Top-class biofuel from the depths of the forest

21.05.2013Tops and branches from tree-felling sites are reborn in the laboratory as compact pellets. However, the energy industry will not act until the price is right.

A SINTEF project led by senior scientist Øyvind Skreiberg is transforming the chopped-off branches and tops of felled spruce trees into a fine powder that is then pressed into high-energy pellets...

Easier transition to offshore production of heavy oil

06.05.2013Tomorrow’s offshore oil will be highly viscous – and it will be a heavy job to bring it ashore. But newly-won knowledge is offering hope for fields that today would have been...

In SINTEF’s Multiphase Laboratory, these scientists have been gathering measurement data that show how tomorrow’s viscous oils will behave as they are brought ashore in pipelines that they share with...

Controlling robots with your thoughts

03.05.2013This is Angel Perez Garcia. He can make a robot move exactly as he wants via the electrodes attached to his head.


Maritime personnel need better training

22.04.2013Hard times for the shipping companies. Some of the blame lies with ships' officers who are failing to put new procedures into practice.

Weighing trailers on the road

10.04.2013Heavy goods vehicles on Norwegian roads will soon be checked and weighed automatically – while on the road.

Promising drilling tool

05.04.2013A new-born “mole” homes in on small oil reservoirs – an almost untapped source of income.

Bringing fish processing back to Norway

03.04.2013Researchers aim to make it just as economic to process fish in Norway as to send them to China.

SINTEF launches Multiphase Flow Centre

05.04.2013SINTEF has established a research centre for multiphase flow technology. The centre strengthens an already world-leading research group. The new Multiphase Flow Centre...