NTNU: GE Smart Grid road show makes a stop

GE and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have teamed up in an effort to seek input from Norwegian innovators in the development of smart grid solutions, new energy sources and energy efficiency.

GE's Ecomagination initiative to bring together companies, entrepreneurs, innovators and students makes a stop at the NTNU campus in Trondheim today, to discuss ideas for a next generation power grid. Rector Torbjørn Digernes of NTNU and Hans Enocson, responsible for GE in the Nordic countries, will be among the participants of the seminar.

NTNU and SINTEF, Scandinavia’s largest independent research organisation, have recently established the Norwegian SmartGrid Centre. The centre, administered by NTNU’s Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, aims to become a centre of high level international research and development of smart grid solutions.

In July, GE announced a $200 million open innovation challenge to seek breakthrough ideas to accelerate the adoption of smart grid technologies. This global challenge invites technologies, entrepreneurs and start-ups to share their best ideas and come together to take on one of the world’s toughest challenges.

GE has partnered with Science|Business to promote European participation in the programme and organisations who enter the GE innovation challenge via the Science|Business website are also eligible for participation in the 2011 Academic Enterprise awards (ACES).