Microsoft invests in French startup Mistral AI, which is developing a multilingual ‘Mistral Large’ model. This model, fluent in five languages, marks a new phase in AI innovation and is available on Microsoft’s Azure platform. While the Dutch language is…
With a target size of €500 million, the ‘EBA Strategic Battery Materials Fund’ builds upon the success of the European Battery Alliance in its mission to create a resilient European battery industry. The fund was launched in January amidst soaring…
Energy storage plays a crucial role in the energy system of the future. The number of applications for large storage facilities, which can stabilise the grid, increased sharply last year. That will continue this year, expects Jeroen Neefs, director of…
1. Heated Sand: the battery that bridges seasons In solving the problem of power variability, the solution may not be in complex technology, but in one of the most common substances on earth: sand. Polar Night Energy, a Finnish start-up,…
Freeze in those electronics! That was the thinking of researchers from Fujitsu and QuTech, a collaboration between TU Delft and TNO. They have developed new and ultra-cold electronics to drive diamond-based quantum bits. As a result of their joint research…
February is not over yet, but it is already certain that this month will be the warmest February on record. The average temperature in De Bilt is expected to be between 8.1 and 8.3 degrees, which is about 4 degrees…
Batteries come in any form, shape, and, most importantly, chemistry. In the puzzle called energy systems of the future, they represent an essential piece to fully exploit the potential of renewable power and limit one of its most prominent downsides:…
It was a full house for AI Patent Insights: Securing Future Innovations at the AI Innovation Center this week. Bart Jan Niestadt from V.O. Patents & Trademarks and Twan Uijttewaal from Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) came together for a knowledge…
A short video recently made the rounds on X (formerly Twitter). A young female golfer was told off-screen how to play golf. The off-screen “mansplainer” knew exactly what she was doing wrong. The golfer remained calm and played a tee…
In the Netherlands, solar panels are a hit. The success is so great that local power grids cannot handle the oversupply of power at peak times. On sunny days, the price per kilowatt hour regularly drops below zero. We have…