Trondheim site celebrates 25 years of operation

Cutting-edge, sustainable, customer-focused: Rolls-Royce Electrical Norway site reflects on 25 years of achievement

It is a historic time for Rolls-Royce’s electrification activities: our MW class generator for a hybrid-electric system for regional aircraft has been testing in Bristol, the all-electric spirit of innovation aircraft has broken world records and since start of the New Year the Rolls-Royce Group has formed its own Electrical business unit.

Amidst it all, our Rolls-Royce Electrical team in Norway has celebrated its 25 years anniversary.

Since their start as a university spin-off, the 44 people strong Norwegian team has come a long way and is one of Rolls-Royce's shining stars representing Electrical capability.

Rolls-Royce Electrical Norway stands for efficient and extremely resilient electric propulsion in a variety of power classes, and for applications in diverse markets from marine, oil and gas, to aviation.

Our Norwegian electrical power solutions stretch physical boundaries and stand the most severe operating conditions. For example, our drive for an Automated Underwater Vehicle operates in depths of 6,000 meters; our motors for heavy duty tunnelling rigs that are used in constructing hydro-electric facilities reliably stand the vibrations of channelling through mountains; and our wheelchair drive, which the team developed in its early years, brought the same torque of a Ford Fiesta to just one wheel in a powered chair.

Our Norwegian electrical power solutions stretch physical boundaries and stand the most severe operating conditions.

For example, our drive for an Automated Underwater Vehicle operates in depths of 6,000 meters; our motors for heavy duty tunnelling rigs that are used in constructing hydro-electric facilities reliably stand the vibrations of channelling through mountains; and our wheelchair drive, which the team developed in its early years, brought the same torque of a Ford Fiesta to just one wheel in a powered chair.

The Norway team is also using their expertise to help Rolls-Royce bring to market an electric power and propulsion portfolio for electric commuter aircraft and Urban Air Mobility vehicles by the middle of the decade.

In Norway, these ambitions fall on fertile ground where, with its many islands and fjords, an aviation network including multiple short routes and short runway airports has developed. These are ideal applications for all-electric commuter aircraft and the Norwegian airline Widerøe, in line with the national zero carbon emission target for 2030, wants to become one of the first airlines to be emission free. To get there, the airline entered a collaboration with Rolls-Royce in 2019 to develop an electric aircraft which meets these targets – supported by our Trondheim colleagues.

But the Rolls-Royce Electrical Norway team is not just a hub for inventions. On their 1,000m2 production facility, established products for the Marine market are being produced.

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"We bring together our long-standing experience as a trusted industry partner with our ingenuity and agility in developing novel technologies, and I feel that our competences are really hitting the nerve of our times as we are striving for Net Zero. Electrical technology is clean and efficient – and our solutions will help our customers to make marine green, hydro power better, and electric flight a reality."

Dr. Sigurd Øvrebø, Managing Director of Rolls-Royce Electrical Norway

We are excited to follow our Rolls-Royce Electrical Norway team as it further advances innovative technology on our road to Net Zero.

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