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BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Styring av forurensninger i metallurgisk framstilt solcelle silisium

For et solcellemarked i ekstrem vekst, utvikler Elkem Solar AS en metallurgisk prosess for framstilling av Si feedstock materialer. Mens Elkems materialer allerede har vist seg å være av tilstrekkelig kvalitet for å tilfredsstile dagens krav, forventes st rengere krav i framtiden. Elkems material...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Agder

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Norsk deltagelse i IEAs Implementing Agreement for Ocean Energy Systems

Forum for marin fornybar energi (FFMFE) er dannet av Norske kraft- og oljeselskaper som ønsker at fornybare energikilder til havs blir tatt i bruk. Forumet består per i dag av Statoil, Shell Technology Norway, Statkraft, BKK, Lyse Produksjon, Agder Energi Produksjon, Fred. Olsen & Co, Hafslund o...

Awarded: NOK 0.46 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

A NEW CONCEPT FOR POWER QUALITY AND RELIABILITY MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT-THE PQM PROJECT

Quality of supply problems in T&D systems increase both due to increased pollution in networks (increased emission) and due to increased use of electrical equipment that are sensitive to disturbances (reduced immunity). Customers quality of supply requir ements with respect to reliability and vo...

Awarded: NOK 12.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Market orientated production of Norwegian greenhouse tomatoes

Quality parameters like taste, positive health impact, safety and freshness become more and more important to preserve and increase consumers preference for tomatoes. While 80% of the Norwegian population prefers Norwegian food, the percentage of Norwegia n tomatoes sold in our stores has been de...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

The Hardangerfjord Salmon Lice Project

This three-year research effort will focus on the interactions of salmon lice between farmed and wild salmonids in the Hardangerfjord and will be a continuum of the project which was initiated in 2004 (http://www.nina.no; attachment:NFRProgressReportHarda nger2005). The applied project consists o...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Enhanced service life of coated wooden facades

Coated wooden claddings are widely used in Norway. But competition from other materials that has less input of labour at the construction site and less demands for maintenance is increasing. Discolouring fungi on the surface of coated wood in outdoor appl ications is an increasing concern. The to...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Life-Time Commissioning for Energy Efficient Operation of Buildings

Buildings account for over 40% of the energy use and the CO2 emissions in Europe. This buildings should fulfill many requirements, but practical experience shows serious discrepancies between assumptions and goals and the reality. There are several reason s for this problems: poor design, poor op...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Økologisk restaurering etter naturinngrep. - Metoder for vegetasjonsetablering etter utbygging av kraft- og veganlegg

Naturområder som er ødelagt av inngrep eller forstyrrelse blir tradisjonelt oppfattet som "tapt". Ved å bruke kunnskapen som ligger i fagfeltet restaureringsøkologi kan slike områder istandsettes og få tilbake verdier og funksjoner som intakt natur. Energ iutvinning og samferdsel er to arealbaser...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Energy-effective production of mechanical pulp by targeted treatment of extractives and selective fibre wall weakening

The basic idea of this project is to develop and support mill scale implementation of technology for achieving minimum 10% reduction in energy consumption for production of mechanical pulp while maintaining pulp quality and avoiding negative environmental impacts. A 10% reduction in energy consu...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Modeling of particle deposition phenomena in heat exchangers

This project will be a Norwegian contribution to the European MATERA FOULSURFACE program, dealing the the physics of fine particle deposition in heat exchengers. The work in the proposed Norwegain activity will be on the modeling of the particle flow in t urbulent thermal boundary layers. The ma...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Kvalitet fra bunn til munn.Utvikling av løsninger for et nettverk av bedrifter i verdikjeden for linefisket hvitfisk

Hovedmålet for prosjektet er å bidra til å øke miljø- og ressurseffektiviteten i fiskerisektoren og bedre tilgang på ren norsk mat? av høy kvalitet. Dette skal skje gjennom økt fangst og omsetning av linefisket hvitfisk basert på selektive og ressurseffe ktive fiskemetoder, og på at kvaliteten b...

Awarded: NOK 11.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Innlandet

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

New bath smelting process for production of silicomanganese alloys using waste materials

The bearing idea of the proposed project is to develop a new bath smelting process for production of SiMn alloy, which will significantly utilise and reduce post-plant deposited waste materials, in addition to reducing energy consumption and in-plant mate rials handling and storage. The project...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Dataassistert verktøy for bærekraftig produktinformasjon (Data assisted tool for sustainability product information)

Produksjonsbedrifter som opererer i et globalt marked blir stilt overfor stadig økende krav til dokumentasjon av prestasjoner og prosesser knyttet til produkter. Det finnes i dag relativt gode og standardiserte verktøy knyttet til ytre miljø (LCA og EPI), men tilsvarende er langt dårligere utvik...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Møre og Romsdal

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Remelting and inclusion refining of aluminium

Remelting and Inclusion Refining of Aluminium Remelting of post-consumed and process aluminium scrap reveals new challenges both on the environmental, metal yield and metal quality side. This topic has become very relevant due to the continuously increas ing energy prices in Europe. The proposed...

Awarded: NOK 15.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Assessment of technical condition and lifetime of existing and future transmission and distribution components

The purpose of the project is to evaluate new models, methodes and tools for assessment of technical condition and corresponding lifetime of components in transmission and distribution networks, in order to reduce uncertainty and risk related to design, i nvestment and maintenance. Much of the e...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Terminert MARKEDSNÆRT PROSJEKT - Hydrogenveien i Norge: Knutepunkt Stavanger, fase 2

Følgende partnerskap utgjør Knutepunkt Stavanger: Rogaland Fylkeskommune, Statoil ASA, Lyse Gass AS, Stavanger kommune, International Research Institute of Stavanger AS (IRIS), Energiparken AS, Rogaland Taxi AS, Bellona og Universitetet i Stavanger (UiS). Med åpningen av Norges første hydrogen...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Rogaland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Utvikling av oppdrett- og bruk av berggylte i lakseoppdrett til kontinuerlig kontroll med lakselus

Prosjektet har et todelt formål: 1. Utvikle metodikk/protokoller for oppdrett av beiteklar bergylte med kjent helsestatus og i de mengder, kvalitet og størrelsesgrupper som næringen etterspørr. 2. Utvikle metodikk/protokoller for bruk av oppdrettet beitek lar berggylte ved lusekontroll i kommersi...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Møre og Romsdal

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Kompakt absorpsjonskjøler drevet av lavtemperatur termisk energi

Viken Fjernvarme AS søker om midler for utvikling av en småskala absorpsjonskjølemaskin drevet av spillvarme. Prosjektet gjennomføres i samspill med Institutt for Energiteknikk (IFE) og en gruppe av bedrifter; Trondheim Energiverk Fjernvarme AS, Akershus Energi, Alfa Laval AS og Hybrid Energy AS....

Awarded: NOK 0.70 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Hydrogen production by Sorbent Enhanced Reforming

The aim of the present project is to demonstrate hydrogen production by sorbent enhanced reforming by building a continuous automated lab scale process. Key elements in the process will be to find the best reactor setup for the process, to find the most o ptimal sorbent material/catalyst combinat...

Awarded: NOK 10.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Inngår i 201779: Pre- and post-construction studies of conflicts between birds and wind turbines in coastal Norway

The main focus of this project is to obtain biological and ecological knowledge on wind turbines and bird behaviour, mortality and mitigating measures, and tool development to facilitate data collection. The project results will give significant, increase d knowledge about how wind power can affe...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Can nuisance growth of the aquatic macrophyte Juncus bulbosus be related to elevated nitrogen deposition as well as hydropower regulations?

The hydroelectric power industry has thus far been strongly linked to the problem with mass development of the aquatic macrophyte Juncus bulbosus in regulated freshwaters, although other factors like climate variability, acid rain and liming may also cont ribute to the expansion of this species. ...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

MIT-NTNU: Evaluation Methodology for Power Plants with CO2 capture

- Develop a methodology and a tool for evaluation and comparison of concepts for power plants with CO2 capture. The methodology comprise a common framework for computational models, component characteristics, cost estimation method including the use of pr obability density functions, and operabil...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Modelling disease dispersal in marine fish aquaculture in Norwegian coastal areas: Contributions to a new concept of area management?

As a measure to avoid the spreading of fish and shellfish diseases, a defined distance is required between all aquaculture facilities. From 2006, this requirement was also implemented for intermediate live storing of fish. The established distance regulat ions represent a clear limitation to the ...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Natural and farmed habitat as a basis for production of red deer in Norway

The project will provide a basis to predict the potential for production of red deer based on detailed knowledge of the natural and farmed habitat as well as detailed studies of red deer habitat use in multiple areas. The yield of red deer reached 27600 i n 2005. Red deer thus constitute the 2nd ...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Saging av tynnere solcellewafer med tynnere tråd

REC ScanWafer er verdens største og ledende produsent av trådsagede solcellewafere. Dagens wafere produseres ved å sage opp blokker av solcellesilisium i 200 µm tynne skiver (wafer). Sageprosessen gjennomføres i en trådsag som bruker 160 µm tynn ståltråd kombinert med en sagevæske (slurry). T...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SFI-Sentre for forskningsdrevet innovasjon

COIN - Concrete Innovation Centre

Populærvitenskapelig fremstilling Siden produksjonsprosessen for vanlig sement medfører et betydelig bidrag til verdens CO2-utslipp (5-10 %), er utvikling av sementer som kan produseres med vesentlig redusert CO2-utslipp en viktig aktivitet i COIN. Det k an være å bytte ut deler av vanlig sement...

Awarded: NOK 76.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Integrated Semantic Access in Situated Operations

The IS_A project deals with complex mobile operations in the construction and petroleum industries. With the growing availability of wireless networks and sophisticated mobile devices, it is now possible to provide online access to vast amounts of informa tion independently of location and time. ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Urban and Peri-Urban Horticulture in Bénin

Urban and peri-urban (UPU) horticulture provides an increasingly important source of income in many African countries. A major factor driving the importance of UPU gardening is an increasing marketing opportunity for a growing population of unemployed and unskilled youths in the cities. However,...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Akershus

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

HYBRID HYDROGEN STORAGE SOLUTIONS

Hydrogen, in combination with electricity/electric grid, is by many predicted to become the future choice as energy carrier. One especially foresees the possibility to use hydrogen as energy vector based on renewable energy. These are solutions that in th eory totally prevent emission of greenhou...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Vestland

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Subsurface storage of CO2 - Risk assessment, monitoring and remediation (SSC - Ramore)

Large scale underground storage of CO2 off the coast of Norway is internationally pioneering and stimulates for further development of international leading expertise in the area, expertise which in turn will represent a sound fundamental basis for large scale in situ CO2 reservoir storage experi...

Awarded: NOK 21.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo