Two Dutch companies are listed in the 2024 Global Cleantech 100, a roster of innovative businesses to watch during the year. Cultivated meat company Mosa Meat and intelligent energy management system Sensorfact made it to the index. The Cleantech Group…
Eindhoven-based manufacturer of high-tech electronics for solar panels Taylor has secured an investment of eight million euros. In this investment round, pension fund ABP is stepping in as a new investor alongside existing investors, says the company in a press…
Bonna Newman will be the new CEO of Lightyear and Marnix Borghouts the new CFO. Lex Hoefsloot, the founding CEO, will remain in the company to support a smooth transition in the coming period and to focus on the longer-term…
TNO is doing the measurements on behalf of Uruguay’s Environment Ministry. The Netherlands has a globally recognised top position in emissions monitoring, thanks to the success of the Dutch TROPOMI satellite instrument that measures air pollution worldwide on a daily…
Onera Health, a Dutch company developing sleep diagnostics and monitoring solutions, raised over €30 million in funding. The company developed a patch-based sensor system that can record all sleep signals wirelessly. The round was led by new investor EQT Life…
More and more people are turning to solar energy. Currently, silicon solar panels are the standard option, but the emergence of the relatively new perovskite solar panels promises significant improvements in efficiency. Bas van Gorkom, recently promoted at Eindhoven University…
This financial support is intended to enable the state-owned company to make crucial mega-investments in the electricity network in the coming years. Meanwhile, regional and local authorities and knowledge institutions are also actively developing concepts and sketches of the electricity…
Solar energy company Soly has raised €30 million in growth capital, the company reports in a (Dutch) press release. The investment will enable Soly to expand into other countries. The company recently launched the Soly Brain®, an intelligent control system…
In 2023, several European countries broke their previous renewable energy records amid reduced Russian gas supplies, causing a prominent shift to other power sources. Portugal covered 61 percent of its energy needs through renewables, over half of the electricity consumed…
Over the Christmas vacation, I attended a lecture by the professor with the most fans in the Netherlands (and perhaps the world): Professor Dr. Freek Vonk. Okay, Freek Vonk doesn’t call his lecture a “lecture” but a “show,” and he…