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The way forward for Norwegian windpower development

09 October 2019

How can we protect nature and act on climate change? In the wake of heated debate in Norway over windpower development, energy researchers from Norway's largest university and Scandinavia's largest independent research institute offer politicians some thoughts.

This is what you need to know about CCS – Carbon Capture and Storage

07 October 2019

Why is there so much talk about storing CO2 underground? Doesn’t it cost more than it’s worth? Here we provide the research scientists’ answers and explanations of why CCS is climate technology that we are completely dependent on. And yes, this can be performed in a safe manner.

Sensors made this company a world leader in tool production

19 September 2019

A small machining company in Norway is the first in the world to use digitalised tools for advanced turning. The technology enables the prevention of damage to complex and expensive parts used in the aircraft and gas industries.
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Substations without SF6

14 October 2019

The suppliers of large, gas-insulated substations are competing to find a suitable replacement for SF6 gas, whose global earming potential (GWP) is 23,000…

Four years with SINTEF in Brussels

10 October 2019

In the autumn of 2015, SINTEF officially opened its office in Brussels. The aim was to get better insight into EU opportunities, to…

A framework for interdisciplinary collaboration and evaluation of infrastructure transformation in Germany

09 October 2019

The German Case Study within the ELEGANCY-project examines ways to decarbonise the German infrastructure with H2-CCS chains, focusing on pipeline-based options for CO2…
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Recycling of the Flue Gas in Aluminium Electrolysis Cells

https://www.sintef.no/en/publications/publication/?pubid=CRIStin+1736952

Recycling of the flue gas from aluminium reduction cells is a possible method for increasing the carbon dioxide concentration, thereby enabling carbon dioxide capture. The present report is a preliminary study concerning some of the consequences in the electrolysis cells. A hypothetic 400 kA cell wa...

Authors Solheim Asbjørn
Year 2019
Type Report/thesis