Aasland's harmful frivolities about sea wind
Gunnar S. Eskeland: When profitability assessments are elevated to central offices that think "general", then there will be a rigid societal restructuring. The recipe causes expensive grabbing.
Professor Gunnar S. Eskeland
- Gunnar.Eskeland@nhh.no
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- +47 55 95 96 99
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- Business and Management Science
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- Expertise
- Environmental Economics Energy Shipping, transport and logistics Public Finance Welfare Economics Development Economics
BIOGraphy
Gunnar S. Eskeland is a Professor of Resource and Environmental Economics. Eskeland, who received his Dr. Oecon. degree in Economics from NHH in 2001, has worked in developing countries in senior research positions at the World Bank. Applications include environmental protection, transport and air quality, energy economics, shipping markets, climate policy.
Recent work on climate change has included energy sector analysis, European policy review, research on technological change and an R&D treaty. Eskeland is heavily involved in the Master’s profile in Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment, with an international student body, and is directing the Energy and Climate research program.
Selected publications
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Lindstad, Elizabeth; Ask, Tor Øyvind; Cariou, Pierre; Eskeland, Gunnar; Rialland, Agathe Isabelle | Wise use of renewable energy in transport | Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment Volume 119 (13 pages); 2023 |
| Lindstad, Elizabeth; Eskeland, Gunnar; Rialland, Agathe Isabelle; Valland, Anders | Decarbonizing Maritime Transport: The Importance of Engine Technology and Regulations for LNG to serve as a Transition Fuel | Sustainability Volume 12 (21) (21 pages); 2020 |
| Lindstad, Elizabeth; Borgen, Henning; Eskeland, Gunnar; Paalson, Christopher; Psaraftis, Harialos; Turan, Osman | The Need to Amend IMO’s EEDI to Include a Threshold for Performance in Waves (Realistic Sea Conditions) to Achieve the Desired GHG Reductions | Sustainability Volume 11 (13) (17 pages); 2019 |
| Lindstad, Elizabeth; Eskeland, Gunnar; Sandaas, Inge; Steen, Sverre | Revitalization of short sea shipping through slender, simplified and standardized designs SMC-007-2016 | Transactions - Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Volume 124; page 109 - 123; 2018 |
| Yan, Shiyu; Eskeland, Gunnar | Greening the vehicle fleet: Norway's CO2-Differentiated registration tax | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Volume 91; page 247 - 262; 2018 |
| Lindstad, Haakon Elizabeth; Eskeland, Gunnar; Rialland, Agathe Isabelle | Batteries in offshore support vessels – Pollution, climate impact and economics | Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment Volume 50; page 409 - 417; 2017 |
| Lindstad, Elizabeth; Rehn, Carl Fredrik; Eskeland, Gunnar | Sulphur abatement globally in maritime shipping | Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment Volume 57; page 303 - 313; 2017 |
| Ni, Yuanming; Eskeland, Gunnar; Giske, Jarl; Hansen, Jan Petter | The global potential for carbon capture and storage from forestry | Carbon Balance and Management Volume 11:3; 2016 |
| Eskeland, Gunnar; Lindstad, Haakon Elizabeth | Environmental Taxation in Transport | The International Journal on Green Growth and Development Volume 2 (2); 2016 |
| Lindstad, Haakon Elizabeth; Eskeland, Gunnar | Environmental regulations in shipping: Policies leaning towards globalization of scrubbers deserve scrutiny | Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment Volume 47; page 67 - 76; 2016 |
| Lindstad, Haakon; Eskeland, Gunnar; Psaraftis, Harilaos; Sandaas, Inge; Strømman, Anders Hammer | Maritime shipping and emissions: A three-layered, damage-based approach | Ocean Engineering Volume 110 (B); page 94 - 101; 2015 |
| Lindstad, Haakon; Eskeland, Gunnar | Low carbon maritime transport: How speed, size and slenderness amounts to substantial capital energy substitution | Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment Volume 41; page 244 - 256; 2015 |
| Eskeland, Gunnar; Rive, Nathan Appleton; Mideksa, Torben Kenea | Europe's climate goals and the electricity sector | Energy Policy Volume 41; page 200 - 211; 2012 |
| Linnerud, Kristin; Mideksa, Torben Kenea; Eskeland, Gunnar | The Impact of Climate Change on Nuclear Power Supply | Energy Journal Volume 32 (1); page 149 - 168; 2011 |
| Patt, Anthony; Reckien, Diana; Klein, Richard J. T.; Wrobel, Markus; Bauer, Nico; van Vuuren, Detlef P.; Eskeland, Gunnar; Downing, Thomas E. | What can social science tell us about meeting the challenge of climate change? Five insights from five years that might make a difference | Making Climate Change Work for Us: European Perspectives on Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies; page 369 - 388; 2010 |
| Eskeland, Gunnar; Criqui, Patrick; Jochem, E.; Neufeldt, Henry; Catenazzi, G; Eichhammer, W; Held, Alex; Jakob, M.; Linnerud, Kristin; Mideksa, Torben Kenea; Mima, S; Traber, T; Schade, W; Reiter, U; Rive, Nathan Appleton; Turton, H | Transforming the European energy system | Making Climate Change Work for Us: European Perspectives on Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies; page 165 - 199; 2010 |
| Eskeland, Gunnar; Mideksa, Torben Kenea | Electricity demand in a changing climate | Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change Volume 15 (8); page 877 - 897; 2010 |
| Harstad, Bård; Eskeland, Gunnar | Trading for the future: Signaling in permit markets | Journal of Public Economics Volume 94 (9-10); page 749 - 760; 2010 |
| Alfsen, Knut H.; Eskeland, Gunnar; Linnerud, Kristin | Technological change and the roles of government and private actors | Global Climate Governance Beyond 2012. Architecture, Agency and Adaptation; page 208 - 220; 2010 |
| Staff, Heidi Elisabeth; Eskeland, Gunnar | Richer and healthier, but not Greener? Choices concerning household energy use in India | Energy Policy Volume 37 (8); page 3009 - 3019; 2009 |
Discussion Papers
Department of Business and Management Science, NHH
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Research areas at the department
Main: Energy Markets, Resource Management and Sustainability
Secondary: Business Taxation, Shipping, Logistics and Operations Management
Dissemination
If the oil money stinks, we have to give away more
Gunnar S. Eskeland: The oil revenues have a whiff of both war profit and climate damage. We should probably give more to Ukraine and to climate measures in developing countries.
Norwegian Aviation Unites in Research Project to Cut Air Traffic Emissions
The aviation industry has partnered with NTNU, NHH, Cicero, and Sintef to develop solutions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from Norwegian air traffic.
Emission-free construction sites? No. Square green claims are futile, wrong and expensive
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Demands for zero emissions can become emissions cuts' worst enemy. The requirement for emission-free construction sites is a good example – an expensive miss.
Government green investment should be a subsidy
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Politics must create expectations of private economic profitability from green solutions. It is the state's most important role in the transition.
Plan for reuse and future in the North Sea? No indeed.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Removal of the deck on Statfjord A, of 45,000 tonnes, has been ordered. The lifting ship is ready, but put on hold: There is nowhere to put the deck. The clean-up in the North Sea is becoming problematic.
Melkøya current: Demonstration of power without strategy?
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Jonas Gahr Støre is braving himself and showing power and muscle with the Melkøya decision - it can be smart. But he may have committed a tactical blunder by not resolving the Fosen tangle first.
New article by Eskeland
The article "Wise use of renewable energy in transport" has been published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.
Do the reindeer owners own the wind farms on the Fosen Peninsula?
Gunnar S. Eskeland: If the mills are not to be demolished, it is because the reindeer owners and developers come to an agreement.
The power support fails in every way
Gunnar S. Eskeland: The electricity support only so far amounts to half of the amount Norway will give Ukraine over five years. All the worse that it reinforces both energy scarcity and economic inequality.
Norwegian game of chance with European friendship
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Marketing Norwegian gas as "reliable" means that we must show understanding when our customers experience times of crisis. Støre should travel to Brussels and make Norway a leading and generous partner in the energy crisis.
Additional tax is power, not a partnership
Gunnar S. Eskeland: The oil tax package is the story of a state which, in miserable, nocturnal proceedings on additional taxes, cannot take care of itself, but gives away the people's money to special interests, apparently without getting anything in return.