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| THEME | RESEARCH | SCIENTISTS |
|---|---|---|
| PV | DIFFER netwerk • NWO-focusgroep ‘Light management in new photovoltaic materials’ (AMOLF) • NWO-focusgroep ‘Next generation organic photovoltaics’ (RUG) | AMOLF • Albert Polman • Wim Sinke • Eric Garnett RUG • Kees Hummelen |
| WIND | • Fluid dynamics and turbulence | CWI • Ute Ebert, Jeroen Witteveen YES!-fellowship • Richard Stevens (Baltimore / UT) |
| SMART GRIDS | CWI binnen NWO CSER: Computational Sciences in Energy Research • “Rare event simulation for energy grids” • “Low resistance electricity networks based on DC transmission” • NWO program: Uncertainty reduction in smart energy systems | CWI: • Ute Ebert / Han la Poutre |
| CCS | DIFFER: Carbon capture technologie | |
| NUCLEAR | DIFFER Nuclear Fusion | DIFFER (Nuclear fusion) • Tony Donne • Marco de Baar • Egbert Westerhof • Richard van de Sanden |
| CSP | DIFFER Materials for extreme conditions | |
| STORAGE | DIFFER - Energy storage: direct and indirect conversion (photoelectrochemical, plasmolysis) - Chemical storage: H2, CO, CH4, - CCU: carbon capture and utilisation - NWO program ‘CO2 neutral fuels” IPP FUJIFILM bij DIFFER - membranes for separation | DIFFER • Richard van de Sanden • Gerard van Rooij (NWO CO2 neutral fuels, plasmolysis) • Michael Gleeson (NWO CO2 neutral fuels, carbon capture) • Waldo Bongers (plasmolysis) • Stefan Welzel (plasmolysis) NWO • Researchers working on CO2 neutral fuels YES!-fellowship • Andrea Baldi (Stanford / DIFFER) |
| FUEL CELLS & HYDROGEN | DIFFER: Electrode materials development (Photoelectrochemical conversion) | DIFFER • Anja Bieberle |
| ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | DIFFER: Electrode materials development (Photoelectrochemical conversion) Material solutions for extreme conditions (CSP, Fusion (divertor)) IPP: magnetocaloric materials | AMOLF (polman, subramaniam) DIFFER • Anja Bieberle (tenure tracker, photoelectrochemical conversion) • Michael Tsampas (tenure tracker,electrochemical conversion) • Hinrik de Vries (IPP FujiFilm) |
| GEO ENERGY | IPP: Innovative physics for oil and gas | |
| ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN INDUSTRY | Fluid dynamics and sustainable process technologies (several IPP programs) |