Arrangeres av: Energi i Nord, NORCE, UiT-Norges arktiske universitet, Equinor og Arctic Energy Partners.

Arrangementet foregår på engelsk. The event will be held in English.

Northern-Norway at the forefront in the energy transition

Nothern-Norway has  the potential of being the leading region globally in energy transition, and creating new green industries with complete value chains. In order to be successfull with this ambition the need for reneawble power is essential. A study done by Sintef Energi on behalf of Energi i Nord indicates that the surplus of power we have today, will be gone by 2030. Offshore wind can play a vital part in maintaining a long-term power surplus, to grow new green industries.

Program

Welcome by Petter Bjørkli, Cluster Manager Energi i Nord

• The role of the energy in the green shift by Thor Arne Håverstad, Acting CEO NORCE

• Offshore wind in Northern Norway by Thomas Borgen, Cluster Manager in Offshore Cluster Helgeland

• Panel discussion 1 – Offshore wind in the Arctic – can it be part of the mixed solutions?

• Chair: Marit Magelssen Vambheim – Manager at EY

• Stian Normann Anfinsen – Senior Researcher at NORCE

• Yngve Birkelund – Professor and group leader at Arctic Centre for Sustainable Energy at UIT

• Thomas Borgen – Cluster Manager at Offshore Cluster Helgeland

• Daniel Rogstad – Head of offshore wind BD Norway at Equinor

• Panel discussions 2 – Offshore wind in the Arctic – how do we work together?

• Chair: Petter Bjørkli, Cluster Manager at Energi i Nord

• Geir Håvard Hansen – Business development manager at Troms Kraft

• Siv Dagny Aasvik – Regional Manager at North Offshore Norge

• Jan Henrik Sandberg – Senior Advisor at Fiskarlaget

• Nina Kivijervi Jonassen – Project director at Arctic Energy Partners

Offshore wind project

Together with Norce, UIT - The Arctic university and Equinor we plan a researched based project to identify potenital areas in the Arctic for offshore wind, taking into consideration both wind resource data, as well as coexistence with other industries and peoples opinion on offshore wind. By addressing this in a broad perspective, and with a reschearched based approach we can help esablishing a new green offshore industry in Northern-Norway, which will be vital in the land-based value chains.

Background:

The Norwegian Government presented back in May an ambitious offshore wind initiative. The aim is to use offshore wind power to generate new elctricity on a par with the total amount of electricity currently produced in Norway.

As of today there are now areas in Northern-Norway which are open for offshore wind, meaning that all companies with suppliers are looking towards the North sea. By not focusing on areas in the Arctic, we will again be "left behind" when it comes to developing a new offshore industry and its value chain, along side the fact that land-based industries will need to look elsewhere for stable power supplies.