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RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Interactions between technological development, climate policy and energy markets - national and international perspectives

The project examine international issues, as well as national challenges, related to the interactions between technological development, climate policy and energy markets. The national perspective is addressed by using a computable general equilibrium (C GE) model approach with particular focus ...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

SAMFUNN: Disciplinary integration in natural resource management (NRM) research - promises and pitfalls. An empirical case study.

Through analysis of one main case, and 3-5 international comparative cases, this project seeks to identify and analyse the mechanisms by which attempts at establishing cross-disciplinary research groups succeed or fail. Cooperation between academic discip lines is often encouraged, but there is a...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

GNBIO-Grunnleggende næringsrettet bioteknologi

Development of Reporter Mice Models for Preclinical Screening of Drug

The research group of Professor Rune Blomhoff at the University of Oslo has recently established an in vivo molecular imaging model (e.g. transgenic mice carrying NF-kB, ARE, DR5 or GCS regulated luciferase reporter) aimed at identifying factors affecting relevant gene regulation in vivo in a ph...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

GNBIO-Grunnleggende næringsrettet bioteknologi

Characterization and exploration of microbial enzymes for processing of chitin, chitosan and peptidoglycan

The availability of an increasing number of microbial genomes, including the genome of the highly versatile white-rot basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium, offers unique possibilities to study and explore enzymes with potential biotechnological appli cations. In the present project, we will ...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: A molecular phylogeny of the brown-spored agarics (Basidiomycota)

The agarics with brownish spore prints embrace the families Cortinariaceae, Strophariaceae, Bolbitiaceae and Tubariaceae. In the Northern hemisphere, there is a vast number of brown-spored agarics, adapted to a variety of habitats. The phylogenetic relati onships between the large, brown-spored g...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2011

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Sunn økologisk såvare: Smitteterskler og alternative behandlingsmetoder for bekjempelse av sjukdom i økologisk såvare.

I følge EU-reglene skal all svåare til bruk i økologisk dyrking være økologisk produsert. En innskjerping av reglene forventes fra 1.1.2004. det produseres i dag ikke nok økologisk såvare av en slik kvalitet at behovet kan dekkes. Målet om 10% økologisk d revet jordbruksareal i Norge innen 2010 v...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Testikkelaktivitet hos råne relatert til forekomst av androstenon i fett.

Kjønnslukt fra produkter av ukastrert hanngris skyldes høye konsentrasjoner av androstenon og skatol i fettet. Undersøkelen gjennomføres på dyr som inngår i Norsvins testingsprogram av råner. Grupper av råner med samme far vil bli undersøkt, eventuelt over flere generasjoner. Androstenon og te...

Awarded: NOK 10.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

SAMFUNN: New Principles and Instruments of Environmental Governance and the Influence of Scientific Input

New international norms (precaution, transparency), and new instruments (negotiated agreements, environmental labelling etc), imply changes in the science-politics interface in environmental governance. Actors seen as relevant to environmental risk and po licy option assessment are more heterogen...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

SAMFUNN: How objects become manageable? - The cyborg fish and the management of cod in Canada, Norway and the European Union

Through a study of the mangement of cod in Canada, EU, and Norway, based on insights and methodology from the sociology of science, in particular from actor-network theory (ANT), we adress the questions about how and under which preconditions fisheries m angement becomes possible and how fisheri...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

THEORETICAL MODELING OF NANOMATERIALS FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE APPLICATIONS

Hydrogen as an energy carrier and other visions of the “hydrogen society” are especially attractive from an environmental point of view, the storage of large quantities required for most applications is a challenging. Over the fast few decades, a major ch allenge which still remains is to identif...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Oslo

PROSBIO-Prosess- og biomedisinsk industri

New antifungal antibiotics produced by genetically engineered bacteria

Fungal infections are on the rise, especially among HIV and cancer patients, as well as people subjected to organ transplantation. Polyene macrolide antibiotics are considered one of the best drugs for fighting invasive fungal infections. However, such ne gative properties of these antibiotics as...

Awarded: NOK 6.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Novel silicides for fuel cells and electrolysers

A new generation of energy technologies including fuel cells and electrolyzers are emerging, but are being held back by materials inadequacies, especially with respect to temperature, corrosion, strength and chemical activity. Considerable effort still ha s to be made to develop new and better ma...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Agder

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Metallurgisk prosess for produksjon av Silisium med Lavt Bor for anvendelse i solcelleindustrien.

Elkem har siden 70-årene arbeidet med produksjon av silisium (Si) til solceller i forskjellige sammenhenger. Denne erfaringen er overført til Elkem Solar (ES) som siden 2001 har arbeidet med utvikling av ny prosess. Resultatene så langt demonstrerer en pr oduktkvalitet som er god nok til 25 % inn...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Agder

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Store vindmøllegeneratorer

SmartGenerator is developing a new generator system with a weight reduced generator and an interconnection to the mains that meet the new grid codes. It is a goal of SmartGenerator to contribute in the national effort of establishing economical viable new renewable energy resources. SmartGenerat...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Process modelling of forest ecosystems and integrated analysis of climate change impacts in Norway

Forest covers 38% of Norway’s land area, is basis for forestry and forest industries as one of the country’s most important land-based economic sectors, and provide important environmental services, like recreation, conservation of biological diversity, and sequestration of climate gases. Futu...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2014

Location: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

SAMFUNN: Self-image and sustainability

This project is a continuation of the RAMBU project “Sustainable Consumption, Social Relations and Identity”. In the present project, we will pursue further our theoretical analyses on behavioral economics and the environment, based on modifications and further developments of neoclassical consu...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Hydrogen storage in metal hydrides based on magnesium

One major unsolved problem for the introduction of hydrogen into the global energy system is storage of hydrogen. The present proposal concerns metal hydrides based on magnesium, an important group of metal hydrides where improved hydrogen storage propert ies are anticipated. The focus is on the ...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2012

Location: Akershus

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Norwegian energy technology innovation and diffusion in a global technology market with international commitments

The project will analyse Norwegian implementation of international commitments, in particular EU directives, and model their consequences for the energy system. Indicators will be established that also serve as parameters in the modelling exercise. Thus, the output from the policy studies is inpu...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

SAMFUNN: Expertise and consumer-power. A project on the technologies of the politics of nature

The field of food issues has become a site for certain kinds of political "expertiments", that is for the testing out of new forms of political practice and involvement. These include the establishment of consumer panels, market analyses, and the newly es tablished independent Scientific Committe...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2011

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

New process technology for production of hydrogen from natural gas

Specific research objectives within the frames of the proposed KMB project are related to developing process technology enabling new improved methods for hydrogen production, encompassing the following fields: - Selective oxidation of methane t o hydrogen (CPO) - Membrane stea...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Mer og bedre grovfôr som basis for norsk kjøtt- og mjølkeproduksjon

Det totale potensialet for opptak av grovfôr hos drøvtyggere blir sjelden utnytta i norske husdyrproduksjoner. I dette prosjektet ønsker en å undersøke om det vil være lønnsomt å ta en større del av det i bruk ved å øke kvaliteten på grovfôret gjennom høs ting av gras og kløver på svært tidlige u...

Awarded: NOK 29.4 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2010

Location: Akershus

AREAL-Areal- og naturbasert næringsutvikling

Turistbasert næringsvirksomhet i verneområder - muligheter og hindringer

Vern av natur til ulike formål blir ofte hevdet å gi positive muligheter for reiselivsbasert næringsutvikling, men grunneiers erfaring så langt har i liten grad bekreftet dette. Vernevedtak med tilhørende vernebestemmelser møter ofte motbør hos grunneiere da det fører til tap av næringsmulighete...

Awarded: NOK 0.75 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2006

Location: Oslo

SAM-EU-Samfinansiering EU-kontoret

MarNIS - Maritime Navigation and Information Services (IP)

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Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Design and Development of Robust Nanostructured Polymer and Nanocomposite Membranes for Selective Acid-Gas Separation

This endeavor is an extensive collaboration between SINTEF, NTNU, North Carolina State University to develop novel membranes to separate CO2 gas from gas mixture. The membranes are synthesized from so-called block copolymers, which are advanced plastic ma terials where at least two types of monom...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Novel nanostructured materials by chemical methods

Oxides are impressing by exhibiting about all important physical properties, many with great potential for future applications. Since physical properties can be tracked back to bonding aspects and electronic structure, they are likely to show strong corre lations with the atomic arrangement (crys...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2009

Location: Oslo

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Molecular tools in oil and gas exploration

A principle objective in the Norwegian oil and gas policy is to achieve oil production for 50 years and gas output in a century-long perspective. The recoverable petroleum resources on the NCS were estimated to total 13.8 billion scm oe at 2001 and 28 % o ut of this remain to be discovered. There...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2008

Location: Oslo

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Waterflooding of carbonate reservoirs - Optimization and improved oil recovery

Oil recovery from carbonate reservoirs is more or less dictated by the wetting condition of the reservoir. Opposite to sandstone reservoirs, about 90% of the carbonate reservoirs are believed to be neutral to oil-wet. The oil properties described by the a cid and base number appeared to play an i...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2008

Location: Rogaland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Program for forbedret svinekjøtt og fettkvalitet gjennom fôr og genetikk.

Prosjektet setter fokus på forskning på noen av de mange faktorer som en antar vil påvirke kjøtt- og fettkvalitet på svin i de kommende år. Fordi Norge har verdens magreste gris og fordi fôrmidlene som brukes i svinefôringa er under sterk omstilling, reis es det nye forskningsspørsmål både for fô...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2009

Location: Akershus

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Nanostructures for optics

The program has two distinct areas of activity 1) Diffractive optical elements, in particular photonic crystal films 2) Manipulation of nanoparticles with optical fields in waveguides The first area of activity is the largest, with two Ph.D. students fully suppported by the program, and involves...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2010

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Korrekt bestemmelse av kjøttprosent og nedskåret vare hos norske lam

EUROP ble innført i 1996 som klassifiseringssystem av slakt i Norge. De fleste land i Europa benytter dette systemet for klassifisering av slakt. Systemet er selve grunnlaget for den økonomiske relasjonen mellom produsent, slakting og foredling. Et godt s amsvar mellom nedskåret vare som foredlin...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2008

Location: Oslo

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