Energy Transition & the Arctic

Energy Transition in the Arctic and Off-grid Communities

The objective of this workshop is to address and discuss energy demands and contextual challenges for the energy transition in Arctic and off-grid contexts, address components and interactions that can be part of new energy systems, and how vulnerabilities and opportunities for energy security can be managed in a best way.

The energy transition in the Arctic and for off-grid communities leverage the requirement for and focus on energy security as harsh climate conditions and remoteness make these regions and communities extra vulnerable for energy outage. Off-grid may both be small-scale and large-scale, may represent energy need and surplus, and where limited grid import/export capacity can represent local or regional challenges or opportunities.

The structure of the workshop will be moderated presentations and table and plenary discussions and summaries. The main outcomes of the workshop will be structured and summarized in a memo made available for the workshop participants after the workshop.

Key-words

Energy transition
Contextual conditions in Arctic and off-grid communities
Energy security
Portfolio of solution alternatives

Program (working draft)

Part 1: The Context – Arctic and Off-grid Communities Example of energy transition demands and challenges in diverse Arctic and ‘off-grid’ contexts.
Part 2: The Challenge – Energy security in the energy transition Energy security is a common denominator for these contexts, although the risk picture varies, as do the mitigating measures. Examples and discussions to broaden and structure.
Lunch
Part 3: The Means and Measures – How to make it happen? What are the alternative and available solutions, and in which configurations could they be used for best energy security in given contexts?
Part 4: Summary Conclusions and take-aways from the workshop. Table and plenary discussions.

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