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Romania energy program - Bilateral cooperation
and partnership - Some relevant R&D areas for
possible cooperation
Date: 17.09.2021
Bjørn Aulie and Torodd Jensen, NVE
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Projects under the energy program’s R&D component –
partners from the donor countries
Applicants for projects must always come from the recipient
countries
Entities from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein can be
partners.
Partners can come from all groups: public sector, private
sector, NGOs or research environments.
Tasks and budget are agreed between the parties in the
partnership agreement
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Partners from the donor countries - contribution
Raise the quality of the projects
Partnerships give extra points in the evaluation
Development of bilateral relations between donor and
recipient countries
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Motivation to become a partner from the donor
countries - will differs between entities
Training/competence building for the organization and
employees
Market expansion - a first step for later potential
ownership interests and/or service and good
deliveries in projects in the recipient countries
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Project/partner limitations
Will often be advisory services – pure deliveries
(goods and standardized services) must be advertised
in the countries
Cost coverage, but not profit.
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Project partnership - how to find a project partner
Receive a request from potential applicant in the recipient
country
Potential donor partners contact relevant applicants in the
recipient countries
Donor program partners, as NVE, facilitate contact between
potential applicant and potential partner after request.
Networking / matchmaking / information events (as today)
Continuation of partnerships from the previous program
periods
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R&D in Norway on relevant areas
Norway developed 400 large hydropower plants
(26 000 MW/96 TWh) in the period 1950-1990..
Each plant was linked to R&D projects and the
development of the tunnel technology is a
striking example.
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R&D in Norway on relevant areas
In the period 2001-2005 Norway focused on small
hydropower development and NVE financed more
than 50 R&D projects to enhance small hydro electric
power development.
Projects included improved tool to forecast inflow,
new small dam technology to avoid ice, sand and
gravel problems, new high quality turbine types that
could handle variation of flow, new drilling technology
to drill pressure tunnels instead of exposed pipelines
in difficult terrain.
NVE developed a tool for digital mapping of small
hydropower resources that could give, figures on
output and cost estimates and map identification. This
was based on a 1,5 years R&D project. Result was that
Norway's known technical and economic resources
for small hydro expanded from 7 to 25 TWh
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R&D in Norway on relevant areas
Re- design of electrical and mechanical equipment in old
hydropower plants
• Improve efficiency
• Make the plant more flexible for operation in an electricity system with growing share of VRE technologies
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R&D in Norway on relevant areas
The largest wind power potential
is offshore
• Offshore technology is not free from environmental impacts, but they can be easier to handle.
• Offshore will give more reliable wind power but are still expensive.
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R&D in Norway on relevant areas
Solar Energy
• Increase the efficiency of solar panels
• Cut CO2 emissions for batteries
• Cut CO2 emissions related to production of solar energy systems
• REC Norway has a project that will cut CO2 emissions in the production of Wafers (Solar cells) by 50% and increase efficiency. But the solar cells will cost more.
The success of new technology depend on a market that will ask for it. The
cheapest is not always the best.