The need for increasing further the penetration of Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) is demanding a change in the way distribution grids are managed. In particular, the RESs intermittent and stochastic nature is finding in Battery Energy Storage (BES) systems its most immediate countermeasure. This work …

Lange tijd heeft Martien Visser geredeneerd dat Nederland prima zonder kernenergie zou kunnen. We hebben immers de Noordzee. Hij is daar sterk aan gaan twijfelen, omdat het domweg te riskant is teveel ballen in één mandje te leggen en erop te vertrouwen dat het wel goed komt.

Grafische samenvatting van de onderzoeksresultaten.

On Saturday the 2nd of July, students and researchers of the NoorderRuimte Research Center organized a participatory event, in collaboration with the local citizen initiative Duurzaam Oosterpark. They exchanged information with local citizens about the main housing types in the district and how they …

Increasingly, discussions on sustainability, in particular in relation to energy transition, are finding their way to the regional and local political arena. Although for analysing transition pathways on these sub-national scales, conceptual frameworks such as the multi-level perspective may be helpful, …

In Vlissingen, the municipality wants to make a selected neighbourhood natural gas-free. In order to support this, they have been granted a subsidy. There are many important stakeholders in this project such as the housing corporation l’Escaut which owns most of the houses in the neighbourhood. All of …

Abstract The Government of the Netherlands wants to be energy neutral by 2050 (Rijksoverheid, sd). A transition towards non-fossil energy sources also affects transport, which is one of the industries significantly contributing to CO2 emission (Centraal Bureau Statistiek, 2019). Road authorities at municipalities …

The transition period in the dairy cow should be closely monitored by farmers as it has a major influence on future lactation. The dairy cow faces a negative energy balance just after calving as she needs more calories than she takes in from her diet. Supplementation with amino acids and methyl donors …

ECCM Conference invited speaker Human Capital