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Thursday June 9th, during the Energy Challenge Event, the students took over the campus and it was all about the energy transition. On that day students from all faculties showed how they have contributed to accelerating the energy transition. A jury assessed all contributions and awarded pirzes for the best, funniers, most innovative and most creative examples.

Finnish researchers have presented the world's first sand battery. The battery can store solar and wind energy for months. Is this the solution to balancing the power grid?

We moeten met z'n allen van het gas af en snel. Maar hoe doe je dat? En wie moet dat betalen? Veel Nederlanders worstelen met de duurzame plicht zo snel mogelijk te stoppen met het gebruik van gas. Gerdien de Vries gaat samen met studenten verschillende nieuwe technologische ontwikkelingen zien voor de energie transitie en de psychologische factoren erachter.

The Dutch Research Council has awarded 101 experienced researchers a Vidi grant worth 800,000 euros. Eight Vidis go to top researchers from Delft, of which no fewer than three researchers work at the 3mE faculty: Michael Wiertlewski, Willem Haverkort and Kim Batselier. The grant enables them to develop their own innovative line of research and set up their own research group in the coming five years.

Showering, cleaning, flushing toilets, and industrial production are all processes that use a great deal of water. But what happens to the waste in the water, to everything that is flushed away and disappears into the sewer system together with the water?