Norwegian renewables company Statkraft and Dutch climate tech start-up AQUABATTERY partner to develop a promising technology to improve long-term storage of electricity through a flow battery made with salt water. AQUABATTERY has developed a Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) flow battery technology in…
Most buildings around us consist primarily of concrete. The grey mixture has been an essential material in construction for decades. It is easy to work with, and it is strong and long-lasting. Moreover, it is relatively cheap. But there is…
The Netherlands is making great strides in Arizona, the hotspot for chip technology. Chip machine manufacturer ASM International (ASMI) invests heavily in a research center, and ASML is establishing a training institute in Phoenix. These developments show how Dutch companies,…
In a historic convergence at the COP28 summit, the world witnessed Russia’s rare nod to a US-led initiative aiming to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050. This ambitious move, supported by a coalition of 21 countries including France, the UK,…
Dutch startup QuantaMap has secured €1.4 million in funding to improve the production of quantum computer chips, using a special microscope, the company said in a press release. Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems that are impossible with…
Last month, the US again announced export restrictions; two more of ASML’s older DUV models were blacklisted. First, the US only had control over machines that consisted of at least 25 percent American technology; for ASML (and two Japanese companies),…
The urgent need for sustainable battery recycling is now addressed by a machine learning system that efficiently sorts retired batteries. With the increased use of batteries, the issue of proper recycling becomes critical. Batteries contain hazardous chemicals that cannot be…
One in seven women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives. More than 50 per cent opt for breast reconstruction. Eindhoven-based VivArt-X will work with partners over the next three years to create a synthetic material that…
At the COP28 summit, Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President and CEO of UAE state oil company Adnoc, sparked controversy by claiming a fossil fuel phase-out lacks scientific support. He added that without fossil fuels society would regress to “cave” living.…
Current cooling systems in industry guzzle energy. A pioneering project, EISKIG, led by TU Darmstadt, is going to change that. Through AI, cooling systems will be optimised. The project, which has a duration of three years and is supported with…