39 projects

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ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

CETP - Sustainable Medium-Depth Geothermal Solutions with Solid Media Thermal Energy Storage for H/C

GeoSUSTAIN aims to develop an efficient, zero-emission, and flexible geothermal-based solution for industrial heating and cooling (H/C). The project combines Medium-Depth Borehole Heat Exchangers (MDBHEs) down to 650m depth, Solid Media Thermal Energy Storage (SMTES) for high temperature heat sto...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Rogaland

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

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Towards Autonomous Coiled Tubing Operations

Norway has several thousand offshore wells that need to be maintained and eventually plugged in the coming years. New wells are being drilled for oil and gas production and other purposes, such as CO2 storage and geothermal energy extraction. Future maintenance and plugging of wells represent a s...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

GRC Pilot: Harvesting Energy from Natural and Anthropogenic Vibrations

Over time, human beings have created innovative technologies to extract energy from natural sources. Renewable energies have seen great development and a sharp increase in installed power plants over the last 30 years. However, the energy demand is rapidly growing, and even though renewable energ...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

CETP2022 - Large-scale climate neutral Energy Geostructures in District Heating & Cooling systems/networks

Europe's energy consumption is increasing every year, with buildings accounting for more than 40% of the total energy (European Parliament, 2022). According to Eurostat (2020), space heating and cooling, together with hot water, account for up to 80% of energy consumption in the residential secto...

Awarded: NOK 6.1 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Thermal energy storing and digitalization in district heating to enable transition to renewable and resource efficient energy systems

The aim of this project is to assess, control, and manage thermal storage potentials and flexibility at both building and district level to enable the complete renewable, smart, resource, and cost-efficient energy systems. Current district heating (DH) systems and existing buildings are huge free...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORNY20-FORNY2020

EnergiSim: A Cutting-edge Simulation Tool for Design, and Operation Optimization of Ground Source Heat Pump Systems (GSHP)

Ground source heat pump systems (GSHP) are key technologies that can contribute to reduce the carbon footprint of heating and cooling systems worldwide. Its efficiency is the driving force for the unprecedent market adoption that is replacing conventional heating and cooling systems like electric...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Rogaland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Geological High-temperature Optimized Storage Technology – Digital Twin

In Norway, over 40% of electricity consumption is used for heating and cooling, while the industry generates around 20 TWh of waste heat annually. Some of this, such as thermal energy from waste incineration, is utilized in, e.g., hydronic district heating systems. However, due to fluctuations in...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

THE CHANGE - The Cooling and Heating transition Acceleration via Network Geothermal Energy

In 2025 the project has continued the work on a "Fast load estimator" to quickly estimate the energy needs of building. This estimator has matured significantly. The project has continued to work on the two pilots where the design tools can be verified against real data.

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Clean Energy Research Week in India (CERCH)

The 5-day Clean Energy Research week (CERCH) entails the organization of a physical event spread across three Indian cities (in New Delhi, Gujarat, and Telangana) from 27th March – 31st March 2023. SIN shall conduct the event with the aim to enhance collaboration with Indian stakeholders working ...

Awarded: NOK 48,752

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Østfold

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

HECTAPUS: Heating and Cooling Transition and Acceleration by use of Latent Heat Storage

The "HECTAPUS" project investigates the potential use of Phase Change Materials (PCM) as storage media for heating and cooling. Among thermal energy storage technologies, the use of PCM is a promising technology for short-term storage of heat or cold over periods ranging from hours to days. The p...

Awarded: NOK 0.47 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

GRUNNBEVILGNING-GRUNNBEVILGNING

Grunnbevilgning - NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS (Tekn.-ind.)

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Awarded: NOK 178.4 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Vestland

GRUNNBEVILGNING-GRUNNBEVILGNING

Grunnbevilgning - NORSAR

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Awarded: NOK 34.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Akershus

RETUREU-RETUREU

RETUR-EU NGI

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Awarded: NOK 58.5 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

RETUREU-RETUREU

RETUR-EU NORSAR

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Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2030

Location: Akershus

GRUNNBEVILGNING-GRUNNBEVILGNING

Grunnbevilgning - NGI

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Awarded: NOK 245.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Industri møter akademia: Matchmaking for utrulling av geotermiske anlegg for sterke konsortier og gode Forsknings og Utviklingsprosjekt

Vi skal planlegge, arrangere en matchmaking-workshop i Oslo 4. november 2022 hvor industrien, som designer, bygger og drifter geotermiske anlegg, møter forskningsmiljøer som utvikler nye teknologier og konsepter. Det er mange store anlegg i Norge, men potensialet for videre strømbesparelser ved d...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2022-2023

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Flexible heating and cooling and geothermal energy storage as an enabler for decarbonized integrated energy systems

Around half of Europe's total energy consumption is used for heating. Most of this energy is dedicated to space heating in buildings, which accounts for 27% of Europe's energy needs. In addition, industrial processes account for 16% of the continent's energy needs. While electricity production is...

Awarded: NOK 8.3 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INNOFFARENA-Innovasjonsarena for stat og kommune

Energitunneler i Trøndelag

For Trøndelag vil økt bruk av grunnvarme være et lokalt initiativ for å oppnå utvikling mot et mer bærekraftig samfunn. Samtidig vil dette være et steg i en riktig retning som bidrar til å oppnå våre, FNs og EUs mål om bærekraftige og energieffektive byer. Grunnvarme er ansett å være en av de bes...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2023

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INTSAMARBEID-INTSAMARBEID

Geothermal energy media dissemination building on the H2020 GEMex project

To profile the Norwegian expertise and contributions on the international plane as well as at home, we have submitted two scientific papers in academic journals, one involving IFE on the high temperature tracers developed during GEMex, one primarily from the University of Bari and NORCE focusing ...

Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Vestland

FORNY20-FORNY2020

Geothermal Driven Concrete Energy Pile Joints

Geothermal energy is a well-known and well-established energy source. Unfortunately, it is also an underutilized energy source to date, despite its enormous potential. It is estimated that the amount of energy available within 10,000 m of the earth’s surface is up to 50,000 times greater than all...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2023

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

MVO: Støtte til UiBs deltagelse i European Energy Research Alliance Executive Committe

Klima og energiomstilling er ett av UiBs tre faglige satsingsområder. UiB skal innenfor dette området utnytte og utvikle breddeuniversitetets muligheter for faglig mobilisering, fordypning og samarbeid på tvers av faggrenser. Hovedansvaret for å implementere satsingen i organisasjonen er lagt ti...

Awarded: NOK 0.17 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2025

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Geothermal Energy - Horizontal Closed Loop System

Geothermal energy is the thermal energy contained below the surface of the earth. Typically, the temperature in the earth will be above 100 degrees C below around 4 km deep into the ground. However, the thermal gradients vary dependent on the location. For example, in Iceland and in similar volca...

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Rogaland

FORSKSYSTEMET-FORSKSYSTEMET

Direkte kontakt latent varmelagring

Thermal energy storage enables disconnection of production and consumption of heat. This property is useful in energy supply networks relying on inherently unstable sources such as solar and wind. Consumption of heat from a storage when production output is low, referred to as load-shifting, or u...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

MVO: Strategic participation at the EERA Secretariat

The EERASEC project has allowed SINTEF/Norway to actively participate at the EERA Secretariat to ensure that Norwegian interests are heard and discussed at the core of EERA/ EERA's network and at the same time ensure an efficient, high-quality implementation of such interests. This project has be...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2023

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

MVO: Participation in EERA ExCo (EERA-ExCo)

The project's main goal is to use the opportunities inherent in SINTEF ENERGI's roles in the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) as respectively chairman of the board (Nils Røkke: President EERA ExCo) and chairman of the EERA Policy WG (Petter Støa) to promote Norwegian interests and Norwegi...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Era-Net Seismoelectric Effects for Geothermal Resources Assessment and Monitoring - See4Geo

Identifying water-filled fracture networks is crucial for designing and operating open geothermal systems. The SEE4GEO (Seismo electric Effects for Geothermal Resources Assessment and Monitoring) project has investigated the use of seismo electric effects (SEE) as a method for mapping and monitor...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Vestland

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

DErisking Exploration for geothermal Plays in magmatic ENvironments

High resource risk and high upstream exploration costs are key barriers to scaling up of geothermal energy development globally. Reducing the upstream risk has, for a long time, been a priority area of the sector on several fronts. The DEEPEN project is intended to contribute to this goal through...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Rogaland

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

SWIPA - Centre for Subsurface Well Integrity, Plugging and Abandonment

The primary objective of the center SWIPA, Centre for Research-based Innovations Subsurface Well Integrity, Plugging and Abandonment, is to develop new innovative cost-saving solutions for P&A (Plugging & Abandonment) of wells. Successful innovations in this field will save Norway considerable am...

Awarded: NOK 96.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Fluid adjustments

The Fluid Adjustments project aimed to develop and test methods for more automated and precise adjustment of drilling fluids using advanced sensors, mathematical models, and control algorithms. The project focused on combining real-time sensor data with a self-calibrating predictive model capable...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2026

Location: Agder

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