Sustainable Arctic Marine and Coastal Technology

The Research Council of Norway has established a number of Centres for Research-based Innovation (CRIs). The main objective of these centres is to enhance the capability of the business sector to innovate by focusing on long-term research based on forging close alliances between research-intensive enterprises and prominent research groups. The CRI SAMCoT (Sustainable Arctic Marine and Coastal Technology) is hosted by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). SAMCoT started in 2011 and is now entering a phase of harvesting on the research continuously being done. This paper presents some findings of the research at SAMCoT and shows how the clustering of research efforts can lead to innovations in the Arctic offshore industry and a better understanding of the Arctic physical environment.