During the winter of 2013, Northern Norway saw several large avalanche episodes that caused closed roads and loss of human lives. On Senja and Kval\o ya two large avalanches were reported and images from RADARSAT-2 were ordered in ultrafine mode with the goal of detecting these large avalanches in SAR images. Later that year another two images were ordered from RADARSAT-2 that were be used as reference ...

Distributed renewable generation and power flow control are promising tech- nologies for increasing power system efficiency. Renewable energy production close to consumption reduces need for transport of power to these locations. The benefits of reactive flow control are well documented, and in recent years the use of energy storage for active power control has increased in relevance. The power ...

Icing on wind turbines are known to lower their performance, but the exact relationship between wind, ice and power production is not known. In this thesis power loss due to icing on turbine blades at Aapua wind park is investigated for the winter season 2009-2010. The total loss is found to be 30%, whereof 25% is concluded being due to icing. Three different methods are presented to estimate ...

The world faces one of the greatest challenges by changing the economy in a direction where higher resource productivity and lower greenhouse gas emis- sions are the main focus. The most prominent solution to reduce green house gases is a greater utilisation of renewable energy sources. With a rapid tech- nological advancement, solar energy is now one of the least expensive forms of power in two ...

Degradation of pressurized topside static mud equipment is a very complex process. Inspection is a helpful tool to monitor degradation and helps reduce the number of critical failures. If it is left undetected and unchecked, it can lead to leakage resulting in accidents. To set up an effective inspection program, the concepts of Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) can be utilized. RBI helps to develop an ...

The Arctic climate has changed considerably in the last few decades. Hence, a large fraction of the current studies of the Arctic climate relies on global atmospheric reanalyses, due to the shortage of meteorological observations in the Arctic. However, global climate models have shown to struggle with simulating the current conditions in the Arctic region. Thus, the objective of this thesis is to ...

The Norwegian energy system has traditionally had an energy surplus with a large share of hydro power. Due to increasing demand of power from large scale electrification, the power system is estimated to experience hours of national power deficient in 2030 even with moderate increase of consumption. Extensive increase of variable production renewable power from wind and solar in Northern Europe has ...

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been proposed as one of the alternatives for climate mitigation. CCS is a process where CO2 is trapped from large point sources, transported to a storage location and injected into storage reservoirs. One of the alternatives for CO2-storage is underground geological storage. Characterizing such an underground reservoir is crucial for safe storage, where leakage ...

Økt konkurranse fra andre fornybare energikilder, økt energibehov og økt behov for reguleringsevne stiller stadig større krav til eksisterende og nye vannkraftverk. Vannkraftsektoren har de siste hundre årene ikke opplevd reell konkurranse fra andre teknologier her til lands, og har derfor ikke blitt tvunget til innovasjon og nytenking i samme grad som andre deler av kraftnæringen. De siste årene ...

Since 1999, the Pine Wood Nematode (PWN) has spread, infected and damaged growing areas of pine forest in Portugal. The pest is subject to strict quarantine measures, that require forest owners to register, fell and dispose of infected trees. As remote sensing from satellites provides repetitive and consistent data sets with high temporal resolution and large spatial coverage, a surveillance based ...