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A sustainable way to produce hydrogen has been around for a century, but it is still much cheaper to make hydrogen from natural gas. Researchers from the UG are working on more efficient, affordable, and scalable production of green hydrogen.

The IPCC is calling on its member governments and observer organizations to nominate experts who will draft the outline of the Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report.

The Dutch Climate Research Initiative (KIN), founded by NWO and KNAW, has launched its first work programme to accelerate climate transitions in urban neighborhoods.

The four Schools for Science & Society of the University of Groningen will again host the European Researchers' Night in Forum Groningen in 2024. The Forum will be transformed into a science hotspot on 27 September, bringing science closer to the public. Three researchers look back on last year's edition. 'The audience was very involved and active.'

Green hydrogen holds many promises. But grey hydrogen from natural gas is still much cheaper, storage of hydrogen is not trivial and as an indirect greenhouse gas is not as clean as it might look.

On Friday 24 May 2024 at 3 p.m., the University of Groningen (UG) will award four honorary doctorates in the Academy Building.

PhD/i, the learning community for interfaculty PhD projects at the UG, will become part of the Schools for Science & Society from May. According to scientific director Konstantin Mierau, this is the perfect fit.

Prof. Goda Perlaviciute has advanced to the finals of the Ben Feringa Impact Award 2024. She has been nominated in the 'Researchers' category for her research 'Public Participation and the Willingness of People to Contribute to the Energy Transition'.

Op 24 april 2024 heeft ENTRANCE – Centre of Expertise Energy de nieuwe podcastserie ‘Groen geld verdienen’ gelanceerd die is opgenomen tijdens ESNS in het House of Connections.

Margo van den Brink, associate professor of Water and Planning, says that we should adapt our spatial design to the changing climate. This implies difficult choices have to be made because the space is limited and the needs are great.

De ENTRANCE Award -ter waarde van EUR 100.000- staat open voor nominatie van individuen, maatschappelijke organisaties of bedrijven in Nederland die een innovatie of prestatie leveren die bijdraagt aan de energietransitie.

Cooperation proved to be the key word during Stellenbosch University's visit to the University of Groningen. During the visit, which took place last week, ties were strengthened and plans were made for the future.

GroenvermogenNL’s first R&D project HyTROS celebrated in the afternoon of April 11 in Amersfoort its formal start per early March. This project, an initiative involving 32 parties from research and industry, is contributing to the aim to accelerate the scaling up of green hydrogen in the Netherlands.  

How can we balance between the energy transition and protecting the environment? That question took centre stage at the WOS event last week, where Milan Meyberg and Jessica den Outer discussed the Anthropocene, the Rights of Nature and artificial intelligence.

Will you join us (again) this year with an experiment, mini-lecture, installation, workshop, debate, science show or other?

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has awarded a Gravitation grant to ANION, the research programme that Professor Moniek Tromp of the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials (Faculty of Science and Engineering, UG) is a partner in. ANION, Advanced Nano-electrochemistry Institute Of the Netherlands, will study the electrochemical processes that are important for large-scale energy transition. Tromp has been awarded 2.9 million euros for her research in ANION.

Aravind Purushothaman Vellayani, professor and chair of Energy Conversion at the University of Groningen, has been appointed director for hydrogen economy at the Wubbo Ockels School for Energy and Climate from February. As director, he wants to focus above all on interfaculty and interdisciplinary cooperation.

The Wubbo Ockels School for Energy and Climate will celebrate its one-year anniversary on 28 March with a special WOS event at DOT Groningen. Director and professor of energy law, Lorenzo Squintani, looks back on the School's first year in this interview. According to him, a solid foundation has been laid for the future.