Basic HTML Version
CenSES annual report 2013
32
Ung Energi
CenSES established Ung Energi in 2012 as a pilot pro-
ject aimed at improving high school students’ under-
standing of topics within renewable and environment-
friendly energy.
One of the initiatives in this project has been the
development of a website dedicated to providing
information for students and teachers in the area of
renewable energy. All content, website design and
most of the animations have been made by youths in
the project group aged 16-21. The aim of giving high
school students control over the format and content
is to ensure the information is enaging and easy to
understand for the target audience.
In collaboration with Kunnskapsløypa (from NTNU
School of Entrepreneurship), the project team has
been working on producing videos on various re-
newable energy topics. The videos are published on
the website continuously, with themes such as hydro-
power, transport and wind turbines.
In April 2013 the project team presented at the NHO
conference in Trondheim. They have participated in
events at high schools organised by NHO Trøndelag,
TrønderEnergi, Energi Norge and NTNU, and also held
several presentations for high school teachers.
Towards the end of 2013 a group of industry and gov-
ernment organisations were put together to provide
support and direction to the Ung Energi initiative.
Representatives in this group come from the follow-
ing organisations; Innovasjon Norge, Energi Norge,
Statkraft, TrønderEnergi, SFFE, Sør-Trøndelag county
authority, Enova and Sarepta Energi.
For more information, visit www.ungenergi.no.
Development trends in the Norwegian
energy industry
PhD students Tyson Weaver (HiSF/NTNU) and Markus
Steen (NTNU) published an industry report,
Devel-
opment trends in the Norwegian energy industry: an
analysis of dynamics and diversification towards new
technologies and markets
in December 2013
.
The intent was to disseminate descriptive results
stemming from their 2013 survey data collection of
225 firms throughout the oil and gas, hydropower,
renewable, and energy infrastructure sectors.
Weaver and Steen use a longitudinal survey design to
map out developmental pathways of energy compa-
nies (producers and suppliers) in Norway, and connect
these activities to explanatory factors such as motiva-
tions and barriers. The report illustrates energy tech-
nology diversification initiatives in the past, present,
and future, in addition to illustrating current interna-
tionalization footprints.
The report’s main findings are that most firms are pro-
actively motivated to diversify into new renewable en-
ergy technologies, but that factors in the exogenous
business environment hold them back from doing so.
Two other main findings are that 2/3 of firms in oil and
gas have ambitions to diversify into the new renew-
able energy industries in the future, and that all firms
believe that the framework conditions for developing
and commercializing oil and gas products are better
than for new renewable energy solutions in Norway.
Dissemination
Members of the Ung Energi project presenting at a teachers conference
PhD students Tyson Weaver (HiSF/NTNU) and Markus Steen (NTNU).
(Photo: Claude R. Olsen)