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Clean Ocean

Challenges related to marine littering and pollution must be solved to realize the sustainable bio-marine growth needed for the future.

SFI Exposed

The EXPOSED aquaculture operations Centre will take advantage of Norway’s strong position in the aquaculture, maritime and offshore sectors to enable safe and sustainable seafood production in exposed coastal and ocean areas.

Biofouling

On this page and its associated links you will find information on SINTEF's biofouling research programme, relevant staff and the skills and services we offer.

Smart Maritime

Smart Maritime aims to find out how we can improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions from the maritime sector.

SINMOD

SINMOD is a numerical ocean model system which has been under continuous development at SINTEF for over 25 years. The model system connects and simulates physical and biological processes in the ocean. The system is established for both the northern and southern hemisphere. The Norwegian coast is represented in a number of model areas down to 32 m spatial resolution.

Norwegian Seaweed Technology Center

Norway has the opportunity to develop macroalgae cultivation to a new, large industry.

GEMINI Centre for Maritime Communication

GEMINI Centre Maritime Communication is a joint initiative between SINTEF Ocean and NTNU (Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (IET), Department of Engineering Cybernetics (ITK), Department of Marine Technology (IMT).

GEMINI Centre for Maritime Logistics

The GEMINI steering committee has nominated the Maritime Logistics research community within SINTEF and NTNU as GEMINI-center for 2012-2015.