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ENTAP News

  • Vadim Vinichenko presents ENTAP’s research highlights at Chalmers’ Energy Network Day

    Vadim Vinichenko presented ENTAP’s research agenda at Chalmers’ Energy Network Day on May, 11. In his talk, he outlined the group’s main research areas dealing with technology and policy respectively, as well as as the interaction between the two. He also presented research highlights from recent studies, including probabilistic projections of technology growth, growth patterns of… Read more

  • Nik Zielonka from the University of Geneva visits ENTAP

    We recently hosted Nik Zielonka from the Renewable Energy Systems group at the University of Geneva. Nik’s PhD research focuses on spatial statistical modelling and probabilistic projections of technology diffusion, specifically of granular energy technologies to assess the feasibility of energy transitions. During his visit, Nik presented recent work on probabilistic projections for renewables growth in Europe and hydrogen… Read more

  • Tsimafei completes his pre-defense with Ida Sognnæs as a discussant

    Last week, ENTAP PhD researcher Tsimafei Kazlou held his pre-defence at the University of Bergen. Tim’s work on projecting the feasible growth of emerging technologies was discussed with Ida Sognnæs, Senior Researcher at CICERO (Norway). Ida’s research focuses on using climate and energy modelling for developing robust policy recommendations. During the discussion, Tim and Ida… Read more

  • Doctoral Positions at ENTAP

    We are happy to announce new doctoral positions in the ENTAP group! We are hiring two new doctoral candidates in the area of technology and energy policy to strengthen our team here at Chalmers University of Technology. We have two positions focusing: one focusing on technology foresight models and a second on quantitative policy analysis.… Read more

  • A toast to Chalmers at the Professors’ Inauguration dinner

    Last Friday, I had the honour of giving the toast at the Inauguration dinner for new Professors at Chalmers. The evening was in a word magical. A unique opportunity to see our colleagues and friends drop their office attire for tails and ball gowns. But even more it was an opportunity to celebrate Chalmers… Read more

  • Adrien Mellot from ETH Zurich visits ENTAP

    Earlier this month, we welcomed Adrien Mellot, a visitor from Tony Patt’s Climate Policy lab. Adrien is an energy modeller using a number of different quantitative modeling approaches including energy system models, agent based models, and LCA approaches. He’s visiting ENTAP to learn more about how to rigorously analyse energy and climate policies in the… Read more

  • What do researchers owe society? Reflections from a panel discussion

    Jessica Jewell joined the Swedish Research Council’s Research policy day and took part in a panel discussion alongside Ann-Kristin Kölln, Mikael Klintman and Lars Calmfors, on what responsibilities and opportunities researchers have to support an open and robust society. Read more

  • The second phase of the MISTRA Electrification project kicks off

    On February 3rd we kicked off the second phase of the MISTRA Electrification project which aims to generate knowledge to accelerate Sweden’s transition to a sustainable energy system. Read more

  • Huaxuan Wang from Tsinghua University visits ENTAP

    We were delighted to host Huaxuan Wang from Dan Tong’s group at Tsinghua University for a research visit during the fall semester. During her stay, we collaborated on examining work examining how technology costs evolve. Read more