The summer school was organized by UiO:Energy and MoZEES in collaboration with NTNU and FME NTRANS. The program was designed to be both interdisciplinary and interactive, with a mixture of expert talks, lectures and group work focusing on various aspects of sustainable transport.

The school gathered PhD students from UiO, NTNU, Arctic University of Norway, Nord University and Chalmers for a week-long program. This year the summer school focused on sustainable transport with lectures covering topics such as hydrogen, sustainable batteries, maritime freight, heavy duty vehicles and geopolitical questions related to sustainable transport.

These scientific topics were presented by a mix of lecturers from UiO, NTNU, Technical University of Munich, Uppsala University, IFE and SINTEF.

Involvement of stakeholders and site visits

The summer school kicked off with a visit to the  International Electric Vehicle Symposium Exhibition, EVS35 OSL2022.

Both private companies and public organizations were invited to share their views on sustainable transport during the summer school – and to highlight both possibilities and challenges. Wilhelmsen/Massterly and SCANIA gave very interesting and inspiring lectures covering topics related the transitions to sustainable transport systems within shipping and heavy-duty vehicles. Bærum Municipality and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration gave the participants their view from both local and national perspectives.

In the middle of the week the students went to several site-visits. Unibuss, a public transport operator in Oslo, organized a site visit to their infrastructure facilities at Alnabru, Stubberud and Furubakken. Unibuss also presented key learnings from the electrification of their bus fleet.

Norled, one of Norway’s largest ferry and express boat operators invited the participants on board on one of the ferries operating between Oslo and Nesodden. Norled shared their key learnings from the electrification of the ferries operating in the Oslo Fjord.

Engaged students

The students themselves played a central role throughout the week. On the first day each of them presented their PhD projects with a poster and a short pitch, effectively getting to know all the other participants. The students worked in groups on an interdisciplinary assignment throughout the week and presented their findings on the last day of the school. There were also lots of questions and discussions in conjunction with the various talks, making it a highly interactive experience.

UiO:Energy  would like to thank all lecturers and students for making the NorRen summer school of 2022 an interesting and highly enjoyable week!