Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Fri, 03 May 2024 19:55:46 +0200 Thu, 22 Feb 2024 10:06:00 +0100 Veterinary Medicine gets a thermal energy storage system https://www.uu.nl/en/news/veterinary-medicine-gets-a-thermal-energy-storage-system A thermal energy storage system (TESS) will be installed at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in the second half of 2024. The project has a planned start of work in June 138009 Thu, 22 Feb 2024 10:06:00 +0100 Nieuws In search of the coveted safer, better, longer-lasting battery: BatteryNL kicks off https://www.uu.nl/en/news/in-search-of-the-coveted-safer-better-longer-lasting-battery-batterynl-kicks-off Small companies, multinationals and knowledge institutes are working together in the BatteryNL consortium to develop the next generation of batteries, based on a better understanding of material interfaces. 126793 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:21:00 +0100 Nieuws USP partners go for collective thermal storage installation https://www.uu.nl/en/news/usp-partners-go-for-collective-thermal-storage-installation Utrecht University, UMC Utrecht, Hogeschool Utrecht, SSH and Stichting Internationale School signed a cooperation agreement to jointly realise a new collective thermal storage system. 124390 Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:37:00 +0200 Nieuws Biofuel production can be more efficient in combination with hydrogen https://www.uu.nl/en/news/biofuel-production-can-be-more-efficient-in-combination-with-hydrogen The production of renewable fuels can be increased by more than 40 per cent without having to cultivate a single square metre more of land, this study shows. 123354 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 10:04:00 +0200 Nieuws Utrecht University reduces heating https://www.uu.nl/en/news/utrecht-university-reduces-heating At Utrecht University (UU), heating is going to be reduced. In the upcoming period, the temperature in university buildings will be reduced from 21 to 19 degrees Celsius. 116034 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:55:00 +0200 Nieuws Deep Transitions: Crowdsourcing the Future https://www.uu.nl/en/news/deep-transitions-crowdsourcing-the-future The Deep Transitions Futures research project has developed a global crowdsourcing initiative, the project introduces the three scenarios and asks participants to choose which future they want to live in. 113539 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:36:00 +0100 Nieuws Natural gas-free USP another step closer https://www.uu.nl/en/news/natural-gas-free-usp-another-step-closer De Universiteit Utrecht, het UMC Utrecht, Hogeschool Utrecht, SSH en Stichting Internationale School spreken met een intentieverklaring uit samen een collectieve warmte- en koudeopslaginstallatie (WKO) te willen realiseren. 113171 Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:22:00 +0100 Nieuws Warmte-koudeopslag Research into ultra-deep geothermal energy in Utrecht East stops, but research into less deep geothermal heat continues https://www.uu.nl/en/news/research-into-ultra-deep-geothermal-energy-in-utrecht-east-stops-but-research-into-less-deep There is insufficient certainty about the presence of ultra deep heat in the subsurface of Utrecht East for the further development of ultra deep geothermal energy (UDG). This has been shown by seismic research. 112153 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:56:00 +0100 Nieuws AXA Climate Scientist Award for Floor van der Hilst https://www.uu.nl/en/news/axa-climate-scientist-award-for-floor-van-der-hilst Erkenning voor onderzoek naar 'Sustainability of Bioenergy' 111425 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:38:00 +0100 Nieuws 1 MW offshore solar off the coast of Scheveningen https://www.uu.nl/en/news/1-mw-offshore-solar-off-the-coast-of-scheveningen With only 5% of the Dutch North Sea, we can generate half of the entire Dutch energy requirement with offshore solar. 111420 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:39:00 +0100 Nieuws Emissions Thermal energy plant are 50% cleaner https://www.uu.nl/en/news/emissions-thermal-energy-plant-are-50-cleaner Emissions of the Thermal energy plant are 50% cleaner due to the engines are fitted with a deNOx installation. 110742 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 09:38:00 +0200 Nieuws Should consumers start predicting their own energy consumption? https://www.uu.nl/en/news/should-consumers-start-predicting-their-own-energy-consumption In 2021, UCWOSL researcher Anoeska Buijze published a research report in collaboration with TNO, and co-organised a symposium: 'Power to the People: Small Consumers and Programme Responsibility. 110048 Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:46:00 +0200 Nieuws CO2 from the sea: good for the climate https://www.uu.nl/en/news/co2-from-the-sea-good-for-the-climate It’s like using one stone to kill three birds, or actually four: the capture of CO2 from the oceans 108127 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Ocean André Faaij appointed Professor of Energy System Analysis https://www.uu.nl/en/news/andre-faaij-appointed-professor-of-energy-system-analysis As of 1 March 2021 André Faaij has been appointed Professor of Energy System Analysis. 107925 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Solar panels at sea: a sunny future https://www.uu.nl/en/news/solar-panels-at-sea-a-sunny-future What if you could install solar panels at sea? Sara Golroodbari received her doctorate on exactly that subject. We give you an overview of her most important results. 107227 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:13:00 +0200 Nieuws The world’s first test road with lignin produced in the Netherlands https://www.uu.nl/en/news/the-worlds-first-test-road-with-lignin-produced-in-the-netherlands Infrabedrijf Roelofs start met de aanleg van 's werelds eerste testweg van bio-asfalt gemaakt met volledig plantaardige lignine, als vervanger van bitumen in asfalt, dat wordt gewonnen uit ruwe olie. 106894 Wed, 02 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Een monster bio-asfalt Hydrogen storage challenges: Utrecht could provide answers https://www.uu.nl/en/news/hydrogen-storage-challenges-utrecht-could-provide-answers Underground hydrogen storage could be the solution to bottlenecks in the current energy transition. 106547 Tue, 18 May 2021 11:57:00 +0200 Nieuws Expert workshop on "Energy investments tangled in the EU Bermuda Triangle: The ETC at crossroads https://www.uu.nl/en/news/expert-workshop-on-energy-investments-tangled-in-the-eu-bermuda-triangle-the-etc-at-crossroads An online expert workshop on the Energy Charter Treaty, environmental and climate change law, hosted by Utrecht University will take place on 17 and 18 June 2021. 106001 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:05:00 +0200 Nieuws Report 'Standardisation and pricing of nitrogen emissions' presented to Dutch parliament https://www.uu.nl/en/news/report-standardisation-and-pricing-of-nitrogen-emissions-presented-to-dutch-parliament Professor Chris Backes (Utrecht University) worked on this report that shows various options for the structural approach to the nitrogen emissions problem. 105721 Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:02:00 +0200 Nieuws Koeien in weiland Official start of the Sustainable Industry Lab https://www.uu.nl/en/background/official-start-of-the-sustainable-industry-lab SIL is a new partnership in which academia, government, industry, societal parties and environmental organizations work together to accelerate the sustainable transition of industry. 105141 Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:30:00 +0100 Nieuws