Energy
Access to energy is decisive for economic growth and security, but also implications for climate change and local pollution problems.
Energy issues of particular relevance for Norway are the petroleum sector and renewable energy. NUPI’s research on energy issues is coordinated by the institute’s Energy Programme. This programme, established in 2006, is a cross-cutting activity in which NUPI’s other organizational units are also involved.
At NUPI, research on energy issues focuses on:
- the Arctic
- the former Soviet Union
- Asia
News about energy
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Renewables creates change in geopolitics
23 Jun 2017In cooperation with IRENA, Harvard University and Columbia University, NUPI this week publish a report exploring the opportunities and challenges renewables have on geopolitics.
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Green future – risks and opportunities
23 Mar 2017NUPI has partnered with Columbia University and Harvard University.
Publications about energy
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Publication
The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy
For a century, the geopolitics of energy has been synonymous with the geopolitics of oil and gas. However, geopolitics and the global energy economy are both changing. The international order predominant since the end of World War II faces mounting challenges. At the same time, renewable energy is growing... -
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Myanmars Attractiveness for Investment in the Energy Sector: A Comparative International Perspective
This report examines the strengths and weaknesses of Myanmar’s business climate in the petroleum and renewable energy sectors: how it compares with other countries, especially in ASEAN; what matters to foreign investors; and how this situation can be improved. Not resting on one’s (new) laurels: The... -
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Promises, promises: The unbuilt petroleum environment in Murmansk
2017The Arctic as a booming oil and gas province has been a predominant geopolitical representation of the region. However, the shale gas revolution in the United States and the drop in oil prices since late 2014 has reduced the viability of many high-cost Arctic oil and gas prospects. Little scholarly...
Research projects about energy
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Research project
Renewable Energy and Geopolitics
2016 - 2017 (Ongoing)The project examines the geopolitical consequences of a large-scale transition to renewable energy, both in terms of the fading of old energy and geopolitical patterns and systems and the emergence of...
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Research project
Global management of energy areas in a globalized world. (Energistyring)
2015 - 2017 (Ongoing)This project aims to explore how structural changes in the surroundings, in form of increased integration between different energy sources and regions, is managed by international organizations.
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Research project
Science and Business in Arctic Environmental Governance (POLGOV)
2016 - 2019 (Ongoing)We know little about the role of science and business actors in contemporary Arctic governance. This project seeks to address this gap