SFFE- Norwegian Centre for Renewable Energy
Norwegian Centre for Renewable Energy - NTNU - SINTEF - IFE
Institutt for Energi- og Prosessteknikk
NTNU
7034 Trondheim
Norway
http://www.sffe.no/
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Organisation name |
Norwegian Centre for Renewable Energy NTNU-SINTEF-IFE-UiO |
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Department(s)/Unit(s) |
NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology UiO - University of Oslo SINTEF IFE – Institute for Energy Technology |
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Location |
Norway |
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Total number of employees |
Scientists and PhD candidates working on renewable energy: Approximately 400. |
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Mission |
Coordinate renewable energy research within four of the most important research institutions in Norway. |
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Objectives |
Political influence, networking, information dissemination |
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Laboratories/Facilities |
Hydropower turbine testing, river engineering, materials for solar cells manufacturing and testing, silicon solar cells production and testing, thin film solar cells, biofuel reactors, biomass combustion labs, wind tunnel, power electronics lab, large scale testing of wind turbines, wave and wind labs for offshore installations, nanotechnology laboratories, fuel characterisation and gas diagnostic lab, membrane technology lab, hydrogen and fuel cells laboratories |
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Technology expertise |
Wind, wave, hydro, bio, PV, solar heat, buildings, hydrogen |
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Main research topics |
Offshore wind, silicon solar cells, hydrogen technology |
