Research project “Manage Smart in SmartGrid” awarded funds of NOK 7.5 million

On December 11th 2009, the Research Council of Norway announced which projects that have been awarded funds in this autumn’s application round of the research program RENERGI (Clean Energy for the Future). We are very pleased that the research and innovation project “Manage Smart in SmartGrid” launched by the Norwegian Centre of Expertise Energy and Emissions Trading Halden (NCE Halden) and by the Tieto company's Utility Competence Centre in Halden has received full commitment of the financial project support we asked for. This is the second project proposal from the NCE Halden cluster being accepted by the Research Council within one year, a fact that demonstrates the innovation potential of the NCE Halden cluster and its network of industrial and academic partners.

Tieto is an IT service company providing IT, R&D and consulting services. With approximately 16 000 experts in 27 countries, Tieto is among the leading IT service companies in Northern Europe and the global leader in selected segments. Tieto’s Utility Competence Centre in Halden develops innovative IT systems and solutions managing customer related business processes of energy companies in the deregulated energy markets.

For more information about the project and the co-operation partnership of the project,
please read a summary of the project descrition.