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NTNU Energy Transition Podcast — 89 episodes

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#86 The Grid Gets Honest: Who Gets Access, and What Needs to Change (with Audhild Kvam, Tensio)

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#85 When the Lights Go Out: Lessons from the Iberian Blackout (with Kjetil Uhlen, NTNU IEL)

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#84 Back to Black? Why Oil Majors Seem to Be Retreating From Renewables (with Michael Liebreich, Bloomberg New Energy Finance))

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#83 Will Norway run into an electricity shortage? (with Ane Torvanger Brunvoll, NVE)

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#82 Equinor’s M&A Strategy: Can Oil and Renewables Coexist? (with Per Arne Solend, Equinor)

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#81 Sustainable Aviation Fuels - Can Norway Power the Path to Zero Emission Aviation?

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#80 Is there a Role for Nuclear in the Energy System? (with Martin Hjelmeland & Magnus Korpås, NTNU)

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#79 What's next for Offshore Wind in Norway? (with Arvid Nesse, Norwegian Offshore Wind)

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#78 How to Futureproof the Norwegian Grid (with Jonas Alexandersson, Æge Energy)

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#77 How can Northern Lights realize CCS for Europe? (with Tim Heijn, Northern Lights)

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#76 Is Energy Being Weaponized? Geopolitics and energy security in the energy transition (with Dr. Benedikt Franke, Munich Security Conference)

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#75 How Statkraft is renewing the way the world is powered (with Henrik Sætness)

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#74 The Future of Norway & Germany's Energy Collaboration (with Christian Maaß, BMWK)

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#73 Low-Carbon Aluminum and Hydro’s Energy Transition Efforts (with Eivind Kallevik, CEO of Norsk Hydro)

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#72 Norway's Energy Future: Electrification, Wind and Hydrogen (with Nils Klippenberg, Siemens Norge)

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#71 Navigating Norway's Energy Shift - A snap shot analysis with the founder of Rystad Energy (Jarand Rystad, Rystad Energy)

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#70 EU Energy Policy - Overview over three key EU Energy Directives (with Massimo Busuoli, Director of the NTNU Brussels Office)

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#69 Scaling CCS - Non-technical challenges and solutions for Carbon Capture in Norway and beyond (with Markus Steen - SINTEF Technology Management)

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#68 Hydrogen Today: Status Quo, Barriers, and Overcoming Challenges (with Rob Stevens, Topsoe)

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#67 Accelerating Direct Air Capture - Switching into Gigaton Gear

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#66 Investing into Climate and Energy Solutions (with Linn Hege Aune, Investinor, and Jean-Baptiste Curien, Nysnø)

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#65 MORROW, and the Future of Norway's Battery Industry

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#64 Decarbonizing Shipping and Maritime Transport (with David Emberson, NTNU)

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#63 Unlocking the Potential of Floating Wind Farms (with Synne Nybø, SINTEF Ocean)

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Short update: Winter break and upcoming events

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#62 Sparking Innovation: Israel's Journey in the Energy Transition (with Eshel Lipman, Ignite the Spark)

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#61 Harvesting Sunlight: Exploring Agro Photovoltaics (with Marta Victoria, Aarhus University)

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#60 Solar PV: Technologies, Materials, and Testing (with Ewan Dunlop, Joint Research Centre)

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#59 Just Transitions - Why and How (with Dr. Kirsten Jenkins, University of Edinburgh)

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#58 What does Electrifying the Melkøya LNG plant tell us about Norwegian CCS? (with Eivind Berstad, Bellona)

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#57 Solar in Norway, and how to ramp it up to 8 TWh by 2030 (with Carl Christian Strømberg, CEO of Solcellespesialisten)

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#56 Managing Norway's Impending Power Deficit (with Nils Røkke, SINTEF)

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#55 Melkøya, Gas Demand from Germany, and Norwegian E-Car sales

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#54 Hydrogen Safety - Rather Safe than Sorry (with Prof. Nicola Paltrinieri, NTNU Hydrogen)

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#Bonus: Working for Equinor? Perspectives for Young Graduates (with Jacopo Iorino, Equinor)

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#Bonus: Nuclear Energy and its Potential in Norway (with Prof. Erik Wahlström)

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#53 How to accelerate Norwegian Climate and Impact Startups (with Jørn Haanæs, Katapult)

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#52 The Future of Battery Production in Europe and Norway (with Hege Marie Norheim, FREYR)

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#51 CCS in Norway - a failed moon landing, or a marathon run? (with Emil Yde Aasen, Aker Carbon Capture)

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#50 Steering Capital towards Low-Carbon tech (with Anne Margrethe M. Platou, DNB Markets)

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#49 How to Scale Low-Carbon Technologies - Insights from Innovation Systems Theory (with Dr. Julius Wesche)

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#48 The Future of the Scandinavian Power Grid (with Prof. Lina Bertling Tjernberg)

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#47 BECCS - Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (with Fabian Levihn, Stockholm Exergi)

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#46 The Role of the University in Fighting Climate Change (with Angeline Bruls, Scientist Rebellion)

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#45 The Future of Petroleum Exploration and Renewables in Norway (with State Secretary Andreas Bjelland Eriksen)

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#44 How Green is Blue Hydrogen? (with Prof. Robert W. Howarth, Cornell University)

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#43 Transforming Norway - How solve the Norwegian Energy transition dilemmas (with Lars-Henrik Michelsen, Director - Norwegian Climate Foundation)

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#42 German Norwegian Hydrogen and CO2 cooperation (with Odd Even Jakobsen, Gassco)

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#41 Buying Carbon Removal, Explained (with Mitchel Selby from Shopify)

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#40 Capital and financing for Direct Air Capture (with Andrew Shebbeare, Managing Partner at Counteract)

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#39 Policy measures to support Direct Air Capture (with Sasha Mackler from the Bipartisan Policy Centre in Washington D.C.)

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#38 Direct Air Capture - A silver bullet to reverse climate change? (with Prof. Christopher Jones, Georgia Tech)

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#37 The Future of Electric Batteries (with Prof. Ann Mari Svensson, NTNU)

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#36 Energy Transition in Switzerland (with Florian Egli & Léonore Hälg)

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#35 COP27: What it takes to make it a success (with Prof. Christina Voigt)

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#34 The Future of Oil and Gas in Norway (with Frida Eklöf Monstad, Equinor)

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#33 Will the energy crisis derail the EU climate commitments? (with Taube van Melkebeke)

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#32 CCS in Europe - Still dead or rising like a Phoenix? (with Eadbhard Pernot)

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#31 Energy Transition in Romania and Eastern Europe (with Dr. Luciana Miu)

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#30 Is Funding Technology Enough? Social Sciences and Humanities in the Energy Transition (with Prof. Chris Foulds)

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#29 US Climate Bill: $369 billion for the climate (with James Murray from Business Green)

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#28 Clean Tech Impact Investing - How venture capital can accelerate the energy transition (with Puck Hegeman, Wire Private Markets Fund)

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#27 Roof Integrated Solar (with Helen Anijalg, Co-Founder of Roofit.solar)

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#26 European Energy Policy in the Making (with Connie Hedegaard, former European Commissioner for Climate Action)

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#25 Financing the Energy Transition (with Harry Boyd-Carpenter & Nigel Jollands, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)

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#24 Floating Solar (with Per Lindberg, CEO of Sunlit Sea)

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#23 How expectations shape the Energy Transition (with Prof. Harro van Lente)

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#22 The Future of Flow Batteries (with Brian Stead, CEO of Bryte Batteries)

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#21 Policies to support the deployment of renewable electricity technologies (with Dr. Pablo del Rio)

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#20 Transformation or Substitution? The diffusion of electric cars in Norway (with Prof. Marianne Ryghaug)

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#19 Energy Efficiency First (with Dr. Jan Steinbach & Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Eichhammer)

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#18 Energy Transition in the Global South and Emerging Economies (with Jose Antonio Ordonez from Fraunhofer ISI)

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#17 Direct Air Capture and other Carbon Direct Removal approaches (with Dr. Jay Fuhrmann from PNNL)

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#16 - The Decarbonization of Steel & Refineries (with Dr. Frauke Urban from KTH Stockholm)

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#15 Offshore Wind Power (with Dr. John Olav Tande - Chief Scientist at SINTEF)

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#14 Wind Power in Europe (with Giles Dickson - CEO of WindEurope)

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#13 Invasion of Ukraine - implication for energy policy in Europe (with Dr. Thijs van de Graaf - Associate Professor at Ghent University)

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#12 Why and How to Empower Youth in the Energy Transition (with Meredith Adler - Managing Director of Student Energy)

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#11 Rage Against the Taxonomy - Why and how the EU declares Nuclear and Natural gas as green technologies (with Kira Taylor from Euractive)

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#10 Electrifying everything? - Decarbonizing Transport in Europe (with Dr. Patrick Plötz)

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#09 Just Transitions (with Dr. Rita V. D'Oliveira Bouman)

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#08 The Rise of Solar PV (with Prof. Gregory Nemet)

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#07 The German Energy Transition (with Dr. Eva Schmidt)

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#06 Introduction to Sustainability Transitions Theory (with Prof. Tomas Skjølsvold)

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#05 Joe Biden's Infrastructure Bill and its influence on the Energy Transition

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#04 The Norwegian Energy Transition (with Prof. Asgeir Tomasgard)

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#03 Climate Negotiations: COP26 in Glasgow, lobbyism, and how it works from the inside (with Prof. Christina Voigt)

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#02 Why there is no doubt - and how we can fix it (with Prof. Kimberly Nicholas)

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#01 Why this podcast (Julius Wesche)