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  • New additions to our research family: Meet Hemanth, Mateo, and Konstantinos

    Published Oct 27, 2023

    We are happy to extend a warm welcome to three outstanding PhD students who have recently joined our research family at HPT. Hemanth, Mateo, and Konstantinos, coming from diverse corners of the world,...

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  • 2023 HPT Chili Competition Heats Up the Energy Department

    Photo by Calum Lewis on Unsplash. [cropped]
    Published Oct 17, 2023

    In a celebration of spice, culinary creativity, and togetherness, our division hosted the 2023 HPT Chili Salsa Competition.

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  • 2023 Sustainable Energy Engineering Thesis Fair

    Published Oct 12, 2023

    On October 10th, 2023, the Sustainable Energy Engineering program hosted its annual thesis fair, featuring project proposals from invited industry partners.

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  • The winner of the Energy Management course project announced

    the participants
    Published Oct 10, 2023

    Selecting this year's winner proved to be a challenging task. Team Gävle Goats emerged victorious for their outstanding optimization of the University of Gävle campus.

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  • SolarPACES 2023 Conference in Sydney, Australia — Meet our division work there

    Published Oct 04, 2023

    Researchers from the Heat and Power division will be busy over the next days presenting their work at the SolarPACES – Solar Power & Chemical Energy Systems, in Sydney, Australia. Are you there? Make ...

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  • Meet Jagruti Ramsing Thakur, our new assistant professor

    Published Oct 03, 2023

    We are thrilled to introduce our latest team member, Dr. Jagruti Ramsing Thakur, who joins us as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Heat and Power Technology. Dr. Thakur is a distinguished scho...

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  • Seminar on Smart and Sustainable University Campuses 2030

    Published Sep 27, 2023

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Akademiska Hus welcome you to the seminar "SMART AND SUSTAINABLE UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES 2030". Welcome to participate and support the competing student groups.

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  • KTH wisdom in new Wisdome

    Sketch of the building.
    Published Sep 14, 2023

    Wisdome Stockholm – KTH have more than one finger in the pie in the new spectacular attraction at Tekniska Museet, aimed to display science and innovation in new ways. Here, the researchers are redefi...

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  • New Assistant Professor opening in digitalization for sustainable energy systems

    Published Sep 08, 2023

    The School of Industrial Engineering and Management at KTH is pleased to announce an opening for the position of Assistant Professor in the field of Energy Technology with specialization in Digitaliza...

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  • How research cooperation could contribute to achieving the Vision 2030 in the Nordic Region?

    Fast track vision 2030 strategy
    Published Sep 08, 2023

    The Nordic Council of Ministers has a vision to make the Nordic Region the most sustainable and integrated region in the world by 2030. How can research contribute to realizing Nordisk Råd og Nordisk ...

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  • Innovative PhD Opportunity: Circular Recovery Models for Sustainable Urban Waste Management

    Published Sep 07, 2023

    Are you passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to a circular economy? KTH Royal Institute of Technology invites motivated individuals to apply for an exciting PhD position within the ...

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  • Exciting PhD Opportunity in Energy Systems Research at KTH Royal Institute of Technology!

    Published Sep 07, 2023

    Are you passionate about advancing renewable energy systems and sustainability? KTH Royal Institute of Technology invites aspiring researchers to apply for an exciting new PhD position at the Division...

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  • SEEEP summer school in China help fighting climate change

    A European man teaching a group of Asian students.
    Björn Laumert was one of the organizers and lecturers at the 8th SEEEP Summer School in China.
    Published Sep 04, 2023

    Global change is a fact – partly thanks to the current energy systems based on oil and gas. What can we do to stop it? Send 43 young energy researchers from Europe and China to summer school! In Augus...

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  • Researchers make power plants more flexible

    Rafael Guedez and José Garcia
    Rafael Guedez and José Garcia from KTH.
    Published Aug 29, 2023

    The increase of solar and wind power demands flexible power plants that can operate when the wind doesn’t blow or there is no sun. Maybe hydrogen or ammonia in gas turbines combined cycle power plants...

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  • Efficient heat exchanger ready for testing

    Computer drawing of the heat exchanger.
    The aluminum prototype filled with phase change material has both high energy density and high power.
    Published Jun 07, 2023

    A 3D-printed heat exchanger in aluminum filled with phase change material – that is what Professor Viktoria Martin and colleagues from KTH have experimented within a laboratory environment. The result...

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  • Björn Palm receives prestigious medal

    Published May 10, 2023

    By being ahead of his time he and his research team have contributed to reshaping an entire industry. For that, Björn Palm, professor at the Department of Energy Technology, receives the Medal of Scie...

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  • Laumert new director at Centrum för Ny Energiteknik (CNETO)

    Björn Laumert in KTH Library
    Published Apr 27, 2023

    Björn Laumert, head of the Department of Energy Technology, is new director at the Centrum för Ny Energiteknik (CNETO) in Oskarshamn. CNETO is a collaboration platform between the public sector, acade...

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  • KTH researcher is a lead author in the GEO-7 report

    Participants at the meeting
    The first Global Author's Meeting for the GEO-7 Report was in Bangkok.
    Published Mar 23, 2023

    In March 2023, hundreds of environmental experts gathered in Bangkok, Thailand, for the first authors' meeting of the Seventh Edition of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) of the UN Environment Pr...

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  • Interdisciplinary PhD school discussed sustainable energy transitions

    A collage from the PhD Winterschool
    Published Mar 17, 2023

    Frauke Urban (INDEK) and Saman Nimali Gunasekara (EGI) organised a PhD Winter School on “Sustainable Energy Transitions – Technology and Management Perspectives” on 13 – 15 March 2023 at KTH.

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  • KTH researchers supporting hydrocarbons as refrigerants in heat pumps

    Propane as an example of hydrocarbon refrigerant
    Published Mar 16, 2023

    KTH researchers take the lead on Position Paper supporting hydrocarbons as refrigerants in heat pumps

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