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Energy efficiency with nanotechnology
-Active participation from the companies
Program committee members
Member
Country
Organisation
Anne-Christine Ritschkoff
Finland
Technical research Centre of Finland VTT
Anssi Mälkkin
Finland
Academi of Finland
Søren Aggerholm
Denmark
The Danish Building Research Institute (SBi), Aalborg
University
Arne Nylandsted Larsen
Denmark
Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Århus University
Hans Kr. Guðmundsson
Iceland
The University of Akureyri
Edda Lilja Sveinsdótir
Iceland
Reykjavík Energy Graduate School of Sustainable Systems
Rune Bredesen
Norway
SINTEF
Aase Marie Hundere
Norway
Norwegian Research Council
Helén Andreasson
Sweden
VINNOVA
Svante Söderholm
Sweden
Swedish Energy Agency
The main aim of the call
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To support collaborative cross-border, user-driven research
and innovation in the field of nanotechnology in order to
develop improved energy efficient solutions for future
commercialisation.
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To support the coordination of Nordic experience, skills and
know-how
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To strengthen the impact of the use of nanotechnologies in new
or improved energy solutions.
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To enhance Nordic competitive advantage in the global market.
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To consolidate the interaction between society, industry and
academia, and to promote international involvement in the field.
Call themes
1. Nano-based surface treatment concepts for energy efficient
transport and energy conversion, including coatings designed
to withstand extreme and aggressive environments.
2. Nanomaterials for efficient energy conversion and storage
devices.
3. Nanostructured materials for efficient light emission / light
harvesting.
Framework for the call
Requirement
Description
Industry participation
mandatory
Project period max.
3 years
Type of projects
User-driven research projects
International connection
Advantage if project is linked to other
national, Nordic or international activity
Budget
50 MNOK
Participating countries
Minimum 3 Nordic countries
Evaluation criteria
1. Relevance to the call and call specific criteria.
2. Scientific and technological excellence.
3. Expected impact.
4. Quality of the project plan and relevance of the project
participants.
5. Quality of the consortium and project management.
6. Dissemination and networking.
7. Environmental and ethic perspectives.
First round applications
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Finland Sweden Denmark Norway Iceland
37 applications
15% success rate
130 stakeholders
Other
Total bud. 700 MNOK
Own contr. 375 MNOK
Applied for 325 MNOK
Available 50 MNOK
Second round applications
11 applications
36 % success rate
120 MNOK applied from TFI
266 MNOK total value of projects
55 % own contribution of total budget
Funded projects
In PK Nano 46% of total
budget of the projects comes
from the project
participants.
Participants from these PKs
contribute with 71 MNOK to
the projects the value of which
is 119 MNOK.
Three projects
Project name
Project leader
Project participants
Description
Research towards
Nordic industrialization
of The-Salt-and-Paper
Battery
Uppsala University
Holding
VTT, FMC Biopolymer,
ETC Batteries and
Fuel cells AB, FOV
Favrics AB,
Will carry out the research and
development necessary for
forming the foundation for future
commercialisation of a new type
of paper-based, environmentally
friendly supercapacitors and
batteries.
Nano Coatings for
Solid Oxide Fuels Cells
Chalmers University
Univ. of Oslo, Topsoe
Fuel Cells, Sandvik
Materials Technology
AB
Will investigate the use of nanocoatings to prevent these
degradation mechanisms. E.g. by
the application of thin films of
cerium the corrosion rates of the
material can be reduced
substantially.
TOPNANO
YKI
Saab Aerosystems,
KTH, AkzoNobel, MW
Innovation, Nibe, ReTurn AS, Sapa Heat
Transfer AB,
Vattenfall, Vestas,
VTT, Aarhus Univ.
Will develop sustainable and
efficient methods based on
nanotechnology to reduce
problems and costs with ice
build-up.
The fourth project is in the evaluation process.