Project highlights
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Sustainable Transport: aviation, maritime and road
Nordic Energy Research aims at taking an active part in the green transition by facilitating a joint approach to Nordic challenges, where sustainable transport is one of the focus areas. Through networking groups, research funding and dissemination of information, we facilitate the development of sustainable transport systems and technologies in the Nordic region. The transport sector requires the largest emissions reductions for the Nordics to achieve carbon neutrality. It is also considered one of the most difficult sectors to decarbonise. … -
Tracking Nordic Clean Energy Progress
Tracking Nordic Clean Energy Progress is a brief, illustrative report that charts Nordic progress towards a carbon neutral society by highlighting the most prominent trends and examining scenarios where Nordic solutions can have a global impact. The report illustrates – for multiple technologies and key parameters – the latest progress in technology development and penetration, as well as market creation. Nordic Energy Research and the International Energy Agency (IEA) published a Nordic Energy Technology Perspectives (NETP) report in both 2013… -
Nordic Energy Challenge
It is time to take the next step in Nordic cooperation on energy, with the green transition as the new framework. Nordic Energy Research wants to shape innovative research and promote new ideas with exciting perspectives that bring added value to the Nordic region. With this goal in mind we created the Nordic Energy Challenge as a way to encourage energy stakeholders – including companies, researchers, non-profit organizations, think-tanks, students and individuals – to come up with innovative solutions to… -
Nordic Energy Equality Network (NEEN)
This project brings together people who are interested in improving gender balance and promoting diversity in energy-related matters in the Nordic and Baltic societies. There is a general perception that the Nordic countries have a high level of equality and gender balance in the energy sector, as in many other sectors – but statistics and experiences tell a different story. The aim of NEEN is to highlight these issues and develop tools for improving gender balance and diversity in the… -
Shift
Shift captures the momentum of economic, social and political trends and estimates how policy instruments can push development towards a sustainable transport and energy system in the Nordic region. -
Negative CO2
Negative CO2 is a research project looking at capturing CO2 from burning biomass by means of an innovative and potentially revolutionary technology called Chemical-Looping Combustion of biomass (Bio-CLC). -
Flex4RES
Flex4RES will demonstrate how the challenge of integrating high shares of variable renewable energy in the energy system can be handled efficiently through a stronger coupling of energy markets across the Nordic region, thereby facilitating a zero-carbon energy transition.
The Nordics have the highest per-capita electricity consumption in the world
Nordic electricity consumption per capita oscillates at around 50 GJ, showing a slight decline in the past decade which may be attributed to energy efficiency measures. Conversely, electrification drives power consumption up in the rest of Europe (20 GJ/capita) and in the world (10 GJ/capita). Read more and download the full report at the Tracking Nordic Clean Energy Progress page
Relative CO2 intensity on downward path
In the Nordic countries, the CO2 emission intensity of power and district heat production has halved over the past 30 years, starting from an already-low level. The world CO2 emission intensity for power and heat generation is more than 7 times higher than in the Nordics. An efficient Nordic power market has been key to the integration of large shares of renewables in the Nordic countries, where the relative CO2 intensity has settled at around 60 gCO2/kWh. A similar sharp…
Share of renewables has increased
All five Nordic countries have seen significant increases in the utilisation of renewable energy. Compared to the primary energy demand, the overall renewable share at Nordic level has risen from 31% in 2008 to 40% in 2018. In 2018, the share of RES on the primary energy supply settled at only 15% in the EU27. Increasing use of bioenergy is the main reason behind the upwards trend. Read more and download the full report at the Tracking Nordic Clean Energy Progress…
CO2 emissions from power and district heat
Today, Nordic electricity generation is already close to being decarbonised (87% carbon-free) and the Nord Pool area is well suited for integrating wind. However, transformation of the power sector is contingent on continuously improved balancing through a combination of flexible supply, demand response, storage and electricity trading. Read more and download the full report at the Tracking Nordic Clean Energy Progress page
GDP, energy-related CO2 emissions and total primary energy demand
The Nordic region needs to continue to decouple energy-related CO2 from GDP. Progress in industry, transport, and buildings represents the biggest challenge. Energy efficiency and decarbonisation of end-use sectors need to play a prominent role in this decoupling going forward. The total primary energy demand represents the total energy demand in the region and includes: consumption by the energy sector itself, distribution and transformation losses, and final energy consumption by end-users. Note: Total primary energy demand ~ gross inland energy…
