The European Investment Bank has signed a €40 million financing agreement with Dutch scale-up Battolyser Systems. A guarantee from the InvestEU fund backs the loan to the climate-tech company. The financing will allow the company to expand its production facility…
Dutch start-ups have raised at least €420 million in venture capital in the third quarter of 2023. Although this represents a slight decline from the second quarter (€525 million) and the third quarter in 2022 (€435 million), it follows a…
The Netherlands has nearly 12,000 energy-neutral homes, but complete energy independence is a step further. Although home batteries can store solar energy, a maximum independence of 60-70% at normal consumption is the highest achievable in this climate. However, dynamic energy…
The landing strip of the Rotterdam-The Hague airport is as busy as it usually is on a Thursday in October. Planes from and to several, mostly Southern, European destinations land and take off. The noise of the kerosene-powered engines echoes,…
Boeing, NASA, and United Airlines are joining forces in the green energy arena, conducting in-flight tests using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a Boeing 737-10 aircraft, is set to fly with separate tanks of SAF and conventional…
Afterlife converts food waste from agriculture into a new source of protein using fungi. Although the chosen waste stream is difficult to ferment, through fungi students manage to turn it into a new and valuable product. The demand for non-animal…
Bretagne is making significant steps in developing green hydrogen projects, with approximately fifty initiatives underway. These projects, backed by public and private stakeholders, span a variety of sectors, including buses, trucks, refueling stations, and green hydrogen production and storage for…
Ancient castles, romantic landscapes, and lithium. All three can be found in the Upper Rhine Valley. While the first two might represent good reasons to visit the region – an area stretching alongside the border between Germany and France –…
With the signatures of Metrohm Applikon and SDK Vastgoed (VolkerWessels), the completion of Mechatronics Innovation Campus Schiedam (MICS) can formally start. Metrohm Applikon is the first company to settle on this future hotspot for the mechatronics industry. The purchase and…
Nevomo – a Polish startup – has made a game-changing breakthrough in rail technology. Its MagRail system, an innovative upgrade to existing rail lines using magnetic levitation, has passed tests with flying colors, proving that trains can levitate on conventional…