“Growing flowers and tomatoes on gas is coming to an end” was the headline of an article published by the Dutch national newspaper Financieele Dagblad (FD) on March 23. Even more poignant was the headline, “High gas prices force four out…
A large-scale project aimed at producing and transporting green hydrogen at sea, H2opZee, will not be receiving a grant from the National Growth Fund after the second round of review by the commission. The consortium, which includes RWE and Neptune…
The Netherlands is allocating 42 million euros from the National Growth Fund for the Einstein Telescope. Another 870 million euros is being set aside for Dutch input into the construction of the project. When the telescope is finished, it will…
OK, so take part in a master class in writing columns and then be given the assignment by Dutch Volkskrant journalist Sheila Sitalsing: Write an experimental column. Well, I’d love to! That’s how I’ve wanted to peanut butter some things…
The Wageningen-based start-up FarmVent is convinced that our food should be produced closer to the consumer; this way, our food travels fewer kilometers, there is greater transparency about the production process, and less food is wasted. Their solution? A vertical self-sustaining…
“We have a lot of specialized manufacturing companies in the Netherlands,” notes Mike de Roode, community manager of the Smart Connected Supplier Network (SCSN) foundation and employed by the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). Those companies all make…
Faster, lighter, more durable, and, at the end of the day, also much cheaper: the benefits of photonic circuits are considerable, for a wide range of applications. And the Netherlands plays an important role, globally, in the development and application…
VADO is the acronym for Vending Automatic Delivery Operations, and that says it all about the company. The Italian start-up developed software that allows vending machines to sell their products through the main delivery apps. Innovation Origins spoke to Alessandro…
Removing dead tissue from a severe burn is critical for a successful skin graft. A surgical knife is normally used, but now there appears to be a better method that can remove dead skin without damaging healthy skin: hydrosurgery, or…
At first glance, Cyprus does not seem to excel in terms of urban planning. Plenty of building is going on without a zoning plan, or even appearing to have any in place. One early exception is the campus of the…