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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.

30.03.2011

Departing Deputy Director of ECN Kees van der Klein given Royal Honour

On Wednesday 30 March, on his last working day, Kees van der Klein (65 years) was presented with a royal honour during his farewell reception. The honour, Knight in the Order of Oranje-Nassau, was bestowed on behalf of the Queen by the Mayor of Schagen, Mr Gerrit Westerink. Kees’s successor, Robert...[more]


24.03.2011

ECN to conduct large meteorological measuring programme in the North Sea

The Wind Energy department of the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) recently has been commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation to carry out a four-year meteorological measuring programme in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The aim is to...[more]


23.03.2011

New European project helps EU meet its renewable energy targets at lower cumulative costs

The project “Cost-efficient and sustainable deployment of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) towards the EU 20% target by 2020, and beyond (RES4LESS)” was approved by the EU Programme Intelligent Energy Europe and has officially kicked-off in January 2011. [more]


18.03.2011

ECN response to incidents in Japan

In the light of the incidents in Japan, ECN and NRG, ECN’s daughter company, are currently busy providing all media and other interested parties with information about nuclear energy and radiation. ECN’s involvement entails (research on) nuclear energy in relation to the total fuel mix.[more]


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Consortium investigates ‘plug socket’ North Sea wind farms

07.01.2013 -

Over the next four years, a consortium of nine parties will be investigating how to...

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ECN presents state of the art n-type PV cells in world’s largest market China

02.01.2013 -

ECN is front runner in the field of solar energy technology and together with the Dutch...

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MWT: On the eve of mass production

03.12.2012 -

4th MWT Workshop held in Amsterdam MWT (Metal Wrap Through) technology is ready for the...

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