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LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Susfood/CO call 2: Proteins and biomolecules sources for nutritional security and biodiversity of bakery products in a circular food system

The growing world population leads to an increased need for food, especially high quality proteins. Along with the increasing request for food, food production is affected by significant rates of food losses that represent useless resource consumption and significantly contribute to waste generat...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Centre for Industrial Biotechnology

Industrial biotechnology encompasses the use of modern biotechnological methods, enzymes and microorganisms for the production of a wide range of products, including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and feed ingredients, detergents, energy and biomaterials. The technology is expected to play a pi...

Awarded: NOK 96.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

earthresQue - Centre for Rescue of Earth Materials and Waste in the Circular Economy

Norway deposits too much waste — and much of it could be reused. Over 75% of landfill material comes from contaminated soil, construction waste, slag, and ash. At the same time, large amounts of clean surplus materials such as soil, crushed stone, and rock also end up in landfills, wasting resour...

Awarded: NOK 96.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2028

Location: Akershus

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Plastic Cycle (PLASTCYC); Optimizing Resource Efficiency while Minimizing Recycling of Hazardous Chemicals in a Circular Economy

The stock and flows of the seven most used polymers in plastic products in Norway were successfully mapped in the PLASTCYC project. The project provided a dynamic probabilistic economy-wide material flow analysis (MFA) of seven plastic polymers (HDPE, LDPE, PP, PS, PVC, EPS, and PET) in Norway fr...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Akershus

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

RecirkIrRu: Recycling of Iridium and Ruthenium

Platinum group metals (PGM) are six elements that have very similar chemical properties, consisting of: platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), ruthenium (Ru), and osmium (Os). Mineable deposits are very rare and found in few places worldwide. South Africa dominates the primary...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Innlandet

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

NextGen TPO- Sustainable, intelligent polymer alloy membranes fit for the future

The project 'NextGen TPO' was initiated to strengthen Protan's market position and address challenges related to the company's dependency on PVC products. The goal was to develop sustainable, robust, and smart membrane solutions to meet current and future needs for waterproofing of buildings and ...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Buskerud

NANOTEKNOLOGI-NANOTEKNOLOGI

Catch&Kill - Sustainable low-cost materials for air and water disinfection

Infectious particles, such as bacteria, fungal spores, and viruses, represent a threat to human health and society, and cause large economic losses in numerous value chains, including food and feed processing and storage. Existing measures and tools to reduce contaminants are numerous, but often ...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2026

Location: Telemark

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Læring som virkemiddel for raskere utvikling av bedre, bærekraftige produkter

Sustainable development in the form of lower emissions and an increased degree of circularity is essential for Norwegian industry to succeed in achieving the ambitious goals of the European Green Deal which defines the EU's environmental strategy and circular economy plan with the aim of halving ...

Awarded: NOK 13.2 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Rogaland

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

SMART- Bærekraftig produksjon av næringsrike marine proteiner

In the SMART project, a good solution has been developed for hydrolysis of whole cod heads. During the project period, over 100 tonnes of whole heads were hydrolysed, on an industrial scale, through 92 unique hydrolysis trials and over 30 trials with membrane filtration. An innovative hydrolysis ...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2026

Location: Møre og Romsdal

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

PlastiSirk - Quality control and documentation of recycled thermoplastics

With this project, NOPREC has achieved improved quality assurance and several types of product documentation for recycled thermoplastics in collaboration with Containerservice Ottersøy and Norner Research. The project has developed new knowledge and method sets to document the recycled plastic's ...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

SFI Harvest - Technologies for sustainable biomarine value creation

In SFI Harvest, researchers, industry stakeholders, and public authorities collaborate across the entire value chain to develop technology for detecting, selecting, and predicting profitable occurrences of the low-trophic marine species like krill and Calanus, as well as harvesting and processing...

Awarded: NOK 96.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

LASTING: Sustainable prosperity through product durability

The project "Lasting - Sustainable prosperity through product durability" has investigated factors affecting product lifespans as part of a broader circular economy approach aimed at reducing consumption and waste. The primary focus has been to advocate for extending the lifespan of products and ...

Awarded: NOK 10.2 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

BOOST: Novel solid-state bonding technology involving addition of filler metals for flexible design and production of multimaterial products

Sustainable, light weight and high-performance products are of undeniable importance towards the low-carbon circular economy. New multi-material products (MMPs) are regarded as the global trend with respect to product design and optimal choice of materials while also taking the concept of Design-...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Møre og Romsdal

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Revolusjonerende mengdetreningssko som balanserer foten optimalt gjennom steget

The aim of the project was to establish an interdisciplinary collaboration to develop a midsole for runners with an injury-preventing effect. The project has resulted in the new midsole material Ignite Pro with 74% rebounce and 30% longer durability compared to PU. The material is also recyclable...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Ombruk som tjeneste: Gjenstandskontroll og produktflyt i et kaotisk bruktmarked

The retail trade of the future must satisfy new demands from customers, companies and authorities and deliver more sustainable value chains based on circular economy instead of the current consumption-model. ??Attractive products and services needs to be developed to make reuse a seamless part of...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

AdaptAl - Adaptiv Control of Aluminium Manufacturing

30 Years of Research Yield Greener Aluminium Products Using artificial intelligence, chairs from Flokk have become 200 grams lighter. This saves energy, reduces material usage, and makes the chairs cheaper in stores. The CO2 footprint has decreased from 35 to 14 kg per chair by using recycled al...

Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Oslo - Oslove

NAERINGSPH-Nærings-phd

Anaerobic digestion of pyrolysis products

Despite the threat from global warming, global demand for energy is increasing. Biogas offers a flexible carbon-neutral alternative to fossil natural gas and has applications in energy production, heating and as a transport fuel - and even as a simple starting molecule for chemicals. There are se...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Vestfold

INNOFFARENA-Innovasjonsarena for stat og kommune

Miljølaboratoriet: Ny teknologi og adferdsøkonomi for økt resirkulering

Recycling: How to go from knowing to doing? In the EU, 250 mill. tonnes of waste is thrown away each year - an average of 486 kilos per person. At the same time, responsible consumption and production are a key part of the UN's sustainability goals. The aim is to counteract climate change throu...

Awarded: NOK 6.8 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Vestland

FORNY20-FORNY2020

MP: RECOMAT - Gjenvinning av komposittmaterialer

The production of composite materials in Europe in 2019 is approx. 1.3 million tonnes per year. Fiberglass reinforced polyester (FRP) accounts for 95% of this, the other 5% being epoxy and vinyl ester based composites. Composites are increasingly being used to replace metals in a wide range of ap...

Awarded: NOK 0.46 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORNY20-FORNY2020

STUD: Snowroller AS - Commercialization of a complete circular business model (CCBM) for the fashion industry

Snowroller makes Instagram-friendly and sustainable skiwear for Generation Z and Millennials worldwide. Today's use-and-throw mentality means that large quantities of textiles are produced in an energy-intensive and environmentally unfriendly way, as well as used only a few times before being thr...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Agder

FFLJA-FFLJA

Multifunctional high-value fungal biomass from the Norwegian agriculture supply chain by-products

Norway generated an estimated 600,000 tons of agricultural and food supply chain by-products each year. A large share of these materials had traditionally been downcycled into low-value products, incinerated, or disposed of as waste. These by-products—ranging from animal fats and spent grain to s...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2026

Location: Akershus

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

UrbanMine: Institutionalisation processes in times of circular green transitions

To reduce resource extraction for goods production, we must increase the recycling of resources that have already been extracted and used. One concept for this is urban mining, which focuses on creating business operations and value from minerals and metals found in consumer goods such as mobile ...

Awarded: NOK 9.4 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

RE-CReATE: Next generation of recycled food-grade PP crates and compounds for returnable food packaging in the Norwegian Circular Economy

Returnable transport crates are used to pack and protect various products like fresh produce, packed food, and other consumer goods from production to processing, wholesaler and grocery store. They ensure efficient transportation, excellent protection, and reduced product waste rates. Hence, they...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping

ERA-NET: Secondary bioprod. of low trophic organisms utilizing side streams from Blue & Green sectors to prod. feed ingredients -SIDESTREAM

The goal of the SIDESTREAM project was to evaluate new ways of recycling aquaculture and agriculture wastes to save resources and create value. Aquaculture and agriculture produce vast amounts of wastes. The SIDESTREAM project regards these wastes as 'side streams' and considers them a resource. ...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

NORO3/7 - Framstilling av omega-3 og omega-7 fra Norske restråstoffer.

Historically, in the past 40 years, fishmeal factories in Chile and Peru have been the main source of the commercial production of marine omega-3 fatty acids concentrates. The fish in these areas contain a favorable fatty acid composition in regard further processing the oil into omega-3 concent...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Møre og Romsdal

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

Low carbon Aluminium Heat Exchanger Products

Aluminium in automotive applications contributes to lightweighting transportation and reducing carbon emissions in the use phase. When the entire life cycle of passenger vehicles is considered, i.e. taking into account both the production and use-phase in the overall balance, the relevance of ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FORNY20-FORNY2020

PolySorb - verification, industrialization and commercialization.

PolySorb optimized and verified a new, low cost and non-toxic wood modification system, urgently needed to replace traditional alternatives. The modification by pressure impregnation of wood with sorbitol and citric acid (PolySorb) developed at The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBI...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Akershus

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

Resirkulert tilslag fra betongslam med CO2-bindende egenskaper

The main objective of RECONC is to produce recycled aggregates from concrete sludge that meet the same technical requirements as natural aggregates while having a demonstrably lower carbon footprint. The innovation involves a new treatment method for concrete sludge, using a "dry wash" process wi...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Innlandet

MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

ERA-NET: Bluebio Commercial exploitation of marine collagen and chitin from marine sources

Global biological resources are limited. It is essential to fully utilise them to prevent overconsumption and necessary to utilise them to reduce waste. One possibility is to create products from what would otherwise go to landfills, be discarded, or otherwise poorly used. An estimated 138 millio...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

SLUDGEFFECT: Life cycle effects from removing hazardous substances in sludge and plastic through thermal treatment

Taking pollutants out of the loop. There are several pollutants flowing through our homes and cities. These can range from hormone disrupting chemicals that can affect growth and fertility, like bisphenols found in our electronic appliances. They can also be the “Forever Chemicals” like PFAS (s...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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