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  • Guest Professor Massimo Cimmino at KTH

    Published Jun 11, 2025

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology is currently hosting Associate Professor Massimo Cimmino, from Polytechnique Montréal (Canada), during his academic sabbatical. Prof. Cimmino is well known for his co...

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  • Under the Dome: An Educational Journey into Urban Energy Solutions

    Published Jun 11, 2025

    The project aims to create a miniaturized model of energy systems for future cities, designed as an educational environment for KTH students.

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  • Webinar on safety with flammable refrigerants

    Published Jun 10, 2025

    IEA HPT Annex 64 concerns Safety when using flammable refrigerants like propane or isobutane. This is a hot topic as the synthetic HFC fluids mainly used today must be phased out as they are strong gr...

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  • Peter Hill Retires After 28 Years at KTH

    Published Jun 04, 2025

    After nearly three decades of service, Peter Hill is stepping down from his role as Lab Responsible - leaving behind a legacy of technical expertise and collaboration.

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  • Inspiring Polish energy actors

    Two men in front of a screen.
    Professor Björn Palm and Department Head Björn Laumert held the initial speech for the Polish energy actors.
    Published May 23, 2025

    On 22 May a group of highly ranked visitors from the Polish Energy sector visited the Department of Energy Technology at KTH. District heating and gas turbines without fossil fuels was on the agenda a...

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  • A Unique Opportunity: PhD position on “Energy Management in Sport Facilities”

    Sport facility at night
    Image by Bangyu Wang on unsplash.com
    Published May 15, 2025

    We invite applications for a PhD position at KTH Royal Institute of Technology focusing on Energy Management in Sport Facilities. This unique, collaborative research initiative brings together Energy ...

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  • Björn Palm signed an opinion paper to the Swedish government

    Professor Björn Palm in the laboratory
    Published May 06, 2025

    The authors of this position paper, more than a 1000 researchers from the different institutions, argue that politicians must listen to the research when making decisions.

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  • ASHRAE visit to the Division of Applied Thermodynamics and Refrigeration

    ASHRAE visit participants
    Published Apr 25, 2025

    We are excited to report some very important ASHRAE visits in November 2024 and February 2025 to KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Energy Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

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  • Hatef Madani becomes Principal Scientist at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

    Three people at a table in an energy lab.
    Hatef Madani (to the left) will keep his position at KTH, but will also spend time in the supervision team at AIT, supervising students at KTH in Stockholm and in Vienna.
    Published Apr 15, 2025

    Hatef Madani is researching the development of the next generation of sustainable heating systems for use in European urban areas at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and KTH. In a part-time po...

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  • KTH Researchers Take Leading Roles in the International Solar Energy Society

    KTH representatives at ISES
    Published Apr 14, 2025

    A strong delegation from the Department of Energy Technology at KTH is helping shape the global solar energy agenda through active leadership roles in the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) – a...

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  • A group of representatives of Polish Energy sector visit KTH

    Leaflet with the title
    Published Apr 10, 2025

    This visit is a part of a larger two-days program "NAVIGATING ENERGY SECURITY IN A DECARBONIZED FUTURE", where the leading Swedish energy actors will meet their Polish colleagues for a knowledge excha...

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  • 100 years of the Division of Thermodynamics and Refrigeration

    100 years history ETT
    Published Apr 07, 2025

    The Division of Thermodynamics and Refrigeration, which is a part of the Energy Technology Department at KTH, has a centenary-old history.

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  • A humanized electricity grid

    Lorenz Payonga, doctoral student at KTH’s Department of Energy Technology, is involved in the PARMEN
    Published May 31, 2024

    Can you combine the requirements from the electricity grid and the needs from the consumers? Researchers at KTH will combine multiple energy storage technologies with insights from human behavior, the...

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  • Saman wants to save the climate – with flexible energy storage

    Saman Nimali Gunasekara explores how flexible sector coupling between thermal energy and electric po
    Published May 31, 2024

    50 percent of the world's final energy is used in cooling and heating. Yet little attention is paid to the technologies behind it, the role thermal energy storage plays in it, and its connection to el...

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  • Apply for Ebbe Lyth scholarship

    Published Mar 02, 2022

    Call for Ebbe Lyth scholarship is now open

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  • Second Young-researcher's best paper award

    Elena Malakhatka
    Published Dec 01, 2021

    Second Young Researcher’s Best Paper Award at the conference PRO-VE Smart and Sustainable Collaborative Networks goes to Elena Malakhatka

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  • The winner of Ebbe Lyths Scholarship 2021

    Christofer Kronström
    Christofer Kronström
    Published Dec 01, 2021

    Christofer Kronström, student at KTH, has been awarded Ebbe Lyths scholarship 2021

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  • KTH Live-in Lab's presents its annual report for 2020

    Published May 07, 2021

    "2020 has once again been a very exciting year for KTH Live-In Lab as a research center", writes CEO Jonas Anund Vogel in the newly released annual report.

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  • Energy students present their work at the Legionella information day

    Jennie and Linnea
    Published Apr 30, 2021

    Jennie Lindblom and Linnea Persson, our 2020 KEX Students, have presented their work at Legionella information day hosted by Säker Vatten (an organization with focus on safe water installations in bui...

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  • Being relevant is key to dissemination

    Illustration of Björn Palm surrounded by houses and greenery.
    Published Apr 07, 2021

    The energy field can make large contributions to a sustainable future – which is the reason why Björn Palm from Department of Energy Technology goes to work every morning. Being relevant to the indust...

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