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Teeuwen, Max (author)The Netherlands has always been in close proximity to water, whether its rivers or the sea. This proximity to water and the need for land to settle and farm, led to vast amounts of land reclamation by constructing dykes along the water features to prevent flooding of the new earned land. This newly reclaimed land started to subside over the...master thesis 2019
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Scheltes, Martijn (author)In the 25 years of existence, the offshore wind market has developed on many aspects. Among others, the dimension of the turbines increased by a factor 15 and the distance to shore increased by a factor of 50. The developments of the offshore wind farms increase the requirements for the installation vessels and as a consequence the present day...master thesis 2018
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van Reenen, Klaas (author)The Dutch Delta Approach has been set up with the aim of ensuring water safety in the Netherlands and improve it where necessary. The open connection of the Nieuwe Waterweg has become the subject of debate. So far, the Dutch Delta Approach do not take closure of the Nieuwe Waterweg into account. A group of six engineers do anticipate on the...master thesis 2018
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van Saase, Mark (author)Zeeland, located in the south west of The Netherlands, has suffered major casualties and damage due to the flood in 1953. After the disaster, the Dutch Government appointed the so-called Deltacomittee, provided with the task of advising on the execution of the Deltaplan. As part of the Deltaplan, North Sea estuaries has been closed off from the...master thesis 2018
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de Vilder, Lucas (author)To combat global warming a transition towards renewable energy sources (RES) is essential. Although RES have much lower life-cycle emissions, they do not offer a continuous and fully predictable output like their fossil-fuelled counterparts. Energy storage is paramount in order to include the growing share of these intermittent sources into the...master thesis 2017