Zero Emission Resource Organisation or ZERO is a Norwegian environmental organisation that was founded in 2002 to work on the reduction of

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es, primarily in Norway. The philosophy of the organisation is that if new facilities are made emission-free, then when existing plants and methods are phased out due to old age and outdated technology, society is left with emission-free facilities. The primary working areas include disposal,

renewable energy Renewable energy (also called green energy) is energy made from renewable resource, renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human lifetime, human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind pow ...

, especially

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, and new transportation

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s, including

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and

biofuel Biofuel is a fuel that is produced over a short time span from Biomass (energy), biomass, rather than by the very slow natural processes involved in the formation of fossil fuels such as oil. Biofuel can be produced from plants or from agricu ...

. ZERO is organised as a foundation and was started by former activists and employees of Natur og Ungdom and Bellona.

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sources include industrial associations and companies. ZERO is led by Marius Holm (director) and Erik Espeset (chairman).

Issues

ZERO promotes new technology that enables emission-free energy solutions without harming the environment. Important issues are

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s and chargers, carbon capture and storage (CCS),

, electrification of offshore installations, climate-friendly construction and buildings and fossil-free

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. It also promotes biofuel as an alternative to fossil fuels. ZERO worked to establish an electricity certificate scheme to promote renewable energy in Norway and Sweden. The organisation also supported Hynor—A chain of hydrogen fuel stations that would span the South Coast from Oslo to

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. It promotes CO₂-capture and storage from industrial plants and other industrial emission reductions and is a supporter of windmills. The organisation receives financial support from a wide range of public and private donors. Among others, the partners include Elkem, Siemens,

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Norway, Scatec Solar, Tesla and Statoil. 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.

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, Jens Stoltenberg, Chelsea Clinton and former chairman of the

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Rajendra K. Pachauri have all been speakers at the conference.

References

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