"Technology for a cleaner future" -Through the Energy and Petroleum, Resources and Environment Strategic Area, NTNU is engaged in improving knowledge about sustainable production and energy consumption.
Knowledge about new sources of renewable energy and energy carriers is particularly important. Our efforts contribute to global innovation, know-how, technology and economic solutions useful to society, thus making it possible to meet future energy demands in a sustainable way.
The 4th KIFEE Symposium on Environment, Energy, Materials and Education
You are invited to participate in The 4th KIFEE Symposium on Environment, Energy, Materials and Education to be held in at NTNU September 6-9, 2009
The Symposium which is held to promote collaboration between Japan and Norway will focus on the following areas:
Process Engineering
Electrochemistry and Advanced Inorganic Materials Advanced Biological Materials Education in Energy and Environment
The Symposium is free of charge but registration is necessary. For registration and further information see:
New CO2-capture test centre in Trondheim - A focused effort begins
The scientific research and development project SOLVit, worth more than NOK 300 million, aims to develop a more cost effective technology for CO2-capture, and is is one of the biggest of its kind to date. SINTEF, NTNU and Aker Clean Carbon are the primary partners and several international energy companies have been invited to participate in the programme. These will provide useful input from the perspective of the facility operator.
The programme also includes building a new laboratory at Tiller in Trondheim, including a 30 metre tall tower and processing column that reached 25 metres high – identical to the height needed in full-scale industrial facilities. SINTEF will provide NOK 25 million of the equity for the new laboratory, which will be situated next door to SINTEF’s multi-phase laboratory. The lab will also be available for other of SINTEF’s domestic and international customers and partners.
Research and education go hand in hand in the SOLVit programme. Using the programme as a basis, NTNU will offer positions to six doctoral candidates and ten master students within the subject of CO2-capture. “SOLVit is an important contribution to educating high-quality academic experts, for which there is great demand. The combination of education and industrial development in this project is very exciting and a great challenge,” says Torbjørn Digernes, Rector of NTNU.
