News archive for Bergen Energy Lab (BEL)

Access to clean and affordable energy is essential to eradicate poverty, end hunger and combat climate change, but do we need to change the way we think about energy?

One of the greatest challenges of the 21st century lies in the sustainable generation and use of energy, and universities play an important role.

In a joint DIGSSCORE & Bergen Energy Lab lunch meeting, professor Kjersti Fløttum from the department of foreign languages spoke about "Language and climate action - conceptions and expressions of responsibility and obligation"

Christmas holidays are approaching and so is the end of the autumn semester for the Bergen Energy Lab.

Ernst Nordtveit, professor at the Faculty of Law, held a presentation for the Energy Lab on November 21. He gave and introduction to and analysis of the EU-ETS system, and how it is working (or not).

Read about the recent lunch meeting about the energy efficient HVAC system at HVL with Aina Eide from Sweco

Did you know that the potential biogas resources in Hordaland amounts to about 240 GWh? That pellets can be used instead of coal in thermal power plants? Or that there is a biogas plant in Rådalen converting sludge into about 25 GWh of fuel quality bio gas per year? If you already knew this, you probably attended the Bergen Energy Lab half-day seminar on bioenergy on the 26th of October. If not,... Read more

Runde Environmental Centre is an international research station that facilitates monitoring and research on the environment and serves as a test facility for ocean energy. On the 31st of October, Lars Golmen, partner in the Runde Environmental Centre and manager of the wave energy test site, gave an introduction to the center and spoke about recent ocean energy developments at the site.