53 projects

Date from new to old

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Predicting Lithology in Mineral Systems

The exploration and potential extraction of deep-sea minerals is emerging as a possible industry on the Norwegian continental shelf. However, knowledge of the geology in the upper layers of the seabed, and of the geological contexts in which mineral deposits occur, remains limited. To close these...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Vestland

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Commercialization of RIMARC – Next Minutes Prediction system for Ocean Waves and Vessel motions using the onboard navigation radars

Our RIMARC system developed together with MIT Ocean Research predict accurate ocean waves 4-8 minutes ahead in time, only using the onboard navigation radar. It is also a unique feature that RIMARC predicts the complete wave surface and wave heights, and not only give warnings of big waves the wa...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Nylon ropes for mooring of floating wind turbines

NYMOOR contributes to the implementation of safe, sustainable, and cost effective offshore floating wind energy. Floating wind turbines are kept in place by mooring systems, and the goal of NYMOOR is to enable design and use of nylon ropes in moorings. Nylon ropes are flexible, and this property ...

Awarded: NOK 13.5 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Bottom Fixed Offshore Wind Turbines in Extreme Waves

An important technology enabling the energy transition from fossil to renewable energy is offshore wind energy. Offshore wind energy can be harvested using both bottom fixed and floating wind turbines. The bottom fixed wind turbine is cheaper than its floating alternative. A lot of the existing c...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

GRUNNBEVILGNING-GRUNNBEVILGNING

Grunnbevilgning - Stiftelsen SINTEF (Samfunn)

...

Awarded: NOK 88.8 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

WindBarge- Low cost floating wind energy production

The aim of the project is to develop a new cost-effective floating offshore wind turbine that will reduce bottom disturbances at water depths of 30-100 metres. The floater will use a commercial but gigantic wind turbine of up to 20 MW. It is anchored to the bottom with a single anchor and a singl...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MARITIMFORSK-MARITIMFORSK

A new cost-effective concept for heavy maintenance of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines by use of large OSCV.

Offshore wind is a key facet in the goal to decarbonize the energy sector and meet the decarbonization goals defined by the Paris Agreement. The predictions are well documented by [GWEC, 2022] and [Regjeringen, 2022] to exceed more than 140 GW within 2031. As a result of the EU's ambitious target...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Vestland

GRUNNBEVILGNING-GRUNNBEVILGNING

Grunnbevilgning - Stiftelsen SINTEF (Tekn.-ind.)

...

Awarded: NOK 936.3 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Improved yield, lifetime and LCOE of floating solar power plants

A rapidly growing renewable energy market, in Europe and globally, represents immense possibility. Floating solar (FPV) will be one significant niche of renewable energy, with well documented potential, both globally and in Europe. Ocean Sun’s core innovation, a floating power system with solar p...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2025

Location: Akershus

GRUNNBEVILGNING-GRUNNBEVILGNING

Grunnbevilgning - Stiftelsen SINTEF (Primærnæring)

...

Awarded: NOK 91.9 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RETUREU-RETUREU

RETUR-EU Stiftelsen SINTEF

...

Awarded: NOK 1.0 bill.

Project Period: 2023-2030

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MARITIMFORSK-MARITIMFORSK

Transnational cooperation for protecting niche areas from marine corrosion and biofouling by green coatings and new testing technologies

During the last reporting period, SINTEF successfully developed the second generation of coatings featuring a dense, cross-linked network while maintaining flexibility. Several functional additives were introduced into the sol-gel-derived formulations, and homogeneous mixtures were achieved by fi...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORSKNINGSINFRA-FORSKNINGSINFRA

The Digital Ocean Space - Møre Ocean Lab

The Digital Ocean Space The digital transformation and distributed technologies change our societies as well as the maritime business. The ships are getting smarter, data-driven, connected to the rest of the world and greener with a variety of complex energy systems. The future maritime activity ...

Awarded: NOK 30.7 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2030

Location: Møre og Romsdal

FORSTERK-Forsterkningsmidler

ILIAD SUPPLEMENTARY – Dissemination and outreach to stakeholders with focus on Norwegian SFI, NCE and their industry partners

The EU project Iliad aims to develop the technological foundation for so-called 'Digital Twins of the Ocean', i.e., virtual representations of marine areas based on data from observations (satellite data and ocean sensors), modelling (ocean, ecosystem, and climate models), and digital infrastruct...

Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Improved operability and decision making for weather sensitive marine operations

Subsea 7 is a global leader in the delivery of offshore projects and services for the evolving energy industry. Offshore work is often sensitive to weather conditions, and progress is frequently delayed when conditions are outside workable limits. Delays in project execution caused by weather ar...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2025

Location: Rogaland

MARITIMFORSK-MARITIMFORSK

Technology transfer from ballast water to aquaculture water for removal of delousing agents in wellboats and pens

The overall idea of the WeBoat project is to develop an environmentally friendly marine water treatment technology for post-sealice treatment application in salmon aquaculture. WeBoat work with transfer and optimalisation of existing technologies from ballast water treatment to wellboats used for...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2025

Location: Oslo

REGIONAL-REGIONAL

FISK 4.0 – Industrialisering av den marine verdikjeden

FISK 4.0 is a six-year initiative aimed at developing knowledge and building research capacity to foster value creation within the marine and maritime sectors. The project focuses on the deep-sea fishing fleet in Møre og Romsdal, where both national and international expectations for growth and s...

Awarded: NOK 28.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2028

Location: Møre og Romsdal

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

Res-AlMA - Recycled Aluminum in Marine Applications

Østlandske Lettmetall is involved in several projects, with new products for the maritime market. Common requirements for the most curative products are mechanical properties and a stable geometry with tight tolerances. The production process is based on the machining of components from thick alu...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2025

Location: Innlandet

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Real-time assurance of ship operational performance and safety

International shipping is an indispensable logistic channel for the global economy which accounts for 80% of the total global trade volume. In addition, waterborne transport is recognized as the most efficient way of cargo transportation. Furthermore, the digital transformation is increasingly pl...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2025

Location: Akershus

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

HYDROMORE – HYDROdynamic Mooring analysis for Ocean Renewable Energy

HYDROMORE seeks to establish new best-practice approaches for designing future mooring systems used in floating ocean renewable energy devices. This will ultimately enable the design of leaner and safer mooring solutions and reduce the cost of energy from these technologies. In line with the Pari...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2027

Location: Vestland

IKTFORSKNING-IKTFORSKNING

Resilient Robotic Autonomy for Underwater Operations in Fish Farms

This project envisions reshaping the underwater operations in dynamic, complex and perceptually degraded environments by developing new knowledge and novel technology to enable resilient autonomy for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs). ResiFarm challenges the resilience in one of the most demand...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

EUROSTARS-EUROSTARS

E!115620/COD15: Active Airkeel stabiliser control for increased comfort and safety, fuel efficiency and operation flexibility of workboats

The AMCOSTAR consortia has developed an active Airkeel system that is enhancing active control through advanced feedback learning to permit challenging operations such as: precision heel and roll motion control, high loads, increased crane capacity, operation in hard weather and totally more effi...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2023

Location: Rogaland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Norwegian Research Centre on Wind Energy

NorthWind conducts research, education and innovation to reduce wind power costs, ensure sustainable development, create jobs and increase exports from the Norwegian supply industry. The centre started in 2021 and recently appointed a new director. It is coordinated by SINTEF with NTNU, NGI, the ...

Awarded: NOK 120.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

Utvikling av selvforsynt oppdrettsmerd for åpent hav med fokus på fiskevelferd ved bruk av fullskaladata fra pilotprosjekt

Arctic Offshore Farming (subsidary of former Norway Royal Salmon - merged with Salmar) have in collaboration with industrial contractors and suppliers developed a concept a fish farming facility for open seas focusing on ensuring for fish welfare, personell safety and farming operations i general...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

HONEYMOORING - Effektiv forankring av flytende havvind-parker

To make floating offshore wind a competitive source of renewable energy, the cost related to construction, installation and maintenance must be reduced. For floating offshore structures, the mooring system contributes significantly to the CAPEX, in addition to giving challenges related to product...

Awarded: NOK 8.5 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Akershus

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offshore operasjoner 2

Haugesundkonferansen 2022

Haugesundkonferansen er en viktig arena i den maritime klyngen, og årets konferanse spiller sannsynligvis en større rolle enn på mange år. Konferansen tar opp aktuelle temaer i den maritime politikken. Her møtes politiske ledere, havner og rederier, maritime tjenesteleverandører og offentlige ak...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Rogaland

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offshore operasjoner 2

NHH Shipping Conference - LeaderShip 2021

The Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) has a long-standing tradition of arranging annual shipping conferences. The 2018 and 2019 conferences, sponsored in part by RCN, was a success with around 180 attendees and high-level speakers such as the Norwegian minister of industry and the CEO of the No...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2021

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Key research challenges in the development of a Lowerable Offshore Floating Turbine

Blue Wind: Innovative solutions for the next generation of offshore floating wind farms Offshore wind power is increasing in popularity due to its potential to harvest wind energy with less acoustic and visual disturbance. Floating offshore wind deployment faces more challenging conditions com...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Rogaland

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

EKSE - Elementkalibrering av sonarer og ekkolodd

Human use of the oceans is increasing. We therefore have an increasing need for knowledge about the sea, the seabed, and what lives there. Applications include nautical charts, mapping of seabed types and habitats, and as foundation for ocean circulation models used in climate change models. Effi...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Vestfold

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Climate Futures

Climate Futures is strengthening society’s ability to navigate an increasing climate risk. We have especially developed quality and use of climate predictions extending from ten days to ten years into the futures. We are working withing four thematic areas: sustainable food production (agricultur...

Awarded: NOK 96.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2028

Location: Vestland

1 2