Blog Floating solar islands can give the world green energy while saving valuable land area My PhD consists of working with a membrane-based structure for floating solar panels in the ocean. Research ERC grant to Ellingsen to better understand the climate on earth Professor Simen A. Å. Ellingsen has been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council ERC. He will investigate how ocean waves mix surface water into the deep, something that can improve climate simulations. Blog To deal with the climate crisis we need to break our social bubbles To deal with urgent global challenges, such as climate change, we need to communicate outside our usual social groups.