For a long time, the automotive industry was not a trailblazer in the energy transition. But it seemed that since the last year anda half or so, the industry had been turned around. Frans Timmermans, European Commissioner for Climate Action,…
Cars in the future that run on hydrogen and with a fuel cell seem to be dead in the water. The battery-electric car wins out in almost every respect. Most manufacturers are therefore no longer spending money on developing hydrogen…
Neil Young pulled his music from Spotify this week because the company is spreading fake news about corona via Joe Rogan’s podcast. Spotify responded by creating a special ‘COVID-19-Hub’ to direct people to accurate sources of information. By doing this,…
I had mentioned here before that we have started a cool new journalism project. On Tuesday, after months of preparation, we finally launched it: Decarbonizing Europe, and with it, we zoom in on the hundreds of billions of euros that Europe…
We all too readily associate thinking ‘outside the box’ with creativity & innovation. ‘Come on guys, we need outside-the-box ideas!’ It’s a phrase that irks a lot of people: only bullsh*t ideas come from outside-the-box ideas… Is outside-the-box thinking just…
ENZuid is dedicated to achieving a circular economy. Which is why we are featuring four portraits of four entrepreneurs who are committed to this aim. Today: Bernd Hendriksen. At the time when Bernd Hendriksen, managing director of mHome, was studying…
At my children’s school, the Dutch saying ‘van proberen kan je leren’ (‘learning can be done by trying‘) reigns supreme. A wonderful motto that should actually apply everywhere. And what a lot there is to learn, because so much has…
About 40 years ago, a group of engineers at the Technical University of Dresden in former East Germany had an ingenious idea for farmers. They wanted to improve plows using an energy-saving working principle. They researched, developed a product, and…
Climate change and air pollution are the key challenges of our time. As far as the European Union is concerned, our continent is set to become carbon-free by 2050. In order to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, it is…
Belgian start-up Bingli has developed an app that helps a patient prepare for a visit to their GP in the best possible way. Thanks to this app, a doctor can make a better diagnosis. It also saves them time. The…