The European Innovation Council (EIC) announced yesterday it will invest €1.4 billion in deep tech and scale-ups of strategic technologies by 2025. The initiative is part of the Horizon Europe program and focuses on high-potential innovative research and start-ups. With…
With 1,044 watts installed per person, the Netherlands has the world’s highest amount of photovoltaic (PV) watts per capita. While this certainly means that Dutchies can produce and consume more green power, this also means that the electricity market and…
The AI Summit Brainport is approaching. Nine AI startups have been selected for the finals of the AI Pitch Competition. They will be in the spotlight on November 7th. These startups, built on themes ranging from healthcare to energy, will…
Essent and Circul8.energy plan to build a 20-megawatt electrolyzer in Lelystad, set to become the Netherlands’ largest green hydrogen production facility. Powered by wind and solar energy, this project marks a significant step towards sustainable energy solutions, with the potential…
Antennex, an antenna measurement solutions innovator, has secured €1.5 million seed funding from Value Creation Capital (VCC) and Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM). This investment will revolutionize the antenna testing and measurement landscape. Founded in 2023 as a spinoff from the Eindhoven University of…
Brainport Industries Campus (BIC) is researching the crucial role AI can play in the future of the manufacturing industry. Through smart organization, education, and knowledge sharing, companies can take advantage of AI’s opportunities. BIC acts as a catalyst in this…
American scientists have developed a pioneering farming method that makes traditional photosynthesis obsolete. This “electro-agriculture” uses solar panels to convert CO2 and water into acetate, on which plants can grow. The method is four times more efficient than traditional photosynthesis…
Cybercriminals are increasingly trying to mislead Dutch people. In the first eight months of this year, the Fraude Helpdesk received 713 reports of spoofing. This means that you see a different phone number or e-mail address than the one of…
The first Dutch carbon capture and storage (CCS) project is not a common one. Its name is Porthos, and it will store, in a depleted gas reservoir 20 kilometers off the coast, CO2 captured from industrial plants in the port…
The city of Leuven is introducing an innovative technology that extracts heat from wastewater, called riothermia. This method uses a heat exchanger in sewage pipes to extract energy from run-off water from showers, for example. The heat generated can then…