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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 ECN unit Solar Energy has every reason to celebrate: the unit has been nominated for a European innovation prize, the winner of which will be announced on December 9.[more]
Jos Beurskens has received an honorary doctorate for his exceptional contributions to the advancement of wind energy research.[more]
On October 22nd, ECN hosted a Roundtable on readiness of new installations for CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in Amsterdam. The Roundtable is part of a project, funded by the Global CCS Institute and led by ICF International in the United States, that aims to develop a definition and best practices...[more]
Dr. Rob Kreiter, working at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), has received the 2009 Donald R. Ulrich award for “an outstanding contribution to the field of Sol-Gel science and technology”. The prize, for product or product oriented R&D, was awarded for the breakthrough work on...[more]
An interview in NRC (Dutch Journal) with Heleen de Coninck by Paul Luttikhuis on Wednesday September 23rd[more]
Indonesia faces huge challenges related to availability, affordability and sustainability of its energy supply. Addressing these challenges requires good policymaking and a sound knowledge basis in the country, in government, academia and on the technical level. ECN will help address these...[more]
Just months before the climate summit in Copenhagen, which aims to agree on a follow-up to the Kyoto Protocol, ECN and IVM jointly organise a symposium on technology in the international climate regime. The symposium aims to bring together academics, negotiators and politicians with the aim of...[more]
ECN, RWE Offshore Wind, Eneco, TenneT, Ballast Nedam, Van Oord, IHC Merwede, 2-B Energy, XEMC Darwind and TU Delft are pioneering a large scale innovation programme for the development of a large-scale remote offshore wind energy farm (Far and Large Offshore Wind, FLOW). The plan was presented...[more]
PETTEN, Netherlands – Just months before world leaders are scheduled to meet to devise a new international treaty on climate change, a research team led by Princeton University scientists, and including ECN researcher Heleen de Coninck, has developed a new way of dividing responsibility for carbon...[more]
Patented method for improved solar cell efficiency expected to lower solar energy costs BAODING, China; TEMPE, Arizona, PETTEN, The Netherlands – June 4, 2009 – Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy”), one of the world’s leading vertically integrated...[more]
Module Conversion Efficiency Independently Verified by TÜV Researchers of the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) have achieved a premium conversion efficiency of 16.4% (aperture area) on a full-size solar module, a new world-record efficiency for photovoltaic modules with...[more]
Researchers of the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) designed the PowerMatcher technology, a new coordination system which can match the demand and supply of electricity more efficiently. This is an important building block for the smart electricity network of the future. For further...[more]
Petten - Researchers from the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) have achieved a record efficiency in the conversion of heat to sound. In a so-called thermo-acoustic engine they have improved on the existing record of 41% to reach 48% of the maximum possible efficiency.[more]
Over the past weeks, the European Union has been sprayed with both praise and criticism for its energy and climate policy package. The main reason for the criticism was the considerable weakening of the far-reaching climate deal that was proposed by the European Commission earlier this year....[more]
There is no clear point of view about the outcome of the UN climate change summit in Poznan. Some reported that it did all it could have, others speak of a complete failure. The 14th Conference of the Parties, as the meeting is officially called, took place over the past two weeks. It was intended...[more]
Energy research institutes JRC-IE, NRG and ECN have decided to intensify their strategic cooperation in Petten. Together, the three research partners intend to develop Petten into the energy research capital of Europe. [more]
Petten – The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) develops technology to produce Green Gas on a large scale. Green Gas possesses the same features as natural gas, but is made out of biomass. In the ECN biomass gasifier ‘MILENA’, non-eatable biomass such as timber, verge grass, demolition...[more]
As a result of the Haber–Bosch process for the synthesis of ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen, billions of people have been fed, millions have died in armed conflict and a cascade of environmental changes has been set in motion - suggests a feature article by scientists from four of the world’s...[more]
In The Economist edition of September 6th the hydrogen-fuel cell car is dismissed as The Car of the Perpetual Future, having received too much government funding. All-electric cars or plug-in hybrids are much more promising, concludes The Economist. Frank de Bruijn, manager of the ECN-unit Hydrogen...[more]
Modern farms produce particulate matter and gases that affect the environment and human health and add to rising atmospheric greenhouse-gas levels. European policymakers have made progress in controlling these emissions, but US regulations remain inadequate.[more]
Over the next four years, a consortium of nine parties will be investigating how to...
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