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The role of materials in the energy transition By: Mariësse van Sluisveld Energy transition or material efficiency? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that, in order to limit the effects of climate change, a reduction of 50–85 per cent in global greenhouse gas will be needed by 2050, advocating a radical shift away from today’s fossil-fuel-derived economy. Moreover, modern society is conti

YES-DC CSP Event – 24 October 2013. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) is often mentioned as a promising technique to harvest solar energy. Especially for countries where solar energy is abundant, CSP could provide a cheap and reliable solution. To evaluate the different techniques and their opportunities within upcoming economies, YES-DC invited two speakers: Ed Roovers, Lead Engineer Solar Team at NEM Energy and Gijs S

THE SHALE GAS REVOLUTION – A blessing or a curse? By: Alexandra Dumitru The exploration of unconventional energy sources such as shale gas was made possible by a new technology called hydraulic fracturing or fracking. Wide experimentation in the United States has made exploration of shale resources commercially feasible and brought about the shale (gas) revolution in the United States. According to an article publish

The activity held on March 6th 2013 concerned the topic of ‘The energy Wonder of Thorium’. Thorium (Th, element 90) is an element that can be used as a fuel in new types of Nuclear Fission reactors. Thorium is more abundant than Uranium and leaves less harmless waste materials than current nuclear power plants. Currently, China and other Asian countries are investing large amounts into Thorium reactor research. To fi

It’s an early Friday morning when two YES-DC vans depart from the city of Utrecht on their way towards Gent, Belgium. Goal of the day is to get to see some parts of the biomass supply chain that comprises an important part of the Belgium biomass capital that Gent is nowadays. Part of our program are the Electrabel 100% biomass plant and the bio-based Europe pilot plant facility, which is to be concluded with an

On June the 21st, YES-DC organized together with NJR and the student organization STORM the Gasterra Energy Lab. The goal of this interactive evening was to come up with sustainable ideas that will be handed in the briefcase of “Duurzame Dinsdag“. The program started with a presentation by Quintel on the Gasterra Transition Model. This model makes it possible for students, researchers, policymakers, polit

YES-DC looks back at a successful first event for 2012. On Wednesday the 18th of April, four speakers were invited at the Academy Building in Utrecht to introduce to our members the concepts of crowdfunding and crowdsourcing. All four speakers used the same words to describe the event’s key message: (Small investment in time or money) X (A lot of people)  = Large impact and success Robin Slakhorst co-founder and comm