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New research initiative will power up Europe’s battery revolution

08 March 2019

A world moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy will rely more and more on energy storage and in particular on batteries. Better batteries can reduce the carbon footprint of the transport sector, stabilise the power grid, and much more. The Battery 2030+ large-scale research initiative will gather leading scientists in Europe, as well as the industry, to achieve a leap forward in battery science and technology. The first Battery 2030+ project kicks off in March 2019 and will lay the basis for this large-scale research initiative on future battery technologies.

The world meets in Trondheim to share CCS know-how

04 March 2019

The themes of the tenth edition of the Trondheim CCS Conference are technology that is absolutely necessary to combat climate change: CO2 capture, transport and storage.

This solar panel is the first in the world to store both electricity and heat

04 March 2019

Moreover, researchers have succeeded in increasing its output dramatically by providing the panel with its own cooling system.
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Machine Learning in Finance

18 March 2019

In February, together with financial technology (“FinTech”) startup NorQuant of Oslo, we arranged a half-day seminar “Machine Learning in Finance” open to anyone…

Excellent students awarded: improving the planning and layout of urban sites for housing.

12 March 2019

Two Master students have been awarded the NORS Master thesis prize for their work on better and faster design of building area layouts.…

What’s the point of installing batteries on marine vessels if the batteries are charged by electricity from their diesel generators?

12 March 2019

Many vessels are installed with energy storage units in the form of batteries (see illustration). The aim is so that they can generate…
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Improved fire deign models for Timber Frame Assemblies - Guidance document

https://www.sintef.no/en/publications/publication/?pubid=CRIStin+1685865

Models for calculating the fire separating properties and reduced cross-section of light timber frame assemblies are presented in EN 1995-1-2 [1] and the handbook Fire safety in timber buildings [2]. These design models are further improved within the COST Action FP1404 and presented in this documen...

Authors Just Alar
Year 2018
Type Report/thesis