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De Verenigde Staten en andere grote economieën gaan een deel van hun strategische olievoorraden verkopen. Daarmee hopen ze de sterke prijsstijging af te remmen. Een vat Brentolie, de Europese maatstaf, steeg met 10 procent en komt inmiddels boven de 106 dollar per vat uit - de hoogste prijs sinds 2014. De adviesprijs voor een liter benzine in Nederland is daardoor opgelopen tot 2,27 euro. Het is maar zeer de vraag of de extra vrijgekomen olie iets gaat veranderen aan de prijs, zegt energiedeskundige Aad Correljé van de TU Delft.

In the fight against climate change the energy transition is a crucial weapon. That is why “speeding up the energy transition” is the theme of TU Delft's anniversary year – a year in which the university will reflect on its role in the energy transition, and in particular on how to accelerate it. The three events below are being organised as part of the anniversary year.

We generate more and more electricity from solar panels and windmills, but what if there is no wind and the sun is not shining? Will you still be able to charge your phone? This is one of the many questions that will be addressed in a brand new series of lectures by the MuseumJeugdUniversiteit. For this "green" series – made especially for children between the ages of 8 and 12 – this long-term collaboration between MuseumJeugdUniversteit and Science Centre Delft travels to the TU Delft campus, which celebrates its 180th anniversary this year.

Independent research by TU Delft, commissioned by the Regional Energy Strategy (RES) Rotterdam The Hague, shows that with the current approach, the heat transition will be delayed and there will be major winners and losers. The heat transition requires other forms of management, which will ensure that the coordination and distribution tasks are carried out in cooperation. These tasks concern the use of heat sources, the construction of infrastructure and a fair distribution of costs and benefits.

Solar foil represents the future. It can be applied in countless and unique ways – all the way from integrating it into traditional roof tiles through to creating new large-scale solar parks that reduce the price of our electricity. By signing a new four-year research contract, TU Delft and HyET Solar have sped up the introduction of the next generation of solar foil, bringing this vision of the future a significant step closer.