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SINTEF studies electric power components that contribute to a robust energy supply

SINTEF carries out research for Norwegian and international electrotechnical industries, energy suppliers and maritime businesses. We offer our customers international expertise with advanced laboratories and measuring equipment.

Contact person

Dag Eirik Nordgård
Research Director
932 21 679

Expertise

Integration of batteries in the electricity grid

An increase in electrification and distributed energy resources causes increased challenges in the distribution grid. These challenges can be lack of transfer capacity or poor power quality. In some cases, battery systems will be more cost-effective than traditional grid reinforcement. A battery system might therefore become a useful tool when grid companies are planning and operating the future distribution grid.
Kjersti Berg
Research Scientist
958 89 396

Laboratories

DipLab - Mobile short circuit laboratory

This laboratory will be used both in research and development to identify and improve manufacturing unit properties during network failures.

Electrotechnical laboratories

SINTEF Energy Research operates laboratories for high voltage, high power and climatic testing. Customers are manufacturers, suppliers and users of electric power equipment.

ElPowerLab

We will develop a national laboratory facility for reliable future electric grid components.
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Projects

IMPACT

07 January 2021

IMPACT is a collaborative research and innovation project which aims to develop and demonstrate a next-generation testing approach for Wave Energy Converters (WECs).

ElMar - Electrification of maritime transport and the ports of the future

22 January 2020

Challenges related to the electrification of maritime transport are now being mapped in a new SINTEF project with port authorities, grid companies, energy companies and ship-owners as partners. The aim is to reduce emissions by making the establishment and use of shore power and battery charging facilities more attractive.

ECoDiS - Engineering and Condition monitoring in Digital Substations

14 October 2019

Digital Substation (DS) based on the standard IEC 61850 is rather new in Norway; one of the few pilot projects is Furuset substation owned by Statnett.
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Software

Frequency dependent pi-model

Graphical user interface for generating FDpi models of HVDC cables

Vector Fitting

Vector Fitting is a robust numerical method for rational approximation in the frequency domain using poles and residues. It permits to calculate multi-port models directly from measured or computed frequency responses. The resulting approximation has guaranteed stable poles that are real or come in complex conjugate pairs, and the model can be directly converted into a state-space model.

News

Join the world's top researchers and innovators in deep sea offshore wind energy

15 December 2020

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 discussions promise to reach a new high with over 90 submissions received.

Norway launches major wind power research centre

11 December 2020

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, working on innovations to make wind power cheaper, more efficient, and more sustainable. One of the centre’s main priorities will be offshore wind research.

Ambitious European battery research targets can be met

08 December 2020

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, supported by all relevant stakeholders including European, National and Regional R&I funding agencies.
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