The 4th February 2009, eight new research centres was granted support from the Norwegian government and the Research Council of Norway. These eight centres will constitute a strong effort on some selected areas of renewable energy research and also and CO2 capture and storage.

Lederne for de nye forskningssentrene i et panel ledet av Petter Nome på Energiuka 4. februar 2009

The research centres are:

• Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology (NOWITECH) - SINTEF Energiforskning AS
• The Norwegian Research Centre for Solar Cell Technology - IFE
• Bioenergy Innovation Centre (CenBio) - UMB
• Centre for Environmental Design of Renewable Energy (CEDREN) - SINTEF Energiforskning
• ZEB - The research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings - NTNU
• BIGCCS Centre - International CCS Research Centre - SINTEF Energiforskning
• Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE) - CMR
• SUbsurface CO2 storage - Critical Elements and Superior Strategy - CMR

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