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ENERGIX-Stort program energi

ECar, A strategy for electrification of road transport in Norway.

Emissions from light duty vehicles (LDVs) are one of the most rapidly increasing GHG emission categories. Curbing this trend is increasingly challenging as economies in transition and developing countries are expected to increase their per capita use of L DV?s. Up to a few years ago there have be...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Optimal infrastructure for seamless integration of distributed generation - OiDG

Following the visions and strategies stated in the European SmartGrids2 Technology Platform as well as in the Norwegian energy sector strategy - Energi21 , seamless connection and integration of distributed generation (DG) into medium voltage (MV) and low voltage (LV) networks is one of the obje...

Awarded: NOK 7.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Small scale concentrating solar energy

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Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Socio-Economic Drivers in Implementing Bioenergy Projects. Norwegian participation in IEA Bioenergy Task 29 in 2009

This project finances the Norwegian participation in IEA Bioenergy Task 29 "Socio-Economic Drivers in Implementing Bioenergy Projects" in 2009. Task 29 arranges workshops in cooperation with other international bodies to discuss and analyse social and eco nomic drivers and barrieres of establishi...

Awarded: NOK 0.21 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Innlandet

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

The mechanisms of photoprotection in natural and artificial photsynthetic systems

Future energy systems are likely to utilise solar energy. Plants, algae and cyanobacteria convert solar energy to a chemical form and store it as energy rich compounds, primarily carbohydrates, by a process known as photosynthesis. In photosynthetic syste ms, sunlight is captured by light-harvest...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Thermoelectric heat-pumps for energy savings in houses

Thermoelectric devices (Peltier elements) may be used to generate electricity by operating between two different temperatures, or conversely, as heat-pumps for cooling or heating by sending direct current through the device. Thus, the thermoelectric pheno menon has potential as an environmentally...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Rogaland

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Bioenergy markets in Norway, Postdoc

Four subprojects: 1)Household demand for bioenergy: Important factors when households choose to invest in energy systems and who much bioenergy that are actually households use, given the energy system they have and the range are elasticities and cross el asticities for bioenergy. The method will...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Akershus

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Novel materials for utilization of natural gas and hydrogen

Separasjon av gassmolekyler er en av de viktigste områder i produksjon av drivstoff, kjemikalier og mange andre industrier. Separasjon står for mer enn 30% av de totale kostnadene av sluttproduktet, gass eller kjemikalie, så et forbedret separasjonstrinn vil lede til reduserte kostnadene for prod...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Power Electronics for Reliable and Energy efficient Renewable Energy Systems

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Awarded: NOK 12.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Biomass to liquid fuels

Gassifisering av biomasse (for eksempel skogsavfall) fulgt av gassbehandling og syntese av hydrokarboner (såkalt Fischer-Tropsch syntese) er en mulig produksjonsrute for bærekraftig biodrivstoff som ikke fortrenger matvareproduksjon. Metoden er spesielt egnet for framstilling av diesel og flydriv...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Do customer information programs influence energy consumption?

In this project we will study the effects of customer information programs on household energy consumption. The project includes three work packages. In WP1 we analyze which factors are important to explain residential energy use, and the barriers that h inder changes towards more sustainable en...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Development of semiconductor nanowire based solar cells

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Awarded: NOK 8.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Congestion Managment and Block Bids in Deregulated Electricity Markets

The project focuses on studying alternative ways of handling congestion management and block bids in deregulated electricity markets. Both the Nordic and the European electricity market will be studied. Comparisons between nodal pricing, zonal pricing and counter purchase for the European market...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Vestland

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Design of novel Pd-alloy membranes with controlled composition, homogeneity and nanostructure for hydrogen production under harsh conditions

The primary large-scale industrial hydrogen production route is from natural gas through a process that involves two equilibrium-limited reactions: the steam reforming and the subsequent WGS step, to arrive at a gas which is rich in H2 and low in CO. Hydr ogen selective membranes have frequently ...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Hydrogen in solar-grade p-type silicon: dominant complexes and solar cell efficiency

The PV market is dominated by solar cells based on mc-Si, and it is expected that Si will continue to dominate in the years to come. Huge efforts are put down in research related to improving and optimizing such silicon based photovoltaics. Practically a ll earlier solar cells based on p-type Si...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Electricity Demand Knowledge

There is an increasing focus on challenges related to climate-changes and security of energy supply. EU has specified a binding target for 2020 to reduce the EU global primary energy use by 20 %, compared to a normal growth. Energy efficiency in energy co nversion, supply and end-use is the short...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Intelligent biogas fuelled energy conversion technologies

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Awarded: NOK 7.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Rogaland

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Vulnerability and security in a changing power system

The modern society is critically dependent on a secure electricity supply to maintain its functionality. Increased knowledge about the security of supply regarding vulnerabilities in the power grids and wide-area interruptions (blackouts) is very importan t to enable a secure and flexible power s...

Awarded: NOK 8.3 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

'High Frequency Wind Power'.

Prosjektet omhandler løsninger for vindparker basert på likespenning. Ny omformerteknologi og transformering med høy frekvens gir systemer med lavere vekt og volum. Nøkkelteknologi er bruk av nanokrystallinske materialer i transformatorkjerner samt matriseomformere. Prosjektet omhandler særlig hv...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

High Voltage AC and DC Subsea Cables for Offshore Wind Farms and Transmission Grids

Within Energi 21 (a unifying R&D strategy for the energy sector) five technology target areas are identified in order to respond to the key challenges and to the national objectives. In the strategy document for Energi 21, one of the target areas for more intensive basic research is an energy sy...

Awarded: NOK 12.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

From biomass to biogas - an integrated approach towards sustainable recovery of energy and nutrients

There is a desperate need for efficient, environmentally friendly, integrated technologies for conversion of biomass, in particular recalcitrant lignocellulosic biomass, to energy. One of the most promising biomass-derived energy-carriers is biogas. Biog as production leads to relatively high en...

Awarded: NOK 16.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Akershus

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Etanol fra lignocellulose

Ved avdeling for ingeniørutdanning ved Høgskolen i Bergen er det utviklet ny teknologi basert på sterksyre for framstilling av etanol fra lignocellulose. Det unike ved teknologien er at 98,5% av den tilsatte syren gjenvinnes. For videre utvikling og ver ifisering av teknologien bygges det nå et...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

OCEAN BIOPOWER - Biofuels from farmed seaweed

Mange land har lagt strategier for økt bruk av biodrivstoff, med vekt på utvikling av andre generasjons biodrivstoff. Norge har en lang kystlinje, med en stor økonomisk sone. I løpet av de siste tiårene har Norge utviklet en avansert offshore industri og en avansert havbruksnæring. Denne høyt ut...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Utvikling av modeller for offshore vind- og turbulensforhold og beregning av laster på bunnfaste og flytende offshore vindturbiner.

Vindforholdene i det marine grenselaget nær havoverflaten, der offshore vindturbiner befinner seg, er i liten grad kartlagt i de norske havområdene. Vinddata fra landbaserte målinger vil ikke kunne karakterisere forholdene offshore og det er derfor nødven dig med offshore vindmålinger av høy kval...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Akershus

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Deltagelse i internasjonalt energisamarbeid i veksthussektoren

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Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

SUPOENER: The Future Role Of Biomass Energy In Norway - An Interdiciplinary Technological, Economical And Environmental Research Program

I WP1 har vi sett på utvikling av økonomisk realistiske bioprosesser for konvertering av trebiomasse til biodrivstoff. Denne forskningen har omfattet tre deler: (1) enzymatisk omdannelse av polysakkarider som cellulose til enkle sukkerarter som kan omdannes til for eksempel etanol gjennom ferment...

Awarded: NOK 11.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Akershus

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Renewable strategies? Implementing and commercialising new energy technologies

The project focuses on conditions of innovation, implementation and commercialisation of new renewable energy technologies, emphasising industrial development. What challenges are companies in this area facing, what are their possibilities to utilise new possibilities in different parts of the va...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

SECOND GENERATION BIOFUEL - TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACTS ON BIOMASS MARKETS

It is expected that 90% of the increase of CO2 emissions in Europe between 1990 and 2010 will be attributable to transport. In the short and medium term, use of biofuels can be an important mean to reduce the GHG emissions from the transport sector. The second generation biofuels based on lignoc...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

ECLAIR-RFCP-CT

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Awarded: NOK 1.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Making words into deed: Analyzing supply chains for bioenergy and factors for development in different regions

The Norwegian authorities have ambitious goals for bioenergy, and an increasing number of firms have in recent years started up activity in bioenergy. This is existing businesses as well as new entrepreneurial enterprises specially set up for bioenergy. S ome firms are small, others are large. Ho...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage