Zero Emission Resource Organisation
Foundation | |
Industry | Environmentalism |
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Founded | 2002 |
Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
Area served | Norway |
Key people | Espen Espeset (Chairman) Marius Holm (Director) |
Number of employees | Approx. 25 |
Website | www.zero.no |
Zero Emission Resource Organisation or ZERO is a
Issues
ZERO promotes new technology that enables emission-free energy solutions without harming the environment. Important issues are electric cars and chargers, carbon capture and storage (CCS), renewable energy, electrification of offshore installations, climate-friendly construction and buildings and fossil-free plastic. It also promotes biofuel as an alternative to fossil fuels.[3]
ZERO worked to establish an electricity certificate scheme to promote renewable energy in Norway and Sweden.
The organisation receives financial support from a wide range of public and private donors. Among others, the partners include
ZERO produces knowledge-based reports, writes op-eds and comments in the media and arranges various meetings, seminars and conferences.
The Zero conference
The biggest event is the annual ZERO conference (Zero-konferansen), that takes place in Oslo, Norway every November. The conference, established in 2006, is the largest climate conference in Norway with more than 1000 attendants. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kofi Annan, Jens Stoltenberg, Chelsea Clinton and former chairman of the IPCC Rajendra K. Pachauri have all been speakers at the conference.[10]
References
- ^ ZERO (2008-01-18). "Om ZERO" (in Norwegian).
- ^ ZERO (2008-01-15). "Zero Emission Resource Organisation".
- ^ Teknisk Ukeblad (2008-06-11). "-Biodrivstoff skulle aldri vært på markedet" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Energy, Ministry of Petroleum and (2012-12-14). "Electricity certificates". Government.no. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ Teknisk Ukeblad (2007-12-18). "Hydrogenveien" (in Norwegian).
- ^ ZERO (2006-03-30). "Horfor hydrogen?" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Stavanger Aftenblad (2008-05-31). "-Lett å kutte 6 mill. tonn CO2" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Stavanger Aftenblad (2008-06-06). "Reagerer på vindmøllvern" (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Våre støttespillere - ZERO". ZERO (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ "Tag-Arkiver Zerokonferansen". blogg.zero.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2017-04-21.