1,306 projects

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

WP2 – Energy System modelling and Socioeconomic models

This work package will focus on addressing the complementarity aspects of using bottom-up technology-rich energy system modelling approaches in tandem with macro-economic analysis with CGE modelling. Namely, we will utilize results and data from the IFE-TIMES-Norway model, using socio-technical t...

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Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

The Nordic Energy Systems Programme - WP 2 – Energy System modelling and Socioeconomic models

This project addresses the Nordic region’s fossil-free transition by developing an advanced modelling framework that links the energy system model GENeSYS-MOD with the macroeconomic model REMES-EU. Traditionally, energy models assume fixed demand, limiting insight into economic feedbacks. By maki...

Awarded: Hidden

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Secure energy systems for a renewable future

The power sector is the backbone of modern Norwegian society and supports almost all critical functions, including healthcare, transport, communications and national defence. Today, this critical infrastructure faces increasing threats; cyberattacks, sabotage and intelligence operations. This cre...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

Transforming Multifunctional Membranes to Highly Efficient Cathodes and Separators in Aqueous Zn-I2 Batteries for Sustainable Energy Storage

As the world moves toward renewable energy, one major challenge remains: how to store energy safely, efficiently, and at low cost. Batteries are central to this transition, but today’s dominant lithium-ion batteries face limitations related to safety, sustainability, and access to critical raw ma...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

HESODA - Household Energy System Optimization and Data Analytics

HESODA – Smarter, Resilient Energy for Your Home Imagine a home that manages energy like a pro — saving money, reducing waste, and helping the planet. That’s what the HESODA project is all about. We’re developing smart technology that makes household energy systems more efficient, sustainable, a...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Safe handling of refrigerated pressurized ammonia

Ammonia (NH3) is projected to be an important part of the clean energy transition. Using ammonia large amounts of energy can be transported with relative ease. This makes it a strong candidate, e.g., for fueling ships and heavy transport. To make this possible, however, we need safe and efficient...

Awarded: NOK 13.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

Building Stock Models for Circular Urban Development

Buildings shape our cities—but they also hide a massive, often overlooked resource: materials. Concrete, steel, wood and glass are constantly being demolished, renovated or replaced, yet most of these materials are still treated as waste. The Beam me up! project aims to change this by helping cit...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

Single-Stage Power Supply Unit for next generation AI Datacenters

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is an integral part of our modern society. Over the last 15 years, the number of users having access to the Internet has been doubled, reaching 67% of global population and the data traffic increased to 120 zettabytes. These trends have given rise to...

Awarded: NOK 7.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Buskerud

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Clamping forces in transformers – Online monitoring and predictive modelling

Power transformers are an essential part of our electric power system. The transformer’s active part is the core and the windings, which consist of metal wires insulated with paper and pressboard. The paper, pressboard and an insulation liquid, often mineral oil, constitutes the transformers insu...

Awarded: NOK 13.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Reviving reservoirs: creating biodiversity hotspots in aquatic deserts (REBIRTH)

Hydropower is a cornerstone of renewable energy—especially in Norway, where it supplies around 90% of the country’s electricity. However, hydropower reservoir operations cause dramatic water level fluctuations, which severely disrupt shoreline ecosystems. These fluctuations create drawdown zones,...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Next Generation of Enviromentally-Friendly Gas-Insulated Switchgear

During the green transition, distribution and transmission system operators (DSOs and TSOs) are intensively maintaining and expanding their grids to meet the increasing demand for electrical power. As an increasing number of utilities run on electric power, it is imperative to ensure security of ...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Reactive Flow Materials

Carbon-based materials are essential for making metals, batteries, and driving many industrial processes. Today, however, most of these materials are produced from fossil fuels like coal and petroleum coke — sources that release large amounts of greenhouse gases. The ROME (Reactive Flow Material...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Linking Electrochemical with Chemo-Physical Properties of Anode Materials for the use in Lithium-Ion Batteries

The LINK project is about making better batteries by looking closely at the materials used inside them. Today’s lithium-ion batteries, which power everything from electric cars to smartphones, rely on anodes made from graphite or silicon. These materials work well but also face big challenges: th...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Agder

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Optimal Utilization of Power components and Grids using Digital Twins

Electrification of society is ongoing at full strength across many sectors, increasing the pressure on the power grid. Energy companies and power grid owners indicate that the transmission capacity, as calculated today, is maxed out for parts of the grid, and there is an urgent need to increase t...

Awarded: NOK 13.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

CHARGE – Continuous Health state and Augmentation planning for Reliable Grid integrated battery Energy storage.

The use of battery-supported solar power plants, also known as hybrid solar plants, is growing very rapidly. Such plants can deliver sustainable and reliable power and are also important for profitability in markets with an increasing share of solar energy. Large-scale battery systems are signifi...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Neste generasjons VPV-system

Electrification and the rapid rollout of renewable energy require that we make better use of existing built-up areas, especially rooftops in cities and industrial zones. At the same time, it is increasingly important that power production matches demand better throughout the day. Over Easy Solar ...

Awarded: NOK 6.1 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

OrkaShield: Protective and Innovative Technology for Geothermal Wells

OrkaShield is developing a new generation of protective technology that could make geothermal energy cheaper, safer, and available in many more places across Europe. Today, geothermal power provides only about 0.5% of Europe’s electricity, even though it is a constant, renewable energy source tha...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

PEDAID3 - Positive Energy District supported by AI and Data-Driven-Decisions

The PEDAID3 project - Positive Energy District supported by AI and Data-Driven Decisions, aims to enhance European cities shifting towards climate neutrality by making urban energy systems smarter, more efficient, and people-centered. The project develops new digital tools that use artificial int...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Enhanced Reactive Power and Voltage Coordination in the Nordic Power System (CoordQ)

Coordinated voltage control and reactive power management are among the most critical safeguards for keeping modern power systems stable. On April 28th, the Iberian Peninsula experienced one of Europe’s largest blackouts in recent history. The event highlighted a critical weakness in modern power...

Awarded: NOK 13.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestfold

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Nature-Integrated Norwegian energy system transition - Opportunities, Trade-offs and Strategies

Harmony is about identifying political feasible solutions that ensures that the Norwegian energy transition jointly minimize climate gas emissions and undesired nature impacts. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions is crucial to limiting the impacts of climate change. But there is a challenge. The ...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

A new heat recovery concept for the aluminium industry

Utilization of industrial surplus heat reduces indirect emissions and frees up power for other purposes. Aluminium production is Norway’s most power intensive industry sector, and has great potential for utilisation of surplus heat; around 1.5 TWh/year of heat at 120–150 °C. Offgas from the elect...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

PRISE - Positive eneRgy dIstrict Step ahEad

The PRISE project advances the energy and urban planning of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) that generate surplus energy than their yearly consumption. PEDs combine renewable energy, electric mobility, heating & cooling networks, & energy storage solutions. The advancement of PEDs governance &...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Østfold

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

Automated Semantic System for Energy Transition and Sustainability

To meet Paris Agreement climate goals, we must significantly reduce energy usage in the built environment. Today, commercial property managers struggle to identify the best combinations of cost effective and impactful renovation measures. The problem is rarely a lack of data, but rather that info...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Møre og Romsdal

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

Som nytt -Et innovativt beslutningsverktøy for klimatilpasset energioppgradering av trehuseiendommer

Norway is a country of wooden houses – beautiful, but vulnerable buildings increasingly exposed to climate change, such as heavier rainfall, moisture, and extreme weather. At the same time, we must reduce energy use and cut greenhouse gas emissions. How can we preserve these homes while meeting f...

Awarded: NOK 12.2 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Electrolyzer for co-production of green Hydrogen and NOx for low carbon fertilizer production

Yara aims to become climate neutral by 2050. An essential part of this target is to produce mineral fertilizer without greenhouse gas emissions. Such production is technically possible today, but it is far from being economically viable. New flexible and efficient fossil-fuel free production proc...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

KreDiT – Towards advanced monitoring and mitigation of stability issues in grids dominated by power electronic converters

KreDiT: Smarter Monitoring for a More Stable and Reliable Power Grid As the world moves toward cleaner energy, our power grids are changing fast. Solar panels, wind turbines, and long-distance electricity transmission using HVDC (high-voltage direct current) are becoming more common. These techno...

Awarded: NOK 13.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Imagining Positive Energy Futures

The Imagining Positive Energy Futures (IPEF) project, led by NTNU, engages a humanities-centered approach to understanding the most pressing conflicts in and around Norway's energy system. The project is a transdisciplinary initiative that explores how different groups in Norwegian society imagin...

Awarded: NOK 10.4 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Capacities for Energy Transition Governance

The CAPACITIES project examines how the energy transition is governed at state and municipal levels. In the decades when the administration and institutions in the energy sector were developed, their mandate was more limited and focused than it is today, where complex societal challenges must be ...

Awarded: NOK 11.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

DYCO2 - En dynamisk CO2-varmepumpe for høye returtemperaturer

The project will develop and validate DYCO2 – a new CO2-based heat pump solution featuring an integrated control system and an innovative compressor, tailored for hydronic heating systems with return temperatures ranging from 60 to 80 °C. The objective is to enable energy-efficient and cost-effec...

Awarded: NOK 12.4 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

CETP - Sustainable Criteria and Overall Renewable Evaluation for Offshore Wind Energy

Offshore wind is crucial for Europe’s green energy future. It can deliver large amounts of clean electricity, but offshore wind development also faces many challenges: protecting the marine environment, ensuring public acceptance, managing risks, and securing stable energy prices. Today, most off...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage