Technology for climate action
This climate action research area focuses on sustainable energy, transportation, automation, storage, and related topics.
Research projects
Sustainable Energy Transformations in Aviation (SETA)
The project contributes to an acceleration of sustainable energy transformations in aviation, with a focus on bio-based jet fuels, electric aircrafts and potentially even hydrogen.
Direct reduction of alloy metals (DRAM)
This project aims to see if alloys of a target composition can be produced directly from mixtures of oxide powders using hydrogen, to achieve large greenhouse gas emission reductions from the metals industry.
Development and improvement of microbial cell factories
Development and improvement of microbial cell factories such as yeast and Clostridium thermocellum, for sustainable biotechnological production of chemicals and fuels.
MGM-NEGAF
Multiple greenhouse gases mitigation to achieve “Energy efficient negative emissions from agricultural sector”
More info here .
Recovery of vanadium and Sc
Research aims to recover vanadium of high purity to be used in redox flow batteries and to recover Sc for use in solid oxide fuel cells
IRIS initiative Area 3: Sustainable energy systems
Technologies for a carbon-neutral vision while simultaneously assessing how firms, industries and countries are working in practice to make transitions in their energy mix.
FLIGHT – Decreased CO2-emissions in flight-intensive organisations: from data to practice
In this project, we will create and test practical tools to reduce travel-related CO2 emissions, thereby moving from words to action. Learn more about the project: FLIGHT
ProDeox – Routes for production of transportation fuels via deoxygenated bio oil
Hydrogen is necessary for Sweden to have transportation fuels from biogenic feedstocks. In Prodeox, we are researching techno-economic and environment friendly processes to produce this hydrogen.
TREVOL (aircraft Trajectory analysis for Reduced EnVirOnmentaL impact)
This project is carried out within the Centre for Sustainable Aviation (CSA). The project aims to analyse and optimize aircraft trajectories for an environmental impact reduction from aviation in terms of gas emissions and noise. Learn more about the project: TREVOL
The regulatory role of hydropower for a renewable energy system with climate fluctuations and increasingly international energy markets
Recycling of lithium ion batteries and magnet waste
The research contributes to the recycling of lithium ion batteries and recycling of magnet waste (permanent magnets used in wind turbines)
The importance of smallscale hydropower for the future Swedish power system
Utilisation of food waste and side streams from agricultural production for new food ingredients from plant sources, using green chemistry approaches
The world's strongest bio-based material
A material developed to be used in the transition to a more sustainable society.
Creative Construction of Defossilized Value Chains (CROSS)
The project aims at developing an integrated alcohol-based biorefinery, which provides a holistic solution to a fossil free Sweden. Link to more info here .
