639 projects

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

WP2 – Energy System modelling and Socioeconomic models

This work package will focus on addressing the complementarity aspects of using bottom-up technology-rich energy system modelling approaches in tandem with macro-economic analysis with CGE modelling. Namely, we will utilize results and data from the IFE-TIMES-Norway model, using socio-technical t...

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Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

The Nordic Energy Systems Programme - WP 2 – Energy System modelling and Socioeconomic models

This project addresses the Nordic region’s fossil-free transition by developing an advanced modelling framework that links the energy system model GENeSYS-MOD with the macroeconomic model REMES-EU. Traditionally, energy models assume fixed demand, limiting insight into economic feedbacks. By maki...

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Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Secure energy systems for a renewable future

The power sector is the backbone of modern Norwegian society and supports almost all critical functions, including healthcare, transport, communications and national defence. Today, this critical infrastructure faces increasing threats; cyberattacks, sabotage and intelligence operations. This cre...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Harnessing innovative sustainable oil alternatives to traditional fish oil, ensuring uncompromised salmon health and fillet quality

Norway is a world leader in salmon farming but faces a major challenge: How can we ensure good fish health and high fillet quality without traditional fish oil? This is the goal of the InnoOil project. Fish oil has long been a key ingredient in salmon feed because it contains the omega-3 fatty ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Innovative Technologies for Monitoring Levels of Nitrosamines and Nitramines in Air and Water Near Amine-Based CO2 Capture Facilities

TechNAM is developing new technologies to verify that capturing CO2 from industrial processes does not contaminate the ambient air and nearby drinking water sources. The goal is to meet the safety standards set by the Norwegian Institute for Public Health (NIPH). A key concern is the possible for...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

NANOTEKNOLOGI-NANOTEKNOLOGI

COOLCATCH: Advancing materials for energy- efficient cryogenic refrigeration

Cooling to extremely low temperatures – needed to liquefy hydrogen for environmentally friendly aviation at -252 °C and to reduce noise in quantum computers near -272 °C – is a major technological challenge. Traditional mechanical coolers – the same basic technology used in household refrigerator...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Safe handling of refrigerated pressurized ammonia

Ammonia (NH3) is projected to be an important part of the clean energy transition. Using ammonia large amounts of energy can be transported with relative ease. This makes it a strong candidate, e.g., for fueling ships and heavy transport. To make this possible, however, we need safe and efficient...

Awarded: NOK 13.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

UTENRIKSFORSK-UTENRIKSFORSK

EMPHASIS-Exploring Mitigation Pathways for Holistic Sustainable development in Indian States

India has evolved from a nation with relatively low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to a significant player in global climate governance. Unlike other major GHG emitters such as the United States, the European Union, and China, India still has considerable development needs and has relatively low ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Electrolyzer for co-production of green Hydrogen and NOx for low carbon fertilizer production

Yara aims to become climate neutral by 2050. An essential part of this target is to produce mineral fertilizer without greenhouse gas emissions. Such production is technically possible today, but it is far from being economically viable. New flexible and efficient fossil-fuel free production proc...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Nano-MAP: Nanoplastic Monitoring for Risk Management in Aquaculture, Environment and Public Health

Plastic pollution is one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time. The tiniest plastic particles—micro- and nanoplastics—are now found in water, food, and even inside the human body. Research shows that they can cause inflammation, damage blood cells, and disrupt the gut microbiome. Y...

Awarded: NOK 12.1 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Reviving reservoirs: creating biodiversity hotspots in aquatic deserts (REBIRTH)

Hydropower is a cornerstone of renewable energy—especially in Norway, where it supplies around 90% of the country’s electricity. However, hydropower reservoir operations cause dramatic water level fluctuations, which severely disrupt shoreline ecosystems. These fluctuations create drawdown zones,...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Next Generation of Enviromentally-Friendly Gas-Insulated Switchgear

During the green transition, distribution and transmission system operators (DSOs and TSOs) are intensively maintaining and expanding their grids to meet the increasing demand for electrical power. As an increasing number of utilities run on electric power, it is imperative to ensure security of ...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Batteries as flexibility provider for the Norwegian Electric Power System – drivers, opportunities and challenges

How Can Batteries Support Norway’s Green Energy Transition? Rapid cuts in emissions through electrification based on renewable energy is one of the biggest challenges of our time. But Norway’s electricity grid lacks the capacity needed – and that makes the transition harder. To balance electrici...

Awarded: NOK 12.8 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Carbon capture and storage in waste-to-energy

Despite its current momentum and critical role in climate mitigation, carbon capture and storage (CCS) faces a series of technical, infrastructural, political, regulatory, and economic barriers that hinder the necessary large-scale and rapid implementation. Though recent research has developed an...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Reactive Flow Materials

Carbon-based materials are essential for making metals, batteries, and driving many industrial processes. Today, however, most of these materials are produced from fossil fuels like coal and petroleum coke — sources that release large amounts of greenhouse gases. The ROME (Reactive Flow Material...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Bio&PlastiCCS: Co-gasification of residual waste (including biomass and plastic) feedstocks as a bioCCS pathway

Plastic waste is one of today’s fastest growing environmental challenges. A large share cannot be recycled and often ends up in landfills, incineration, or worse – polluting rivers and oceans. At the same time, the world needs to find new ways of producing clean energy and reducing carbon dioxide...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Intelligent Decision Support for Underwater Infrastructure Monitoring towards Higher Societal Security & REsilience

Beneath the ocean surface lies an invisible network of submarine cables and pipelines that power our lives. They carry electricity, data, and communication signals, connecting continents, enabling global trade, and supporting modern society. Yet these underwater lifelines are increasingly vulnera...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Nature-Integrated Norwegian energy system transition - Opportunities, Trade-offs and Strategies

Harmony is about identifying political feasible solutions that ensures that the Norwegian energy transition jointly minimize climate gas emissions and undesired nature impacts. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions is crucial to limiting the impacts of climate change. But there is a challenge. The ...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

INFRAPOLITICS: Strengthening Critical Infrastructure Governance for Resilience and Security

INFRAPOL will explore how critical infrastructure – such as ports, data centers, subsea cables, and oil and gas pipelines – should be governed. Critical infrastructure is subject to complex political and economic pressures, often involving cross-border ownership interests. Public and private acto...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Capacities for Energy Transition Governance

The CAPACITIES project examines how the energy transition is governed at state and municipal levels. In the decades when the administration and institutions in the energy sector were developed, their mandate was more limited and focused than it is today, where complex societal challenges must be ...

Awarded: NOK 11.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

The Power of Parties (PoPs): The Origins of a Nordic Welfare State

The research project “Power of Parties (PoPs): The Origins of a Nordic Welfare State” studies how political parties helped shape the Nordic welfare state model. The project provides new historical insights: It looks at the differences between socialist (left-wing) parties and non-socialist (right...

Awarded: NOK 11.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Buskerud

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Optimizing industrial-scale blue H2 production with liquid CO2 capture enabling maritime logistics chains

The project HydroCCS will develop new knowledge and methods for the production of emission-free blue hydrogen (from natural gas) based on a novel carbon capture technology that captures CO2 in liquid form. This methodology can be combined directly with ship transport of CO2 under both current and...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

PEDAID3 - Positive Energy District supported by AI and Data-Driven-Decisions

The PEDAID3 project - Positive Energy District supported by AI and Data-Driven Decisions, aims to enhance European cities shifting towards climate neutrality by making urban energy systems smarter, more efficient, and people-centered. The project develops new digital tools that use artificial int...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

CETP - Sustainable Criteria and Overall Renewable Evaluation for Offshore Wind Energy

Offshore wind is crucial for Europe’s green energy future. It can deliver large amounts of clean electricity, but offshore wind development also faces many challenges: protecting the marine environment, ensuring public acceptance, managing risks, and securing stable energy prices. Today, most off...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

DECODE: Decentralized Energy Communities with a Digital Economy

We tend to see money as something ordinary. It moves between hands and screens as if it were simply a neutral medium of exchange. But money is not neutral. It is an infrastructure that organizes how resources, energy, value, and power circulate. For the past fifty years, that infrastructure has b...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INTSAMARBEID-INTSAMARBEID

Na+tteries: Femtosecond-Laser Nanostructuring of Electrodes for Stable Sodium-Ion Electrode–Electrolyte Interfaces

The Na+tteries project is developing new battery designs that are safe, long-lasting, and reliant on sustainably abundant natural resources -- in particular sodium (where the elemental symbol for sodium is "Na"). Whereas lithium-batteries are a mature technology, they rely on elements (esp. lithi...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Rogaland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

CETP - eCO2 Industries - Towards Climate-Positive Industries

The industry sector accounted for over a quarter (9 GtCO2) of direct global CO2 emissions in 2022, and reducing these emissions is challenging. Two strategies have often been considered to ensure deep decarbonisation of industrial plants: 1) Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) from process emissions...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Geothermal Energy and Lithium Co-production: Multiphysics Modelling, Experimentation and Simulation

The high amount of lithium found in geothermal reservoirs, along with rising demand for lithium, creates an opportunity to produce both geothermal energy and lithium at the same time. In Europe, several geothermal areas have brines (formation water) rich in lithium, which could help build a domes...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

FLoating Offshore Wind Effect on the pelagic system, knowledge base for impact assessment and monitoring

Norway has ambitoius plans for the future of renewable energy: by 2040, the country aims to install 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power. To meet this goal, floating offshore wind farms (FOWFs) will need to be built far out at sea, in deep waters where traditional wind turbines cannot be installed...

Awarded: NOK 10.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

CETP - Safeguarding CO2 storages in the greater North Sea region through advanced monitoring

To meet Europe’s climate goals, we need safe and reliable places to store captured CO2. The North Sea offers vast potential, but storing CO2 beneath the seabed requires close monitoring to ensure safety. One of the key challenges is distinguishing between natural earthquakes and tiny tremors caus...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus