Energy Transition Week 2026
16 March - 20 March, Trondheim
NTNU Energy Transition Week 2026
Weekly programme:
Events require individual registration – please register separately for each session.
High-level workshop on how geopolitical tensions, supply-chain vulnerabilities, and digitalisation/AI intersect with the energy transition—and what resilience strategies could look like.
Seminar on how investors influence the green transition through capital, involvement, and impact assessment—bringing research, investors, and entrepreneurs into dialogue.
Workshop connecting bioenergy and the wider bioeconomy to explore opportunities, barriers, and enabling conditions for regional bio-based value creation in Trøndelag.
Workshop om prioriteringer og kompromisser i regional energiomstilling—hvordan finne mer løsningsorienterte veier gjennom reelle målkonflikter.
Session on multicrisis and uncertainty across places and infrastructures—linking the spatial politics of energy, water, and food security to a changing global order.
Workshop on emerging fuels and energy carriers, and the critical role of testing/validation to move new technologies from promising concepts to deployment.
Workshop on practical approaches and new technologies for improving energy efficiency and flexibility in metallurgical industry processes—bringing research and industry perspectives together.
Workshop on evidence, trust, and communication in climate and energy debates—how narratives persuade, and how manipulation and disinformation can shape public understanding.
Session on batteries’ role in decarbonisation and competitiveness, including questions around supply chains, industrial strategy, and Europe’s position in global battery value chains.
Scenario-based strategy simulation (today–2050) where teams act as an energy-company leadership group, making investment and policy-response decisions while competing with other teams.
Full-day workshop exploring how climate ambition, affordability, and energy security interact—and which strategies can maintain transition momentum under geopolitical and financial uncertainty.
Event exploring whether and how nuclear energy could contribute to Norway’s future energy system and energy security, addressing key opportunities, challenges, and uncertainties in a Norwegian context.
Workshop bringing together researchers, industry, system operators, and policymakers to develop actionable recommendations for AI growth and data-centre electrification under grid and regulatory constraints.
Workshop on energy transition challenges and solution portfolios in Arctic and off-grid contexts, using moderated inputs and table/plenary discussions, with outcomes summarised in a participant memo.
Interactive workshop on pathways to energy security in the Global South, focusing on geopolitics, technology choices (centralised vs decentralised), institutional cooperation, and how businesses can scale solutions.
Workshop on sustainable aviation fuels and e-/bio-based fuel pathways, with speakers from civil and military aviation and fuel developers—linking resilience, competitiveness, and independence.
Team-based ENERGY 2050 strategy simulation (approx. 3 hours) where participants act as an energy-company leadership team (today–2050), making investment and policy-response decisions while competing with other teams.
Registration link for the organ concert at Nidaros Cathedral (details provided in the registration form).
Main conference day of NTNU Energy Transition Week, bringing together researchers, industry leaders, and decision-makers to discuss key energy-transition challenges and solutions.
Annual conference bringing together Norway’s Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME), policymakers, industry, and academia to discuss research results, system perspectives, and pathways for the energy transition.
International workshop focusing on energy transition scenario analysis, exploring how climate ambition, energy security, and competitiveness objectives can be assessed and balanced in long-term modelling and policy frameworks.
Full-day workshop examining how Norway can balance renewable energy deployment with nature, land use, and social legitimacy, exploring system needs, demand-side choices, and real-world trade-offs across hydropower, wind, and solar.
Workshop on flow-based market coupling in the Nordic electricity market, examining early experiences, transparency and predictability challenges, and how the mechanism can be improved to deliver efficient and well-understood market outcomes.
Workshop exploring how Norway’s evolving cabin culture affects energy demand and local grids, and whether more decentralized, lower-demand solutions can offer a sustainable alternative to continued grid expansion.
Workshop on scaling hydrogen in the Nordic energy system, examining demand, infrastructure, and market integration, and how hydrogen can deliver system value and support renewable energy integration under evolving European market conditions.
Team-based ENERGY 2050 strategy simulation (approx. 3 hours) where participants act as an energy-company leadership team (today–2050), making investment and policy-response decisions while competing with other teams.
About:
The NTNU Energy Transition Week is a set of conferences, workshops, and networking events in Trondheim. Events are meant for academics, industry representatives and policymakers, but anyone seeking fact-based knowledge about future energy markets, innovation, and the transition to a net-zero society can attend.
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