Bent Erik Sørensen (born 13 October 1941), is a Danish physicist, distinguished mainly by research into future forms of
renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...
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He is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change in
Roskilde University
Roskilde University ( da, Roskilde Universitet, abbreviated RUC or RU) is a Danish public university founded in 1972 and located in Trekroner in the Eastern part of Roskilde. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD ...
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and president of Novator Advanced Technology Consulting.
Biography
Sørensen gained his MSc in physics and mathematics in 1965 and was awarded a PhD in 1974 by the
Niels Bohr Institute
The Niels Bohr Institute (Danish: ''Niels Bohr Institutet'') is a research institute of the University of Copenhagen. The research of the institute spans astronomy, geophysics, nanotechnology, particle physics, quantum mechanics and biophys ...
in
Copenhagen
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, where he worked until 1980, when he became professor at Roskilde University.
He has undertaken sabbatical appointments in Japan, France, USA and Australia and has presented at numerous international events.
He received the Australian Government Award for Eminent European Scientists in 1982 and the
European Solar Prize in 2002.
In 1989 he was knighted by Queen
Margrethe II of Denmark
Margrethe II (; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is Queen of Denmark. Having reigned as Denmark's monarch for over 50 years, she is Europe's longest-serving current head of state and the world's only incumbent femal ...
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Publications
Sørensen has published over five hundred articles, reports and papers, and has written a number of books, including:
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See also
*List of people associated with renewable energy
References
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20th-century Danish physicists
21st-century Danish physicists
People associated with renewable energy
1941 births
Living people