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Spin-off projects

Very significant spin-off activities have been achieved. Since the start, more than 50 new projects with an accumulated budget in excess of NOK 1000 million have been initiated with participation of one or more of the research partners in NOWITECH.“

List of Spin-off Project

  • IRPWIND, EU FP7, DTU, NTNU, SINTEF Energy, Research, Marintek, etc., Started
  • SmartGrids lab, RCN infrastructure, NTNU, SINTEF Energy Research, Started
  • Best Path, EU FP7 Red Electrica, Iberdrola, SINTEF Energy Research, etc., Started
  • Wind farm Energy storage, Industrial, SINTEF Energy Research, Iberdrola, Gamesa, Started 
  • Kon-Wake, IPN Kongsberg, SINTEF MC, On-going
  • WiWind, IPN Kongsberg, SINTEF ICT, On-going 
  • Offshore Energy Storage system, IPN Sub Hydro, SINTEF Energy Research, etc.; On-going  
  • TP WIND, RCN, SINTEF Energy Research, On-going 
  • EERA JPWIND, RCN, SINTEF Energy Research, On-going 
  • WindScanner.eu, EU ESFRI, DTU, Fh IWES, ECN, ForWind, CENER, SINTEF Energy Research, LNEG, University of Porto and CRES, On-going
  • EWEM: European Wind Energy Master, EU, TU Delft, DTU, NTNU, Universität Oldenburg, On-going 
  • ProOfGrids: Protection and Fault Handling in Offshore HVDC Grids, RCN KPN, SINTEF Energy Research, NTNU, RWTH Aachen University, Statnett, Statoil, NationalGrid, EDF, GE Power Conversion, NVE, Siemens, Statkraft, On-going 
  • Fluid Structure Interactions for Wind Turbines, RCN KPN, SINTEF IKT, Statoil, TrønderEnergi, Kjeller Vindteknikk, FFI, NTNU, SINTEF, On-going 
  • MARE-WINT: new Materials and Reliability in offshore WINd Turbines technology, EU FP7, Polish Academy of Sciences, NTNU, Marintek, etc.; On-going 
  • InnWind: Innovative wind conversion systems (10-20MW) for offshore applications, EU FP7, Risø DTU, SINTEF Energy Research, etc.; On-going 
  • EERA-DTOC: EERA Design Tools for Offshore Wind Farm, EU FP7, DTU Risø, SINTEF Energy Research, etc.; On-going 
  • MARINET: Marine Research Infrastructures Network for Energy Technologies, EU FP7, HMRC University College Cork, Risø DTU, NTNU, University of Strathclyde, Fraunhofer IWES, SINTEF Energy Research, etc.; On-going 
  • MARINA Platform: Marine Renewable Integrated Application Platform, EU FP7, Acciona, NTNU etc.; On-going 
  • Mitigation measures and tools to reduce bird-associated conflicts in space and time for onshore and offshore wind-power plants, RCN KMB NINA, NTNU, SINTEF M&C, SINTEF ICT, Statkraft etc. On-going
  • Offshore DC: DC grids for integration of large scale wind power, Nordic Risø DTU, AAU, Chalmers, SINTEF Energy Research, VTT, Dong, Vestas, ABB, Energinet.dk, NTNU, On-going
  • PowerUP: Effektive verdikjeder for offshore vindmøller, RCN Mid-Norway, SINTEF, NTNU, Høgskolen i Molde, Møreforskning, On-going
  • Nordic wind power O&M network, Nordic Energy Research, Energi Norge, SINTEF Energy Research, VTT, Vindforsk, Chalmers, Risø DTU, On-going  
  • Beppo - Blue Energy Production in Ports, EU Interreg, Port of Oostende, SINTEF Energy Research, Marintek, etc.; On-going 
  • WINDSENSE: Add-on instrumentation system for wind turbines, RCN IPN, Kongsberg Maritime, Statoil, NTE, SINTEF Energy Research, Marintek, NTNU, etc Finished 
  • FAROFF: Far off shore operation and maintenance vessel concept development and optimization, RCN IPN, Statkraft, MARINTEK, Fred Olsen, Odfell, SINTEF Energy Research, Finished
  • Offwind: Prediction tools for offshore wind electricity generation, Nordic IRIS, SINTEF, FFI, WindSim, Storm Geo etc.; Finished 
  • DeepWind: Future Deep Sea Wind Turbine Technologies, EU FP7, DTU, Statoil, SINTEF Energy Research, etc.; Finished 
  • DIPLAB (ETEST, 8 MVA, short-circuit emulator), RCN infrastructure, SINTEF Energy Research, Finished
  • HiPRwind: High Power, high Reliability offshore wind technology, EU FP7, Fraunhofer IWES, SINTEF Energy Research, NTNU, etc.; Finished

Spin-off project examples

BEPPo - Blue Energy Production in Ports

BEPPo - Blue Energy Production in Ports

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The BEPPo project has been focusing on marine renewable energy (wave, tidal and offshore wind), building on the innovative capacity of ports to become a basis for the production of integrated sustainable renewables. In this way the project has been...

ProOfGrids

ProOfGrids

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Protection and Fault Handling in Offshore HVDC Grids

BestPaths

BestPaths

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Transmission for sustainability