On January 8, the front page of the Volkskrant covered an article on ‘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. The article states that Thorium is more abundant than Uranium and leaves less harmless waste materials […]
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// YES-DC announces it’s next General Assembly. All members are cordially invited to attend on the 13th of February 2013, to give a fairwell to old board members and welcome the new board members. Further we will discuss about YES-DC’s progress in the last year and it’s future for 2013. The agenda of the evening
Designing energy products for people at the Base of the welfare and development pyramid requires a completely different skill set than designing products for the Western world. During this event, Prof. Prabhu Kandachar of the TU-Delft will take us through the BoP design process and explain both the limitations and opportunities. An interesting book on BoP
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The long awaited network event of YES-DC now has a date! On the 14th of December, YES-DC will bring together its members with a focus on networking and career opportunities in the field of energy and development. For this year’s network event, YES-DC has arranged presentations from recruiters, a workshop (by Saskia
With this year’s final event approaching (Network event on December 14), it is time to start looking for a new board for 2013. We are looking for enthusiastic and ambitious people to organize next year’s YES-DC events. Our distinctive group of Members provides you with plenty of opportunities for interesting lectures and exciting excursions! A board
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The Qatar Climate Summit is just six days away but the mood to spark heated debate about this highly controversial topic is already in full flow at the Utrecht University. With global temperatures on a consistent gradual rise and its evident effects on our societies through natural disasters, the opportunity presented itself to debate the gap
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The Event Warming up for the climate summit, and serving as follow up of “Duurzame Dindag”, YES-DC is organizing a heated debate about the climate, society and future. Young professionals, students and experts will discuss the gap between the urgency and the attention climate change gets in media and politics. Topics to be
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Dear members, YES-DC invites you to join our second excursion for this year! This time we will visit the hydropower plant in Maurik, in the province of Gelderland. To warm up find out about hydropower in the Netherlands. The excursion will take place on Firday the 2nd of November! So save the date and fill
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YES-DC is inviting you to this year’s first social event! This year’s Social Energy Party will take place in Utrecht on Friday, the 12th of October 2012 at Mick O’Connells Take the chance to interact with fellow members in an informal setting! See you at Mick’s !! Loading…
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The first event after the summer season will find YES-DC addressing the Empty Office Buildings problem in the Netherlands. More than 7 million square meters of office space are unused in the Netherlands, losing value, consuming energy while at the same time new office buildings are being constructed adding more materials and requiring more energy
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