Industrial decarbonization: highlights from NorRen 2025

This year, the Norwegian Research School in Renewable Energy (NorRen) took place from August 18-22. It gathered 30 PhD students from Norwegian and European Universities. The summer school was held at Fana Folkeh?gskule, near Bergen, in a green and peaceful setting.

Students and lecturers standing in front of the onshore storage tanks at Northern Lights in ?ygarden. A few days after our visit, the first CO? was successfully injected into the reservoir. Photo: Ingvild Budal Jacobsen/UiO

By Ingvild Budal Jacobsen
Published Sep. 2, 2025

Exploring pathways to decarbonization

The week was packed with activities. There were lectures, visits to industrial sites, a trip to the town hall in ?ygarden, collaborative group work, presentations, and engaging lectures at the University of Bergen. The event concluded with a geopolitics simulation exercise, which was met with enthusiastic participation by the PhD students.