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Dr. Kviatek about energy transition in New York
From the 27th until the 29th of June the Society's for the Advancement of Socio-Economics conference took place in New York. Dr. Beata Kviatek attended the conference to talk about the energy transition.
TransFuture Festival: a review of the anniversary edition
Sustainability and new energy took centre stage yesterday during the anniversary edition of the TransFuture Festival at the EnTranCe testing ground. This anniversary edition saw an extremely comprehensive and varied programme for visitors, which offered plenty of scope for interaction with the public. Despite yesterday's heavy rain, the majority of the programme was well attended by enthusiastic and interested visitors.
The North of the Netherlands goes down under during Solar Challenge
Students of Hanze University of Applied Sciences (UAS), University of Groningen and Noorderpoort will be competing in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia for the first time, with their own uniquely built and designed solar car called 'Top Dutch Solar Racing'. In the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, student teams race 3,000 kilometres across Australia in solar cars.
TransFuture Festival: new energy for the region
On Wednesday 12 June, the EnTranCe energy testing ground at Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen will be home for the fifth year running to the TransFuture Festival, which is all about new forms of energy. The diverse programme includes lectures and workshops as well as an innovation market where businesses, government bodies and knowledge institutes demonstrate their activities to address the issue of new energy. The festival will also see the Top Dutch Solar Racing Team solar car on their way to Australia.
'We design the world as if there is no future'
EnTranCe regularly welcomes international experts in the field of energy, sustainability and the transition towards a sustainable future. Last month, the Indian professor Anupam Saraph, visited EnTranCe and introduced students and researchers into the concepts of Future Design and System Dynamics Modeling. We asked him a couple of questions about these concepts and their relation to the energy transition.
Hanze UAS receives grants for two European projects
Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen has received a total of €3.7 million in grants from INTERREG Europe, an initiative that supports interregional collaboration throughout Europe. The grants will fund two large multi-year projects led by Klaas Jan Noorman, professor of Energy Transition, and Willem Foorthuis, professor of Sustainable Cooperative Entrepreneurship.
Energiesymposium Vrouwen in Energie Noord-Nederland (VIEN)
Op donderdag 7 maart 2019, een dag voor de Internationale Vrouwendag, viert VIEN de oprichting met een energiesymposium. Dit zal plaatsvinden op een duurzame en inspirerende plek: de EnergyBarn op de Zernike Campus in Groningen.
Barn Talk | Yvo de Boer: Avoiding dangerous climate change
Although President Trump has promised to leave the Paris climate agreement, Brazil can join him. A large minority thinks climate change is a hoax and the actions that people around the world want is a struggle. The emission of greenhouse gases is higher than ever before, our addiction to fossil fuels is persistent.
Primary school students hand over Future Chair to EnTranCe
During the Barn Talk with Harm Edens, pupils from various primary schools from the three northern provinces handed over a Future Chair to Harm Edens and EnTranCe. The Future Chair symbolizes future generations who need a vote at the decision-making table of large companies.
Consul General San Francisco visited EnTranCe
Gerbert Kunst, Dutch Consul General in San Francisco, visited the Northern Netherlands Monday, February 4, including EnTranCe.
New professorship studies behaviour and communication for a sustainable society
Social, communicative and behavioural aspects are indispensable if the transition to a more sustainable society is to succeed. This message is conveyed by Dr Carina Wiekens and Dr Wim Elving. They investigate communicative and social processes as well as behavioural change in light of the transition to a greener society at their Communication, Behaviour & The Sustainable Society professorship. On Thursday 24 January, both will be officially inaugurated as professors of Hanze UAS by Mr H.J. Pijlman, Chair of the Executive Board.
Open House | EnTranCe | 5 March
Interested in Energy? On 5 March, EnTranCe organizes a guided tour around the facility for everyone who is interested in EnTranCe and the topic of energy transition. EnTranCe is the place for students, researchers and companies to collaborate on sustainable energy solutions and a joint initiative of Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen and the Energy
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