Centre for Energy Research

NUPI’s Centre for Energy Research is an interdisciplinary research centre covering international relations and economic issues related to the field of energy. The centre was originally established as the Energy programme in 2006, and brings together researchers from different parts of NUPI working on energy issues.

The centre's objective is to be a forum for analysis of international energy issues, as well as Norway’s role on the international energy arena. It is to function as a meeting place for international actors working on energy related questions, and to facilitate debates on international energy policies.

News

NEW ARTICLE: The International Renewable Energy Agency has a massive potential
21 Jun 2018
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
So how is the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), founded in 2009, doing?
Energy Climate
Public brainpower critical for managing natural resources
18 Dec 2017
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
A new book edited by NUPI researcher Indra Øverland examines how civil society, public debate and freedom of speech affect the management of oil and gas resources.
Energy Styring
Renewables change geopolitics

23 Jun 2017
In cooperation with IRENA, Harvard University and Columbia University, NUPI this week publish a report exploring the opportunities and challenges renewables have on geopolitics.
Energy International economics
Green future – risks and opportunities
23 Mar 2017
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
NUPI has partnered with Columbia University and Harvard University.
Energy Climate Utenrikspolitikk Styring International organizations
ExxonMobil & Rosneft: Trump renews the bromance?
10 Mar 2017
- - Indra Overland
Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson is secretary of state in the USA. That may ease the tension in the country's relationship with Russia.
Energy Russia and Eurasia North America

Publications

Publication
EU climate and energy policy: new challenges for old energy suppliers
2018
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
The geopolitics of renewable energy: Debunking four emerging myths
2018
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
A Place in the Sun? IRENA’s Position in the Global Energy Governance Landscape
2018
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ANTOLOGI

Public Brainpower: Civil Society and Natural Resource Management

2018
Publication
Kazakhstan: Civil Society and Natural Resource Policy in Kazakhstan
2018
- - Roman Vakulchuk
- - Indra Overland
Publication : NUPI Report
Impact of Climate Change on ASEAN International Affairs: Risk and Opportunity Multiplier
2017
- - Indra Overland
- - Roman Vakulchuk
Publication
The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy
2017
- - Indra Overland
- - Roman Vakulchuk
Publication
Myanmars Attractiveness for Investment in the Energy Sector: A Comparative International Perspective
2017
- - Indra Overland
- - Roman Vakulchuk
Publication
Ranking Oil, Gas and Mining Companies on Indigenous Rights in the Arctic
2016
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL

Arctic petroleum's community impacts: Local perceptions from Hammerfest, Norway

2016
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Public Administration Reform and Its Implications for Foreign Petroleum Companies in Kazakhstan
2016
- - Roman Vakulchuk
Publication : ARTIKKEL
The Energy Union and Security-of-Gas-Supply
2016
- - Ole Gunnar Austvik
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Energy: The Missing Link in Globalization
2016
- - Indra Overland
Publication
The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: Gazprom Encounters EU Regulation
2017
- - Indra Overland
Publication
Russia–EU Energy Relations: from Complementarity to Distrust?
2016
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication : ANTOLOGI

EU Leadership in Energy and Environmental Governance: Global and Local Challenges and Responses

2016
Publication
Engergy Security in the Baltic Sea Region: Regional coordination and and management of interdependencies
2015
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication
Future Petroleum Geopolitics: Consequences of Climate Policy and Unconventional Oil and Gas
2015
- - Indra Overland
Publication
Joining Rosneft in the Sea of Okhotsk: Statoil's Pivot to Asia?
2015
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Financial Sanctions Impact Russian Oil, Equipment Export Ban's Effects Limited
2015
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ANTOLOGI

International Arctic Petroleum Cooperation: Barents Sea Scenarios

2015
Publication
Has the EU Learnt from the Ukraine Crisis? Changes to Security, Energy and Migration Governance
2015
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication
The Power to Influence Europe? Russia’s Grand Gas Strategy, PISM Strategic File 6(69)
2015
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Macht aus der Pipeline: Russlands Energiepolitik und die EU
2015
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Energy in the neighborhood: Russian and EU perspectives and policies
2015
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication
Innovation, networks and energy governance: The case of shale gas, GR:EEN Policy Brief 22
2014
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication
Petroleum revenue and Caspian security, conflict driver or means of conflict resolution
2014
- - Indra Overland
Publication
How does the search for energy security affect EU policies in other issue-areas? GR:EEN Policy Brief 23
2014
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication
The Norwegian Energy Security Debate : Domestic and International Dimensions
2014
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication
Russia’s External Energy Strategy: Opportunities and Challenges until 2030
2014
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication : ANTOLOGI

Russian Energy in a Changing World: What is the Outlook for the Hydrocarbons Superpower

2013
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Gazprom vs. other Russian gas producers: The evolution of the Russian gas sector
2013
- - Indra Overland
- - Alesia Prachakova (Former employee)
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Rosneft’s offshore partnerships: the re-opening of the Russian petroleum frontier?
2013
- - Indra Overland
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Gas, Price, and Russia's Modernization
2013
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Strategie energetyczne Rosji i Norwegii: podobieństwa i różnice (Energy strategies of Russia and Norway: similarities and differences)
2012
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication
Russian External Energy Strategy: Opportunities and Constraints
2012
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Natural Gas and CO2 Price Variation: Impact on the Relative Cost-Efficiency of LNG and Pipelines
2012
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Challenges to Russia's post-Rao UES energy paradigm: a window of opportunity for sustainable market development
2011
- - Indra Overland
Publication
Subsidised Energy and Hesitant Elites in Russia
2012
- - Indra Overland
Publication
Nord Stream: Globalization in the Pipeline
2011
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Russlands eksterne energistrategi : utfordringer og muligheter
2011
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Pricing Pain: Social Discontent and Political Willpower in Russia's Gas Sector
2011
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
La politique énergétique de la Russie en Arctique
2011
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Kooperation statt Konfrontation: Štokman, Jamal und Russlands Energiepolitik in der Arktis
2011
- - Indra Overland
Publication
Close Encounters: Russian Policymaking and International Oil Companies
2011
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
A limited toolbox: Explaining the constraints on Russia’s foreign energy policy
2011
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Russia and the Formation of a Gas Cartel
2011
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Upstream Opportunities in Russia and Central Asia
2010
- - Indra Overland
Publication : SHORTCOMM
The Surge in Unconventional Gas: Implications for Russian Export Strategies
2010
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
New Narratives on Renewable Energy Policy
2010
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ANTOLOGI

Caspian Energy Politics

2010
Publication : ARTIKKEL
The South Stream versus Nabucco Pipeline Race: Geopolitical and Economic (Ir)rationales and Political Stakes in Mega-projects
2010
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Reducing Energy Subsidies in China, India and Russia: Dilemmas for Decision Makers
2010
- - Indra Overland
- - Marc Lanteigne
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Russia's Arctic energy policy
2010
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
The Siberian Curse: A Blessing in Disguise for Renewable Energy?
2010
- - Indra Overland
Publication : MONOGRAFI
The Caspian Sea Region towards 2025
2010
- - Indra Overland
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Subsidies for fossil fuels and climate change: a comparative perspective
2010
- - Indra Overland
Publication
Strategic decision making in Russian energy sector: The Case of Nord Stream
2010
- - Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publication : MONOGRAFI
Russian Renewable Energy: The Potential for International Cooperation
2009
- - Indra Overland
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

Nord Stream 2: policy dilemmas and the future of EU gas market

2016

Projects

Research project

Renewable Energy and Geopolitics

2016 - 2017 (Completed)

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...

Energy Security policy Terrorisme og ekstremisme Conflict resolution Climate Development policy