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RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

eTransport - Beslutningsstøtte for lokal energiplanlegging

KMB-prosjektet "Analyse av transportsystemer med multiple energibærere" (145552/210) har i perioden 2001-2005 utviklet et prototype planleggingsverktøy som kan finne optimal utbyggingsplan for infrastrukturer for flere ulike energiformer i en og samme ana lyse. Prototypen er testet på case-studie...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

POLYMER ABSORBERS FOR SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY

A joint effort between Solarnor AS and the Energy Research group at the University of Oslo, General Electric Plastics and Kaysersberg Plastics has resulted in a new concept for polymeric solar collectors and a suitable new polymeric material for this appl ication. This pioneering work gives Norwa...

Awarded: NOK 0.64 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Markedsnært prosjekt - Utvikling og testing av biodiesel basert på soyaolje og syntetisk biodiesel (BTL)

Med 2,2 mil. tonn er EU verdens største produsent av biodiesel, hovedsakelig fra rapsolje. Begrenset tilgjengelig areal til dyrking av raps vil være en barriere for økt produksjon av biodiesel innenfor EU. Produksjon av raps i Norge er neppe konkurransedy ktig i forhold til produksjon i EU. Andre...

Awarded: NOK 0.33 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Østfold

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Sustainable Production Process for Capacitor Foil

The current production process for capacitor foil consists of a metal refinement process to 99,99% aluminium quality followed by casting of rolling slabs. The slabs are hot and cold rolled down to a final thickness of about 100 µm. After degreasing, annea ling is done to create a cubic texture su...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Agder

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Utvikling av miljøvennlig sement designet for å produsere stabil og robust selvkomprimerende bygningsbetong (SKBB)

Selvkomprimerende betong (SKB) er en betong med eksepsjonelt gode flytegenskaper som i forenkler utstøpingsprosessen ved at den ved hjelp av egen vekt fyller støpeformen uten behov for det betydelige vibreringsarbeidet som er nødvendig for ?normal? betong . Dette fører til at SKB gir en markert f...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Telemark

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Process Innovations for High Current Density

Hydro has over the past ten years succeeded with very ambitious programmes for continuous productivity increase in existing potlines, reaching world-leading performance levels. The limits for possible improvements by a continuous approach have now nearly been reached, as the performance of many e...

Awarded: NOK 7.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Sak e-02/05 Internasjonalt samarbeid mot Nord Amerika Tri-lateral forum workshop on: Marine Fish Aquaculture"

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Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Ukjent Fylke

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Sluttseminar - EURHARP

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Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Oslo

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Nansensenteret i St. Petersburg

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Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Vestland

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Distributed information in electricity grid operation - Developing solutions for communication and work practice

The project focuses on interaction between organisation and technology in order to analyse requirements for technological solutions, which will efficently support work processes. The research tasks will be based on an interdisciplinary approach. It will b e based on in-depth field studies of work...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Operating Agent for the new hydrogen storage Task of IEA

The proposal requests funding for Professor Bjørn C. Hauback at Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) to become the Operating Agent for the new hydrogen storage materials Task within the International Energy Agency Hydrogen Implementing Agreement (IEA HIA ) for the period 2006-2009. Professor Hau...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Akershus

AREAL-Areal- og naturbasert næringsutvikling

Handelsbarrierer og foredling i fiskevarer

Bakgrunn for prosjektet: Etter Sveriges, Finlands og Østerrikes inntreden i EU i 1996 ble også markedsadgangen for norske fiskevarer endret - først og fremst i form av høyere tollbarrierer. Målsettingen med prosjektet er å analysere hvilke konsekvenser me dlemskapet og de nye handelsbarrierene/ma...

Awarded: NOK 0.42 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Optimising the antioxidant effect of Se in wheat

Selenium (Se) is a key antioxidant of major importance to health of living organisms. A series of stressors (e.g. radiation, chemicals) can induce free radicals in living tissues and subsequently negative effects such as oxidative stress and DNA/RNA damag e occur. The antioxidant effect of Se is ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Occurrence, dispersal modeling and toxic effects of a multitude of contaminants in Lake Mjøsa - a deep Nordic lake

The project will focus on the occurrence and fate of a multitude of pollutants in Lake Mjøsa. This deep fjord lake is the largest lake in Norway, and it has been supplied with a multitude of both classical and newly discovered, less studied contaminants. Recent studies have proved exceptional hig...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Oslo

BEDSAM-Bedriftens samfunnsansvar

International developments, dissemination and implementation of CSR in the Norwegian clothing sector

By a trial research design this project aims to follow the Norwegian branch organisations engagement in the national and international development of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and to study how these processes disseminates and influences the cl othing branch in Norway at the chain and ...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Rogaland

FORURENS-Forurensning

The future role for Nitrogen in acidification; investigating the changes in N runoff using modeling, empirical and experimen......se 141498

During recent years attention has been drawn upon increased leakage of nitrate from mountain and heathland areas receiving high Nitrogen deposition. Increased leakage of nitrate may cause deterioration of drinking water, acidification of surface waters an d contribute to marine eutrophication. In...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Toxicology of synthetic antioxidants EQ, BHA, BHT and their metabolites retained in the fillet of farmed Atlantic salmon.

Synthetic antioxidants are used as preservatives in fish feed and fish feed ingredients to prevent the auto-oxidation of unsaturated lipids. The market demand for more oily fish flesh has lead to an increased lipid content in fish feed in Norway during la st 30 years, which has consequently resul...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Vestland

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Income supported farming: The economic behaviour of farmer households

Income supported farming means that the farmer household covers low returns from their farming with other sources of income. This is in particular relevant for part-time farmers. This group grow in numbers relative to full-time farmers all over Europe. The decisions of income supporting farmer...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Trace elements in grazing domestic ruminants in Norway - present situation and long-term trends.

Deficiency of copper, selenium and cobalt, as well as chronic copper poisoning, are all known in Norwegian domestic ruminants. In the 70s and 80s several surveys of trace element levels were carried out, primarily in sheep and in pasture plants. These stu dies confirmed substantial regional diffe...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Technology for production of ultra stable marine oils for functional food applications

There is an increasing demand for marine oils due to the growing awareness of its health benefits. The demand for these omega-3 containing lipids as food ingredients (functional food) is predicted to increase extremely when the industry has solved the cha llenges regarding the potential unpleasan...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Timing and determination of fecundity and skipped spawning: implications for stock-recruitment theory of determinate spawners

To forecast stock size is an integral part of responsible and sustainable management of marine resources, and requires intimate knowledge of stock-recruitment relationships. Models that accurately depict these relationships have therefore long been sought . These models have evolved in complexity...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Arctic lamb meat - competitive advantage in a national and an international market

Norwegian lambs graze the natural pastures of Norwegian mountains and forests and produce meat of very high quality. We have however, little information on how the quality of these natural pastures affect the meat quality, and whether lambs grazing coasta l or mountainous areas will have a 'taste...

Awarded: NOK 7.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Distribution of Selected Organic Pollutants and Estimation of the Degradation Rate of Chiral Compounds in the Arctic Ocean and N Atlantic

A large number of water and air samples from various parts of the Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic have been made available. The samples were collected during expeditions 2002 and 2005. Various types of environmental contaminants should be determined in th e samples. These include traditional pers...

Awarded: NOK 0.59 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Risk-benefit assessment in a mammalian model of the consumption of different types of seafood containing high levels of methylmercury

Seafood is the main source of methylmercury in the human diet. However, the outcomes of epidemiological studies in populations exposed to high methylmercury levels from different types of seafood (e.g. fish versus whale) are contradictory. Furthermore, re ported risk assessments of seafood consum...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

IKT, funksjonshemming og arbeidsliv (ref. 81145)

Prosjektet vil belyse følgende hovedproblemstillinger: 1) Hvilke offentlige virkemidler er utformet for å nyttiggjøre seg IKT-baserte hjelpemidler som kan fremme sysselsetting av funksjonshemmede i Norge, Storbritannia, Nederland og Danmark? 2) H vordan er diffusjonssystemet organisert i...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Wave and current loads on net panels and net cages

SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture (SFH) has over the last five years developed a numerical model (3dNet) of a three dimensional net structure exposed to waves and current. This activity has been financed by the Research Council of Norway through two projec ts: 3 Dimensional netpen movement and moo...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

The parasite fauna of wild and reared cod: transmission of parasites?

Parasites may move freely between fish hosts kept in net pens and surrounding wild fish stocks. The background prevalence and intensity of the different parasite species will determine the infection pressure on net-penned populations of naive juvenile fis h. Knowledge of the natural infection lev...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Background levels: Occurrence and effective detection of cod pathogens

Cod farming is considered one of the areas with the highest potential for growth in Norwegian aquaculture. Most cod hatcheries use wild caught broodstock, which represent a danger for the contamination of the farm premises with pathogens (virus, bacteria, parasites); particularly those transmitt...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Effects of vaccination and innate immune defence against recurrence of IPN in salmon carrying IPN virus of different virulence.

There is a need to identify factors that may contribute to the serious infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) disease problems in A. salmon post-smolts. It is important to know more about the impact of the widespread carrier state of IPNV in A. salmon, the risk of recurrence of IPN, and the high vi...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Leptin in fish - exploring the actions of a novel hormone and its role in control of appetite, growth and puberty in Atlantic salmon and cod

In mammals, leptin is a hormone produced by adipose tissue and has been established as a key signal for regulating adiposity. Until last month (May 2005), when our collaborators at National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Mie Japan published their disc overy of the leptin gene and its expressi...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

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