In our Sunday newsletter, we, as editors, reflect on the past seven days. We do this on the initiative of our cartoonist Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, draws a picture, and we take it from there. Continuing to grow is…
Last year, Arctic Reflections just missed out on the Marc Cornelissen Brightlands Award, but now the result is there: UNIIQ is investing 350,000 euros in the start-up that aims to make the Arctic ice grow again. Arctic Reflections aims not…
Paques Biomaterials has raised €14 million in funding to produce a biopolymer “that has the advantages of plastic but not the disadvantages.” Among the investors are Invest-NL and the Northern Development Company NOM. More than a decade ago, in cooperation…
We humans are happy with greenery around us. At the same time, cities still resemble a concrete jungle with endless streets of asphalt. What if we rigorously redesigned Dutch cities, letting nature take architectural control? For the sake of convenience,…
A new study by solar business Hemsol shows that Norway is the greenest country in Europe. It takes the crown thanks to its high renewable energy share recorded in 2022, despite having high carbon dioxide emissions per capita and large amounts of farmland…
Network Optix (Nx), a premier developer of enterprise video platforms, has acquired Scailable, an innovative cloud-to-edge AI deployment and fleet management start-up based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. In a press release, Nx says that Scailable’s cutting-edge development, deployment, and management…
No new connections, no extensions, no opportunities to deliver your solar energy to the grid, let alone share it with other entrepreneurs. Grid congestion – the phenomenon that occurs when the infrastructure can no longer handle the growing supply and…
Roger Dassen, accountant by trade, has just presented ASML’s sixth annual results to the press. Another presentation for shareholders is on the schedule. Compared to 2018, when he became CFO, the company’s revenue tripled. It is his last interview in…
Eddy Grid, a Utrecht-based startup, raised €1.5 million for grid congestion technology. The company is working to establish a decentralized battery network to store green energy and to develop smart energy management for batteries, writes the company in a press…
SMART Photonics, the Dutch photonic chipmaker, scaled up its production of photonic chips (PICs), transferring its manufacturing capability to four-inch wafer substrates. This results in doubling the production rate and a lower price per chip, accelerating the commercial rollout of…