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By means of press releases, news articles, experts views and press lunches ECN informs journalists of the latest news within the field of energy technology. First contact for all media is ECN press officer Florentine de Maar. You will find her by phone +31 224 564 050 en 06-1279 8123 and by mail.
The European gas market is in transition. In the upcoming period, there is a serious need for significant investment in gas infrastructure, such as pipelines, gas storage facilities and LNG terminals. In order to ensure that this can be achieved effectively, this kind of investment needs less...[more]
21.06.2012
On June 13th, 2012, a workshop about the economic opportunities of photovoltaics (PV) in the Netherlands took place in Amsterdam. [more]
In a world of environmental and economic challenges and uncertainties, modeling is an increasingly important tool for addressing the complexity of energy planning and policy making. The International Energy Workshop (IEW) is one of the leading conferences for the international energy modeling...[more]
ECN has developed an extremely thermo-shock proof material for nuclear fusion applications that is shaped with injection moulding. Last month, KeyTec and ECN signed a license agreement, enabling KeyTec to produce and supply high-quality materials (high-melting and resistant to wear) by means of...[more]
04.06.2012
Using industrial waste heat to create useful heat or cooling could be less than five years away. ECN along with its project partners achieved an important breakthrough in thermoacoustics, with the partial EU funded THATEA project. [more]
ECN and Ecofys have launched their mid-year update of the Annual Status Report on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). NAMAs are part of the new climate regime and intend to help developing countries pursue development while keeping emissions low(er).[more]
23.05.2012
From 18 May onwards, an international group of scientists will fly low over the Netherlands with the PEGASOS zeppelin to conduct research on the relation between air quality and climate. An example: particulates are known for their harmful effect on health but also for their effect on the climate:...[more]
On the 10th of May 2012, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on collaboration on Green Energy, specifically in the area of Wind Energy, Carbon Capture, and Bioenergy. [more]
Climate technologies, such as wind energy, low-energy household appliances and technologies for adapting to climate change, are essential for dealing with climate change. It is therefore a good sign that the climate negotiators have decided in 2010 to establish a Technology Mechanism to enhance...[more]
01.05.2012
Since early April, ECN has been conducting measurements aboard a ship of the ferry company DFDS Seaways. The reason is a natural gas leak in Total’s Elgin gas field, off the coast of Aberdeen. The measuring equipment that is used to get an image of the quantity of gas above the North Sea has been...[more]
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ECN signed a Cooperative Research And Development Agreement (CRADA) to strengthen their collaboration in the field of wind energy research. [more]
An ECN report on designing climate compatible development strategies.[more]
SINTEF Materials & Chemistry and ECN signed an agreement to strengthen their long-standing collaboration in the field of crystalline silicon photovoltaics. With this agreement SINTEF and ECN combine the operation of pilot infrastructure for silicon feedstock production, crystallization, wafering...[more]
04.04.2012
As of 26 March, Chris de Koning has taken up his duties as the new Corporate Communications manager at ECN. [more]
19.03.2012
Last year, the European Commission issued a proposal for a Regulation on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure. The Commission proposes to select a number of projects of common interest which are important to reach its climate and energy goals. Projects of common interest benefit from...[more]
On assignment of the ‘Implementing Agreement on Renewable Energy Technology Deployment’ (RETD) of the International Energy Agency (IEA), ECN has examined new business models for implementing renewable energy in the built environment. The aim of the RE-BIZZ project was to offer policy makers and...[more]
Electrification represents a crucial element of the EU’s transition to a competitive low-carbon economy by 2050. As a matter of fact, in the decarbonisation scenarios of the Energy Roadmap the share of electricity in final energy demand is foreseen to almost double between now and 2050. A...[more]
Today, the results of CO2ReMoVe, an EU project on CO2 storage, will be presented at its closing conference near Paris. The CO2ReMoVe project has involved over 30 partners from research and industry from Europe and beyond, and has been running for six years. A key conclusion is that results from all...[more]
New initiatives and social innovation to inspire a shift to sustainable, high-quality lifestyles in the Europe of 2050. [more]
This week, Deloitte (the Netherlands) published The Energy Magazine in which experts from the field of energy speak about Energy, 2012 and beyond. One of the interviewed experts is Paul Korting, CEO of ECN. In this article, Korting underlines the importance of the North Sea for wind energy. Many...[more]
Over the next four years, a consortium of nine parties will be investigating how to...
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