Sustainable Energy

The transformation of the fossil-based energy sector with large greenhouse gas emission to clean energy is one of the greater global challenges.

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Rune Bredesen

Research Director

Our research area in sustainable energy covers technology within CCS, renewables, energy storage, hydrogen and fuel cells. The applied and innovation-driven research aim at making CCS and renewable technologies and energy systems reliable and affordable.

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Laboratories

Advanced materials characterisation - Laboratory

The advanced materials characterization laboratory in Oslo develops techniques and makes use of advanced experimental facilities within the national infrastructure centers NORTEM, NICE, and NORFAB. It also employs modeling frameworks utilizing the...

Alpha Centauri – Field laboratory for testing of solar modules

Alpha Centauri is an outdoor laboratory for testing and characterizing PV modules in a Nordic climate. Here, we can test both monofacial and bifacial PV modules with advanced measurement equipment for irradiance.

CO₂ laboratory, Tiller

The CO₂ laboratory at Tiller is a highly equipped test facility for development of post-combustion CO₂ capture technologies, as well as a research lab for flue gas pre-treatment analysis and emission research.

Degradation studies of solvents

Solvent studies is essential in the work with developing post combustion CO₂ capture technologies. Solvent degradation may lead to a significant loss of solvent performance (solvent losses, corrosion problems etc.) and also lead to a negative...

News

6. November 2024

Partner up to strengthen maritime decarbonisation

SINTEF Ocean and the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) have signed agreements for joint efforts in greening the maritime sector. This partnership will strengthen maritime decarbonisation

21. August 2024

Laboratories for the future

Two new laboratories will test energy systems that will make shipping green, and constructions that are necessary for offshore wind and other energy development offshore.

29. May 2024

An essential watershed in emission-free freight transport in Norway

As early as next year, a hundred new hydrogen trucks will be rolling Norwegian roads – with zero emissions and a range of 500 kilometres. And that’s not all! It takes less than fifteen minutes to fill their tanks.

Projects

Microalgae as feed raw material for salmon fish (Microfeed)

Start:: 2024
End:: 2026

The goal for Microfeed is to be able to use diatoms as a raw material in salmon feed by contributing with documentation to show the effect of diatoms on nutrition, health and quality of salmon fish.

DigiBygg – AI for automated production of digital building models and smart building analyses

Start:: 2024
End:: 2027

The DigiBygg project aims to achieve fast and cost-effective production of detailed digital building models, which will promote broader adoption of digital processes in the building sector.

Tailwind– Sustainable station-keeping systems for floating wind

Start:: 2024
End:: 2027

TAILWIND embraces sustainable-by-design principles to shape the next generation of floating offshore wind (FOW) farms.

GHOST DigiT

Start:: 2024
End:: 2027

This project aims to develop digital solutions that advance geological heat storage as an eco-friendly, scalable energy storage method, reducing energy demand and supporting the green energy transition.

Software

BattMo

BattMo is an open source simulation code for continuum modelling of electrochemical devices written in Matlab and Julia

Destiny

DESTINY is an open-source cyber-physical Modelica library developed for modelling and simulation of renewable stationary energy systems.

HyOpt model

HyOpt is an optimization model for the design and evaluation of energy systems with a focus on Zero emission technologies.

SUT-Core

The Supply-and-Use Table model software provides functions to develop national macro-econometric input-output models.

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Rune Bredesen

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Laboratories

Advanced materials characterisation - Laboratory

Alpha Centauri – Field laboratory for testing of solar modules

CO₂ laboratory, Tiller

Degradation studies of solvents

News

Partner up to strengthen maritime decarbonisation

Laboratories for the future

An essential watershed in emission-free freight transport in Norway

Projects

Microalgae as feed raw material for salmon fish (Microfeed)

DigiBygg – AI for automated production of digital building models and smart building analyses

Tailwind– Sustainable station-keeping systems for floating wind

GHOST DigiT

Software

BattMo

Destiny

HyOpt model

SUT-Core

Sustainable Energy

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Expertise

Laboratories

Advanced materials characterisation - Laboratory

Alpha Centauri – Field laboratory for testing of solar modules

CO2 laboratory, Tiller

Degradation studies of solvents

News

Projects

Software

BattMo

Destiny

HyOpt model

SUT-Core

CO₂ laboratory, Tiller