This includes:
- Energy System Integration
- Smart Energy Management
- Hybrid Renewable Generation
- Mechanical Design Optimization
- Additive Manufacturing
- Polymer and composites
In addition to the optimal technical design of energy system and product development, we study and investigate energy-related strategies, stakeholders, markets, and plans from various points of view through different analysis techniques (PESTEL, SWOT etc.) – which lead to a more sustainable flow of energy and materials for our society in energy transition.
Research
Interdisciplinary research areas
- Energy Efficiency and Optimization
- AI and Energy Informatics
- Renewable Energy Harvesting and Management
- Advanced Material for Future Energy System
- Solar-PV Value Chain, from Raw Material to Panels
- Geothermal Energy and Heat Pumps
- Distributed Generation and Micro-CCHP
- Small-scale Onsite Renewables and Virtual Power Plants
- Battery and Energy Storage Systems
- Smart Microgrid and Electricity Market Analysis
- Energy Saving and Management for Smart Buildings
- Turbines and Turbomachinery Applications
- Hydrogen and (Bio-, Natural) Gas Technology
- Green Decommissioning and Repurposing Petroleum Sector
- Sophisticated Optimization Techniques and Algorithms
- Stakeholder Analysis and Business Model Development for Energy Sector
Partners and networks
Important partners/network include, but not limited to:
- USN Business School, Kongsberg: supply chain and stakeholder engagement.
- UiS – Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering, Stavanger: energy system integration.
- UiS – Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science, Stavanger: solid mechanics & manufacturing.
- UiS – Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Stavanger: smart contracts and blockchain technology.
- UiS – Department of Media and Social Sciences, Stavanger: energy policy and management.
- UiA, Agder: renewable energy and power engineering.
- NORCE, Stavanger: petroleum technology.
- NTNU, Trondheim: 3D printing & additive manufacturing.
- UiT, Tromsø: ICT & energy informatics.
- UiO, Oslo: artificial intelligence and machine learning.
- NMBU, Ås: robotics and digitalization.
- University of British Columbia, Canada: heat transfer & renewable energy.
- Simon Fraser University, Canada: optimization and product development.
- Aalborg University, Denmark: power engineering & smart grid.
- KTH, Sweden: fluid mechanics and gas technology.
- Aachen University, Germany: gas turbine and turbomachinery.
- University of Warwick, UK: battery & energy storage.
- University of Galway, Ireland: hydrogen driven energy hubs.
- Australian University, Kuwait: computational intelligence and design optimization.
- Qatar University, Qatar: gas technology and energy economics.
- University of Hail, KSA: renewable energy and smart grid.
- Jadavpur University, India: energy system modeling and simulation.
- University of Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia: energy market analysis.
- Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand: energy transition and sustainable development.
Projects
Some examples of recent R&D projects/proposals:
- Developing Norwegian-Canadian Network for Blended Educational Collaboration on Geothermal Energy (2024)
- A Hydrogen-driven Technology Mapping for Future Energy Hubs (2024)
- Enhancing Quality of Applied Science Education for Sustainability of Agricultural Sector: A Norwegian-Ethiopian Collaboration (2024)
- Crafting an Optimized Product Supply Chain Model for Leading Solar Panel Enterprises (2024)
- Optimizing High-Dimensional, Expensive, Black-Box Problems within Integrated Energy System Domain (2024)
- A Comprehensive Techno-Economic Assessment of Innovative EV Cell to Pack Battery (2024)
- Prescriptive Analytics to Optimize Power Grid Operations and Planning Based on Energy Storages and Human Energy Behaviour in Northern Norway (2024)
- Stakeholders Analysis and Business Models Development for an Energy Trading Toolset (2023)
- Design of a Machine Learning Driven Approach for Energy Trading: Market Prediction in Smart Communities (2023)
- Integrated Solar-Hydrogen Planning for Distributed Cogeneration: A Comprehensive Multi-Objective Techno-economic Analysis for Thermal/Electrical Power and Hydrogen Market (2023)
- Novel Education and Training for Sustainable Energy Transition: A Norwegian-Indian Bilateral Collaboration (2022)
- Design and Development of a Flexible Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Optimum Distributed Generation and Storage (2022)
- Hybrid Hydrogen Driven Energy Storage: An Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration (2022)
- How to Shape a Hydrogen-based Energy System: A Socio-technical System Study (2021)
- Impact of Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage System on Decarbonizing Energy System: A Roadmap for the Viken’s Vision 2030 (2021)
- Geothermal-Solar Integration for CCHP Applications: KSA’s Vision 2030 (2020)
- Energy Storage and NG Management for Less CO2 Emission: KSA’s Vision 2030 (2020)
- Realizing Smart Energy Sharing: Software Platform Development for Smart Renewables Integrated at Neighborhoods’ Grid (2020).
Contact
ESAM is comprised of faculty, full-time and part-time research associates, and MSc/PhD candidates. We also collaborate closely with external researchers/consultants.
Please feel free to contact us for more information, and if you are interested in collaboration.
