Green-energy research attracts attention abroad

A ground-breaking research project is seeking to find out how a 100-percent green energy system can be kept stable and reliable.

The results of 24-year-old researcher Helma Maria Trónd’s study will be used in the development of the Faroese energy system and the plan to reach 100 percent sustainable energy use by 2030.

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Trónd’s study looks into the combination of the various sustainable energy sources in an effort to keep such a system stable.

“Sustainable energy sources are not as stable as fossil fuels, because we cannot predict when the wind blows and when the sun shines,” explains the researcher.

Energy for an isolated nation

The project has been described as a breakthrough as it addresses stable green energy supply in an island community. Similar studies are being conducted elsewhere, but there is no ‘package solution’ that can be directly adopted in the Faroes.

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“Unlike countries on the continent, which are part of an energy network and can buy and sell energy to neighbouring countries, the Faroes are an isolated group of islands and we need to come up with our own way of running an electricity grid.”

The study, expected to be completed in 2021, is a collaboration between national energy supplier SEV, the University of Aalborg in Denmark and the University of the Faroe Islands.

Translated by prosa.fo