Climate and environment
SINTEF develops technological and industrial solutions to address global environmental and climate challenges.
Department of Energy Use
The Department of Energy Use focuses on efficient, clean energy use in industry, data centres, and power and heat generation. It covers processes like combustion, gasification, and pyrolysis of fossil fuels, biomass, and waste.
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About the department of Energy Use
The department led HighEFF, which was one of the Research Council of Norway’s Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME). The centre worked to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions, with the goal of making Norwegian industry the most environmentally friendly in the world.
The department also participates in the FME centres: gigaCCS (carbon capture and storage), InterPlay (energy systems), MarTrans (maritime transport), and HYDROGENi (hydrogen and ammonia as zero emission fuels). The LowEmission research centre (emission reductions and energy efficiency on the Norwegian continental shelf) is also part of our project portfolio.
Our scientific foundation is classical thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, combustion engineering, and the thermal properties of materials.
We have strong expertise in both experimental and numerical work. We carry out projects for technology developers and users, both locally and in international markets, including long term development projects as well as more specific concept studies.
The department is located at Kolbjørn Hejes vei 1A, 7034 Trondheim.
The department of Energy Use has five divisions:
- Bioenergy, Research Manager Kathrin Weber
- Energy efficiency, Research Manager Elisa Magnanelli
- Decarbonisation, Research Manager Amy Brunsvold
- Energy storage, Research Manager Jorge Salgado Beceiro
- Thermal energy systems, Research manager Mette Bugge
Main activity areas
Renewable energy
SINTEF creates the future’s energy solutions
Aviation
Norway’s geography leads to an inefficient land based transportation system. Therefore, both domestic and international aviation play a key role in enabling mobility.
Batteries
SINTEF performs research covering large parts of the battery value chain.
Bioenergy
SINTEF has decades of research experience in environmentally friendly and energy- and cost-effective bioenergy
Energy efficiency in the industry
The greenest energy is the type you never use.
Fuel for emission-free transport
We participate in developing future transport systems.
Integrated Energy Systems
The future energy system must support and facilitate a zero-emission society.