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

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

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!

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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.

The New Energy Hackaton took place on 16 and 17 May at Gasunie Groningen. The event was all about innovative solutions and creative ideas for a more sustainable society.

Here we focus on the implementation efforts by cities in climate adaptation and local citizen engagement. We are now ready to share the results of our scientific engagement with the broader public.

A shift in everyday habits by the world’s wealthiest households could cut the overall household-related global carbon emissions by 40 percent.

Autimelody, a team that uses music as a communication tool, won the Advanced Award of €2,500 at the first edition of the UG Impact Challenge on Thursday afternoon at the Academy Building. The Ideation Award of €1,500 was awarded to Neighborly. During the final of the UG Impact Challenge, students of the University of Groningen presented their solutions to major societal challenges.

Grid congestion poses a major problem. There is little to no capacity to connect new households and businesses to the power grid and it risks halting the energy transition. Michele Cucuzzella, Associate Professor of Energy Systems & Nonlinear Control, researches how we can use our current energy infrastructure more efficiently.

Een delegatie van kennisinstellingen en het ministerie van Wetenschap en Cultuur (onder leiding van minister Falko Mohrs) uit het Duitse Nedersaksen bracht op 23 en 24 april een bezoek aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG). De nadruk lag op de gezamenlijke uitdagingen van de twee grensregio’s.

The European Researchers' Night (ERN) and Zpannend Zernike (ZZ) are science festivals where researchers interact with a broad audience. ERN is aimed at adults, while ZZ is designed for children. In this two-part series, UG researchers talk about their experiences last year. ‘We were in the right place with our stand, right next to the bar.’

This month sees the launch of the fourth edition of the Dutch public-private research programme HyDelta. The research addresses the incorporation of hydrogen gas into the Dutch gas transport and distribution system.

A testing site for hydrogen electrolysers has been proposed at NAM’s former gas purification plant in Emmen [EmmHy on the GZI Next site].

Master students of the Philosophy beyond Academia course have been working on an e-book this year entitled 'Philosophical Tools for Climate Change' .