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December 17, 2021

Nieuwe regeerakkoord biedt kansen voor versnelde transitie

ISPT-directeur Tjeerd Jongsma verwelkomt het nieuwe regeerakkoord en juicht onder andere de stevige ambitie op het gebied van waterstof toe. “De nieuwe regering neemt hiermee de verantwoordelijkheid voor het aanleggen...
November 25, 2021

New Steel2Chemicals pilot unit now up and running

After overcoming a number of technical hurdles, a new pilot unit for converting syngas to chemicals has been started by Dow at the first attempt at a steel mill owned...
November 9, 2021

The Netherlands has what it takes to play a pioneering role

When it comes to circularity and renewable energy, the Netherlands can play a pioneering role.
Roadmap Circular Plastics
November 4, 2021

The Circular Plastics Initiative delivers its Roadmap

The Circular Plastics Roadmap is an interactive document that shows the steps needed to create a future where recycling has replaced incineration as the norm.
Carbon Transition Model predicts options for lowering emissions
November 1, 2021

Carbon Transition Model predicts options for lowering emissions

The Carbon Transition Model maps out raw material, energy and emission flows in order to predict how to achieve sustainability.
July 22, 2021

A promising start on an alternative to Haber-Bosch

The Plasma Conversion project looked at ways to identify and realise a much cleaner industrial-scale alternative to the energy-hungry Haber-Bosch process. It has taken a number of promising first steps,...
July 14, 2021

“I’m on an ammonia adventure…”

“…on a research path that is quite challenging but just as rewarding. I love the open exchanges at conferences with people from academia, industry, institutes, and government. It’s great to...
July 9, 2021

“I’m keen to develop a novel nanofiltration membrane that offers improved performance for industrial applications.”

My name is Chin Yin Leo. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Malaysia. In the last year of my studies, I started working on...
July 5, 2021

Breakthrough in search for new bio-based and non-toxic building materials

There is a strong growing demand for safe bio-based and bio-degradable binding agents. However, for a long time there were no bio-based thermoset binders available on the market. The CirBind...
June 28, 2021

“In the coming year expect to test and implement machine learning methods to distinguish different materials”

My name is Carlo Giuseppe Bertinetto and I am a researcher in ISPT’s project Towards improved circularity of polyolefin-based packaging.I believe that chemometrics, a field that combines data science with...
June 24, 2021

Join us to represent industry at the Springtij Forum

For 12 years now the Springtij Forum has been bringing together politics, government, business, knowledge institutes and societal stakeholders to contribute to making the Netherlands more sustainable. It is a...
June 24, 2021

Carbon2Value concluded successfully: synergy between steel and chemistry leads to reduced emissions

On 22 June 2021, the online final event of the Carbon2Value (C2V) programme took place. During this symposium the five year C2V project was concluded and results of pilot studies...

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