...“FoXy” project, a Europe-wide consortium consisting of small and medium size enterprises, research institutes, and universities, intends to support the European goals for the Photovoltaic (PV) industry of decreasing module costs to € 1/Wp in 2010 and to have 3 GWp PV installed in 2010 Under the realistic assumption...
...is now getting going. The ambition is to make Europe a world leader in the development and production of the batteries of the future. These batteries need to store more energy, have a longer life, and be safer and more environmentally friendly than today’s batteries in order to facilitate the transition...
Fraunhofer undertakes applied research of direct utility to private and public enterprise and of wide benefit to society. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE is the largest institute in Europe for applied research and development in the field of solar energy conversion. One focus of our...
The 30th and 31st of October we've had the SFI Manufacturing autumn workshop in Nordfjord, with Brødrene Aa as host organization. Prior to this workshop, we published the third SFI newsletter, which focused on the research area Multi-Material Products and Processes. The objective of the research area...
...for professional trainings and workshops. The current members are SINTEF (NO), VITO (BE), TNO (NL), VTT (FI), AICIA (ES), CTR (AT) and JSI (SI) and the network is gaining new members, such as AIT (AT) and Fraunhofer (DE). SINTEF is one of the founding members of YEAR and still supports the network to...
Day 1 Tuesday March 20 Plenary 1000 – 1015 Welcome Arne Fredheim and Morten Malm 1015 – 1145 Innovation in knowledge based industries Stig Roar Wigestrand Innoco AS 1145 – 1245 Lunch Project meetings 1245 – 1315 CREATE status and results Arne Fredheim 1315 – 1515 Group 1 Group 2 Cage Environment High...
...training and competitive events in the winter season. Cold and windy ambient conditions may have an effect on physical performance and result in impaired performance. In many athletic events where speed is crucial, low air resistance is important. This has caused clothing to be thinner and more tight-fitting...
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...sector communications and electronic health care services. The project includes work on evaluation of relevant user-centred methods, and studies of scenario-and foresight methods for public sector development. We have also conducted investigations regarding political intentions and decisions regarding...
The Node, Edge, and Arc Routing Problem (NEARP) was defined by Prins and Bouchenoua in 2004 [1]. This problem generalizes the classical Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP), the Capacitated Arc Routing Problem (CARP), and the General Routing Problem. The NEARP is also denoted the Mixed Capacitated...
Risk and Decision Systems for Critical Infrastructures. DECRIS is a project under the SAMRISK research programme. It is a cooperation between SINTEF, FFI and NTNU. The main objective is to develop risk and vulnerability analyses that focus on critical infrastructure (drinking water, energy supply, transportation...
...segmentation and anisotropic smoothing of images, using PDE-based methods. The LSSEG library was written during 2005/2006 in the context of a shared internal study project on PDE-base image processing, between the two SINTEF ICT departments Applied Mathematics and Optical Measurement Systems and Data Analysis...
...maximum use of catches and prevent food waste. All seafood caught must be sorted and processed into products of the highest possible quality. This is done during the quality sorting process (weight, species, appearance, quality deviation), during anaesthesia and slaughtering, and during processing (filleting...
...by the two science academies NTVA and DKNVS that it is possible with a turnover of 550 billion in 2050, a sixfold increase from today. The working group consisted of renowned scientists, experienced managers, entrepreneurs and industry players. Scientists at SINTEF and NTNU have penned the report. The...
...bring together leaders from governments, businesses, and research sectors across Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Norway. GreenShift, organized in collaboration with SINTEF and the Norwegian Embassies, aim to foster dialogue, collaboration, and innovation in the pursuit of a sustainable energy...
Marius Mikalsen, Sten Hanke, Thomas Fuxreiter, Ståle Walderhaug, and Leendert Wienhofen. Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) Conference 2009, Sarajevo, 30 August - 2 September 2009. Abstract: Ambient Assisted Living systems for the ageing and cognitively disabled do not exist in isolation. What characterizes...
...include potable (drinking) water treatment, waste water treatment (such as industrial effluents, agricultural effluents,) and other applications. Various processes are running and are also at improvement/development stages. The processes can be divided into physical/chemical processes such as coagulation...
...transport, utilisation and storage (CCS) experts from around the world are gathering in Trondheim for the first day of the twelfth Trondheim CCS Conference (TCCS-12). Never before has there been such a large interest in the conference, with a record number of participants, nationalities, and abstract submissions...
...private and professional lives. The next important transition will be the use of renewable resources for producing plastics and finding new value for plastics after its end of life. i4plastics aims to be a forerunner in this transition. i4plastics consists of 17 small and large companies and expertise...
...(PDC) is specialized in (biobased) conceptual process design and energy efficiency. In the field of conceptual design, PDC's expertise includes: Idea generation and validation Process simulation Process optimization Physical properties Mass and energy balancing Techno-economic evaluation R&D guidance PDC...