ECN now TNO

Thema:
Sustainable society

In 2018, research organisations ECN and TNO merged. Then-minister Kamp announced in September 2016 the joining of forces of TNO and ECN into a single energy research centre under the responsibility of TNO.

Joining forces

This joining of forces has created an international centre of excellence for energy and materials issues. With 700 researchers and world-class research facilities.

Accelerating the energy and materials transition

A sustainable future is the only future. More than ever it is clear that the energy and materials transition must be accelerated to meet the 2030 and 2050 climate targets.

TNO is committed to making companies and institutions at home and abroad more energy-efficient, innovative and competitive. In doing so, we work with partners, apply research and develop innovations and policies that enable government, business and industry to accelerate sustainability.

To accelerate making a sustainable society possible for everyone, TNO researchers and experts work within 6 coherent innovation programmes that are in line with the energy agenda and the coalition agreement.

  1. Renewable electricity
  2. CO2-neutral industry
  3. Sustainable subsurface
  4. System transition
  5. Environment & sustainability
  6. Sustainable chemical industry

A sustainable future is the only future

Our ambition is to accelerate the energy transition together with knowledge institutions, businesses and government. Read more about our innovation programmes.

Get inspired

8 resultaten, getoond 1 t/m 5

Switch to the hybrid energy system

Informatietype:
Webinar
17 February 2023
1 aflevering

How will our future electricity grid remain stable and affordable? Watch the webinar from 1 February 2023 and get an insight into the technological and societal solutions for our future energy system.

Offshore wind under pressure

Informatietype:
Webinar
31 December 2022
1 aflevering

Offshore wind energy is growing enormously, but this growth comes with challenges. To maximize the value of large volumes of wind energy in the future energy system, we need to ensure feasible business cases for developers.

SEWGS: revolutionary CO2-reduction technology

Informatietype:
Webinar
20 December 2022
1 aflevering

In order to make existing industrial production processes cleaner, TNO has developed a technology that very efficiently captures CO2 while simultaneously producing hydrogen.

Innovations in solar energy technologies

Informatietype:
Webinar
29 April 2021
1 aflevering

Solar energy is affordable and reliable due to innovations and economy of scale, and through standardization. Over the last 20 years the conversion efficiency has been doubled while the cost has been reduced by a factor of about 20.

Solving the dark side of today's plastic

Informatietype:
Webinar
23 November 2020
0 afleveringen

During the webinar 'Don’t Waste it!' you will learn which systemic transition is needed to enable the sustainable production and use of circular plastics.