Cost-competitive, abundant, and renewable: adjectives that perfectly describe wind power. It is one of the drivers of the wider societal green energy transition, but its potential is far from being completely tapped, especially concerning offshore wind farms. When seawater becomes…
The 2020 Gerard & Anton Award winner Touchwind is speeding up field testing of its floating wind turbine in the Dutch Oostvoorne Lake. With an investment from Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Touchwind has secured a better position…
The European automotive industry finds itself at a crossroads as it grapples with the rapid rise of electric vehicles (EVs). While Europe has been a leader in the EV market, concerns are growing that the continent may be losing ground…
HyET Solar‘s wafer-thin solar film makes it possible to capture solar energy in many more places than with familiar panels. The Arnhem-based company has been working on it for a long time, but the foil is now on a breakthrough,…
Michigan-based startup, Our Next Energy (ONE), has made a landmark innovation with the Aries II battery, replacing traditionally used expensive metals with iron and manganese. This novel battery is not only more cost-effective but also more sustainable, promising a whopping…
In the world of computing, speed and energy efficiency are often opposing forces. As machines learn to handle more complex tasks faster, their energy consumption increases. But what if there was a way to achieve faster computing speeds while reducing…
With the imminent threat of climate change and rising water levels, the Netherlands is pioneering a groundbreaking approach to flood management. The ‘Room for the River’ programme, launched by the Dutch Government in 2007, is creating more space for rivers…
Recrubo has closed a €600,000 seed round to develop and commercially scale its product. The company deploys AI technology to optimize the recruitment process of blue-collar and service companies via chat. It allows candidates to apply for jobs in a…
Renaissance Fusion, a Grenoble-based start-up, aims to decarbonize energy production with nuclear fusion technology. As announced earlier this year, the company raised 15 million euros in funding from investors such as Lowercarbon Capital, Positron Ventures and Norrsken VC. By the…
An international team of astronomers led by Tomer Shenar (University of Amsterdam) has discovered a heavy helium star with a strong magnetic field. The researchers suspect it is a long-sought precursor to a magnetar, a magnetic neutron star. They published…