KTH Energy Dialogue 2021 recordings now available
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Published Jan 26, 2022
The 2021 edition of KTH Energy Dialogue focused on impactful sustainable research. The program highlighted the width of research fields at KTH with a selection of topics vital for the transformation towards sustainability. Specifically for this year, guest speakers added a business perspective, and short pitches presented research impact cases that all contributes to sustainable energy developments.
Panel A - Sustainable developments: how science and business meet
- Jenny Larsson, Country Managing Director, Hitachi Energy, Sweden
- Lena Österberg, Head of Sustainability Research & Strategy Carnegie
- Per Lundqvist, Professor and Vice President for Sustainability at KTH
- Göran Finnveden, Professor and Former Vice President for Sustainability at KTH
- Lina Bertling Tjernberg, Professor and Director of the KTH Energy platform
Panel B - Outstanding innovation: Research Impact Cases from KTH
- Super capacitors for clean water - Joydeep Dutta, Professor in Functional materials
- Impact on first wall construction and cost reduction in future fusion reactors - Per Petersson, Dr. Researcher at Division of Fusion Plasma Physics
- Direct conversion of CO2 to biofuels with bacteria - Paul Hudson, Associate Professor in Protein Science
- High-voltage fast-acting circuit breakers enabling the super grid - Staffan Norrga, Associate Professor in Power Electronics
- New legislation on embodied carbon in buildings - Tove Malmqvist Stigell, Docent and Researcher in Sustainable Buildings
Panel C - Challenges and possibilities with large scale wind power developments
- Lennart Söder, Professor in Electric Power Systems and Markets
- Ulla Mörtberg, Associate Professor in Energy Systems & Environmental Assessment
- Sergei Glavatskih, Professor in Machine Design and Tribotronics
Panel D - Future solutions combining solar cell technologies and recyclable battery solutions
- Lars Kloo, Professor of Chemistry
- Kerstin Forsberg, Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering
- Bo Normark, Honorary doctor at KTH, Industrial Strategy Executive EIT InnoEnergy