Our research objective is to explore different alternatives for the future energy mix and corresponding transition pathways that may lead us to a low carbon society.
To fulfill this ambition the aim is to secure more project funding, which could release an additional public finance, contributing to a significant research portfolio in the coming years.
We has gradually grown by incorporating a network of world class experts and attracting significant funding for very important research topics.
Research areas
The figure shows some of the areas that currently are central in the multidisciplinary approach of NETI, including:
Energy policy scenarios
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Human behavior/consumer research
Energy storage, distribution and technology development
Energy markets and business models
Sustainability/climate research
Policy briefs
Facts
Policy briefs
The following policy briefs have been developed and published:
Norway’s role as a flexibility provider in a renewable Europe
The role of natural gas as a flexibility source in the power sector
Sector coupling between heat and power
Sector coupling between transport and power
Integration of power and gas markets
The use of line pack for storage services and demand for these
Shared infrastructures for CCS.
Global natural gas markets including LNG, hydrogen and ammonia
The role of hydrogen in a decarbonized European energy system
Energy system integration, flexibility and active consumers
Integration of power and heat systems including renewables, fossil fuels and energy storage in a future low carbon European energy system.
Market implications of longdistance power transmission (HVDC)
Digitalization and new market design
The role of active consumers and new business models
The interplay between flexible neighborhoods, buildings and the rest of the energy system
The future transport system
Looking at current policies in Europe, these are not on a path to deliver the emissions reductions in the transportation system necessary to achieve the overall ambition as set by the European parliament and commission.
In Norway we do the decarbonization 1015 years earlier than the rest of the world
There is a need to understand both technology choice, risk and the use of policy instruments
There is a need to understand better the sector coupling this leads to
Energy transition strategies in emerging economies
Equinor raised this theme as a prioritized area of research and the NTNU Energy Transition.
The main hypothesis is that emerging economies may choose a different design of their energy system than currently used by OECD countries. The key question is therefore related to how such a system may look like, and the implication for energy demand from various energy sources.
Nurturing radical innovation
A key element in the Energy Transition challenge is to implement and use new technologies and innovations at a higher pace than we have seen in history.
This will require an improved capacity to nurture and accelerate radical innovations, reducing the time from idea to wide use by more than 50%.
