Connecting hydrogen: Exploring the Formation of Small-scale Hydrogen networks in the Netherlands

The imperative to address climate change has led to a critical need for transformation within the Dutch energy system. Recent efforts have focused on decentralisation and innovative technologies to steer towards a fossil-free future. Hydrogen energy emerges as a pivotal contender with potential benefits at all societal levels. This study delves...

Improving Energy Access for Displaced Populations: An institutional analysis for the potential of community solar mini-grids in refugee camps

There is a pressing need for sustainable energy solutions in refugee camps. Community solar mini-grids, with their costs, reliability, and ease of installation can meet this energy need and contribute to the development and empowerment of camp residents. This research aims to answer the question of "To what extent can community-based governance...

Interventions to support the formation of Dutch thermal energy communities

Datacenters as residual heat source for district heating in residential neighbourhoods of Amsterdam

The transformation of the residential heating system of Amsterdam into a sustainable heating system that no longer makes use of natural gas in 2050, of which 230.000 households will be heated with district heating, demands an exploration of sustainable local heat sources to use for district heating in Amsterdam. This aligns with the fundamentals...

Institutional Analysis of Geothermal Energy Investment in Indonesia: Operationalization of the IAD Framework

Intergenerational living in a participation society: Developing a framework to assess intergenerational living options in the Netherlands

Exploring biogas stakeholder interaction in the Netherlands: An Agent Based Modeling approach to explore location specific biogas system performance under different scenarios

Biogas networks can reduce CO2 emissions by replacing natural gas consumption with biogas consumption. This means that biogas production can contribute to the Dutch targets to reduce CO2 emissions by 20% and increase renewable energy production to 16% by 2020 compared to 1990 levels. It is unclear how the biogas infrastructure system will...

Electric Mobility: On the Road to Energy Transition: A technical and actor assessment of social costs of electric mobility

Several Dutch municipalities stimulate electric mobility by deploying a charging infrastructure. Electric mobility is however expected to impact the electricity grid, thereby requiring the grid to be reinforced. Costs for network reinforcements are social costs and it is in society’s benefit to limit those costs. Municipalities have no real...

The Sustainable Highway: A realistic alternative?

The Sustainable Highway, consisting of a transparent canopy of cold bendable laminated glass, is a potential solution to negative effects of road traffic. It can be placed over the highway and uses several sub-systems to reduce noise nuisance, local air pollution as well as the emission of CO2. As a consequence of this reduction, spatial...

Feasibility, beneficiality, and institutional compatibility of a micro-CHP virtual power plant in the Netherlands

Dutch households are responsible for a significant part of the total Dutch energy consumption and CO2 emissions. One option for decreasing household energy consumption and CO2 emissions is to deploy micro-combined-heat-power (?CHP) units. A micro-CHP virtual power plant (VPP) is a cluster of grid connected ?CHP units that is monitored and...