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National Hydrogen Day February 6th 2020

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Hydrogen is the multitasker. There is a need for more sustainable electricity, heat and sustainable transport fuels, but the electricity network is reaching its limits. In addition, the transport sector and agriculture are looking for a sustainable alternative to diesel. Finally, there is a storage problem, as there is a lot of energy supply in […]

Agriculture as a flywheel for energy transition

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In the public private partnership (PPP) ‘Agriculture as a flywheel for the energy transition’ we are working with companies from the agro and energy sector on concrete tools for agricultural entrepreneurs to integrate sustainable energy production and storage into agricultural business operations. This is done through innovations at company level (integration in business operations), in […]

Energy transition in practice tested at Switch

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Switch is the field lab for the energy systems of the future. The knowledge and experience of ACRRES are combined with the energy expertise of TNO. Switch offers on a semi-full scale the same energy sources and production profiles as large parks such as those realized on land and at sea. The 6 small wind […]

Hydrogen in agricultural businesses – Hydrogen forklift truck

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At the site of ACRRES common agricultural work is performed. A machine that is used a lot for these activities is the forklift truck. There are forklift trucks that are powered by diesel, electricity and, to a lesser extent, hydrogen. The advantage of a diesel forklift truck is that the filling of fuel goes quickly. […]

Agrophotovoltaics: Smart combinations of solar energy and agriculture

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Agrophotovoltaics (APV/agriPV) means combining agriculture and energy production by solar panels. Background: Large scale production of sustainable energy in solar parks attracts a lot of attention. Current techniques not only facilitate energy production from solar parks but offer opportunities for combining them with agricultural practices leading to new profitable and sustainable business cases. Locating solar […]

EnergyKeeper

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EnergyKeeper is a Horizon 2020 project which will run for three years. Its main goal is to design, develop and test a new scalable and sustainable flow battery based on organic redox active materials. In the design of redox flow batteries, reactants and their products are placed outside the battery housing. This provides the possibility […]