Friday afternoon, January 8, 2021. A substation in the power grid in the Balkans breaks down. Almost immediately, the problem scales up to European dimensions. A blackout is prevented thanks to the quick intervention of European grid operators. Industries in…
An autonomous agricultural robot, a cyber security key to generate security codes, and an accurate way to test and connect photonic devices. What do these three things have in common? They are products of start-ups that reached the finals of…
On July 12th, the Zwolle District Court in The Netherlands declared Eden Advanced Technologies from Enschede bankrupt. The curator gave himself another month to save the company. Their product: A cross between a Westland greenhouse, a balcony plant and a…
The number of European start-ups is growing at a rapid pace. Over the past decade, 36 percent of all active start-ups in the world were established in Europe. That number is approaching the number of start-ups that were established in…
Earth observation satellites from the European Copernicus program orbiting the Earth are transmitting a vast amount of data. In the future, this information from outer space should be able to be usedby national environmental agencies for monitoring water. Researchers are…
The Dutch government has great ambitions for hydrogen. The National Hydrogen Program demonstrates that the government wants to go all-out for hydrogen as the energy system of the future. But how are our hydrogen society and economy faring? In the…
Danish ocean container shipping company A.P. Moller – Maersk aims to have eight ships in operation by 2024 that use carbon-neutral methanol as fuel. According to the company, this will yield an annual CO2 emission reduction of about 1 million…
The catastrophic floods last month in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium have once again made it clear that much needs to be done to accommodate floodwaters in urban areas. But there’s another problem: heat. Cities are becoming islands of heat…
Recycled fibers are already used in the clothing industry, but mainly those made from PET (polyethylene terephthalate) obtained from beverage bottles, among other things. Around three-quarters of the granulate produced from used PET bottles is utilized by fiber manufacturers, according…
A happy message from Groningen: a trial is starting with electric bicycles powered by hydrogen. The hydrogen bike is expensive, almost €10,000, but for now, you can get a discount of €2500. On Twitter, this message led to a creative…