Bent Erik Sørensen (born 13 October 1941), is a Danish physicist, distinguished mainly by research into future forms of renewable energy.
[1] He is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change in Roskilde University, Denmark,[2] and president of Novator Advanced Technology Consulting.
[3] Sørensen gained his MSc in physics and mathematics in 1965 and was awarded a PhD in 1974 by the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, where he worked until 1980, when he became professor at Roskilde University.
[1] He has undertaken sabbatical appointments in Japan, France, USA and Australia and has presented at numerous international events.
[1] Sørensen has published over five hundred articles, reports and papers, and has written a number of books, including: