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INNOVATION AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
Anders Tengberg, Aanderaa Instruments and researcher at Chalmers Technology University in Gothenburg

Aanderaa representing SFI Smart Ocean and UiB in Japan

When Nagaoka University of Technology in Japan hosted a hybrid event to showcase links between science and business, UiB’s industry partner Aanderaa stepped up to the challenge. The event originated in the university’s international commitments towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG14), Life...

OFFSHORE WIND PARKS
Eirik Finserås

Offshore wind farms can "steal" wind from each other

Offshore wind farms can “steal” the capacity of other farms by up to 20 percent up to 50 kilometres away, due to wake loss. The regulation is ambiguous and needs to be developed to accommodate large-scale offshore wind development in the North Sea and other ocean areas, according to PhD Candidate...

DEEP SEA RESEARCH
Image from the documentary film Deep Rising.

Exploring the unknown deep sea

“There are huge knowledge gaps regarding the deep sea. My scientific project is to help fill some of those knowledge gaps,” says researcher Pedro Ribeiro. Inadvertently, this has led him and his colleagues into the hot topic debate on deep-sea mining.

ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANT
Cristian Guillermo Gebhardt, Bergen Offshore Wind Centre

Will develop groundbreaking offshore wind technology with ERC grant

With a prestigious grant from the ERC, Cristian Guillermo Gebhardt plans to solve key issues within offshore wind with smart algorithms and raw computer power.

ERC Consolidator Grant
Kjetil Våge på RV «Knorr»

Will explore the resilience of ocean currents

Kjetil Våge and ROVER investigate the consequences of a changing climate along the sea-ice edge off the east coast of Greenland. The European Research Council supports his efforts with a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant.