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Siemens Energy has developed a prototype 420 kV SF₆-free circuit breaker, which will be tested in Norway and France as a part of EU’s MISSION project.

Imagine that the wires to your house not only have to withstand high electrical current flow, weather and wind, but also salt water, ocean currents, temperature changes and large movements. This is the big challenge in connecting large, electrical...

The Norwegian-developed sensor node detects where transmission lines have available space. It also means that grid companies could avoid building new, expensive and controversial power lines.

The use of fossil fuels and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions from waterborne transport must be minimised as quickly as possible to achieve a climate-neutral society by 2050.

42 partners from across the power industry will collaborate in the SecurEL research centre over the next eight years to strengthen the power grid, ensuring it can withstand new challenges and support the transition to a net-zero emissions society by...

Did you know that the chemical industry supplies products to virtually all other value chains, including the food, construction, health and transport sectors? All these industries are now having to renew themselves as part of the green transition...

Solar storms are no joke. It may get cold and it may get very dark. Our mobile networks may be severely disrupted.

MISSION, a new EU-project, will develop and demonstrate three new SF₆-free switchgear components.

Kristian Solheim Thinn, a research scientist at SINTEF Energy, has scientifically determined the most effective way to cool down your favourite drink, just in time for Christmas and New Year's.

SINTEF Senior Research Scientist Hallvard Faremo has been awarded the Norwegian National Committee of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRÉ) Scientific Award for 2022.

Trondheim-based research institutes SINTEF Energy Research and SINTEF Ocean are both taking part in a new collaborative research and innovation project that will develop and demonstrate a next generation testing approach for Wave Energy Converters...

TRONDHEIM, NORWAY – Meet and discuss with fellow experts and innovators at the special all-digital 2021 edition of the EERA DeepWind conference, January 13th to 15th. The event has moved global and online because of the current pandemic and the...

December 11th – Today the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tina Bru, announced an investment of 120 million NOK (11.3 million EUR) in a new wind power research centre in Norway. The NorthWind research centre will be at the cutting edge...

Brussels/Trondheim: The European Technology and Innovation Platform on Batteries (ETIP Batteries, Batteries Europe) has published its Strategic Research Agenda. The document sets the priorities that battery research should follow in the next years...

To make the distribution grid smart it must be based on low-latency and high-reliable bidirectional communications networks