Centre Partners

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre

NORCE is the host of HyValue. NORCE delivers research and innovation within energy, health care, climate, the environment, society, and technology. NORCE has a strong strategic focus on the development of sustainable and cost-efficient renewable solutions and systems. NORCE´s research in hydrogen-based energy solutions builds on transfer of knowledge and technology from a world leading role in petroleum research, combined with groundbreaking research on renewables in such areas as underground hydrogen storage and production. NORCE lead work packages (WP) 2, 3 and 7 and are in Co-lead for WP5. In addition, NORCE participate in WP1 and WP6.

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL)

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) is one of the largest educational institutions in the country, with about 17 000 students. HVL is in the process of developing hydrogen technology education and laboratory facilities. HVL are currently also expanding their education and research in renewable energy and hydrogen and aim at having one new master program in renewable energy from 2022. HVL leads WP5 (Societal impact and embeddedness), and co-lead in WPs 1 and 3.

University Of Bergen

The University of Bergen (UiB) is an internationally recognised research university. Academic diversity and high quality are fundamental for UiB. UiB is the most cited university in Norway. There are seven faculties at UiB and there are close to 20 000 students at the university. Climate and energy transition is a priority research area at UiB and the aim of HyValue to address challenges related to hydrogen and other hydrogen carriers from technical, legal, social and economic perspectives, fits well with the organisation´s ambitions within the area. UiB leads WP1 (Novel production methods), co-lead WPs 4 and 6.

University of Stavanger (UiS)

The University of Stavanger is located in the western part of Norway and is organized into six faculties. The Faculty of Science and Technology (TN) has a solid research basis within the area of energy– encompassing energy-technology and energy-resources, but also within relevant generic areas, like safety and reliability; chemistry and physics, particularly important in this context. The scientific competence is thus distributed over several departments at the faculty. For the current context, however, key personnel are located at the Department of Safety, Economy and Planning and Department of Energy Technology. In addition, personal with expertise in innovation research from the UiS business school will be involved in the project. UiS contributes in several work packages, but with a particular focus on work package 4 – Safety science and risk which UiS lead. In addition, UiS is participating in WPs 1,2,5,6.

Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)

NHH's vision is "Together for sustainable value creation", and their purpose is to be a driving force for development in business and society: education and research for value creation and sustainable development. NHH aim to be a leading international business school, developing and disseminating knowledge and expertise.

Centre for Applied Research at NHH (SNF)

SNF is one of Norway's leading research environment when it comes to applied research in economics and business administration, and has developed strong connections to other research institutions in Norway and abroad. The research is conducted by SNF’s own staff and in close collaboration with faculty members at NHH. SNF will primarily contribute to WP5 (Societal impact and embeddedness) and WP6 (Integrating hydrogen in value chains). SNF will also to some extent contribute in WP3 and WP4.

Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI)

The Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) is an independent foundation engaged in research on international environmental, energy and resource management politics and law. The overall objective of FNI is to understand the underlying forces in international environmental and resource politics, and on that basis make well-founded contributions to political solutions of problems in these areas. FNI's activities include academic studies, contract research, investigations and evaluations.

The Institute of Transport Economics (TØI)

TØI is a national institution for transport research and development. The main objectives of the Institute are to carry out applied research on issues connected with transport and to promote the application of research results by advising the authorities, the transport industry and the public at large. Its sphere of activity includes most of the current major issues in road, rail, sea and air transport. TØI participates in WPs 2, 4 and 6.

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ)

Forschungszentrum Jülich (FJZ) is one of the major interdisciplinary research centres in Europe. FJZ conducts research to provide comprehensive solutions to the grand challenges facing society in the fields of energy and environment, information and brain research. They belive HyValue will provide an excellent collaborative environment. FJZ has more than 25 years of active research in the context of nuclear safety. FJZ are also the contributor to the recent OECD/NEA "Status Report on Hydrogen Management and Related Computer Codes" and "Technical Opinion Paper on the Use of CFD for Nuclear Safety" as well as founding member of the International Association HySafe. That gives them a broad view on the state-of-the-art in hydrogen safety which enables FJZ to transfer the knowledge from nuclear to non-nuclear hydrogen applications. FZJ participates in WP4 with knowledge transfer from nuclear to non-nuclear hydrogen applications.

Massachusetts Institute if Technology (MIT)

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant university in Massachusetts. MIT are among the top academic institutions in the world. NORCE in cooperation with MIT Ocean Research has newly developed the RIMARC (Radar IMAge ReConstruction and wave prediction) system that predicts accurate ocean waves 4-8 minutes ahead in time from standard ship navigation radars, for standstill dynamic positioning (DP) operations. As a result of the project, MIT is participating in WP3 (Maritime end user application), with key contribution to task 3.1, cost-efficient hydrogen driven maritime operations.

The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)

TNO is the largest fully independent research, development, and consultancy organization in the Netherlands. TNO provides contact research and specialist consultancy, and grants licenses for patents and specialist software. TNO also tests and certifies products and services, and issues an independent evaluation of quality. TNO has been active on the topic of offshore hydrogen production since 2016 and has initated the North Sea Energy program with over 30 international partners to study this consept with public and private stakeholders in the offshore energy sector. TNO is participating in WPs 2, 5,6 and are in lead of task 6.5.

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is a member of the Leibniz Association and a leader in its field. The institute in a unique way combines research across disciplines and scales with solution orientation, emphasizing that societal relevance is based on scientific excellence. The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is a member of the Leibniz Association and a leader in its field. PIK integrate the latest understanding of the Earth system with the assessment of climate risks, and with the exploration of policies and pathways towards a manageable climate future. The institute in a unique way combines research across disciplines and scales with solution orientation, emphasizing that societal relevance is based on scientific excellence.