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Hydrogen Valley Campus Europe (HVCE) presenteert vandaag Aivy, een AI-kennisassistent die speciaal is ontwikkeld voor het waterstofecosysteem in Noord-Nederland. De publieke lancering vond vanmorgen plaats tijdens het Good Morning HyNorth ontbijt, mede georganiseerd door Witteveen+Bos. Aivy is de eerste AI-assistent in Nederland die zich uitsluitend baseert op gevalideerde wetenschappelijke bronnen en ecosysteemkennis over waterstof en de bredere energietransitie.
Do not be afraid of challenges. That was the message from departing scientific director Lorenzo Squintani during the annual WOS Day, held recently at House of Connections. The diverse programme ranged from a keynote on brilliant failures to a sushi-making workshop, just to give a preview.
Technology is only part of the solution for a successful transition to a fair and sustainable society. That is an important insight for the first cohort of students in the minor Climate Change and Inequality, an interdisciplinary minor at the University of Groningen that ran its first edition this academic year (2025-2026).
Nederland moet zijn energievoorziening sneller autonomer en weerbaarder maken. Dat stellen 25 experts op het gebied van energie en veiligheid in ons rapport Autonoom en veilig: hoe Nederland zijn energiepositie kan versterken.
We encourage researchers and students from Universities and Universities of Applied Science working around energy transition orthemes related to sustainable mobility to submit an abstract.
After four years, Lorenzo Squintani is stepping down as director of the Wubbo Ockels School for Energy & Climate. During the WOS Day on 26 March, he will officially bid farewell under the motto 'stronger together through challenges'. 'The development of the School and the establishment of a community have made me a better person and academic.'
On 13 February 2026, the Council of Ministers approved the appointment of six members to the new Energy Council as of 1 March 2026, on the recommendation of Minister Hermans of Climate and Green Growth.
At a high level meeting in Delhi on Friday 6 February the Indian government’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) has officially opened the first call for applications for the Netherlands India Hydrogen Valley Fellowship Programme. President Jouke de Vries from the Board of the University of Groningen (UG) was in attendance, as well as a number of top Indian partners with whom the UG expects to work with. The signing ceremony of an agreement between the UG and 19 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), paving the way for research collaboration through this government sponsored programme, was also part of the event.
A new international study published today in PNAS shows that climate change could reduce 36–50% of the world’s climatically suitable grazing land by 2100, posing severe risks to livestock systems that support over 100 million pastoralists and up to 1.6 billion animals worldwide.
The board of the Ubbo Emmius Foudndation has decided not to issue a call for proposals for interdisciplinary doctoral research within the M20 PhD programme in its current form in 2026.
The H₂ Knowledge & Innovation Hub is set to drive education, research, and innovation in hydrogen technology across the region.
The NextGenOffshore Project, aiming to promote interdisciplinary education and research in offshore renewable energy, is one of the winners of the 2025 ETN ENLIGHT grant! Congratulations to the UG team at the Faculty of Science and Engineering for their role in the creation of this project!
Een team geleid door prof. dr. Edwin Otten van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen ontvangt een NWO subsidie van 5 miljoen euro vanuit het Nationaal Groeifondsprogramma ‘Material Independence and Circular Batteries’.