Operating techniques in Renewable Energy
under arctic conditions
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PROJECT DETAILS
| Partners | Nukissiorfiit, Greenland’s Energy Company Greenland’s Technical School KTI Svalbard Folkehøgskole, Norway Herningsholm Erhvervsskole, Denmark Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Denmark |
| Project span | 2021-2023 |
| Countries | Denmark, Greenland, Norway |
| Funding | Nordplus Adult 2021 |
| Type of project | Capacity building, education, development |
PROJECT NEWS
Education presented at the Education Caravan 2024 in Sisimiut, Greenland
Education approved: “many a mickle makes a muckle”
Folkecenter met with member of parliament from Greenland
When Energy and Education Meet up North – Folkecenter in Greenland
Trip to Greenland, November 2021, in pictures
New Project: Renewable Energy Training in the Arctic Region
Grønland og Vedvarende Energi
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Arctic region in particular is critical for the planet’s climate future. The Arctic is characterized by smaller communities who, due to distances and climate, do not have the opportunity to be connected to the national electricity grid, and today is the majority of these communities supplied with fossil energy. Switching to as much renewable energy as possible is a massive challenge, which requires new knowledge and training.
The extent of climate change in the cryosphere is decisive for the global climate. Getting the Arctic involved in the climate fight can only be achieved through relevant education of the people out in the communities and settlements, and the spread of knowledge for the entire population.
The project aims to develop and expand the Nordic countries position on conversion to clean renewable energy with a focus on citizen involvement and presence in Arctic.
And more importantly, the project aims to develop innovative teaching material that supports and spreads competences related to the use of renewable energy in the Arctic.
TASKS OF THE PROJECT PARTNERS
The project partners have come together in this project to support the green transition in the Arctic.
Nukissiorfiit has a clear task that the public energy supply must be based as much as possible on renewable energy sources before 2030. They need to educate their employees.
Svalbard Folkehøgskole’s task in thes project is to increase knowledge of Arctic conditions in a time of climate crisis, and to educate students from all over the world in sustainable solutions for this.
Nordic Folkecenter supports innovation, education and competence building for a more sustainable world, and sees the development in the Arctic as absolutely central to success in that connection.
KTI and Herningsholm are two well-known educational institutions, which will complement each other with specific educational knowledge, experience and recruitment basis for both students and teachers.
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN THE PROJECT
The project supports the Greenlandic self-government’s goal of “that energy production on such a large scale as possible must be converted to renewable forms of energy”.
PROJECT PARTNERS
Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy
The project is supported by Nordplus Adult 2021
