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Marine Environment

Marine ecosystems include biotic organisms and abiotic elements the free water masses and the seabed in all sea areas from fjords and coastal areas to the open sea.

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In a sustainable marine economy, effective protection of marine ecosystems, sustainable use of marine resources and equitable prosperity go hand in hand. Environmental considerations are a prerequisite for sustainable industrial development of the ocean space. Sustainable growth in the marine industries must therefore take place on the premises of marine ecosystems.

SINTEF has a conceptual and scientific / environmental expertise to create good environmental solutions for our customers - nationally and internationally. We have a special focus on the fate and effects of environmental toxins in marine ecosystems and on solutions to reduce environmental risk associated with planned emissions and accidents related to industrial activities.

We meet environmental challenges and develop sustainable solutions with the use of basic research in our laboratories, applied studies in our mesoscale facilities and verification of the solutions in our full-scale coastal and fjord laboratories.

Laboratories for marine environment

Biomass Processing

Biomass Processing

In the laboratory for biomass processing, we extract and process products from various types of marine, land-based, and microbial raw materials.

Drone Laboratory

Drone Laboratory

SINTEF Drone Laboratory is an arena for development of drone hardware and software.

Norwegian Seaweed Centre

Norwegian Seaweed Centre

The Norwegian Seaweed Centre boasts a national dedicated research infrastructure that promotes research and facilitates the development of new technologies for industrial cultivation and use of kelp.

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Projects on marine environment

Mapping of marine rest raw materials 2026-2028

Mapping of marine rest raw materials 2026-2028

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Marine rest raw materials represent an important value-creating resource for the Norwegian fisheries and aquaculture industry. Mapping has shown that the vast majority is utilised today.

ZEnITh – Zero Emissions Industrial Technologies

ZEnITh – Zero Emissions Industrial Technologies

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Helping energy-intensive industries replace fossil process heat with a plug-and-play package of high-temperature heat pumps, latent thermal storage and AI-based energy management, co-developed with users.

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News about marine environment

The solutions exist, say the researchers heading to COP31

The solutions exist, say the researchers heading to COP31

SINTEF and NTNU are attending the COP31 climate summit in Antalya with a new report and a clear message: We know a great deal about what needs to be done. Now the pace must pick up and the solutions must be put to use.

Why are we so squeamish about eating hagfish?

Why are we so squeamish about eating hagfish?

If you had the choice, would you pick hagfish, cusk, or witch flounder at the fish counter? Or would you go for salmon, trout, or cod? Every year, fishers in Norway discard around 3,000 tonnes of by-catch-fish that perform well in taste tests and...

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