Transport and mobility

Automation can make transportation of people and goods safer, more environmentally friendly and more efficient.

Norway’s geography leads to an inefficient land based transportation system. Therefore, both domestic and international aviation play a key role in enabling mobility.

SINTEF performs research covering large parts of the battery value chain.

SINTEF has decades of research experience in environmentally friendly and energy- and cost-effective bioenergy

SINTEF has many activities related to processing and utilization of marine- and land-based biomass. Research on land-based biomass mainly focus on the use of residues from agriculture and forestry as raw materials for production of bio-based...

We participate in developing future transport systems.

As a fuel, hydrogen is powerful enough to launch NASA’s space shuttles.

SINTEF Hyperloop: Capsules floating in air-tight pipelines at superspeed.

Globalisation, population growth and better living standards are leading to ever-increasing world trade and transport needs. Maritime transport is the most energy efficient form of transport, accounting for 80% of the world’s freight. Norway is one...