
The program
13 March: Oulu, getting to know each other, introductory lectures
Main responsible person: Antonio Calo, Oulu university
9:00 Introduction (Rikard Gebart)
• Details about the course
9:30 Basic facts about energy supply and consumption in the arctic region of the Nordic countries (Joakim Lundgren, LTU)
• Anything else? Hanna?
10:15 Coffee
10:30 Smart grids (Antonio Calo, Oulu)
• Environment
• Energy crisis
• Energy transition
• Resources
• Consumption
11:30 Lunch at Oulu University
12:30 Study visit to a smart grid pilot plant
17:30 Mingling, get to know each other, dinner
Lodging: hotel in Oulu
14 March: Excursion, visit to biorefinery activities in Piteå, stay for the night in Storforsen
Main responsible person: Ulrika Rova, LTU
7:30 – 9:30 Travel by bus to Luleå (LTU), 3 hours (- 1 hour time difference)
10:00 Forest based biorefinery (Elisabet Wetterlund)
10:45 “The rights of indigenous peoples in the context of energy development projects: theory and practice in the Arctic” (Dorothee Cambou, ULapland)
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Thermochemical and biochemical conversion of biomass to chemicals and motor fuels (Kentaro Umeki and Ulrika Rova)
13:30 – 14:30 Travel by bus to Piteå, 1 hour
14:30 Study visit to Sunpine tall diesel plant and the LTU Green Fuels pilot plant
16:30 – 18:00 Travel by bus to Jokkmokk 1.5 hours
18:00 Lodging and dinner at Hotel Åkerlund Jokkmokk
20:00 Post-dinner walk along the rapid (forsen)
15 March: Lectures on TBD, excursion to Porjus hydropower centre, stay for the night in Kiruna
Main responsible person: Fredrik Engström in Porjus, Yngve Birkelund in Kiruna
8:00 – 10:00 Travel by bus to Porjus, 2 hours
10:00 Challenges to hydropower in the modern energy system (Fredrik Engström, Asset Manager at Vattenfall and adjunct professor LTU)
11:00 Study visit to the historical power plant in Porjus and the modern plant next doors
12:00 Lunch at Rallarrosen, Porjus
13:00 – 15:00 Travel by bus to Kiruna, 2 hours
15:00 Possibilities for process integration in the heavy process industry in the arctic region (Jan Dahl?)
Lodging at Camp Ripan, Kiruna
16 March: Excursion to the mining museum, lectures on TBD, stay for the night in Abisko
Main responsible: Yngve
8:00 Winter cities – opportunities and hindrances (Kristina Nilsson)
9:30 Study visit to the mining museum inside the LKAB mine
12:00 Lunch in Kiruna
13:00 – 14:30 Travel by bus to Abisko
14:30 – 15:30 Wind power in the arctic region (Yngve Birkelund)
15:30 Informal discussions about challenges and opportunities for the energy system in the arctic region
17:00 Summary of main conclusions from the group discussions
18:00 Dinner at STF hotel
Lodging at STF
17 March: Excursion to a wind park on the border between Sweden and Norway, travel to Narvik, lectures on TBD
7:00 – 9:00 Travel by bus to wind park on the border, 2 hours
9:00 – 10:30 Study visit to the wind park
10:30 – 11:30 Travel by bus to Narvik, 1 hour
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch at UiT, Narvik
12:30 – 17:30 Workshop “Energy transition in the arctic region” (should this start in the morning for the researchers? The program could be organised so that the parts that are of interest to the students starts after lunch)
17:30 Dinner at UiT
Lodging in Narvik
Weekend: skiing in Narvik or Riksgränsen
Sunday: return trip to home universitiesLinks:
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