1,295 projects

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Robust metal barriers for safe use of hydrogen infrastructure

Hydrogen has gained traction as a key solution towards reaching zero-carbon emission targets. However, adequate infrastructure for safe transport and storage of hydrogen gas is required. Hydrogen gas has one of the lowest volumetric energy densities on the market and requires significant compres...

Awarded: NOK 13.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Characterization Of Lithium-Ion Batteries for improved Recycling efficIency

There are more and more electric vehicles on European roads, and particularly Norwegian roads. The majority of these contain lithium-ion batteries consisting of critical raw materials like nickel, cobalt and lithium. These raw materials are both limited in availability but also require a large am...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Østfold

INNO-NAERING-INNO-NAERING

NyZe - Ny prosess for gjenvinning av sink fra EAFD

Galvanized steel (also known as zinc-coated steel) is construction steel coated with a thin layer of zinc that protects against corrosion. This is a very common material, used in everything from screws to lamp posts, guardrails, corrugated sheets, cars, etc. When these products are recycled, they...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Recirculate IT - Develop, demonstrate, and monitor flexible energy-saving ventilation ensuring good indoor air quality

The "Recirculate IT" project aims to change the way buildings manage energy consumption through innovative sensor-based control of ventilation systems. Specifically, the project seeks to develop, demonstrate, and monitor energy-saving ventilation solutions that incorporate the recirculation of re...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Scaling up the ZEG technology by solids segregation

Hydrogen is an important raw material in several chemical and metallurgical processes. It is also considered a potential clean energy carrier and will have an important role in the transition to a fully renewable energy market. Industrial hydrogen production is today predominantly carried out by ...

Awarded: NOK 16.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Akershus

MARITIMFORSK-MARITIMFORSK

Batteri i Havbruksflåten

The electrification of the aquaculture industry is well underway, but there is still a long way to go before work boats and service vessels are converted to renewable energy. Battery operation is a solution for increasing the share of renewable energy, but short range and lack of charging infrast...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Let’s speed up battery analytics (SPEED)

A New Tool to Supercharge Battery Data Analysis Batteries power our modern world, from smartphones to electric cars to renewable energy storage systems. But as the demand for better, longer-lasting, and more efficient batteries grows, so does the need for smarter ways to analyze how they perform....

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Agder

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Smart tørkestyring med multisensorteknologi for økt kvalitet og energieffektivitet i trelastproduksjon

Smart Wood Kiln Drying with Multi-Sensor Technology Timber is an important building material, but production is both energy-intensive and challenging in terms of quality. Traditional drying methods based on average measurements often result in over-drying, uneven quality, and unnecessary high en...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Leading Edge Protection Solution for Performance Enhancement of Wind Turbines

Climate change is the result of human activities, particularly the rise in carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels for energy. A target to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 °C has been agreed internationally, yet according to the International Energy Agency, as of 2024, fossi...

Awarded: NOK 14.3 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Vestfold

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Estimering av fremtidig sviktsannsynlighet for vannkraftskomponenter

The main goal of AssetLife is to develop methods and models for estimating the future failure probability of hydropower components (turbine, generator, etc.). This will help hydropower producers make better maintenance and investment decisions. Hydropower producers face aging assets and increased...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Bærekraftig kraftdistribusjon i Norge

As society moves towards electrification and combats climate change, minimizing other environmental impacts is also crucial. Developing Norway’s power grid—building new lines and maintaining existing infrastructure—poses challenges like biodiversity loss and other environmental effects. The Sust...

Awarded: NOK 7.1 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Innlandet

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Improving energy production and safety in biocarbon value chains

The EnergyProSafe project responds to the national strategies on transition into a low-carbon-emission society and goals of the metallurgical industry by improving energy production and safety in BC value chains, securing safe and sustainable supply of BC of needed quality and in sufficient quant...

Awarded: NOK 13.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Sun sharing in agriculture: researching agrivoltaics to benefit farming communities and energy industries while avoiding land use conflicts

Solar sharing: Can agrivoltaics revolutionise Norwegian farming? The Soldeling i landbruket project will explore new solutions to land use challenges, discovering if we can address growing energy needs while maintaining farmland. Specifically, we will discover if solar panels can be integrated in...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FFLJA-FFLJA

HealthyCucumber: Sustainable plant health management in modern greenhouse cucumber production

The HealthyCucumber project aims to find plant health solutions for challenges related to modern greenhouse production of cucumber in Norway. Implementation of new technology in greenhouse production, such as semi closed production, LED-lighting, and water recirculation systems, create changes in...

Awarded: Hidden

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Brannsikre fasader med bygningsintegrerte solceller

Exploiting the energy potential offered by solar power will be an important part of the transition to a more sustainable society. The potential for solar energy on available roofs and facades in Norway is enormous—equivalent to an annual power production of 65 TWh/year. By 2030, all new buildings...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Enhancing the Design of Brizo - A Reliable and Cost-Efficient Nearshore Floating Solar Technology (ENHANCING BRIZO)

In Enhancing the Design of Brizo the primary objective is to develop two critical analysis tools, BrizoYield to calculate yield, and BrizoResponse to calculate structural loads and responses for Fred. Olsen 1848’s new nearshore Floating PhotoVoltaics (FPV) technology, Brizo. The tools will allow ...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Galileo: Green, electrode agnostic, polymer electrolytes for Na-ion batteries.

The Galileo t is a Thematic Researcher project under the theme Energy and transportation – New advanced battery materials which seeks to lay the groundwork for all fluorine free polymer electrolytes for solid state sodium ion batteries (SIBs) with an application in stationary storage or transport...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Integrity of the hydrogen wells of the future

In the face of the green transition and the goal of zero emissions, hydrogen gas is being highlighted as a necessary energy carrier. After the production of hydrogen gas, it must be stored safely. Underground storage of hydrogen gas ("UHS") emerges as a promising solution, where excess hydrogen i...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Rogaland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

DETRANS - Digital EnergyTRANSformation of the of the Scandinavian building stock

Most energy measures in buildings are financially profitable, but experience shows that they are still not carried out on the scale expected. A lack of business models, a poor decision-making basis and uncertainty around measurements are possible reasons for this. There is a large performance gap...

Awarded: NOK 12.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

PowerPlay: Complementarity Formation and Trade-offs of the Nordic Battery Value Chain

PowerPlay aims to provide a comprehensive examination on the extent to which complementarities are formed in the Nordic battery ecosystem (Norway, Finland, and Sweden) given that this sector is the recipient of substantial public investment. In addition, PowerPlay also aims to investigate the loc...

Awarded: NOK 11.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Rogaland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Pol(Hy)Mer - Building knowledge on the compatibility of polymers for the hydrogen transport infrastructure

The use of hydrogen (H2) as an energy carrier is one of the most promising strategies for the de-carbonisation of fuels, and a reduction in CO2 emissions within the energy supply sector. However, it is widely recognised that transporting hydrogen is very challenging. To ensure safe and reliable...

Awarded: NOK 13.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Biodiversity-energy nexus: Pressures, impacts and potential for hydropower development in protected watercourses

The energy transition required to address climate challenges will demand a major shift towards renewable energy. At the same time, Norway has committed to halting biodiversity loss through the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. These two goals are in conflict. Particularly sensitive ...

Awarded: NOK 11.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

FME InterPlay - Integrated Hub for Energy System Analyses

InterPlay aims to contribute to holistic and long-term planning of the energy system, in order to meet our climate goals while conserving nature and biodiversity. In order to prevent global warming, emissions must be reduced. Emissions reductions from sectors such as industry and transport requi...

Awarded: NOK 120.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2032

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

FME ZeMe - Zero Emissions Metal Production

The transition from fossil to renewable energy sources is a shift towards a more material-intensive energy system. Stable and sustainable production and recycling of metals for use in wind and solar power plants, electric vehicles, batteries, and electronics are therefore crucial for global devel...

Awarded: NOK 150.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2032

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Repurposing coke waste for scalable battery electrode material production

Graphite and hard carbon are the most important components of anodes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), respectively. At the moment, their production is predominantly concentrated in China, together with most of the value chain for batteries. To strengthen Vianode’s...

Awarded: NOK 14.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Towards Autonomous Coiled Tubing Operations

Norway has several thousand offshore wells that need to be maintained and eventually plugged in the coming years. New wells are being drilled for oil and gas production and other purposes, such as CO2 storage and geothermal energy extraction. Future maintenance and plugging of wells represent a s...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Regional Energy System Pathways for decarbONised inDustry 2030

RESPOND2030 explores the interplay between decarbonisation in energy-intensive process industries (EPIs) and energy systems change. EPIs, such as metals, fertilizers, or cement, are key to value creation, but account for large emissions that need to be drastically reduced, or eliminated, to meet ...

Awarded: NOK 11.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FFLJA-FFLJA

Flexible Farming Solutions to Minimize Energy Expenditure and Create New Revenue Streams in Vertical Farming.

FlexiFarm's mission is to make vertical farming (growing food indoors in stacked layers) a sustainable and profitable solution for Norway. The focus is on reducing energy costs, which are a major challenge for vertical farms while creating new opportunities for these farms to earn revenue. The ke...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORSKNINGSINFRA-FORSKNINGSINFRA

The Norwegian Micro- and Nanofabrication Facility IV

NorFab is Norway’s national infrastructure for micro- and nanofabrication, providing cutting-edge facilities and expertise to create advanced technologies on the tiniest scales. Specialising in sensor development, photonics, and advanced materials, NorFab enables researchers and industry to tackl...

Awarded: NOK 110.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2031

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

FME MarTrans - Norwegian R&D centre for Maritime Energy Transition

The maritime sector currently accounts for about 9 percent of Norway's greenhouse gas emissions and 12 percent of global transport emissions. If we are to reduce emissions in sea transport, we must solve four main challenges: - Environmentally friendly fuel will be expensive and scarce. Consequen...

Awarded: NOK 150.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2032

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage