NOWITECH Annual Report 2014

Annual Report 2014

NOWITECH

Norwegian Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology

Engagement in developing offshore wind projects and research strategies in 2014 included both national

and international activities:

• Giving input to Energi21 development of Norwegian research strategies on offshore wind energy

• Participation in the European Technology Platform on Wind (TPwind) heading the working group on

offshore wind

• Leading the sub-programme on offshore wind energy in the European Energy Research Alliance

(EERA) joint programme on Wind Energy

• Participation in the Board of WindCluster Norway

International engagement is further described in International cooperation

Committee for innovation and commercialization

The Committee for Innovation and Commercialisation (CIC) is enhancing the industry involvement and

assures that results fromNOWITECH are communicated to the industry parties and that the possibilities

for establishing new projects, products, services or processes with one or more partners are pursued

Commercialisation is by transfer of knowledge to the industry parties and their use of this in developing

their business, and through spin-off projects and the creation of new industry The committee is industry

focused and chaired by Per Arne Wilson, NTNU CIC cooperates with NTNU’s Entrepreneurship School

(NEC) and NTNU TTO in commercialisation of ideas created in NOWITECH, while Innovation Norway

and Enova assist CIC in project development, including also between NOWITECH partners and SMEs

outside NOWITECH

Activities by CIC in 2014 included support towards commercialization of selected NOWITECH results,

and in cooperation with the NOWITECH management, assisting in applying the Technology Readiness

Level for communicating progress in innovations, and giving support to external parties in developing

new business ideas

PerArneWilson,NTNU

CIC Chair