (Faculty of Law, UIB) (09.03.2017)

Jobs in the solar energy business in Germany and Norway - Hanne Sjøvold Hansen (HVL) (07.03.2017)

February:

• Designing a course on Wave Energy - John Carter (Seattle University)(28.02.2017)
• Extended Lunch-meeting: Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui & Finn Gunnar Nielsen (21.02.2017)
• Wave Energy: The Basic Principles - Finn Gunnar Nielsen (Geophysical Institute)(14.02.2017)
• Half-day Seminar: The Future of Norwegian Biofuel - Gunnar Eskeland (NHH), Lars M. Nerheim (HVL), Geir H. Ingeborgrud (Eco-1), Tanja Barth (Department of Chemistry), Tor Ivar Eikaas (The Research Council of Norway), Aslak Sverdrup (Avinor) (08.02.2017)
• Energy transition – A view from the social sciences  - Håvard Haarstad (Department of Geography) (07.02.2017)

January:

• Challenges related to carbon neutral Nordic countries in 2050 - Kevin Johnsen (Nordic Energy Research) (31.01.2017)
• Alternative Wind Energy Concepts (SkyWind two-bladed turbine) - Per Bull Haugsøen (Oceanvis AS) (24.01.2017)
• Optimizing cable routes in offshore wind - Arne Klein (Department of Informatics) (17.01.2017)
• Fuel Cell - What is it and what are the benefits? - Crina Ilea (Prototech) (10.01.2017)

• The future of Energy - Peter Haugan (GFI), Asgeir Thorsteinsson (BKK), Marte Godvik (Statoil), Vegard Frihammer (Greenstat) (03.11.2016)
• Large-scale production of Hydrogen - Tomas Fiksdal (Greenstat)  (01.11.2016)
• Energy Lab - Lars Henrik Paarup Michelsen (Norwegian Climate Foundation) & Sølve Sondbø (Hordaland County Council) (23.08.2016)
• Energy Lab - Siri-Kalvig (UiS, IRIS), Ed Craig (University of Edinburgh) & Gunnar Eskeland (NHH) (21. & 26.04.2016)
• Energy Lab Half-day seminar - Nils-Gunnar Kvamstø (GFI), Peter Haugan (GFI), Ingrid Foss Ballo (SVT, Geography), Ole Andreas Brekke (Uni Rokkan) & Jan Petter Hansen (Department of Physics & Technology)  (15.03.2016)
• Energy Lab Opening (16.02.2016)