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23 January 2019

How sustainable is electric heating? Laure Itard does the math

How sustainable is electric heating? Laure Itard does the math

The gas industry is being phased out and the trusty gas boiler will need to be replaced by electric forms of heating. Energy epidemiologist Prof. Laure Itard (Architecture and the Built Environment) calculated the CO2 emissions. Is electric always sustainable?

21 January 2019

New PowerWeb book: Intelligent Integrated Energy Systems

New PowerWeb book: Intelligent Integrated Energy Systems

This book presents research results of PowerWeb, TU Delft’s consortium for interdisciplinary research on intelligent, integrated energy systems and their role in markets and institutions.

21 January 2019

Peter Palensky assumes chairmanship IEEE PES/PELS/IAS Benelux Chapter

Peter Palensky assumes chairmanship IEEE PES/PELS/IAS Benelux Chapter

Following Hakan Ergun (KU Leuven) Peter Palensky will serve as chairman of the IEEE PELS/IAS/PES Benelux Chapter in the coming period of two years. The chairmanship rotates inside the Benelux. Palensky fulfilled several other international roles for the IEEE. For example, prior he was IEEE Austria Section Chair.

15 January 2019

Planning for large-scale thermal energy storage systems could be greatly improved

Planning for large-scale thermal energy storage systems could be greatly improved

In some places in the Netherlands, the ground is starting to run out of space for thermal energy storage systems, which can provide heating and cooling to large buildings in an energy-efficient manner. There is a much better way to do that, says researcher Marc Jaxa-Rozen. On Tuesday 15 January, he will be awarded his PhD at TU Delft for his work on the subject.

09 January 2019

Behnam Taebi in Down to Earth magazine over kernenergie

Behnam Taebi in Down to Earth magazine over kernenergie

Door simplistische standpunten van voor- en tegenstanders zit het debat over kernenergie muurvast, constateert Behnam Taebi. Als techniekfilosoof is hij gespecialiseerd in de ethische aspecten van kernenergie. We ontkomen niet aan een echt gesprek over energie in de toekomst, zegt Taebi. “Als je kernenergie bij voorbaat uitsluit, steek je je kop in het zand. Of ben je stiekem kolen aan het tolereren.”