About us

Key personell with industry experience and energy
know-how

Enerin is a group of highly skilled professionals with extensive experience from industry, energy technology and operation of heating and cooling systems, including industrial heat pumps.

Kjartan Strand
CFO & Partner

  • MSc Business, MBA, MoM, with 35 years of experience as CEO, CFO in sea food, farming industry, venture and scale-ups.

  • Founder/co-founder of several successful companies, including Coast Seafood AS, Norwell AS, Nordland Aquaculture Ltd, Johnson Seawell Ltd, Mistra SA and Westra Fischhandels GmbH

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Trond-Atle Asphjell CTO

Trond-Atle Asphjell
COO & Partner

  • MSc Thermodynamics and refrigeration, with more than 25 years of experience with energy efficiency projects and energy technology

  • CTO Niprox technology AS

  • Co-founder of Single-Phase Power AS

  • Partner at Energi & Miljøteknikk AS, now part of AF Energi og miljøteknikk AS

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Arne Høeg Partner

Arne Høeg
CEO & Partner

  • MSc Mechanical engineering and thermo-dynamics, with more than 20 years of experience with energy technology and industrialization

  • Founder, CEO and inventor at Single-Phase Power AS

  • Partner at Adigo Mekatronikk AS, project manager for R&D projects for subsea drones, machine vision systems, medical technology

  • CTO at Sigma Elektroteknisk AS

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Hilde Landsem
Board Member

  • Executive Vice-President, Energy Management at Aneo AS with a focus on profitable energy transition. Responsible for physical and financial power trading, flexibility services, and 24/7 control room services for hydro, wind and solar power plants in the Nordics.

  • MSc Engineering Cybernetics from NTNU, with more than 30 years of experience in control systems, forecasting and optimisation, digitalisation and software development in the energy sector.

  • Various management positions in ABB, Powel, TrønderEnergi and Aneo.

    Full CV at Linkedin

Raymond Carlsen
Board Member

  • ·30 years experience as a business leader in Norwegian industry, including renewables.

  • Former CEO of Scatec (2009 to 2022) – global renewable energy producer, previously Scatec Solar.

  • Grew the business from Scatec Solar’s first installation of 9 MW in Italy in 2009 to the global broad renewable energy company of Scatec with more than 3.5 GW in operation, and additional construction on four continents with more than 500 employees. 

  • Executive positions in Kværner, Aker Solutions and Aker ASA.

  • Deeply committed to replacing fossil energy markets with reliable, renewable energies to satisfy the fast-growing global demand for sustainable energy.

    Full CV at Linkedin

Trude Haugsvær Verling
Board Member

  • Business Developer at Eviny AS, Innovation – one of Norway’s biggest renewable energy and technology companies specialising in the distribution of green energy.

  • Advisor to Ayond – specialising in energy modules, including batteries, fast chargers and smart switchboards.

  • Board Member for InPhase Solutions AS.

  • Held various roles including CFO, advisor, business development and consulting, covering the sectors of technology, energy and medical.

  • Master in Law, University of Oslo.

  • MSc Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Full CV at Linkedin

Philippa Webb-Muegge
Communication Manager

  • 20+ years in journalism, communication and media relations.

  • Editor, writer and speechwriter for international organization representing oil exporting countries.

  • International media relations at the University of St. Gallen. Promoted corporate, professors and research for international news coverage, working closely with the Institute for Economy and the Environment.

  • Communication Manager for EU Horizon Europe/CINEA research and innovation projects. Worked with European consortia on the dissemination of topics related to renewable energy, sustainable fertilizers and forestry digitization.

  • Journalist, editor and freelancer for newspapers, magazines and private clients.

  • Bachelor of arts Journalism and Public Relations, Curtin University, Western Australia.

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Glenn Halnes Manager sales

Glenn Halnes
Manager sales

  • Certified cooling technician with more than 35 years of experience with large cooling machines, energy systems and energy efficiency

  • Energy efficiency consultant

  • Plant manager at Pelagia Måløy

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Jan Kvalem Senior R&D engineer

Jan Kvalem
Senior R&D engineer

  • MSc Mechanical engineering, with more than 30 years of experience as lead engineer in advanced engineering projects, including diesel engines, subsea equipment and heat pumps

  • Global product platform architect at Volvo Truck Corporation Ltd, heavy duty diesel engine and powertrain development

  • Lead engineer for R&D projects, including Emmerson, ROXAR, FMC, Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks and Volvo Penta

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Tobias Dahl R&D engineer

Tobias Dahl
R&D engineer

  • MSc Advanced materials engineering, with 6 years of experience from subsea systems and rotating machinery

  • Senior design engineer at Aker Solutions AS

  • Lead designer for heat pumps and turbines at Tocircle Industries AS

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Torgrim Aase R&D engineer

Torgrim Aase
R&D engineer

  • MSc Mechanical engineering, with 8 years of experience with high-temperature heat pumps, design, maintenance and R&D testing

  • R&D engineer at Single-Phase Power

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Otto Hugøy Technician

Otto Hugøy
Technician

  • More than 30 years of industrial experience, as technician, certified NDT expert, project manager and managing director

  • Service technician and project engineer at Niprox Technology AS

  • Project manager and inspector, offshore and onshore at Westcon Løfteteknikk AS

  • Welding and manufacturing of Odfjell chemical tankers at Westcon

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Finn Åge Korneliussen
Control Engineer

  • Multiple years of experience with Control Systems

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Gunnar Vartdal
System Engineer & Lead Engineer CPM

  • MSc Mathematics and Physics, NTNU

  • Entrepreneurship Studies, Babson College

  • Founder of Picterus AS

  • Experienced in machine learning/AI

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Kristian Løver R&D and project engineer

Kristian Løver
R&D and project engineer

  • MSc Process Engineering with 13 years of experience in plant design, heat pump design and energy efficiency

  • Project manager energy efficiency at Gether AS

  • Process design and R&D for high-temperature steam-cycle heat pumps

  • Engineering of LNG plants, gas turbines and compressors at Norconsult AS

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Sindre Abrahamsen
Senior R&D Engineer

  • MSc in Mechanical engineering with specialization in rotordynamics and control theory

  • Gear transmissions designer at Kongsberg Automotive

  • Subsea drivetrain and actuators at Biosort AS

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