A dozen students from California and Sweden are back home this week after completing an international eight-week exchange program between UC Berkeley and KTH Royal Institute of Technology focused on energy research.
UC Berkeley undergraduate Daisy Kerr, who works with Energy & Resources Group professor Daniel Kammen, spent eight weeks analyzing Stockholm’s new climate action plan. Working with KTH professor Dilip Khatiwada, Kerr conducted qualitative and descriptive mapping of the climate, land, energy, and water impacts of phasing out fossil oil in the city’s municipal district heating system. She also assessed the effects of building new bioenergy, carbon capture, and storage facilities.
“Stockholm’s biomass and waste-based district heating and power system fascinated me,” she said. “It is tailored to the city’s needs and available resources, so it is much different from California’s energy systems.”
While Kerr was in Stockholm, KTH student Felix Askenberger worked closely with Kammen—one of the leading researchers on the energy transition in the United States.
Read more about their experience on the KTH Royal Institute of Technology’s website.