Digitalization and the energy transition go hand in hand within the Lower Energy Acceleration Program (LEAP in the Netherlands. As part of this initiative, all kinds of parties, including the ESI (TNO), are working together to support future, more energy-efficient…
It sounds like a wild plan, but the German company Svevind claims to be well on its way to developing a gigantic green power project on the steppes of Kazakhstan. The wind and solar park is expected to have a…
The Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma (2020) sheds light on the shadowy sides of big tech. The most interesting part of this rather dramatic documentary is at the very end: When the developers honestly admit that they impose strict conditions…
The energy transition is sorely needed to meet the 2050 climate goals. The production of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and green hydrogen calls for raw materials, which are often scarce or rare. The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research…
I would have preferred to wind up this pandemic column without any particularly nerve-wracking virus perils this summer. Things actually seemed to be heading that way last month, what with lovely substantial drops in all those pesky infection rates across…
How do you predict the sound produced by a block of tonewood once it is carved into the shape of a violin plate? What is the best shape for the best sound? Artificial Intelligence offer answers to these questions. These…
His life’s mission was to stretch the creative agility of everyone’s brain to the maximum, from children to top managers. To do this, he flew all over the world, gave lectures in 57 different countries, wrote 70 books and sat…
Acciona, a Spanish company specializing in infrastructure and renewable energy, has this week made part of its solar panel park in Tudela (Navarra) capable of storing energy in used batteries. The recycled batteries are directly connected to the electricity grid.…
The Dutch city of Nijmegen was home to the first semiconductor factory in Europe; in 1953, Philips started assembling semiconductors here. Nowadays the basement of the current NXP building house a large collection of machinery and old technologies. From diodes…
Nowadays, many of the molecules that are needed in Europeas ‘active ingredients’for the production of medicines, cosmetics and plastics are not made in Europe but in Southeast Asia. That these lengthy supply chains can cause problems was highlighted by the…