Anthology on energy

Researchers connected to the KTH Energy Platform and VA (Public & Science) have co-created an anthology on energy together.

Energy is everywhere. We take for granted that it will be available when we want to heat our homes, cook, use our computers, mobile phones, escalators, cranes, X-ray machines, buses, trains, planes and cars. It is an integral, often invisible – and unfortunately rather unsustainable part of our lives.

Today, we know that the world’s energy system needs to be fundamentally transformed. This is crucial if we want to be able to slow down climate change and create a sustainable society. And we all have important roles to play in the transformation. But how do we change something we cannot see?

In the book Towards the energy of the future – the invisible revolution behind the electrical socket, some of Sweden’s leading energy researchers share their views on familiar and less familiar challenges and solutions related to the energy system of the future. The purpose of the anthology is to stimulate conversation and constructive debate so that we can address the challenges in open dialogue and ensure that our future is shaped by facts and knowledge. The anthology is co-created through workshops and training in science communication organised jointly by KTH and VA.

Chapters and authors

• What is energy? 
  Matthäus Bäbler & Fredrik Brounéus
• What is electricity? 
  Lina Bertling Tjernberg
• Energy in a historical perspective 
  Per Högselius
• A sustainable society cannot afford to waste energy 
  Christophe Duwig
• Shaping energy projects and policies with the UN Sustainable Development Goals 
  Francesco Fuso-Nerini
• Oil (and gas) addiction 
  Christophe Duwig
• Biomass 
  Henrik Kusar
• Energy from faeces: harnessing energy from one of the most abundant materials on the planet 
  Daniel Ddiba
• Back to the future with hydrogen 
  Ann Cornell
• Materials – a tangible challenge for the electrification of society 
  Kerstin Forsberg & Christopher Hulme
• Sustainable electricity grids – a prerequisite for the energy system of the future 
  Lina Bertling Tjernberg
• Nuclear power of the future 
  Pär Olsson
• Homes in the smart grid 
  Cecilia Katzeff
• The Internet of Things 
  Carlo Fischione
• Cyber security in the energy system 
  Fredrik Heiding