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| THEME | RESEARCH | SCIENTISTS |
|---|---|---|
| PV | • Thin film: CIGS and OPV • Building and infrastructure integrated PV (BIPV, SolaRoad) • Reliability and integration research (accelerated lifetime measurements and development of new measurement methods, Degradation monitoring and modelling) • Thin film development and optimalisation (efficiency increase, aesthetics modification, etc. etc.) • Wafer-based silicon PV technologies (bifacial & back contact cells and modules, nanotechnology). • Thin Film/silicon hybrid cells • Smart modules, BIPV | Ando Kuypers Wim Sinke Website PV |
| WIND | Predictable structural integrity • Failure models for steel, composites and concrete • Sensor technology & monitoring strategy • Inspections based on probabilistic methods • Regulations & Standards (expert opinion & validation) Wind turbine blade integrity • LE erosion modelling, testing, protection • Self-healing and responsive materials • Composite joints Design Transport, Installation and logistics • Noise initiation and propagation modelling / underwater acoustics • Acoustic object (UXO) detection • Autonomous underwater operations • New concepts (floating / gravity based / tidal) Operation & maintenance optimization • Human factors in offshore operations • Safety management, system resilience • Adaptive automation Focus on Offshore wind: • support structures, • Operatiopn & Maintenace, • Design of wind power plants, electric network. | Maurits Huisman Peter Eecen Website Wind |
| SMART GRIDS | • Powermatcher: balancing and optimising smart grids • Information and communication technology for smart grids (communication, billing, security etc) | Koen Kok George Huitema |
| GEOTHERMAL | • 3D temperature modelling for geo-thermal energy • Techno economical evaluations • geothermal doublets resevoir engeneering • Enhanced geothermal systems • chemistry of geothermal systems Focus on Offshore wind: • support structures, • Operatiopn & Maintenace, • Design of wind power plants, electric network. | Jan Diederik van Wees Anton Wemmers |
| CCS | • Post combustion capture • Subsurface storage (o.a. monitoring, modelling, …) • System integration Transport • Techno economical evaluations • CCS public perception and policy • Pre-combustion capture. | • Earl Goetheer • Philip Neele • Cor Hofstee • Paul Cobden • Jessanne Mastrop |
| STORAGE | • Seasonal thermal energy storage • Thermo chemical storage • System integration of renewable electricity. • Demand-side management • Power-to-Gas, -Fuels | Rob Kreiter |
| SHALE GAS | • Public perception of shale gas (independent argument map) • refining shale gas estimations • methods and technologies relevant to possible future shale gas exploitation | Rene Peters Eppe Luken |
| SMART CITIES | • Urban Strategy (interactive tool for spatial planning) • ‘Gebied EnergieNeutraal (GEN)’ • Smart Energy Systems | Nienke Maas Richard Beekhuis |
| BIO | Electro-chemical conversion of Algae Focus thermochemical conversion: • Torrefaction • Gasification, gas cleaning • Combustion, co-firing • Bio-refinery, Catalysis | Jaap Kiel Website BIO |
| ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT & SOCIAL IMPACT (E3S) | • Bussiness model developments / New business models • Socio Economic aspects of energy transition • Energy regulation and Legal Aspects of energy transition • Energy transition models (power, gas) • Energy Policy • Economic and market models | Wemke van der Weij Rob Weterings Annelies Huygen Paul Koutstaal |
| ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN INDUSTRY | • Separation technology (membranes, sorbents), gas and liquid phase. • Waste heat technoloogies (heat pumps, storage) | • Sigrid Bollwerk Website |
| SYSTEM INTEGRATION | • Power-to-Gas, -Fuels - Battery materials - Large-scale kinetic storage | |
| NEW GASES | Hydrogen production and electrolysis |