FME — New Research Centres for Environment-friendly Energy
Funds Norwegian clean energy hubs with long-term support for research-led transformation in power and storage.
The FME (Senter for miljøvennlig energi — Research Centres for Environment-Friendly Energy) 2026 call establishes new Norwegian research centres focused on clean energy transition technologies. The programme is operated by the Research Council of Norway under its Energy and Transportation portfolio. The total pool is NOK 240 million distributed across two to four new centres; individual centre awa…
Environment-friendly energy — renewables, hydrogen, energy efficiency, CCS, and related clean energy technology.
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