Blog Decoding CO2 Behavior In my PhD I study the behavior of CO2 during pipeline transportation, which is a stage required in Carbon Capture and Storage. 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. Blog Liquid ammonia and methanol can become the future fuel in deep sea shipping During my PhD I will perform fundamental combustion research on carbon neutral and low carbon fuels for marine combustion engines. Blog Iceland’s recycled medieval books are now historic treasures Recycling is no new practice. It has been a common practise around the world for thousands of years. In my PhD project, I investigate how parchment from dismembered Latin books was recycled in various ways in Iceland after the introduction of the Reformation in 1550. These parchment fragments provide important insights in a lost chapter of Icelandic book history. Blog Wood Stoves for Cutting Electricity Costs and Preventing Unnecessary Expansions of the Electricity Grid My goal in this project is to investigate wood-burning stoves with the aim of reducing electricity expenses and averting unnecessary expansion of the electricity grid. Blog Drawing the line: the perils of power lines on bird richness What are the Norwegian energy system’s impacts on our local biodiversity? Our research project aims to find out, and to present our research, we created a board game. Blog Buildings: do not break or make, but repurpose I am exploring how buildings adapt to demographic changes, with the aim to develop scenarios to project future needs for building. Blog Water turbines must live longer Jim Abregu believes that we are working in the right direction to support a better world with green energy by increasing turbine lifetimes. Blog Aloha from Hawai’i: Turtles and fishing line entanglements During the fall semester I got the opportunity to do a research stay with the Center for Marine Debris Research (CMDR) on Oahu, Hawai’i. One of the aims was to get to know the plastic debris researchers and their work, and collaborate on a project involving plastic debris entanglements of wildlife by gathering data from local organizations.
