Nieuws /en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:17:41 +0200 Wed, 10 Sep 25 10:00:00 +0200 Researchers and students work with real-time energy data in new Living Lab /en/news/researchers-and-students-work-with-real-time-energy-data-in-new-living-lab How much electricity can a solar panel on a north-facing balcony actually generate? And how does the output change if the panel comes in a different color? These are the kinds of questions at the heart of the Lumifield, located at Utrecht Science Park. 152013 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Smart charging: cheaper for the consumer, better for the grid /en/news/smart-charging-cheaper-for-the-consumer-better-for-the-grid Smart charging of electric vehicles presents a potential way to deal with the problem of grid congestion 151716 Mon, 01 Sep 2025 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Philosopher Jeroen Hopster: “Philosophy is also driven by new societal challenges” /en/background/philosopher-jeroen-hopster-philosophy-is-also-driven-by-new-societal-challenges “Societal change always has an ethical dimension,” argues philosopher Jeroen Hopster 151070 Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws New interactive video platform opens window into transformative research on just energy transitions. /en/news/new-interactive-video-platform-opens-window-into-transformative-research-on-just-energy-transitions On July 17th 2024, the Reconfiguring Energy for Social Equity (ReSET) project launches an innovative, experimental website to share research findings on just energy transitions more effectively and engagingly. 142050 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Even smarter charging of electric cars /en/news/even-smarter-charging-of-electric-cars Researchers at Utrecht ľϸӰ and Delft ľϸӰ of Technology have found that charging breaks can double the effectiveness of smart charging. 141686 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Elektrische auto's bij oplaadpunt Veterinary Medicine gets a thermal energy storage system /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 /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 /en/news/usp-partners-go-for-collective-thermal-storage-installation Utrecht ľϸӰ, 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 /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 ľϸӰ reduces heating /en/news/utrecht-university-reduces-heating At Utrecht ľϸӰ (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 /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 /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 /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 /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 /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 /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? /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 /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 /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 /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