Kyriaki Tselika, Maria Tselika, and Elias Demetriades: Proposed legislation to suspend new renewable projects, even if it never came into force, revealed how fragile investor confidence can be in renewables.
More than 750 researchers, policymakers and industry experts are gathered in Bergen to discuss pressing questions in environmental and resource economics.
On Wednesday 25 June 2025 Benjamin P. Fram will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Lack of profitability in offshore wind cannot be solved with subsidies. Minister of Finance Jens Stoltenberg is not being flippant when he says that.
Ole-Andreas Elvik Næss: If we first want to pay owners from China and the US to run energy-intensive industries in this country, it is better if we pay them to do something other than use our electricity.
The article "Hydropower market dynamics in Norway: Evaluating the market value and volatility in the electricity sector" has been published in Journal of Environmental Management.
Ole-Andreas Elvik Næss: A new survey indicates that twice as many Norwegians will be positive about electricity cables to abroad if they receive a bonus for extremely high electricity prices.
This week marked the launch of the national research center, RenewHydro, which will receive NOK 370 million to usher hydropower into a new era. NHH is one of the key research partners.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: The debate about cable cutting can cost us a lot.
The article "Connectedness between green bonds, clean energy markets and carbon quota prices: Time and frequency dynamics" has been published in Journal of Commodity Markets.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: When profitability assessments are elevated to central offices that think "general", then there will be a rigid societal restructuring. The recipe causes expensive grabbing.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: The oil revenues have a whiff of both war profit and climate damage. We should probably give more to Ukraine and to climate measures in developing countries.
The Norwegian government wants to investigate nuclear power as a potential energy source in Norway. Linda Nøstbakken, Research Director at Statistics Norway and Adjunct Professor at NHH, joins the new expert committee.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Politics must create expectations of private economic profitability from green solutions. It is the state's most important role in the transition.
The article "The reliability pricing model and coal-fired generators in PJM" has been published in Energy Economics.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Removal of the deck on Statfjord A, of 45,000 tonnes, has been ordered. The lifting ship is ready, but put on hold: There is nowhere to put the deck. The clean-up in the North Sea is becoming problematic.
On Monday 22 January 2024 Mahnaz Fakhrabadi will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Monday 11 December 2023 Kyriaki Tselika will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Jonas Gahr Støre is braving himself and showing power and muscle with the Melkøya decision - it can be smart. But he may have committed a tactical blunder by not resolving the Fosen tangle first.
The article "Wise use of renewable energy in transport" has been published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: If the mills are not to be demolished, it is because the reindeer owners and developers come to an agreement.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: The electricity support only so far amounts to half of the amount Norway will give Ukraine over five years. All the worse that it reinforces both energy scarcity and economic inequality.
NHH students Tobias Myrvoll (24) and Peder Undeli (25) wrote their master’s thesis on the price effects of the power cable between Norway and Germany. The Department of Business and Management Science awarded it master's thesis of the year.
This week, head of the Energy Commission, NHH professor Lars Sørgard, presented the commission´s conclusions and recommendations. How can Norway increase its electricity production in the future?
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Marketing Norwegian gas as "reliable" means that we must show understanding when our customers experience times of crisis. Støre should travel to Brussels and make Norway a leading and generous partner in the energy crisis.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: The oil tax package is the story of a state which, in miserable, nocturnal proceedings on additional taxes, cannot take care of itself, but gives away the people's money to special interests, apparently without getting anything in return.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Experience, intuition and analysis indicate that tax relief will lead to investment and an increase in supply - also of renewable energy. So why propose tax increases both in general and for renewable energy now?
Petter Bjerksund and Guttorm Schjelderup: The fixed price scheme has now got a loophole which makes it most profitable for the power producers to offer fixed price agreements to the customers who need it the least.
The article "Energy Storage Operation and Electricity Market Design: On the Market Power of Monopolistic Storage Operators" has been published in European Journal of Operational Research.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: In Europe, maximum prices, rationing or export restrictions do not produce more energy - it produces more pain. But it may be better to make a partnership less binding than to see it break down.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: The population's demand to get their share of the gains from higher power prices is both natural and healthy.
On Tuesday 26 April 2022 Ritvana Rrukaj will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: You have to be careful with what you wish for: You can get it. We will not be left out when the world's energy use is challenged and changed.
Øyvind Bøhren and Per Ivar Gjærum: The new foreign cables turn upside down discussions about climate gains. Do we understand the dilemma?
Gunnar S. Eskeland: When we may become terribly rich in war and energy change in Europe: Maybe we should be a little ahead and prepared for the reactions we may encounter?
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Profitability is improving, and wind turbines are becoming more and better, if cables keep the electricity market open.
Lars Skaugen Strømholm and Raag August Sandal Rolfsen are the winners of the Best Master Thesis Award at the Department of Business and Management Science for 2021.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Households and companies should get a share of the increase in value of Norwegian hydropower. Here is a suggestion for calculating the amount we should all get transferred to our accounts in winters like this.
Øyvind Bøhren, Per Ivar Gjærum and Torkel Hasle: Our analysis shows disappointing emissions, that solar energy is unprofitable for society (and mostly also for the private owner), and misleading marketing.
A new expert committee will evaluate Norwegian power supply and the electricity grid. NHH Professor Mette H Bjørndal is appointed member of the expert group.
On Wednesday 16 June 2021 Somayeh Rahimi Alangi will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Energiomstilling Vest (EOV) partnerne har fått innvilget RFF Vest-forprosjektet "PRE-DECOR - Decommissioning Regulation and Contractual Implications” og har nylig startet opp arbeidet.
The article "The value of timecharter optionality in the drybulk market" has been published in Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Everything that can be sped up now, is of great value. We are going to spend enormous amounts of money, and investments in carbon capture will not be in vain. The upside is high.
Johannes Mauritzen: The coronavirus is a serious threat to the world economy, at least temporarily. But what happens know also tells us about Norway's long term risk as an oil nation.
Gunnar S. Eskeland and Asgeir Tomasgard: Equinor's plans concerning emission reductions are well and good, but Norwegian gas also needs carbon capture and storage, if we are to secure ourselves lasting, and profitable, customer relationships.
The ENE centre has, together with the University of Bergen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) and NORCE, created the knowledge cluster Energiomstilling VEST.
Leif K. Sandal and Gunnar S. Eskeland et al: We have a formidable opportunity to cooperate to take Western Norway forward.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: A downsell in Equinor will probably not be possible for the government.
Electric buses are great - particularly if they beat the "open class" competition. However, we must not miss other, and maybe even better, solutions.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: It is somewhat exciting what happens to the world's - and Norway's - remaining fossil resources. Do vi already see some of the tension in the North Sea?
Gunnar S. Eskeland and Kristin Linnerud: Good prospects for offshore wind and irreversible costs related to on-land wind are good reasons to choose a step by step development of on-land wind in Norway. It may prove profitable to wait.
On Monday 10 December, Ørjan Mydland will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
‘Based on our findings, I cannot see that local communities that say yes to the building of wind farms have much to gain,’ says Professor Øivind Anti Nilsen.
On Friday 26 October 2018 Hong Cai will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Petter Bjerksund: We do not have to sell oil stocks to reduce the oil risk. The Government Pension Fund Global could rather issue a bond where the "interests" reflect the oil price.
On Tuesday 25 September 2018 Lars H Sendstad will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Master / PhD students and junior researchers may apply for scholarships until October 15 2018.
The article "Collaborative transportation with overlapping coalitions" has been published in European Journal of Operational Research.
On Wednesday 23 May 2018 Evangelos Kyritsis will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Our fish is not worth much if only we can eat it. Much of the value lies in our neighbours also when it comes to power, wind and reservoirs.
The article "Does energy efficiency affect ship values in the second-hand market?" has been published in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice.
Roar Ådland: There is no financial gain in digitalisation for the shipping companies.
Despite massive exposure, it is far from certain that Maersk and IBM will win the digitalisation race in the shipping sector, says Roar Ådland.
Roar Ådland writes about electrification in shipping, getting views from Tesla’s Elon Musk.
The article "The energy efficiency effects of periodic ship hull cleaning" has been published in Journal of Cleaner Production.
The article "Integrated maritime fuel management with stochastic fuel prices and new emission regulations" has been published in Journal of the Operational Research Society.
Chronicle by Gunnar S. Eskeland: Exemptions from taxes lead to more and better electric cars and fuel efficient cars. The effect is mainly as desired, but there are some mistakes that should be corrected quickly.
The article "A framework to evaluate policy options for supporting electric vehicles in urban freight transport" has been published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.
The article "Finding the right yardstick: Regulation of electricity networks under heterogeneous environments" has been published in European Journal of Operational Research.
The article "Hybrid pricing in a coupled European power market with more wind power" has been published in European Journal of Operational Research.
The article "Energy efficiency with the application of Virtual Arrival policy" has been published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.
Since 2005, those responsible for Chilean top flight football have used NHH researcher Mario Guajardo’s mathematical models to schedule fixtures. His methods are now also used in the South American World Cup qualification system.
The article "Does fuel efficiency pay? Empirical evidence from the dry bulk timecharter market revisited" by Roar Os Ådland, Harrison Marshall Alger, Justina Banyte, and Haiying Jia has been published in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice.
On Monday 8 June 2015 Victoria Gribkovskaia will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Warmer climate creates trouble for power plants. When the temperature rises, plants are forced to reduce production or shut down.
On Tuesday 10 June 2014 Patrick André Narbel will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Friday 30 August 2013 Mario Guajardo will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic, and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
More and more economists are critical of the prevailing climate policy and believe that Norway must consider leaving its oil where it is. 'This is a very controversial view, because Norway has become so dependent on its oil revenues,' says Professor Gunnar S. Eskeland.
