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Fact check: how do energy prices affect the cost-effectiveness of heat pumps for existing homes?

03-10-2022 | News message
Have heat pumps become cost-effecttive in existing homes today? What is the effect of energy prices on the cost-efficiency of heat pumps? And what measures are needed to arrive at a profitable system? In this fact check, our EnergyVille / VITO researchers Glenn Reynders …

For the first time four-terminal perovskite-silicon PV tandem devices hit 30% efficiency

27-09-2022 | News message
TNO, TU Eindhoven, imec/EnergyVille and TU Delft, partners in Solliance, joined forces to further push the conversion efficiency of tandem solar cells to beyond the limits of today’s commercial photovoltaic (PV) modules.

EnergyVille expands Open Thor Living Lab with innovative thermal network & new research buildings to test latest construction and renovation techniques

15-09-2022 | News message
Today, with the help of Flemish Minister of Economy and Innovation Jo Brouns, Flemish Minister of Energy Zuhal Demir, and Mayor of the City of Genk Wim Dries, two new infrastructure projects of the EnergyVille research collaboration – CollecThor and THOREAQ – have officially …

Lieve Helsen (EnergyVille/KU Leuven) awarded with Joule prize

16-08-2022 | News message
In the run-up to ODE's anniversary celebration, the Organization for Sustainable Energy (ODE) launched a call for nominations for the Joule Prize for Energy Transition 2022. The prize had to go to 'a person, company, association or knowledge institution that shows great …