Dutch prince opens CleanTech Manufacturing Campus

After two years of reconstruction of the old RDM Manufacturing area in the Habours of Rotterdam, the new RDM Campus is finally finished. This new place of education in Design and Manufacturing (hence the RDM) will focus itself on education and cooperation with business in the fields of climate adaptation, water management, sustainable building and sustainable mobility. The Dutch Prince of Oranje (Prince Willem Alexander) opened the area by connecting two pipes together through a new innovative technology. The Minister Jacqueline Cramer of Building and Environment: ”Entrepreneurs can work together with students on new sustainable technologies to solve the challenges of today and tomorrow.” The place is specially suited for SME ventures looking for [...]  Read the full article


The ‘total solution’ battle starts as mobility meets grid

For a market to develop rapidly, total product solutions are essential. Especially when you want to revamp a crucial system such as our personal transportation network, you will need to give even the innovators in the market something that does more or less the same as the old system, and more. With Massachusetts’ battery developer A123 Systems (known for its work on lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles) to step into the energy storage systems for electric utilities, it is clear that several parties are getting into position for the storm that a market breakthrough can bring. This week, the startup announced the installation of its first Hybrid [...]  Read the full article


The Japanese electric vehicle fight for dominant design

The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the largest energy firm in Japan, plans to begin installing quick-charge stations for electric vehicles. This plan is not about a small pilot. No, it is about the initial roll-out for some 200 stations to be up and running by March of 2010. And TEPCO doesn’t plan to stop there. 1,000 more stations are planned within three years. No coincidence, this will happen at the same time that Mitsubishi will launch its ‘iMiev’. TEPCO and Mitsubishi have been testing the last few years, but also EVs from Subaru and Nissan as well. According to some sources, these stations will [...]  Read the full article