CO2 capture is a is a key technology to try and realize net zero emissions. Having the Ramble batch but also being enrolled at DTU is kind of a unique position. It was very easy to see, okay, this is a problem that our clients are facing. How about you start off by shortly explaining what the core problem of your research was? You can say CO2 capture is one of the sort of the key technologies that, for example, the Danish government is betting on to help get to both the two thousand and thirty, but also the two thousand and fifty climate reduction, emission reduction targets. And it's a technology that works by capturing CO2 from gas streams before the CO2 enters the atmosphere, thereby reducing the emissions of, for example, power generation facilities and industrial emitters. And so you can say one of the key cornerstones of my research work has been to identify and address barriers related to deployment of CO2 capture technologies. So mainly that has been about costs, but it has also been about investigating and addressing some of the environmental challenges related to these technologies. How do you see your research contributing to the Ramble ambition of combining technical excellence with social responsibility and ethical practice. I think as as our clients are also pursuing a a decarbonization agenda and trying to go towards zero emissions, It it fits very well. My research work fits very well into to the overall strategy and and commitment because CO two capture is a is a key technology to try and realize a net zero emissions by abating the CO2 emissions from some of these otherwise very difficult industries and sectors. And and in that regard, the research work speaks directly towards that that that challenge. I think it's been it's only been underlined for me that that we should carefully consider where to to where to to integrate the the technology. I still think it has a lot of promise. I still think, especially in the Nordic region and in Europe, are many, many, many sites that are where it's it's it's completely obvious to to integrate CO2 capture. But but I would say we we have to we have to do it in a clever way. In the PhD, you've been working across sectors, across industry and and academia Collaborating with with different people. How has that affected how you consider your work and research and innovation? Having the Ramble batch, but also being enrolled at DTU is kind of a unique position because it it allowed me to approach collaborations with you can say both hats. So so it was both possible for me to to act as a consultant and as a as a researcher. Do you feel more like a researcher or a consultant at this point? I feel like a good mix. It's I think it I I I don't fit neatly into either box but yeah. I think it's a good mix. The location within Ramble was also supremely interesting to me because it meant that we could more easily sort of identify and address the the key challenges that were evident in the market. And I think that would have been more difficult for me to to to sort of really be in in tune with if I was at at a university instead. So because we I was working from the the head office here in Copenhagen all all three years, it was it was very easy to see, okay, this is a problem that our clients are facing. So this is one of the the aspects that I'm going to focus my research work on. Also because it it it has always been more interesting to me if it's applied and if it's industrially relevant, if we're solving real world problems. And and in that regard, it was very interesting to be in Ramble to to identify the challenges and and be able to actually try and solve and address them. It has enabled me to work as a technical specialist only three years after finalizing my master thesis. So I I think that would not have been possible in the same extent if I had had not done the PhD. And what's a question that I didn't ask but should have? You can say that all of the knowledge generated in the PhD has been directly pushed into to Ramble as a as a learning organization and we've done many of these lessons learned from based on what we did for example at the large pilot plant. So I think those learnings have directly contributed to for example us winning more projects And in that regard, I think there can be a benefit to both, you can say, personal and professional growth on the individual level, but also on the organizational level. Do you want to make a difference in the world? I would like to be able to tell my kids one day when I have them that that I was contributing, yes, to to to get to to where we are supposed to go as a society. And and in that regard, I think my primary contribution has been in the PhD work so far, trying to push some of these challenges out of the way so that we can make room for, say, a more widespread deployment of this technology so that it can actually make a difference in our goals.
