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As the chair of the board of CenSES and Pro-Rector
for research at NTNU, I am delighted to observe
the way CenSES continues to play a vital role in the
Strategic Research Area Energy at NTNU and beyond.
To bring the best minds together in strategic
interdisciplinary research is the main idea behind
NTNUs strategic research areas. The interdisciplinary and
cross-disciplinary research conducted within CenSES
in cooperation with the more technological oriented
energy research areas nationally and internationally is a
remarkably good example of how this can be achieved.
Development and integrationof a renewable and sustainable
energy supply is a key challenge for the world community.
Norway has a great potential to support both the production
of environmentally friendly energy and to build up the
knowledge base required for getting on with the transition
to more sustainable energy production and energy use.
Research carried out in CenSES, on innovation and new
ways of thinking to promote sustainable transformation
of the Norwegian energy system, including design of
effective political strategies, an extended knowledge base
for innovation, commercialization in enterprises, knowledge
transfers from research to business, and involvement of the
public, is of utmost importance for such a development to
happen – and probably more important today than ever
before!
Thus, in the following years I look forward to see a steady
number of publications coming out of CenSES that may
create a better knowledge base for how we should proceed
with the transformation from oil economy to low carbon
society. I have great expectations that research carried
out in CenSES will influence future political decisions and
solutions through its results.
Research done in close cooperation with CenSES partners
from industry, and private and public domains of society
will be decisive to meet these ends and important for a
broad audience.
Kari Melby
Chair of the Board, CenSES
Editors and layout: Asgeir Tomasgard and Stine Mari Skeide
Print: NTNU Grafisk senter
Portrait photos are from the employers or private photos
Other uncredited photos and illustrations are from iStockphoto
Photo of Asgeir Tomasgard: Tore Oksholen, Universitetsavisa
Message from the Chair of the Board
Contents
Message from the Chair
2
Report from the Director
3
About CenSES
4
Research objectives
5
CenSES in numbers
6
Leadership and Organisation 8
Partners
11
Main research areas
12
User cases
24
International cooperation 26
Dissemination
30
Education
34
Financials
39
Appendix
40