NTNU Energy
Energy research at NTNU: NTNU Energy
NTNU Energy is one of NTNU's strategic research areas in the period 2014 - 2023.
Development and integration of a renewable and sustainable energy supply is a key challenge for the world community. NTNU commits itself to contribute to such a transition by minimizing the ecological footprint in developing the existing resources, and to massively invest in research related to renewable energy sources, storage solutions, energy consumption and transportation.
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Sustainability in NTNU's energy research
Renewable energies play a very important role in the UN sustainable development goals. But reducing CO2-emissions doesn’t always agree with nature. NTNU Energy's research teams work interdisciplinarily in order to tackle this and other issues.
NTNU Energy's interdisciplinary research teams cover whole value chains
Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research
HydroCen Research Centre: hydropower in the future renewable energy system.
NTRANS Research Centre: the role of the energy system in the transition to a zero-emission society.
ZEN Research Centre: zero emission neighbourhoods in smart cities.
In addition to these three Centres where NTNU is the host, NTNU is a partner in the following Research Centres for Environment-friendly Energy: NCCS, CINELDI, HighEFF, Bio4Fuels, MoZEES and SUSOLTECH.