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Technology for a better society The Energy Challenge; Is sustainabilty within sight Dr. Nils A. Rkke Director Climate Change Technologies SINTEF CESAER, Trondheim15 October 2010 REC SWAY TCM

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Technology for a better society SINTEF and NTNU - Symbiosis at work Number of employees: 2175 Annual turnover (2009): 340 Million Main funding is from industrial contract research, 7% basic public funding A technological cluster with education, basic & applied research, innovations and business developments - covering 360 0 of the society SINTEF - Scandinavias largest R&D Institute Founded 1950 by NTNU as a Foundation- non-profit

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Technology for a better society 3 Centres of Environmental Friendly Energy (CEER) in SINTEF and NTNU BIGCCS Int CCS R&D Centre CenBio NOWITECH The Norwegian CE for Solar Cell Technology An R&D effort of million 200 over 8 yrs International co-operation Unique R&D infrastructure development Approx 110 Phd students and Post docs

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