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CEDREN – Centre for Environmental
Design of Renewable Energy:
Research for technical and
environmental development of hydro
power, wind power, power line
rights-of-way and implementation of
environment and energy policy.
SINTEF Energy Research, the
Norwegian Institute for Nature
Research (NINA) and the
Norwegian University of Science
and Technology (NTNU) are the
main research partners. A number
of energy companies, Norwegian
and international R&D institutes and
universities are partners in the project.
The centre, which is funded by The
Research Council of Norway and
energy companies, is one of eleven
of the scheme Centre for Environment-
friendly Energy Research (FME). The
FME scheme consists of time-limited
research centres which conduct
concentrated, focused and long-term
research of high international quality
in order to solve specific challenges in
the field of renewable energy and the
environment.