EnergyLab meeting, 15.03.2016

EnergyLab meeting, 15.03.2016

The second meeting of the EnergyLab was held the 15th of March in the East Wing Auditorium at the Geophysical Institute. We were treated with very interesting presentations that lead to several questions and engaging debates.

Links to the presentations can be found in the program below.

Chair: Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, CMR/GFI

Program:

13:00 Welcome. Status and plans for the EnergyLab -  Nils Gunnar Kvamstø

13:15 Short about energy-education in Europe, impressions from UNI-SET, possibilities for Bergen. Peter M Haugan

13:30 Ingrid Foss Ballo (PhD-candidate SVT/Geography): Imaginaries of future Smart Grids in Norway. (Based on: Ballo, Imagining energy futures: Sociotechnical imaginaries of the future Smart Grid in Norway. Energy Research & Social Science 9 (2015) 9¬20)

14:00 Ole Andreas Brekke (Research Leader Uni Rokkan): Sustainable grid-development? A comparison of the regimes in Norway, Sweden and the UK. (Based on: Sataøen, Brekke, Batel & Albrecht: Towards a sustainable grid development regime? A comparison of British, Norwegian, and Swedish grid development. Energy Research & Social Science 9 (2015) 178¬187)

14:30 Coffee Break

15:00 Jan Petter Hansen: Limits to growth in the renewable sector (Based on: Hansen, Narbel & Aksnes: Limits to growth in the renewable sector. Manuskript 2016.)

16:00 Socializing in the canteen