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.

Thank you for your attention!

Thank you for your attention!

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