About the research group
Our research
The research in the research group deals with various issues related to the future renewable energy system, sustainability, and social acceptance. Important questions that we are working on are: How can energy production be made more climate-friendly, but at the same time profitable? How do we develop energy systems that are flexible enough to withstand large amounts of renewable energy? How can we develop the energy system without causing too many interruptions for energy supply and the people who live around energy production?
Our research includes:- Political, economic, and technological tools for the development of renewable energy
- The role of bioenergy in the future energy system
- Consequences of large-scale development of renewable energy in Europe
- Flexible interaction between the power and heating sectors
- Economic outlook for the energy and forestry sector
- Consequences of climate change on the power system
- Social acceptance of various renewable solutions
- Investments under market and political uncertainty
- Sustainability analyzes for the energy sector
Our research has an interdisciplinary character, and the professional environment has a visible position within energy system analyses, bioenergy, and sustainable energy. We have good cooperation with complementary research environments, companies, and authorities.
Background
NMBU has a long tradition of research and education in natural resource management and forestry. This was the starting point for the interdisciplinary research group within renewable energy.
The research group in Renewable energy at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA) offers bachelor's, master’s, and doctoral studies in renewable energy. The long tradition of research and education in natural resource management was a starting point for the development of an interdisciplinary program, the bachelor's program in renewable energy started in 2008 and a master's program started in 2010. The first doctoral student graduated in 2014.
The programs have been in developed and close collaboration with stakeholders in the energy sector to ensure timely and relevant education of high quality, and the programs have long been among the most popular studies at NMBU. Our students have obtained relevant and interesting jobs in the energy sector, which once again have opened doors for new candidates.
Since the start in 2008, the research group has been an active research group with a high number of doctoral students and many interesting research projects with national and international partners. We use the master's students actively in our research projects.
Projects
Our key research projects include:
Resilient - robuste energisystemer
Capacity Building in Renewable Energy Research and Education in Ethiopia
Grid balancing from large parking facilities and commercial buildings - NeX2G
Norwegian Centre for Sustainable Bio-based Fuels and Energy (Bio4Fuels)
Associated study programs
We also supervise Doctoral students
Members
Permanent scientific staff
Phd students
Other
Selected publications
Scientific paper
Measuring renewables’ impact on biosphere integrity: A review (2023)
Bøe V.; Holden E.; Linnerud K.
Impact of large-scale Bio-CCS deployment on forest biomass competition and forest industry production (2023)
Hu J.; Jåstad E.O.; Bolkesjø T.F.; Rørstad P.K.
Modelling emission and land-use impacts of altered bioenergy use in the future energy system (2023)
Jåstad E.O.; Bolkesjø T.F.
Offshore wind power market values in the North Sea – A probabilistic approach (2023)
Jåstad E.O.; Bolkesjø T.F.
The location and capacity-dependent price impacts of biofuel production and its effect on the forest industry (2023)
Jåstad E.O.; Nagel N.O.; Hu J.; Rørstad P.K.
Impacts of green deal policies on the Nordic power market (2023)
Nagel N.O.; Böhringer C.; Rosendahl K.E.; Bolkesjø T.F.
Prospects for the 2040 Norwegian electricity system: Expert views in a probabilistic modeling approach (2023)
Nagel N.O.; Jåstad E.O.; Trømborg E.; Bolkesjø T.F.
Potentials and prospects of solid biowaste resources for biofuel production in Ethiopia: a systematic review of the evidence (2023)
Seboka A.D.; Ewunie G.A.; Morken J.; Feng L.; Adaramola M.S.
Climatic shocks and multidimensional energy poverty in Ugandan households: does women empowerment play a moderating role? (2023)
Ssennono V.F.; Ntayi J.M.; Buyinza F.; Wasswa F.; Adaramola M.S.; Aarakit S.M.
Power-to-heat will increase power system weather risk: The Nordic case (2023)
Trotter I.M.; Bolkesjø T.F.; Jåstad E.O.; Kirkerud J.G.
Long term power prices and renewable energy market values in Norway – A probabilistic approach (2022)
Jåstad E.O.; Trotter I.M.; Bolkesjø T.F.
Do people prefer offshore to onshore wind energy? The role of ownership and intended use (2022)
Linnerud K.; Dugstad A.; Rygg B.J.
The economic competitiveness of flexibility options: A model study of the European energy transition (2022)
Nagel N.O.; Kirkerud J.G.; Bolkesjø T.F.
Payment for CO2 sequestration affects the Faustmann rotation period in Norway more than albedo payment does (2022)
Rørstad P.K.
Can we detect regional differences in econometric analyses of the Norwegian timber supply? (2022)
Rørstad P.K.; Trømborg E.; Solberg B.
Unpacking democracy: The effects of different democratic qualities on climate change performance over time (2022)
Selseng T.; Linnerud K.; Holden E.
Completed doctorates
Saeed Abdul-Ganiyu (2022)
Thesis title: Performance of a photovoltaicthermal system in a tropical environment of central Ghana.
Main supervisor: Muyiwa S Adaramola
Saeed Abdul-Ganiyu (2022)
Thesis title: Performance of a photovoltaicthermal system in a tropical environment of central Ghana.
Main supervisor: Muyiwa S Adaramola
Yi-kuang Chen (2022)
Thesis title: Emerging challenges in the energy transition in Northern Europe: potentials and impacts.
Main supervisor: Torjus Bolkesjø
Aleksandra Roos (2021)
Thesis title: Demand flexibility in electricity markets
Main supervisor: Torjus Bolkesjø
Pablo Duran (2020)
Thesis title: A novel framework for coupling mesoscale and steady-state CFD models for wind resource assessment.
Main supervisor: Muyiwa S Adaramola
Eirik Ogner Jåstad (2020)
Thesis title: Assessments of the future role of bioenergy in the Nordic energy and forest sectors.
Main supervisor: Per Kristian Rørstad
Yibeltal Tebikew (2020)
Thesis title: Effects of access to renewable energy sources and technologies on rural household energy use and the environment in Ethiopia.
Main supervisor: Muyiwa S Adaramola
Denis Edem Kwame Dzebre (2019)
Thesis title: Sensitivity analyses of the Weather Research and Forecasting model for wind resource assessment in coastal Ghana.
Main supervisor: Muyiwa S Adaramola
Eli Sandberg (2019)
Thesis title: Nordic district heating and energy system flexibility – Challenges and opportunities.
Main supervisor: Erik Trømborg
David Ato Quansah (2018)
Thesis title: Performance Degradation of Photovoltaics systems
Main supervisor: Muyiwa S Adaramola
Wahid Mustapha (2018)
Thesis title: Forest-based biofuels in the Nordic countries: Potentials and interactions with the forest industries and the energy sector.
Main supervisor: Erik Trømborg
Jon Gustav Kirkerud (2017)
Thesis title: The interplay between existing energy sources and new renewable energy sources
Main supervisor: Torjus Bolkesjø
Dejene Assefa Hagos (2017)
Thesis title: Optimal integration of renewable energy sources into Inland Norway energy system
Main supervisor: Torjus Bolkesjø
Anna Kipping (2016)
Thesis title: Modeling hourly energy consumption in Norwegian buildings
Main supervisor: Erik Trømborg
Iliana Ilieva (2015)
Thesis title: Economic perspectives of market integration and demand flexibility within a smart grid dominated power sector
Main supervisor: Torjus Bolkesjø
Åsa Grytli Tveten (2015)
Thesis title: Competing flexibility measures in energy systems with high shares of Variable Renewable energy
Main supervisor: Torjus Bolkesjø