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Better batteries for green, economical waterborne transport

The 2-year project, Sabatair, aimed at supporting the air transport supply chain in defining the appropriate requirements for a safe transport of lithium battery consignments. During the project, a guideline was developed to support the production of a safety risk assessment …

The electrification of our transport system is a crucial part of the transformation towards the climate-neutral economy that the EU envisions by 2050. So, are we on the road towards a (near) future where every vehicle is electric? The wheels are certainly in motion. But to …

Electric vehicles of all types, shapes and sizes are finding their way to European roads and currently make up 0.34% of the European car market. However, the adoption of EVs has not gone as fast as initially hoped. The main reasons for this are Range anxiety: caused by …

Electric vehicles and e-mobility solutions such as e-car sharing, e-busses, e-cargo bikes, etc. now and in the future will take up a more prominant role in our cities. Providing sufficient collective parking and charging infrastructure for a wide variety of e-mobility …

TEESMAT is a platform (or OITB) dedicated to material characterisation for Li-ion batteries, Na-ion batteries, Li all-solid batteries, Printed Zn/Li batteries, Lead-acid batteries, Metal-air batteries, redox flow batteries, supercapacitors and any kind of other …

Worldwide competition is fierce, and in order to maintain world-leadership in complex, value-added and highly specialised vessels European shipbuilders must develop tailor-made innovative concepts that are efficient to design and build.

Demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is rapidly increasing and, according to the European Green Vehicle Initiative Association (EGVIA), a significant increase of acceptance of EVs can come only via further and significant cost reductions and elimination/limitations of …

Nowadays, the most common battery is the wet lithium ion battery which contains a liquid electrolyte. It is typically used for portable electronics, as well as home batteries and electric cars to store renewable energy locally. These wet batteries have gone through quite an …

The European project NAIMA aims to develop a new generation of high-competitive and safe Na-Ion cells for the current and future energy storage technologies, supported by the key actors of the European Battery value chain.

CIRCUSOL stands for “Circular Business Models for the Solar Power Industry”. It is an Innovation Action project funded by the Horizon 2020 program of the European Commission. It brings together 15 partners from 7 European countries to develop and demonstrate business …

The Ecoscore is an environmental indicator describing on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best) how clean a vehicle is. The Ecoscore concept was already developed in the early noughties by a consortium including VITO and the VUB.