Over the course of a year, two competing teams have addressed a crucial question: How can Sweden reach zero emissions of greenhouse gases in the infrastructure sector by 2045?  

Martin Erlandsson, LCA expert at IVL and research fellow in Mistra Carbon Exit was part of the Blue team that won the category "Transformative Complete Solution for zero emissions" with a snake-shaped bridge, in climate-positive steel and concrete construction with honeycomb structure, which also saves materials and produces energy. A winning concept that reduces 304,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Anders Roth, mobility expert at IVL Swedish Environmental Institute and Case study leader for the Mistra Carbon Exit Case study "Local arenas" has together with Svante Axelsson, Fossilfree Sweden and Mats-Ola Larsson, IVL published an opinion piece in Svenska Dagbladet.

California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. announced yesterday that he has appointed Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future (RFF) and Mistra Carbon Exit research fellow, to the Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee, which serves the California Environmental Protection Agency.

If the German government wants to massively increase the amount of electric cars on German roads, this will present new challenges for the energy sector. One particular problem are the distribution grids, which are currently ill-prepared for the additional demand that would be generated by an increased number of households with electric cars. This is the central finding of the latest ZEW Energy Market Barometer, a survey carried out by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, among energy market experts.

This paper by Mistra Carbon Exit research fellows, Dallas Burtraw, RFF, Lars Zetterberg, IVL and Amelia Keyes, RFF,  reviews the interaction of cap and trade with other (companion) air quality and sectoral policies and discusses mechanisms that address inefficiencies, with lessons for the EU.

Master thesis students wanted!

We are looking for 1-2 Master thesis students to conduct a thesis project at Chalmers aimed at exploring the potential for, and the systems effects of, an increased use of cement clinker substitutes in concrete manufacturing in Sweden and Europe.

On April 23rd the Case study on Energy carriers organized a workshop focusing on energy carriers in the iron, steel and cement industry. The aim of the workshop was to share knowledge and to identify energy carriers and associated challenges for further analysis within the energy carrier case study.