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Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre visited Clara Venture Labs

The Prime Minister spent an hour and a half at our facilities on Tuesday 8th of February.

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By Geir Omdal, Head of Marketing at Clara Published

Picture above – At Clara energy lab – Bernt Skeie (Partner Clara and Founding CEO Alma), Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Einar Eilertsen (Partner Clara and Founding CEO LayerOne (a Clara venture)), Martin Bech Holte (Chairman Clara) and Crina Silvia Ilea (Head of MAP-G at Clara)

The Prime Minister got to see some of our current technology developments such as our energy storage system for the Moon, high pressure electrolyzer for Mars and MAP reactor, and high temperature fuel cells for maritime use.

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At Clara energy lab – Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Simen Sandtorv Hansen (Project engineer at Clara)

He also got see some history with our development of the combustion chamber on the Olympic torch for Lillehammer 1994.

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Bernt Skeie (with the Olympic torch - Lillehammer 1994) and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre

“We got feedback later that day from The Prime Minister – that the meeting and presented technology was a very positive experience” said Bernt Skeie (Partner Clara and Founding CEO Alma)

We of course welcome The Prime Minister back at a later time!