The Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e), is at the forefront of renewable energy storage and conversion research. TU/e works in close partnership with high-tech manufacturing partners on both fundamental and applied research to achieve a radical transformation of the energy system. TU/e combines its expertise with that of partners in the petro- and chemical industries, SMEs, other knowledge institutions and governments to realize together a sustainable renewable energy system. If you’re ready to take part in the energy transformation, please contact: Laetitia Ouillet Director Strategic Area Energy Phone: +31 6 16822969 E-mail: L.C.Ouillet@tue.nl

TU/e is focusing its research efforts in a new institute: Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems that will be launched publicly in August 2020. The institute will work on the following themes:

• Electrification of the chemical industry, e.g. water electrolysis for hydrogen production, but also CO2 reduction and redesigning chemical processes (e.g. spinning disc reactor, new types of electrolyzers, see e.g. https://innovationorigins.com/tu-eindhoven-is-bringing-hydrogen-as-a-source-of-energy-for-households-one-step-closer/, https://www.tue.nl/en/news/news-overview/millions-for-large-scale-energy-storage-research/, or https://www.chemicalprocessing.com/articles/2015/dutch-firm-revs-up-spinning-disk-efforts/)
• Thermal storage and conversion in the built environment (e.g. heat battery, materials for thermal storage, see e.g. https://www.tue.nl/en/news/news-overview/innovative-heat-battery-gets-7-million-euro-grant-from-eu/)
• Metal fuels as CO2 neutral dense energy carriers (both for generation of high temperature heat in the (chemical) industry, as well as for long haul transport (shipping), see e.g. https://www.tue.nl/en/tue-campus/news/09-01-2019-metal-power-iron-powder-as-an-alternative-to-coal/)
• System integration/system modeling of the energy grid (e.g. digital twins, AI and machine learning, see e.g. https://www.tue.nl/en/our-university/departments/electrical-engineering/department/news/news-overview/12-12-2019-energy-transition-gets-major-boost-with-multimillion-grant/)

Furthermore there is core expertise on plasma science & technology (e.g. for CO2 conversion, generation of point source heat by plasma arcs, preparation of materials) and on increasing efficiency of PV and integrating PV with thermal or hydrogen generation (e.g. Erwin Kessels, René Janssen, and Adriana Creatore).