A competence building project with user involvement (KMB project), funded by the Research Council of Norway (RENERGI programme) and industry partners.
Project responsible: SINTEF Energy Research Duration: 2009 – 2013 Total budget: 19 mill. NOK (2.2 mill. Euro)
Project manager: Astrid Petterteig, SINTEF Energy ResearchQuality responsible: Magnar Hernes, SINTEF Energy Research
The main focus of this project is on reliability and energy efficiency of future offshore distribution systems, dominated by power electronic converters.
The projects main objective is to provide competence and decision basis for enabling reliable and energy efficient power electronics components and systems for renewable power generation in harsh offshore environments, with focus on future hybrid ac/dc distribution networks for offshore wind parks.
Illustration: CeSOS, Bjarne Stenberg
