Decarbonizing Hard-to-Abate Industries in Northwestern Europe: A socio-technical innovation system and techno-economic analysis on the most promising hydrogen sources

Within the energy transition, green hydrogen stands as a key solution for decarbonizing sectors where direct electrification is not viable. This thesis focuses on the competitive landscape of hydrogen production in North-Western Europe, addressing the technological and geographical competition of locally produced green hydrogen. This research...

Offshore Wind Farm Layout Optimisation: To provide insight in what can be expected from offshore wind farm layout optimisation

The potential gain in energy production and profit by improving the placements of turbines within a wind farm is driving interest. However, finding the optimal placements provides a complex problem. A large number of inter-dependent design variables create a design space that is difficult to solve. Therefore there is much attention for offshore...

Flotta: A Bruck-Mining Saga

Globalisation and global urbanisation are reshaping our world. Life in Central Places is expanding; life in remote territories is vanishing. For centuries, subsistence agriculture sustained rural communities the world over; that raison d’être has now largely vanished. Cities mine the territory for fuel, material resources, food and even...

Designing for Shared Decision Making