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From August 24 to 31 this year, the student team Top Dutch Solar Racing will participate in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. This page will keep you up to date on the latest developments during and around the race.

Three experts from the University of Groningen have been selected as authors for the Seventh Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Prajal Pradhan has been appointed as Coordinating Lead Author, Klaus Hubacek and Linda Steg as Lead Authors.

The transition to a more sustainable energy system is not only a technical challenge, but also a social one. M20 PhD candidate Adrien Chanteloup is investigating how citizens, policymakers and scientists can be brought closer together.

Impact in Focus is a new video series that takes you along into the inspiring world of research at the University of Groningen. Discover how our researchers bring about change and what impact they want to make.

A large consortium receives 6,8 million euros from the Dutch Research Council as part of the Dutch Research Agenda to put art at the center of climate justice, from Aruba to the Wadden Islands.

De vijfde editie van New Energy Forum (NEF), het leukste festival op het gebied van energie, mobiliteit en circulariteit vond plaats op 19 juni 2025 op het zonovergoten terrein van ENTRANCE in Groningen. De afgelopen jaren lag de focus vooral op onderzoeken, overleggen en plannen. Toen zijn er met elkaar stappen gezet voor een duurzame toekomst. Dit jaar lag de focus op het ‘DOEN!’ om iedereen te inspireren om in actie te komen. 

The Green Falcon, the solar car of Groningen’s Top Dutch Solar Racing team, will depart for Australia in early July to compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. In the workshop, team members are putting the finishing touches on the car. ‘We’re working around the clock – everyone is passionate about making sure everything is ready on time.’

This interdisciplinary project integrates two components: art and energy. Energy transition is an urgent environmental issue from local to global, closely related to daily life.

The Young Scientist Award, hosted annually by Hydrogen Europe Research, is designed to honour promising young researchers affiliated with our member organisations.

Come to the European Researchers' Night on Friday, 26 September 2025! We are organizing a vibrant science festival full of music, dance, shows, science battles, and a fun get-together. For all the curious!

The HyAcademy.EU consortium successfully held its General Assembly on June 17–18, 2025, welcoming over 30 project partners and stakeholders from across Europe.

What would it be like to live on the water in a floating residential area or work in a floating office? What are the results of the summer school where students explored the future of the Wadden Sea coast? Inspiring videos about both projects are now online.

The students of Top Dutch Solar Racing unveiled their brand-new solar car Green Falcon at Groningen’s Grote Markt last Friday. With their race car, they will compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, the world solar racing championship that takes place in the Australian outback, starting in late August.

To coincide with World Environment Day, 5 June 2025, the Indian Department of Science and Technology and the University of Groningen yesterday announced a Hydrogen Valley Fellowship Programme Partnership, allowing talented Indian scholars working on hydrogen to do part of their research at the UG and in the northern Netherlands hydrogen valley. 

On June 2, 2025, the first HySUCCESS bootcamp took place in Utrecht — bringing together researchers, experts, and students to kick off the project with a full day of learning, collaboration, and new ideas.

The grants give a boost to interdisciplinary research within the four Schools for Science & Society at the University of Groningen.