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New Assistant Professor opening in digitalization for sustainable energy systems
Published Sep 08, 2023The 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?
Published Sep 08, 2023The 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, 2023Are 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, 2023Are 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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KTH researcher is a lead author in the GEO-7 report
The first Global Author's Meeting for the GEO-7 Report was in Bangkok. Published Mar 23, 2023In 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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Replacing wood and charcoal stoves in Africa could save half a million lives every year
A new study assigns actual value to the negative aspects of traditional cooking methods in the developing world, including lost time due to collecting wood or other burnable biomass. Pictured, women carry firewood for cooking at home in Kenya. (Photo: Youssef Boulkaid) Published Jan 12, 2023Half a million lives could be saved each year in sub-Saharan Africa by taking action to reduce reliance on traditional wood- and charcoal-burning stoves, a new study shows.
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“I want my research to matter”
Published Mar 17, 2021He is passionate about sustainable development. Francesco Fuso Nerini’s motive to make his work known to others is simple: to make a difference. ”As researchers we have a duty to produce quality resea...
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Accelerating the transition to clean and modern cooking for the 3 billion people without access
Photo credit: Youssef Boulkaid Published Mar 10, 2021More than 3 billion people worldwide still do not have access to clean cooking, which results in around 4 million premature deaths annually related to household air pollution (WHO, 2018), and in a num...
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Successful PhD defence by Jenny Gabriela Pena Balderrama
Published Feb 02, 2021On the 18th December 2020, Jenny Gabriela Pena Balderrama from the division of Energy Systems KTH-dES, successfully defended her PhD thesis on the topic “Exploring low-carbon development pathways for ...
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FAO Water-Energy-Food Nexus Webinar series
Published Jan 26, 2021This FAO series — organized in collaboration with SEI and KTH Royal Institute of Technology — introduces nexus concepts and gives examples of current efforts and best practices in the Near East and No...
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The division of Energy Systems at the UN-Habitat World Habitat day
Published Oct 06, 2020Keynote presentation on the World Habitat day about climate change challenges and opportunities for the decarbonisation of cities.
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Successful PhD defence by Fumi Harahap
From left to right: Fumi Harahap and professor Semida Silveira Published May 28, 2020On April 24th, 2020, Fumi Harahap from the division of Energy Systems KTH-dES, successfully defended her PhD thesis “Exploring synergies between the palm oil industry and bioenergy production in Indon...
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Successful PhD defence by Dennis Dreier
From left to right: Professor Viktoria Martin, Dennis Dreier, Dilip Khatiwada and Will Usher. Published May 27, 2020On May 5th, 2020, Dennis Dreier from the division of Energy Systems (KTH-dES), successfully defended his PhD thesis “Transition Technologies for Electrification and Optimisation of Bus Transport Syste...
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UPCOMING: The 2020 OSeMOSYS Steering Committee meeting
Published Apr 27, 2020The steering committee meeting will be held on June 25th 2020.
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Electrification pathways for Tanzania: Implications for the economy and the environment
Published Apr 27, 2020A joint OSeMOSYS and Leontief Input-Output model for Tanzania to assess possible electrification pathways in the country.
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Cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency investments for high renewable electricity system
Published Apr 27, 2020Suggesting a new methodology for quantifying the economic impact of energy efficiency investments in systems with high shares of RES and estimating the LACoSE value.
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5th workshop in modelling CLEW systems in Nicaragua
Published Apr 27, 2020Capacity building in modelling CLEWs systems continues in Nicaragua.
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Second FAO Nexus dialogue in Morocco
Published Apr 27, 2020Investigating possible nexus solutions and supporting measures related to water scarcity, agricultural intensification, and sustainable energy for agriculture in the Souss-Massa river basin, Morocco.
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World Water Day 2020: “If climate change is the shark, then water is its teeth”
Victoria Falls of the Zambezi River, By Diego Delso Published Apr 27, 2020KTH researchers Vignesh Sridharan, Eunice Ramos, and Abhishek Shivakumar illustrate the interdependencies between climate systems and the water cycle in a Nature communications blog post.
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SIM4NEXUS project consortium meets online for last project meeting
Published Apr 27, 2020Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the meeting, which was initially planned to take place in Vienna, was carried out via teleconference.
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