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HydroCen

Themain objective of HydroCen (Norwegian Research Centre for

Hydropower Technology) is to enable the Norwegian hydropower

sector to meet complex challenges and exploit new opportunities

through innovative technological solutions.

The research areas include hydropower

structures, turbine and generator, market

and services and environmental design.

The Norwegian University of Science and

Technology (NTNU) is the thehost institution

and main research partner, together with

SINTEF Energy and the Norwegian Institute

for Nature Research (NINA).

HydroCen has about 50 national and

international partners from industry, R&D

institutes and universities.

The annual budget is NOK 48 million per

year, totallingNOK384million ineight years.

HydroCen is a Centre for Environment-

friendly Energy Research (FME).

The FME scheme is established by the

Norwegian Research Council.

The objective of the FME-scheme is to

establish time-limited centres, which

conduct concentrated, focused and

long-term research of high international

standards in order to solve specific

challenges within its field.

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