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Hydrogen

As a fuel, hydrogen is powerful enough to launch NASA’s space shuttles.

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It is also extremely environmentally friendly, as the only emission it produces when burned is water.

The EU considers pure hydrogen to be one of the backbones of its future energy system.

Hydrogen is extremely versatile. For example, it can be used to generate power in small and large power plants, operate electrical lorries, locomotives and ships, and provide buildings with heat – with zero emissions! It can also help make key industrial processes greener, such as steel production.

Hydrogen can be produced in two ways. As early as 200 years ago, pioneers managed to use electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. This process is still well suited for storing energy in situations when there is insufficient access to solar and wind power, when batteries do not have sufficient capacity, or when energy needs to be stored for a long time.

However, if the EU is to get enough clean hydrogen for its energy system, it also needs to use hydrogen extracted from natural gas. Norway can contribute to this by splitting our natural gas into hydrogen and CO2. We can then sell the hydrogen, and convert the CO2 into carbon by using CCS (carbon capture and storage) and gas-based hydrogen plants.

SINTEF conducts research into important areas within the clean hydrogen value chain from production to transport, storage and end use.

Knowledge of these areas provides Norway with a golden opportunity to develop new green industry that the world will need in order to beat the climate crisis.

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Expertise on hydrogen

Hydrogen laboratories (alphabetical)

News on hydrogen

Transforming waste into hydrogen

Transforming waste into hydrogen

A new EU funded project aims to efficiently produce hydrogen from waste, ensuring strong energy performance with a fully carbon-negative approach.

Hydrogen projects

FME ZeMe

FME ZeMe

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FME ZeMe developes the fundamental knowledge and technologies needed by the Norwegian metallurgical industry to become climate neutral by 2050.

CARMA-H2

CARMA-H2

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Carbon-negative pressurized hydrogen production from waste using an energy efficient protonic membrane reformer.

Software relevant for hydrogen

FME HYDROGENi - Norwegian research and innovation centre for hydrogen and ammonia

HYDROGENi is a Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME), partly financed by the Research Council of Norway, dedicated to the research and innovations within hydrogen and ammonia needed to meet the 2030 and 2050 goals of the Norwegian hydrogen road map.