Major grant to kickstart Dutch energy transition

The change to sustainable energy and mobility in the Netherlands is faltering, in spite of numerous technological innovations and the clear economic benefits of such a transition. TU/e and four other universities in the Netherlands will therefore develop new methods and techniques to give the transition a major boost. They will work within the framework of NEON, a multidisciplinary research programme in which engineers cooperate closely with social scientists, NGOs and companies. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) supports the programme, which will run for five years, with a grant of almost 8.5 million euros.