FME MoZEES

Norway has access to vast amounts of renewable power, some of which can be used to produce electricity and hydrogen for transport.  When the Center was established in 2017, battery and hydrogen technologies had already been demonstrated for use in light-duty zero emission transport applications. However, Norway’s ambitious targets for low- and zero-emission transport required research and development of battery and hydrogen technologies for heavy-duty transport sectors (road, rail, and sea).  This was the motivation for establishing a long-term national research effort on zero-emission energy systems for transport. 

The main objective with MoZEES was to be a Center for environment-friendly energy research with focus on new battery and hydrogen materials, components, technologies, and systems for transport applications on road, rail, and sea.  The Center contributed to the design and development of safe, reliable, and cost competitive zero-emission transport solutions. There was also a strong focus on the development of young researchers. In MoZEES there were completed 11 PhD theses0 and 12 post-doctoral fellowships, and 28 master theses over the 8-year project period (2017-2024). The main focus areas for the research activities in the Center were: 

1. New materials and processes for niche markets in the battery and hydrogen industry 

2. Battery and hydrogen components and technologies for export-oriented products 

3. Battery and hydrogen systems for application into near to medium term transport markets (road, rail, sea), with focus on maritime applications 

4. New transport solutions and services, with focus on techno-economic feasible pathways towards zero-emission systems. 

MoZEES has been a collaboration between 4 research institutes (IFE, SINTEF, TØI, and FFI), 3 universities (UiO, NTNU, and USN), 7 public partners, 2 private interest organizations, and 21 commercial and industrial partners1 including key battery and hydrogen materials, components, technology, and systems suppliers.  There has also been established formal collaboration agreements (MoUs) with four international universities:  RWTH University Aachen (Germany), University of Uppsala (Sweden), University of California Davis (USA), and University of Genova (Italy).  Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) at Kjeller in Norway was the host for FME MoZEES throughout the project period. 

A national study on the effects of the energy research in Norway was conducted in 2024/2025. The main objective with this study was to evaluate the effects of the research conducted within the national FME Centers and their associated projects. The effects of the research was evaluated with respect to environmental, technical, and economic parameters (emissions, efficiency, security of supply, cost reductions, and business potential). MoZEES scored well on all of the these evaluation criteria, particularly on the technical and environmental parameters. 

Finally, MoZEES contributed to the development of new battery and hydrogen technologies and systems, and supported several Industry Partners in the Center with relevant research for innovations and pre-commercial developments. The Center also provided valuable and useful input to Public Partners for the planning of next generation zero emission transport systems. 

The complete list of MoZEES peer-reviewed international publications (102), PhD theses (11), Master theses (29), and MoZEES reports (28) is provided in Appendix 4 of the MoZEES Final Report. 

MoZEES Final Report (2025)

Previous Annual Reports:

MoZEES Annual Report 2023

MoZEES Annual Report 2022

MoZEES Annual Report 2021 

MoZEES Annual Report 2020

MoZEES Annual Report 2019

MoZEES Annual Report 2018

MoZEES Annual Report 2017