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RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Climate change Altering the Nordic Energy System

National energy systems in the Nordic countries are influenced by a complex of factors that makes foresight a difficult task. This project will focus on the effects of climate change but connect this policy field to two other profound developments: the in terconnection of the Nordic energy system...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Emission trading in Europe: The importance of allocation rules

The project will explore the implications of different allocation rules in emission trading schemes (ETS). Current allocation rules in the EU and Norwegian ETS are partly designed so that firms can influence on the number of allowances they get (especiall y for new entrants). The allocation rules...

Awarded: NOK 6.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

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

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

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Deep sea offshore wind turbine technology

This project will combine wind technology know-how with offshore and energy industry experience to enhance development of deep sea (+30 m) offshore wind farms. The overall objective is to advance Norwegian development within this field, and pin-point tech nical solutions that ensure cost-efficien...

Awarded: NOK 13.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

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

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

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

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

BIGCO2 Phase II. CO2 Management Technologies for Future Power Generation.

The proposal represents the second phase of a knowledge building project (KMB), "BIGCO2. CO2 Management Technologies for Future Power Generation". It is a continuation of the first phase (2005-2006). The project is organized in eight specific tasks: Ta sk A: High temperature oxygen and hydroge...

Awarded: NOK 80.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Investment in clean energy technologies under uncertainty

Development of clean energy technologies is a necessity in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions radically without imposing excessive costs. Substantial uncertainty about future prices and regulatory regimes make, however, such investments a risky ende avor. Yet, with huge uncertainties analys...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Oslo

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Novel CO2 Capture Scheme for Power Generation- BIGCLC

Recent studies indicate that CLC technology for use in power generation with CO2 capture may have a large efficiency potential. Major international companies, also inside the BIGCO2 industrial consortium, have clearly expressed their interest in the techn ology. A large scale research and demonst...

Awarded: NOK 17.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

MARKEDSNÆRT PROSJEKT - Hydrogenveien i Norge: Knutepunkt Stavanger

Knutepunkt Stavanger er en del av det nasjonale HyNor prosjektet. Følgende partnere utgjør Knutepunkt Stavanger: Rogaland fylkeskommune, Statoil ASA, Lyse Gass AS, Stavanger kommune, RF-Rogalandsforskning, Energiparken AS, Rogaland Taxi AS og Bellona. H yNor Stavanger skal etablere mulighet for...

Awarded: NOK 7.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2013

Location: Rogaland

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Verification of CO2 Geological Storage in the UD DOE Regional Partnerships SOUTHWESTCARB and WESTCARB portfolios of demonstration projects

A number of demonstration scale CO2 geological storage projects are currently planned in the West and Southwest United States as part of the Regional Partnerships for Carbon Sequestation organised by the Dept. of Energy in the USA. These demonstration pro jects are described in detail in the firs...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Akershus

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Trykktank for testing av effekter som en følge av eventuelle lekkasjer til havbunnen i forbindelse med geologisk lagring av CO2

Eventuell utlekking av CO2 til havbunnen fra geologiske lagre kan ha effekter på det marine miljøet. Siden en eventuell frigjøring av CO2 ville skje på flere hundre meters dyp, vil alle prosesser skje under det trykk som foreligger på dette dypet. CO2 i vann gir økt surhet (lavere pH) og selv om...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Rogaland

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Discount rates for energy investments

The Ministry of Finance recently released new guidelines for cost-benefit project evaluation. The guidelines require owners of public investments >500 Mkr to conduct a thorough analysis of systematic risk factors in order to determine the appropriate disc ount rate. For investments <500 Mkr a sim...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Vindressurskartlegging i komplekst terreng

En viktig forutsetning for å lykkes med en satsning på vindenergi vil være en god og sikker vindressurskartlegging i forkant av utbyggingsprosjekter. I enkelte sammenhenger er det observert mer enn 1 m/s forskjell mellom modellert og målt vindskjær fra 10 til 50 m i samme mast. Tilsvarende horis...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Rogaland

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Potential for energy savings in Norwegian households: Effects of energy policies on consumption

We divide the project in two parts: The first part is econometric analyses of household energy demand based on micro data. We will study the individual demand responses and the households' response to introduction of time-differentiated tariffs. We will a lso study the distribution of household e...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Shale reactivity and consequences for long term stability of CO2 storage

Increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are expected to cause a gradual warming of the Earth's surface leading to potentially disastrous changes to the global climate. This is an international concern, as well as an international respons ibility, and several research programs in...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Vestland

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

MBIP: Introduksjon av hydrogen som miljøvennlig drivstoff ved etablering av en hydrogenstasjon og utprøving med hydrogendrevne kjøretøy

HyNor Grenland prosjektet ønsker å benytte hydrogen som i dag er et biprodukt i lokal petrokjemisk industri, til drivstofforsyning av kjøretøyer. Hydrogen planlegges transportert fra Rafnes til Herøya gjennom en rørledning, og det skal etableres en offen tlig tilgjengelig hydrogenstasjon for for...

Awarded: NOK 16.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Rogaland

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Integration and extension of ongoing CO2 SIP and KMB activities within the topics "Capture" and "Storage"

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Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

CLEAN ENERGY BY USING HIGH PERFORMANCE MEMBRANES

A FSC-membrane for selective CO2 removal is currently under development in the research group of the applicant; very promising results have been documented. Selectivities for CO2/CH4 > 1000 have been achieved, while the CO2-flux is currently measured at a pp. 0.014 m3(STP)/m2.bar.h. By succesful ...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Novel Solid CO2 Absorbents and its Applications at High Temperatures and High Pressures

Adsorption/absorption of carbon dioxide on solid material at high temperature is becoming increasingly significant in the field of energy and environment, such as, controlling carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fueled power system, nature gas treatment, purification of hydrocarbons, production...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Hydrate sealing of CO2 storage

Storage of CO2 in reservoirs is today one of the most promising approaches for safe long terms storage of CO2 as a means of reducing the emissions to the atmosphere. Relevant storage reservoirs may have regions of conditions where CO2 hydrate is in the st ability region. In this project we propos...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2010

Location: Vestland

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Not in my nature? The controversies and politics of environmentalism and public planning in localising wind farms

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Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

CLIMIT-Forskning, utvikling og demo av CO2-håndtering

Demonstration of AZEP Reactor Module

For year 2004 the project will concentrate on two targets for the Azep demonstration: - production of ceramic components (heat exchangers, MCM membranes, gas distributors and sealing material) ), suitable for testing in the pilot plant through a geometric scale-up sequence to the full-size therm...

Awarded: NOK 19.6 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke