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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.
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]
Petten/Eindhoven - ECN and Holst Centre, an open-innovation initiative by TNO (The Netherlands) and IMEC (Belgium), signed an agreement to offer a joint research program on Roll-to-Roll organic photovoltaics (OPV) to the industry. The aim of the program is to transfer lab-scale processes to...[more]
Human perturbation of the nitrogen cycle is a major societal threat with impacts on a wide range of global change issues from climate change and air quality to water quality and biodiversity. Our food production and energy use leads to many diffuse nitrogen leakages which serve as the start of a...[more]
Petten - The May 16th issue of the scientific periodical Science devotes considerable attention to nitrogen-related problems. In one of the articles, ECN researcher Jan Willem Erisman and others set out the growing nitrogen-related problems and describe ways to limit them in order to prevent the...[more]
Petten, the Netherlands and Houston, Texas – Energy Research Center of the Netherlands and CRI Catalyst Company sign License Agreement . Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and CRI Catalyst Company LP (CRI) have concluded a License Agreement for a novel catalyst technology developed by...[more]
The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) is delighted with the agreement in principle that the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) recently reached concerning the reduction of air pollution caused by shipping. This is a spectacular step towards a better environment.[more]
In the upcoming years Amsterdam and the ICT sector will work together to drastically reduce the energy consumption of data hotels. This decision was stimulated by the research report ‘Energy saving at data hotels’ published by the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN). ECN’s deputy...[more]
Petten - Researchers at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) have developed a simple method to improve the solar cell efficiency for a new generation of crystalline silicon industrial solar cells. [more]
The Poul la Cour prize was awarded to Jos Beurskens on April 3rd, 2008 during the closing session of the European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition 2008 (EWEC). The prize was presented to him by the EU Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potočnik. Awarded annually by the EWEA, this...[more]
Petten - Within the scope of the Dutch Sunovation II project, the consortium TTA/Eurotron, Solland Solar, TNO and ECN have developed pilot-line equipment and corresponding low-stress interconnection technology to produce solar modules with extremely thin rear-contact solar cells. This pilot line...[more]
Petten - The EU biofuels target for 2020 of 10% can be met with conventional feedstocks and current technology without major agricultural land use changes and environmental consequences. Yet, only advanced, second-generation biofuels are expected to provide a substantial contribution to reducing...[more]
Petten/Rome - The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has been selected by TECHNIP KTI SpA to deliver a hydrogen purification module for the FISR-project. The project represents an opportunity to demonstrate the use of high-temperature membranes for hydrogen production for the...[more]
Petten - a new type of membrane, developed by researchers of ECN, the University of Twente and the University of Amsterdam, is highly resistant to exposure to high temperatures. The ‘molecular sieve’ is capable of ‘dehydrating’ solvents and biofuels, which makes it a promising energy-efficient...[more]
Petten - Within the framework of CrystalClear - a large European project on the development of low-cost, highly efficient silicon solar modules - a manufacturing process has been developed to allow modules to be made using very thin solar cells. [more]
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