Green Energy and Technology / Unintended Consequences of Renewable Energy

Introduction: What are Unintended Consequences of Renewable Energy and How Can They be Predicted?.- Rebound Effects.- Consequential Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment.- Implementation of Hydrogen Gas as a Transport Fuel.- Biodiesel and Its Blending into Fossil Diesel.- Towards the use of Electric Cars.- Solar Cell Production.- Final Discussion and Conclusions.

Otto Anderson has an unusually broad scientific background covering a wide spectra of science disciplines. He has applied both natural science and social science methods to address societal problems. Originally trained as a biochemist with practical application of analytical biological separation in combination with immunological methods at the Norwegian Sational Institute of Public Health, Prof. Anderson obtained an understanding for cross-disciplinary problem-based science. The pharmaceutical R&D experience at 3M Company, as well as the regulatory affairs and quality assurance work at Dyno Particles, gave him an insight into the importance of addressing the environmental impacts of industrial production activities. This interest led me to advance my skills further in research on environmental challenges for industrial companies, particularly those with transport services as key activity.

The research at Vestlandsforsking (Western Norway Research Institute) has spanned 18-years of work with energy issues, with special focus on their environmental impacts. The doctoral work on the relation between transport and industrial ecology provided new insight into the environmental aspects of mobile energy, including renewable options. Recently, he is also more engaged in stationary renewable energy production, including solar energy technologies, and the impact assessment of their manufacturing.