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Asbjørn Torvanger

Asbjørn Torvanger

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Asbjørn is an economist studying climate economics and policy, focusing on energy and climate.

Currently his projects include climate finance (choice of finance instruments for climate projects in developing countries), governance of biomass energy combined with carbon capture and storage, and design of climate policy after the Paris Agreement.

Publications

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Impact of the EU’s Green Deal Policies on the Norwegian Power Sector and Macroeconomy

Taoyuan Wei, Eirik Ogner Jåstad, Niels Oliver Nagel et al.

Energies , 2026

Academic article

Impact of CO2 compensation scheme jointly with the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: the case of Norway

Taoyuan Wei, Steffen Kallbekken, Asbjørn Torvanger

Energy , 2026

Academic article

Kan hydrogen og ammoniakk redusere norske klimagassutslipp?

Asbjørn Torvanger, Ragnhild Børke, Emil Dæhlin et al.

Sammfunnøkonomen , 2026

Article in business/trade/industry journal

Er datasentre berekraftige? Energi og effektivitet

Asbjørn Torvanger

2026

Other presentation

USA dominerer KI-kappløpet, med Europa langt etter | Digi.no

Asbjørn Torvanger

2026

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Hydrogen production is gaining attention in Norway

Published 10.1.2025

Shipping and heavy transport must reduce emissions. Hydrogen and ammonia are emerging as potential alternative fuels. The EU is optimistic, but is this a sustainable solution for the future?

What is carbon capture?

Published 2.2.2022

We know that global greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced. And carbon capture and storage is drawing increasing interest as an important solution to achieving that goal. Coal power plants and cement production, ocean storage of co₂ emissions, Longship for transporting co₂ along the coastline ... It can all be confusing, so here is a brief explanation.

Carbon capture and storage

Projects

FAIRPOWER: A fair low-emission transition of the power market

Fairpower er et prosjekt som skal undersøke hvilke grupper i samfunnet som blir påvirket av endringer i kraftmarkedet. Prosjektet skal se på hvordan kompensasjonsordninger kan bli utformet for å rette opp uønskede skjevheter og samtidig ikke bremse lavutslippsomstillingen.

Just transition | Renewable energy | Energy policy in Norway

NOREGRET: Norway in the European green transition

Norway’s climate target to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and become a low-emissions society by 2050, will require significantly stronger climate and energy policies. In NOREGRET, social and energy scientists are studying how such a transition can be carried out.

Renewable energy | Norwegian climate policy | Hydrogen | Acceptance

Politically Feasible Renewable Energy Development: The Role of Public Acceptance

Politically Feasible Renewable Energy Development: The Role of Public Acceptance. The over-arching task of this project is to study the political feasibility of the low carbon energy policy transition initiated by the EU. In order to adopt and implement efficient policies at the regional, national and local level, public acceptance for policy change will be crucial.

Renewable energy | Acceptance

Research groups

Climate Economics

The Climate Economics group is an applied, policy-oriented research team specializing in the design and evaluation of climate policy. The group combines economic modeling, statistical analysis, and behavioural and experimental methods to assess the cost effectiveness, distributional impacts and political feasibility of climate policies.

Events

29 september 2023

Decarbonizing the Nordic power system – Securing supply and reducing unwanted distributional consequences.

In this webinar we discuss challenges and opportunities for the Nordic power system given ambitious climate policy targets, broad electrification, and the fast growth of renewable electricity production.

Renewable energy | Energy consumption | Energy policy in the EU | Energy policy in Norway