Department Gas technology

Our work explores how solutions for the energy transition affect the climate and nature, as well as the opportunities and threats related to the development and use of artificial intelligence within our prioritised focus areas.

We build knowledge through laboratory work, numerical methods and models, and analysis. The interaction between these approaches forms the basis for new solutions for our clients while addressing society’s needs. This is sustainability in practice.

The department develops and carries out large R&D projects based on our prioritised research areas. The department leads major national and European projects such as gigaCCS and HYDROGENi, which are Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME). We are also a partner in FMEs MarTrans and InterPlay. Additionally, we lead the LowEmission Petroleum Research Centre. In the EU’s framework programme, we coordinate the projects ACCSESS, H2GLASS and COREu. We have extensive research infrastructure, both digital (for example, ThermoPack and EnergyModelsX) and physical, within CCS, hydrogen and ammonia. We also have equipment for testing heat exchangers.

Our main research priorities in the Gas Technology department:

• Integrated energy systems: Closer interaction between energy carriers is a prerequisite for achieving climate goals and for leveraging the energy system as efficiently as possible, with increased flexibility, storage, and a smaller footprint in terms of land use and CO₂ emissions.
• Hydrogen and ammonia from renewable energy and natural gas with CO₂ management are central to the global decarbonisation of power generation, industrial processes, and the transport sector. Hydrogen is also important for energy storage together with renewable electricity production.
• Energy efficiency: As a scarce resource, energy must be used as efficiently as possible in value chains. This includes developing energy-efficient processes, utilising surplus energy, and increasing symbiosis in industrial clusters with integration across sectors.
• CO₂ management includes the capture, processing, transport, injection, and storage of CO₂. This enables significant cuts in CO₂ emissions from industrial processes, hydrogen and power generation, making large-scale reductions in human-made greenhouse gas emissions possible, as well as opening up opportunities for carbon removal.
• Environmentally friendly transport: All ships contracted after 2030 must have zero-emission solutions. Aviation must be transformed, and land transport decarbonised. This also requires new infrastructure for zero-emission solutions in maritime transport, land-based transport, and aviation.

The department is located in Kolbjørn Hejes road 1D

Employees Gas Technology