HybridLabs

HybridLabs (NWA-ORC) - Accelerating Dutch innovations in offshore renewable energy through data-driven hybrid labs, is a consortium with 35 partners. Mr. Ceciel Nieuwenhout (Energy Law Section) is working on HybridLabs on behalf of the University of Groningen. She also supervises two PhD student who investigate the legal aspects of all innovations in offshore wind.

The goal of HybridLabs is to accelerate the development and deployment of offshore renewable technologies that support energy transitions, food transitions and ecological transitions. The researchers aim to achieve this by improving the design, control, monitoring and logistics of those energy sources. The RUG is contributing by examining the legal framework and making proposals that will allow the innovations to be put into practice faster.

HybridLabs will serve as an accelerator in two ways. First, it will help accelerate the deployment of renewable technologies for both electricity and hydrogen production in the North Sea. Second, it will strategically position the Dutch knowledge and innovation chain in the Irish West Atlantic coast, which represents one of the most important European opportunities for large-scale floating wind energy. Knowledge exploitation on both fronts will be achieved through the strategic partnerships within and outside the consortium.

Duration of the project

2023 - 2030

Awarded grant

10,400,000 euros (of which 575,000 euros for the UG), obtained from The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research

Contact persons at our Faculty

Mr. C.T. (Ceciel) Nieuwenhout
Drs. A.M. (Alma) Erenstein

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