The Future of Energy is Green and Digital, 9 January 2025
The Future of Energy 2025
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Program January 9, 2025: The Future of Energy is Green and Digital
09:00-10:50 Opening session: The Green and Digital Energy Transition
This session will set the scene for the conference by providing an overview of the green and digital transitions, featuring contributions from both Norway and the EU. As these transitions are interconnected, we will explore how to ensure that they reinforce each other positively. Attendees will gain insights into the current landscape of sustainable energy practices and how digital innovations can facilitate this important shift.
Welcome and opening:
- Svein St?len, Rector, University of Oslo
- Marit Vea, Vice Mayor for Environment and Transport, "Welcome to Oslo"
- Torgeir Micaelsen, State secretary, Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance
- Rosalinde van Der Vlies, Clean Planet Director, EU Commission (video contribution): "EU’s role in driving the twin transition of green and digital energy systems"
- Morten D?hlen, Centre Leader, dScience - Centre for Computational and Data Science: "The Twin Transition Century: Green AI for the Green Transition?"
Panel discussion:
- Moderated by Ruth Astrid S?ter, with:
- Torgeir Micaelsen, State secretary, Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance
- Morten D?hlen, Centre Leader, dScience - Centre for Computational and Data Science
Keynotes by:
- Thomas Spencer, Senior Analyst in the Directorate of Sustainability, Technology, and Outlook, IEA: "World Energy Outlook 2024 – Entering into the Age of Electricity"
- Kirsten E. H. Jenkins, Senior Lecturer in Energy, Environment, and Society, University of Edinburgh: "The Just Energy Transition: What are “We” Doing and for Whom?"
The opening session is moderated by Ruth Astrid S?ter.
11:15-12:30 Session 1: The Production gap - the need for much more green energy
This session explores the critical gap in green energy production, emphasizing the need for efficient and sustainable solutions to meet global climate goals and rising demand.
Speakers:
- Henrik S?tness, Executive Vice President Corporate Development, Statkraft: "The Future of Energy is Renewable"
- Andreas St?rdal, VP of Production Optimisation, Scatec: "Digital innovation as an enabler for scaling renewables globally"
- Simon Clark, Senior Research Scientist, Sintef Industry: "Digital Twin Solutions for a Greener, Smarter Grid"
- Aligi Foglia, Senior Geotechnical Engineer in the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute: "Sustainable station-keeping systems for floating wind – The TAILWIND project"
Pitches:
- Kristin Bergum, Researcher, University of Oslo: "Tandem solar cells: more energy, less space"
- Christian Blom, CEO, Skyfri: "We make sunshine on demand: How to make weather dependent energy resources predictable and balanced"
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Athanasios Chatzitakis, Researcher, University of Oslo: "REFINE: A socially placed and accepted technology for sustainable fuel production with solar energy"
Session chair: Tine Uberg N?rland, Research Director at the Institute for Energy Technology, "Introduction to the session: The production gap from a Norwegian perspective"
13:15-14:00 Session 2: The Efficiency gap - doing more with the energy we have
Building on the need to scale up green energy production, this session will focus on improving energy efficiency to meet growing demands sustainably, emphasizing the critical importance of optimizing resource use and reducing waste.
Speakers:
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Henrik Hovde S?nsteby, Associate Professor, University of Oslo: "Coping with power-hungry electronics - How materials science can stop the world from running out of energy"
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Kristian Authén, Senior Data Scientist, Statnett: "Allowing for More Green Energy in The Grid"
Session chair: Volker Hoffmann, Research Scientist, Sintef Digital
14:00-15:00 Session 3: The Sufficiency gap - reducing consumption and protecting nature
This session delves into "the sufficiency gap", focusing on strategies for reducing energy consumption through smarter prioritization of essential needs and efficient use of resources. Topics include exploring alternatives like utilizing grey areas over natural landscapes in energy production.
Speakers:
- Ingrid Lomelde, Sustainability Director, Hafslund: "Increasing consumption while reducing impacts. Really?"
- Manuela Panzacchi, Senior Researcher, Norwegian
Institute for Nature Research: "How to simulate cumulative impacts on nature & prioritise areas for conservation, restoration or sustainable development" -
Ulrikke Bryn Wethal, Researcher, University of Oslo: "Sufficiency and energy demand: Defining limits and priorities through the concept of consumption corridors"
Panel discussion:
- Ingrid Lomelde, Sustainability Director, Hafslund
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Ulrikke Bryn Wethal, Resesarcher, University of Oslo
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Marit Sj?vaag, Associate Professor, BI
Session chair: Tanja Winther, Professor and Head of Research Centre FME Include, University of Oslo
15:30-17:00 Session 4: The Resource gaps - circular economy
This session will examine the economic and material challenges of transitioning to green energy, focusing on securing critical materials, establishing resilient and circular supply chains, and ensuring essential financing for a sustainable transition.
Speakers:
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Andreas ?stern, Global Head of New Energies & Utilities, DNB: "Financing Bioenergy and Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage in a circular economy context"
- Martin Smestad Foss, Vice President, Institute for Energy Technology: "Why Critical Raw Materials is an essential part of the green transition in the EU"
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Birgit Ryningen, Researcher, SINTEF Industry: "Silicon and other materials for solar cells: The need, waste streams and recycling"
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Marcus Martinsson, Manager Product Area Batteries, Stena Recycling Group: "Waste legislations, ambitions, governance and enforcement"
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Federica Mudu, R&D Director, K.A.Rasmussen Group: "Recycling of Critical Metals for Norway's Green Transition"
Background
Geir Horn fra UiO og Jun Elin Wiik fra Smartgrid senteret i samtale med Vebj?rn Bakken, direkt?r ved UiO:Energi og milj?.
Morten D?hlen, center lead dScience - Original in Norwegian - Translation by Google Translate
Morten D?hlen, center lead dScience - Original in Norwegian - Translation by Google Translate
The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, Insight paper - Original in English
From the organizers - Original in Norwegian - Translation by Google Translate
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