Essays about: "oslo university"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words oslo university.

1. 1. Using a GIS to enable an economic, land use and energy output comparison between small wind powered turbines and large-scale wind farms: the case of Oslo, Norway.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Colin Potter; [2023]
   Keywords : Geography; GIS; Wind power; Renewable energy sources; urban wind energy; urban areas; planning; vertical axis wind turbines; comparative studies; urban integrated energy systems; Oslo; Roan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Responding to an identified knowledge gap, the study aims to determine if smaller wind turbines located on top of existing urban buildings are more resource efficient (land utilization and economically) than large scale wind farms. To answer this question, using a GIS, the resource efficiency of the Roan wind farm in Northern Norway was compared to a theoretical modeled installation of small-scale wind turbines on top of buildings within a 2km radius study zone in central Oslo. READ MORE

3. 2. Abkhazia and Russia: A Role Theory Analysis : A Qualitative Study of the Relationship Between a De Facto State and its Patron

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Julia Linderfalk; [2022]
   Keywords : Role theory; Abkhazia; Russia; patron-client relationships; role coherence; passive strategy;

   Abstract : This paper investigates why patron states choose to adopt a passive strategy in relation to de facto states. Pål Kolstø from the University of Oslo has claimed that this strategy is based on the assumption that de facto states have nowhere else to turn. In this thesis, role theory is used to expand this claim. READ MORE

4. 3. Investigating strains on the Oseberg ship using photogrammetry and finite element modeling

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Tillämpad mekanik

   Author : Andreas Eriksson; Erik Thermaenius; [2020]
   Keywords : Oseberg ship; strain; strain analysis; mechano-sorptive strains; Delaunay triangulation; finite element analysis;

   Abstract : The Oseberg ship is known as one of the finest surviving artifacts from the Viking age, with origins dated back to the 800s. The ship has been displayed in the Viking ship museum in Oslo since 1926. The nearly 100 years on museum display along with the over 1000 years it was buried has weakened the structure of the ship. READ MORE

5. 4. SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF DECENTRALISED SOLAR PROJECTS: INTRODUCING A MULTI-CRITERIA APPROACH

   University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

   Author : Ninad Mukul Mutatkar; [2017]
   Keywords : solar energy; rural energy; electrification; sustainability; indicators; multi-criteria;

   Abstract : Lack of energy access in developing countries remains a major barrier in the economic development of rural communities. Worldwide, about 1.3 billion people lack access to modern energy services, and there is a need to pursue ways other than grid extension due to the remoteness of most of these communities from national grids. READ MORE

6. 5. How to provide a humanitarian warehouse location model with data - An assessment of scenario creation and data availability at the United Nations High-Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik

   Author : Karolina Lindén; Peter Dahl; [2016]
   Keywords : Humanitarian logistics; facility location problem; scenario planning; data availability; aid; refugees; UNHCR; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : At the end of 2014, 38 million people around the world had fled their homes due to man-made disasters such as war, armed conflict and violence. To save the lives and alleviate the suffering of these refugees and displaced is the purpose of Humanitarian Logistics. READ MORE