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A Dutch-American team of researchers has discovered that the beam to suppress plasma instabilities in a nuclear fusion reactor becomes two to three times broader than calculated. This is a challenge, because such a spread-out beam is much weaker, and there isn't always extra energy to make a stronger beam. The researchers published their findings in the journal Nuclear Fusion.

DIFFER and Eindhoven University of Technology will jointly receive 700,000 euros to expand research on water-splitting and alternative renewable energy sources. This was announced by NWO. The researchers aim to take live measurements during water-splitting experiments and combine those with modeling.

DIFFER en de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven krijgen samen 700.000 euro om onderzoek naar watersplitsing en alternatieve duurzame energiebronnen uit te breiden. Dat heeft NWO bekendgemaakt. De onderzoekers willen live metingen verrichten tijdens de watersplitsingsexperimenten en dat combineren met modellering.

Richard van de Sanden (DIFFER en TU/e) is benoemd tot Captain of Science van het Topteam Energie, het dagelijks bestuur van de Topsector Energie. Dat heeft de Minister van Economische Zaken en Klimaat bekendgemaakt. Van de Sanden zal de rol vervullen tot november 2030.

On Thursday January 26, 2023 DIFFER was host of an international workshop on continuum modeling in energy applications. The workshop was organized by Anja Bieberle, group leader on Electrochemical Materials and Interfaces and head of the Solar Fuels department.