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#1: Aker Carbon Capture
CO2 capture. Commercially available with many plants under construction or delivered. Plants in NL and Brevik in operation 2024. Technically proven and have commercial contracts in place. Important player in growing areas. From being seen as uninteresting 10 years ago, they now have an EU target of 50 million tonnes in 2030. ACC is ahead. Just sold 80% to SLB (Schlumberger)
Read more - Was "too early" with CO2 capture technology - now the world is following suit
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#2: Corvus Energy
Batteries and fuel cells. Commercial breakthrough for FC- market leader in maritime batteries. Energy has been a pioneer in decarbonizing shipping with batteries since 2009. In recent years, they have also developed maritime fuel cells and sold their first system to MS Skulebas. Around 60% market share in batteries.
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#3: Hycast
Hycast has developed an advanced casting technology for aluminum that saves energy, creates less waste and is more sustainable. Hycast is 100 percent Norwegian, but exports 90 percent of its products – even to low-cost countries such as China, India, etc. Hycast has been named Norway's Smartest Industrial Company 2024. The company is a spin-off from Hydro at Sunndalsøra (1990). It spends 5% of its turnover on research and development.
Hycast sells the technology to all manufacturers of aluminum press bolts and roller blocks. Jury leader Torger Reve: – Hycast is a good example of the fact that there is a lot of technical and advanced development happening with automation and digitalization in medium-sized and small companies in all parts of the country.
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#4: Hydrovolt
Battery recycling. One of the most advanced battery recycling plants in the world. Hydrovolt - a collaboration between Northvolt and Hydro. Europe's largest electric vehicle battery recycling plant and has a capacity to process 12,000 tonnes of battery packs annually. Enough to handle all end-of-life batteries in Norway. Recovers up to 95% - including plastic, copper, aluminium, and "black pulp" - a mixture containing nickel, manganese, cobalt and lithium (Electrek). These materials are further processed to produce battery-grade materials, which are then used in new battery production. Hydrovolt also plans to expand its recycling capacity in Europe, with the goal of processing 70,000 tonnes of battery packs by 2025 and 300,000 tonnes by 2030 (Hydrovolt) (CleanTechnica).
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#5: Zeabuz
First commercial autonomous vessel in operation in Stockholm 2023 - MS Estelle - with Torghatten. On the way to electric and partly autonomous passenger freight - Zeabus is the first to operate commercially - with a driver, of course - but monitored from shore. Will expand with another boat, remove certified captain and replace with a safety person.
Tested autonomy in Singapore port - on a small cargo ship. Will participate in tenders for 500-600 electric and partly autonomous vessels with partner Yinson GreenTech. Also talking to other companies about offering the autonomy technology - Edge PC with software, connection of sensors, lidar, cameras, AIS and integration with control system.
According to the founders from NTNU - the only one that is commercially available - maybe 2-3 more that are nearby in the world.
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#6: ZEG Power
Hydrogen production with integrated CO2 capture. First commercial plant is being built by H2 Production in the Energy Park in Øygarden.
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This is the jury:
- Nils Øveraas, (Chairman of the Jury) Chairman of the Board of the Polytechnic Association: Chairman of the Jury:
- Trond Markussen, President of Nito,
- Yngvild Linnea Andalsvik, Tekna, Head of Space Surveillance at the Norwegian Space Center
- Anne Kjersti Fahlvik, Director of the Research Council of Norway
- Øystein Eriksen Søreide, Director of Abelia,
- Anette Fischer, Head of Telecom, Media and Technology at DNB,
- Harald Solberg, CEO of Norsk Industri
- Jan M. Moberg, Technology Editor Teknisk Ukeblad Media
These are the criteria:
The candidates nominated for the award must represent a good engineering solution, a project or a breakthrough on a technological or societal problem. The technology or solution must have been developed mainly in Norway and documented with at least a demo system/prototype or completed delivery.
