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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

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

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

CETP - Industrialization of new generation SUstainable, low-cost, high PerfoRmance, novel water Electrolysis Material, production & systEm

The SUPREME project is developing the next-generation electrolyser for producing hydrogen from water. The main goal is to lower the price of green hydrogen to around 2 euros per kilogram by 2030. This will be achieved by developing a new generation of water electrolysers that use significantly le...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

CETP - NEXT - Natural Hydrogen Exploration Technologies

The NEXT project investigates whether naturally occurring hydrogen in the Earth’s subsurface could become a viable, low-emission energy source. While most current hydrogen is produced from fossil fuels, natural hydrogen—formed through geological processes—could offer a cleaner alternative. Howeve...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

CETP - Entropy Stabilized Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen Compression

ESMH2C focuses on designing advanced metal hydride materials to enable next-generation, thermally driven hydrogen compressors. Current hydride-based compressors are limited by low compression ratios, slow hydrogen uptake and release, and material degradation. These factors hinder their widespread...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

CETP - The Effect of Low-Quality Power Supplies and Current Ripples on Water-Electrolysis-Based Hydrogen Production Systems

Green hydrogen has the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate the transition to clean energy. Proton exchange membrane and alkaline water electrolysis have emerged as key technologies for producing green hydrogen, particularly when powered by renewable energy so...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Research Stay Abroad Verena Nikeleit

The planned research stay is scheduled for three months, from December 1st, 2025, to February 28th, 2026, at the University of Edinburgh. During this period, a series of high-pressure experiments will be conducted to investigate the competitive interactions among hydrogen-consuming microbes. Thes...

Awarded: NOK 0.44 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestland

FORSKNINGSINFRA-FORSKNINGSINFRA

Norwegian Open Laboratory for High-Throughput Experimentation and Scale-up

The University of Bergen (UiB) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) are launching NorHTE, a new national platform for high-throughput experimentation (HTE) in Norway. HTE uses advanced robotics to automate and control chemical processes, enabling faster and more reliable ...

Awarded: NOK 75.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2032

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

South-Korea and Norway Collaboration on Repurposing Underground Coastal Facilities for Safe and Cost-efficient Underground Hydrogen Storage

Turning abandoned coastal mines and oil storage sites into hydrogen storage hubs could solve one of the biggest challenges for our clean energy future. Hydrogen makes it possible to store energy produced from different sources. When the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine, stored hydrogen ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

South-Korea and Norway collaboration: Stable devices for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production

Hydrogen can be made by splitting water with sunlight. Today’s devices, however, wear out quickly: gas bubbles can peel off the active layer and the materials corrode. Our project develops solutions that help these “solar-water” cells last. We add a thin, stiff hydrogel coating so bubbles slide a...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestfold

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Condition Monitoring for Increased Longevity, Efficiency and Safety of PEM Electrolysers

Green hydrogen will facilitate a transition from fossile fuels to renewable energy sources. PEM electrolysis is one of the key technologies for conversion of renewable energy to hydrogen and the technology has a large growth potential. The most important aspect for further growth is the reduction...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MARITIMFORSK-MARITIMFORSK

LNGameChanger - Making LNG a Permanently Viable Fuel Under the 2050 Maritime Transport Emission Constraints

International shipping carries around 80 percent of traded goods and accounts for around 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. While liquefied natural gas (LNG) only accounts for about 4 percent of the fuel supply, the number of LNG-powered ships is predicted to increase as global shipping is em...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Møre og Romsdal

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

INTERPALL: Increased Temperature Resistant Palladium-based membranes

Hydrogen (H2) and hydrogen carriers, such as ammonia (NH3), are viewed as key components in the roadmap towards a net zero carbon society. They can replace fossil fuels in various processes in the industrial and transport sector. Stable and cost-effective methods for obtaining hydrogen is essenti...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Robust metal barriers for safe use of hydrogen infrastructure

Hydrogen has gained traction as a key solution towards reaching zero-carbon emission targets. However, adequate infrastructure for safe transport and storage of hydrogen gas is required. Hydrogen gas has one of the lowest volumetric energy densities on the market and requires significant compres...

Awarded: NOK 13.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Scaling up the ZEG technology by solids segregation

Hydrogen is an important raw material in several chemical and metallurgical processes. It is also considered a potential clean energy carrier and will have an important role in the transition to a fully renewable energy market. Industrial hydrogen production is today predominantly carried out by ...

Awarded: NOK 16.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

FME MarTrans - Norwegian R&D centre for Maritime Energy Transition

The maritime sector currently accounts for about 9 percent of Norway's greenhouse gas emissions and 12 percent of global transport emissions. If we are to reduce emissions in sea transport, we must solve four main challenges: - Environmentally friendly fuel will be expensive and scarce. Consequen...

Awarded: NOK 150.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2032

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Pol(Hy)Mer - Building knowledge on the compatibility of polymers for the hydrogen transport infrastructure

The use of hydrogen (H2) as an energy carrier is one of the most promising strategies for the de-carbonisation of fuels, and a reduction in CO2 emissions within the energy supply sector. However, it is widely recognised that transporting hydrogen is very challenging. To ensure safe and reliable...

Awarded: NOK 13.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Integrity of the hydrogen wells of the future

In the face of the green transition and the goal of zero emissions, hydrogen gas is being highlighted as a necessary energy carrier. After the production of hydrogen gas, it must be stored safely. Underground storage of hydrogen gas ("UHS") emerges as a promising solution, where excess hydrogen i...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Rogaland

NANOTEKNOLOGI-NANOTEKNOLOGI

Next generation photoelectrochemical cell for hydrogen generation (NEXPECH2)

Achieving effective reduction in greenhouse emissions necessitates both preventing resource depletion and offering sustainable solutions to meet the increasing demand for energy. The technology developed in the NEXPECH2 project effectively addresses the above-mentioned challenges by using solar e...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANOTEKNOLOGI-NANOTEKNOLOGI

Light Weight High Entropy Alloys for Safe and Sustainable Energy Storage

Hydrogen is a key player in the green transition, as it is a clean and abundant energy carrier that can be used to power fuel cells and produce electricity with only water and heat as byproducts. However, one of the major obstacles in the widespread use of hydrogen as a fuel source is its storage...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Flexible Liquid HYdrogen Tank

Liquid hydrogen (LH2) is an energy carrier that could become a low-carbon alternative to liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the global transport of energy in the future. A new tank concept for large-scale transport of liquid hydrogen aboard ships has been developed by Moss Maritime in collaboration ...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2026

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

SAFIRE

The drive for a green aviation transition requires a substantial increase in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production to meet Norwegian and European targets. Norway, capitalizing on its unique energy advantages, aspires to lead the green transition in transportation and aviation. Nordic Electro...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2026

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Low cost, high efficiency PEM electrolyser stack

One of the major challenges associated with green hydrogen produced via electrolysis of water is the investment cost (CAPEX), which leads to a high price for green hydrogen compared to that produced via non-renewable, carbon-based energy sources. For green hydrogen to become competitive it is the...

Awarded: NOK 16.9 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2026

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Direkte massestrømsmåler for storskala rørtransport av H2 og H2-gassblandinger

Metering systems with high accuracy will be an enabler for efficient value chains for hydrogen (H2). The industry has extensive expertise in fiscal metering of natural gas, but limited experience with H2-metering, and no qualified solutions available. The industry will contribute to develop techn...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Innovative design and material solutions for robust hydrogen gas fuelled combustion engines

.Bergen Engines develops and builds high quality medium-speed combustion engines for marine and land-based applications. In response to the global demand for lower emissions and climate neutral solutions, Bergen Engines are now aiming to develop a combustion engine capable of running entirely on ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Hydrogen Ignition CONtrol

Hydrogen (H2) will play a crucial role in the transition to a more renewable energy system. Since H2 is highly flammable, large-scale implementation of H2 introduces risks related to fire and explosion that must be managed effectively. Effective risk management requires knowledge of H2 ignition m...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Harnessing Hydrogen by Optimized Ion-Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks

The development of fuel cell technology capable of efficiently converting hydrogen into electricity is considered a critical component in the transition away from CO2-emitting energy sources. Ion exchange membrane fuel cells are gathering considerable interest due to their low electricity usage. ...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Unlocking the Full Potential of Electrolysis with Next-Generation Proton Exchange Membrane Stacks (UNICORN)

A major outcome of the UNICORN project will be a step-wise change in the development of proton exchange membrane water electrolyser (PEMWE) stacks with the potential to disrupt the current electrolyser landscape that relies exclusively on perfluorinated membranes, platinum-coated titanium bipolar...

Awarded: NOK 9.1 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Microbiological Opportunities and Challenges of Hydrogen Underground Storage

Developing Norway's energy system in a sustainable direction requires a variety of innovative energy system solutions to secure sufficient and stable energy supply over time. Many renewable energy systems utilize “Power-to- Gas” technologies, which use renewable electricity to produce hydrogen. T...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Vestland

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