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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, it is perfectly safe.

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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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…

Additive manufacturing of heat exchangers (How would it work?)

08 October 2019

Today, heat exchanger design and possibilities are limited by current production processes. But what new potential could be realised if heat exchanger design…
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Publication

The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action. World Resources Institute.

https://www.sintef.no/en/publications/publication/?pubid=CRIStin+1736690

Authors Hoegh-Guldberg Ove Caldeira Ken Gaines Steve Chopin Thierry Haugan Peter M. Hemer Mark Northrop Eliza Howard Jennifer Konar Manaswita Krause-Jensen Dorte Lindstad Elizabeth Lovelock Catherine E. Michelin Mark Nielsen Finn Gunnar Parker Robert Roy Joyashree Smith Tristan Some Shreya Tyedmers Peter
Year 2019
Type Report/thesis
Publication

Predictions from a subsea release of Oda crude oil related to oil spill response - Evaluation of response options - OC2019 A-117-

https://www.sintef.no/en/publications/publication/?pubid=CRIStin+1736135

Oil weathering predictions have been performed using the Subsea module integrated in the SINTEF Oil Weathering Model (OWM) of a relevant subsea release from a pipeline rupture (batch release) at the Oda oil field. The OSCAR plume model was run to simulate the buoyancy of the rising plume and initial...

Authors Sørheim Kristin Rist Daling Per Snorre Skancke Jørgen
Year 2019
Type Report/thesis