12 PhD Fellowship positions, Norway

For client we are now looking for 12 PhD Fellowship positions at Centre for Environmental Design of Renewable Energy (CEDREN) The Norwegian government has established eight national research centres on climate friendly energy generation, one of which is the Centre for Environmental Design of Renewable Energy (CEDREN).In order to ensure environmental design of existing and new renewable energy production, interdisciplinary collaboration is necessary, alongside close collaboration and interaction between the R & D institutions, the industry and management authorities.SINTEF, NTNU and Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) are research partners and leading national and international institutions and companies are partners (Agder Energi, BKK, DN, EBL, E-CO vannkraft, Eidsiva vannkraft, Hydro, NVE, Sira-Kvina kraftselskap, Statkraft, Statnett).Many national and international research organizations are collaborating with the Centre for example NIVA and LFI in Norway, KTH and SLU in Sweden and BOKU in Austria.We are also collaborating closely with other relevant FME centres, such as Norwegian Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology (NOWITECH) and Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE).More than 50 professors and researchers will be engaged in research at CEDREN together with a signifi cant number of PhD and postdoctoral fellows.See www.cedren.no for more details. CEDREN is planning to engage at least 15 PhDs and PostDocs, and is now announcing the fi rst 12 PhD positions for the fi rst period of the research program 2009-2012.You can only apply for a maximum of 3 positions, and the priority shall be indicated.The attachments to the applications shall be gathered in one single file.Application deadline: June 30th 2009.