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March 16, 2017

Power to Ammonia: From renewable energy to CO2-free ammonia as chemical feedstock and fuel

The Institute for Sustainable Process Technology (ISPT) and its partners in the Power to Ammonia (P2A) project have recently successfully concluded a feasibility study into the storage of renewable energy...
March 6, 2017

Topsector Energy publishes Innovation and Energy Magazine

This first edition includes a story about EEMBAR, the energy efficient membranes that make it possible for leading food producer,  IOI Loders Croklaan, to annually reduce  an amount of water...
CRUISE - TA Heatpump
March 3, 2017

Bringing promising heat pump technology to the market

Energy use in the industrial sector is dominated by the use of heat from fossil fuels, whilst a low-carbon economy requires a transition to more sustainable sources. This transition can...
February 9, 2017

Arcelor and Dow solve each others problem

Arcelor Mittal is looking for ways to reduce her CO2 emission, whilst neighboring Dow Benelux is searching for alternative resources for oil in her production processes. Their intented collaboration has...
February 9, 2017

Universities plead for ‘Technology Agreement’

The Netherlands should cement its ambition of becoming an international leader in technology through a ‘Technology Agreement’, much in the same way as sustainability has been cemented in the ‘Energy...
February 9, 2017

Machines: the engine oil of the Dutch economy

The Dutch export revolves around machines. Not the tulips, nor the cheese, nor natural gas, nor cannabis are the big moneymakers of the Dutch export industry. The export of machines...
January 27, 2017

Developing a platform to give a broad push towards Industrial Heat Pump Implementation

For a sustainable and future-proof process industry, it is vital to reduce the CO2 footprint of industrial processes.  Heat pump technology will play a major role towards realizing this reduction....
January 23, 2017

Students discover circular economy in old swimming pool

The annual ‘Week of Process Technology’ from January 23rd to January 27th enables students to discover the sustainable potential and opportunities in process technology. Young people from across the Netherlands...
January 20, 2017

New value creation: team work and learning by doing

Organizations need employees that are able to generate business ideas and employees that are able to evaluate the potential success of business ideas. Opportunities and their identification are of significant...
December 20, 2016

Innovative gas treatment technologies promise to reduce energy consumption

In ISPT’s Gas Separation & Treatment cluster, several projects were successfully concluded earlier this year. The projects focused on determining the technical and economical feasibility of innovative technologies to remove...
September 19, 2016

Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents promise to play key role in making paper industry more sustainable

PhD research carried out as part of the PROVIDES project has recently resulted in promising new sustainable hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs). These hydrophobic DESs could successfully replace chemical solvents...
September 15, 2016

Power to Ammonia nominated for Northern Enlightenment

We are proud to announce that our Power to Ammonia project has been nominated for the Northern Enlightenment award! The winner will be decided through an online poll, so we...

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