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Offshore Wind is one of the fastest-growing renewable energy sources in Europe. NORCE covers important research areas needed to succeed in developing Offshore Wind as a societal accepted, cost-efficient, and environmentally friendly energy source for the future.

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11 Jan 2022

New research group is focusing on virtual societies that can predict people’s reaction on political-initiatives

Center for Modeling Social Systems (CMSS) has become a separate research group within NORCE. The group uses artificial intelligence to predict how individuals and societies understand and react towards different political initiatives or events like for example COVID-19 or a natural disaster. The goal is to give politicians and other decision makers a method to experiment with different instruments to solve social issues.

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03 Jan 2022

Can predict waves to come

In a new project, physics-based machine learning is used to predict incoming ocean waves and vessel motions in the next few minutes. This will provide a good understanding of the situation and revolutionize the safety and efficiency of all marine operations.

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10 Dec 2021

New NORCE-led petroleum centre on subsurface research

The Research Council of Norway allocates NOK 80 million to the NORCE-led petroleum centre. Over the next eight years, the researchers will develop new knowledge on how the subsurface can be used in the green shift.

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