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  • The division of Energy Systems at the UN-Habitat World Habitat day

    Published Oct 06, 2020

    Keynote 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, 2020

    On 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, 2020

    On 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, 2020

    The 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, 2020

    A 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, 2020

    Suggesting 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, 2020

    Capacity building in modelling CLEWs systems continues in Nicaragua.

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  • Second FAO Nexus dialogue in Morocco

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    Investigating 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
    Victoria Falls of the Zambezi River, By Diego Delso
    Published Apr 27, 2020

    KTH 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, 2020

    Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the meeting, which was initially planned to take place in Vienna, was carried out via teleconference.

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  • New publication unsing the OnSSET tool

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    Planning with justice - Using spatial modelling to incorporate justice in electricity pricing – The case of Tanzania

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  • A Retrospective Analysis of Energy Access with a Focus on the Role of Mini-Grids

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    New publication!

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  • Upcoming events cancelled

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    Due to the latest evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming Energy Modelling platform for Asia and the Pacific (EMP-APAC) and the Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development - ...

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  • Developments on the refrigerant front during the past year

    Published Jan 03, 2019

    When we come to the last publication of the year, we usually look back on what has happened during the year, with a focus on the transition to new environmentally friendly refrigerants. The following ...

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  • Low GWP refrigerants: previous and ongoing projects

    Published Dec 03, 2018

    "Refrigerants with low Global Warming Potential" is the title of the project carried out within Effsys Expand research program and supported by the Energy Agency together with a number of companies. ...

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  • Environmentally friendly refrigeration systems are needed to mitigate the climate change

    Published Sep 28, 2018

    The current EU regulations already address the environmental impact of refrigeration systems by replacing high GWP refrigerants with low-to-zero GWP refrigerants. Recent studies, however, show that th...

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  • Natural refrigerants in focus of the Gustav Lorentzen conference

    Published Aug 14, 2018

    The conference focusing on natural refrigerants was recently held in Valencia, Spain. An indication of the growing interest in natural refrigerants is that the conference attracted record numbers of p...

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  • Research focused on safe use of combustible refrigerants

    Published Jul 11, 2018
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  • Highlights from the conference on cold chain and refrigeration exhibition in China

    Published Apr 30, 2018

    We have recently attended the international conference ICCC2018 on cold chain and annual refrigeration exhibition CRH2018 in China. In this article we share the main impressions with focus on refriger...

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  • The effects of the F-Gas Regulation concern the heat pump industry

    Published Apr 30, 2018

    High GWP refrigerants are replaced by lower GWP alternatives on the European market. This is due to the reduced quotas (measured in CO2 equivalents), and increased demand (measured in kg). While the c...

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