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  • KTH Master’s Thesis Wins First Prize in Energimarknadsinspektionen’s National Competition

    Energimarknadsinspektionen thesis competition winners: Sara Johansson and Marija Pajtiar
    Energimarknadsinspektionen thesis competition winners: Sara Johansson and Marija Pajtiar
    Published Feb 04, 2026

    KTH master’s thesis students Sara Johansson and Marija Pajtlar have been awarded first prize in Energimarknadsinspektionen’s annual thesis competition, for their outstanding work on regulatory methods...

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  • New Industrial PhD collaboration launched to bridge the AI “innovation gap” in the energy sector

    Angelina Rubow portrait
    Published Jan 30, 2026

    AI seems to be everything everywhere all at once, but how can, or should, it be applied in the energy sector? A new project led by industrial PhD candidate Angelina Rubow in collaboration with E1 Mana...

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  • Entrepreneur Noel Abdayem lectured in INDEK course

    powerpoint slide from the lecture
    Published Jan 29, 2026
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  • High‑Temperature Innovation for a Net‑Zero Industry: HPT Team Share Expertise at Key Events

    KTH HPT Researchers at the 2026 High Temperature Heat Pump Symposium in Copenhagen, Denmark
    HPT Researchers at the 2026 High Temperature Heat Pump Symposium in Copenhagen, Denmark
    Published Jan 27, 2026

    Researchers from HPT’s energy systems and high temperature heat pump team recently shared their expertise at recent key European events focused on accelerating industrial decarbonization. The team con...

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  • Several research grants for projects on AI have been awarded to Mattias Wiggberg from INDEK

    Mattias Wiggberg
    Published Dec 19, 2025

    About the research grants for AI projects awarded to Mattias Wiggberg and his blog about the highlights of being an AI researcher at KTH.

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  • Study Sustainable Energy Engineering at KTH

    Published Dec 18, 2025

    Apply by January 15 to our renowned Sustainable Energy Engineering Master Program

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  • Björn Palm: Smarter Heat Pumps Will Drive Europe’s Energy Transition

    Published Dec 16, 2025

    Swedish manufacturers are betting on AI, smart controls, and greener refrigerants to make heat pumps more efficient. Professor Björn Palm was interviewed by Ny Teknik on the topic.

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  • Five new doctoral theses from HEOS during the last year

    Five pictures in a collage, where each picture shows a moment from one of the defenses.
    Published Dec 15, 2025

    During the last year, five new doctors from HEOS have successfully defended their doctoral theses!

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  • 2025 Mechatronics HK Grand Finale

    Published Dec 10, 2025

    Each year, students from the Advanced Mechatronics course are tasked with building a prototype as their final project. The course culminates in a presentation and demonstration session, where students...

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  • Solutions for a Resilient Planet - Turning Knowledge into Action

    Published Dec 09, 2025

    KTH researcher, Maryna Henrysson is one of the authors in The Global Environment Outlook: A future we choose (GEO-7) report. We met with Maryna to find out what are the key impacts of the report and w...

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  • Francisco Beltran's Final Pre-Defence Paper on Solar PVT for Urban Heating

    Francisco Beltran by Solar Panels
    Published Dec 09, 2025

    How do you deploy clean, quiet heating in dense cities with almost no available land? That’s the challenge tackled in a new study by Francisco Beltran, PhD researcher at the department of Applied Th...

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  • "Don't think twice, just go to dES!" - Interview with Visiting PhD Student Corrado Maria Caminiti

    The picture shows Corrado and his colleagues in the office, and a carved Halloween pumpkin.
    Corrado (first from right) and a few of his colleagues in dES with their "Halloweenpumpa".
    Published Dec 08, 2025

    Corrado Maria Caminiti, a PhD student at Politecnico di Milano, recently finished a 3-month research visit in the Energy Systems division (dES). Having settled back in Italy, he reflects on his stay w...

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  • Towards Zero-Waste: Sweden–India Project Shares Early Insights on Circular Bio-Waste Solutions

    A screenshot of the Zoom session of the BioCircularR project's workshop in November 2025.
    The BioCircularR project team met for a workshop on November 25, 2025.
    Published Dec 04, 2025

    On 25 November 2025, researchers and stakeholders from Sweden and India gathered for a joint dissemination and consultation workshop under the project Towards Zero-Waste through a Bio-based Circular R...

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  • Camilla Lo Giudice Wins Best In-Person Poster Award at the IAMC Annual Meeting 2025

    Camilla Lo Giudice receives the Best In-Person Poster Award at the IAMC Annual Meeting 2025.
    Camilla Lo Giudice receives the Best In-Person Poster Award at the IAMC Annual Meeting 2025.
    Published Dec 02, 2025

    The Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC) organizes every year, since 2007, a conference on energy modelling, climate change, and resource assessment. This year, the conference was held fro...

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  • Innovating Thermal Energy Storage: Insights from the KTH–Kyoto Group Collaboration

    Published Nov 28, 2025

    KTH and Kyoto Group, a Norwegian leading thermal battery company, have maintained an ongoing research collaboration since 2022, with the latest milestone of the industrial partner being the inaugurati...

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  • Major research grant awarded to project on productivity and climate transitions

    Christian Thomann
    Published Nov 28, 2025

    A big research grant is awarded to the research project: “The effect of climate policy and financing on firms’ green transition”

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  • KTH dES in COP30 in Belém

    The photo shows the convention center in Belem, Brazil in which COP30 was held in November 2025.
    COP30 was held at the Hangar Convention Centre in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November 2025. Photo: Åsa Persson
    Published Nov 26, 2025

    At the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP30) in Belem, Brazil, the Division of Energy Systems (dES) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology highlighted how rigorous energy systems analysis can supp...

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  • KTH Students and NIBE Drive New Circular Heating Concept

    The winner - group of students
    Published Nov 26, 2025

    A student team from KTH has developed a winning concept for NIBE that rethinks the heat-pump industry through a circular, service-based model. The project, created by third-year energy-system students...

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  • From Italian Dolomites to Swedish Archipelago: Interview with Soroush Zarghami

    Soroush Zarghami and some of his colleagues in dES, on the rooftop of the M building.
    Soroush (middle) and some of his colleagues in dES. Photo: Francesco Gardumi
    Published Nov 24, 2025

    Soroush Zarghami, a PhD student at the University of Trento (UNITN), recently finished a 6-month research visit in the Energy Systems division. In this piece, Maryna Henrysson and Francesco Gardumi ta...

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  • AI servers could use ten percent of U.S. electricity by 2030

    Francesco Fuso-Nerini
    Francesco Fuso-Nerini is part of the international research team behind a study on AI's environmental impact.
    Published Nov 21, 2025

    A study recently published in Nature Sustainability warns that, by 2030, AI servers in the U.S. alone could consume up to ten percent of the country’s current electricity use, an amount comparable to ...

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