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Scientists from Hasselt University, imec, VITO and international partners within the PERCISTAND consortium have become the first to achieve an energy efficiency of 25 percent with a thin-film solar cell. This means that this wafer-thin solar cell generates as much energy as a traditional silicon solar cell. ‘In addition, our solar cells are thin and flexible, making them ideal for integration into buildings and roofs,’ says Prof. Bart Vermang (IMO-IMOMEC/EnergyVille). ‘With these thin-film solar cells, we are truly competitive with the traditional solar panel sector for the first time.’
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"Our goal: analysing 25,000 more images."
At the pharmacist’s, take a picture of the back of your eye, add the retinal image to a computer programme and immediately know if you have diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease that affects people with diabetes. This may soon be possible because volunteers from the citizen science project ‘Eye for Diabetes’ are helping professional researchers in the further development of such a computer programme. Already today, civil scientists have checked some 25,000 images. To be effective, the initiators need another 25,000.
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How sustainable is your car? That’s the question addressed by EnergyVille / VITO’s ecoscore. Each year, an analysis is made of the Belgian fleet, now consisting of some 5.8 million passenger cars. For 2019, figures demonstrate that the ecoscore of the Belgian fleet has increased again. Or in other words, we are driving more and more sustainably. This is also confirmed by the new registrations in 2019: the number of diesel cars decreases and the share of alternative vehicles in Belgium continues to rise.
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On 16 November 2017, François De Schutter, David Lagrou and Dries Vos (Ben Laenen could not make it) received the Eos public’s choice award for science communication. They were awarded this prize for the musical ontSTEMd and the experience days on the Balmatt site in Mol. With no less than 20 % of the votes, they were the clear winner.
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Detecting the risk of chronic high blood pressure, the risk of a stroke or other chronic illnesses with a single mouse click: that’s the ambition of IFLEXIS. VITO’s software quickly and accurately maps the blood vessel pattern in the retina for an earlier identification of deviating patterns. VITO, together with KU Leuven, is now exploring whether IFLEXIS can also be used to detect Alzheimer’s at an earlier stage.
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In the InterConnect (Interoperable Solutions Connecting Smart Homes, Buildings and Grids) project 51 European entities gather to develop and demonstrate advanced solutions for the digitalisation of the electricity sector. Seven large-scale pilots will be installed in seven European countries, among which Belgium. The project was approved by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme.
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Brightlands Chemelot Campus heeft het Interreg-project CO2 voor energieopslag (‘EnOp’) overgenomen van initiatiefnemer NanoHouse. Via ‘EnOp’ wordt baanbrekend onderzoek verricht naar de omzetting van CO2 voor energieopslag en slimme materialen. VITO is projectpartner en is onder meer betrokken bij het uittesten van 2 verschillende technologieroutes, het uitvoeren van marktstudies en de link naar het (hernieuwbare) energiesysteem.
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The project aims to develop energy storage systems and 7 CO2-conversion technologies. The latter all use input of renewable energy to transform CO2 into chemical energy carriers which can replace fossil fuels, or into specialty chemicals which can be further converted into end products such as plastics. VITO is involved in 2 technological routes: bio-electrochemical processes and the valorization of microalgae biomass.
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In April 2014 Sentinel-1 was launched, as the first of a fleet of European satellites developed to deliver Earth observation data for the Copernicus programme. The Copernicus Services offer full, free and open access to data, models and forecasts related to the monitoring of our environment. But then what?
With Terrascope we want to provide EO data, consumable information products as well as end-to-end operational services, to give you the insights you need!
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The Sint-Lievens-Houtem-based fruit and vegetable cutting business Allgro opened the doors of its brand new water treatment plant at the start of May 2019. The facility turns wastewater into drinking water, drastically cutting the food company’s mains water consumption. The commissioning of the plant also marked the end of an innovation process that started in 2015 and that received intensive support from VITO/Vlakwa.
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The past 3 weeks we’ve heard a lot about ‘MeiPlasticvrij’. Maybe you’re even participating? A campaign set up for the second time to make everyone aware of the impact of our use of plastic on the environment. Plastic debris is currently receiving a lot of attention, but how big is the problem, what is the situation in Flanders? And more importantly, what can we do about it?
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No laundry without water. But in times when water is becoming more and more precious, how can you provide companies that need it with sufficient water? In order to better arm Flanders against the consequences of climate change and the associated drought, Flemish Minister Zuhal Demir has committed four million euros to support eight projects of the 'Living Labs Drought'. For example, the Excelsior laundry in Ninove, three local businesses and the Flemish Waterway have signed a cooperation contract.
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The R&D on battery technology – and everything related to it – is running at full speed and requires qualified employees, not only in research centres and knowledge institutions, but also in the growing industry. That is why VITO/EnergyVille is developing and organising specially tailored courses and training sessions (in collaboration with EIT InnoEnergy), which are freely accessible via an online platform and also physically accessible in the VITO/EnergyVille battery labs.
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In recent months, Living Tomorrow has attracted more than 30 innovative companies and organisations to jointly realise an innovation vision for 2030 on 5 themes: smart homes & consumer services, smart mobility, smart health & care, smart buildings and smart cities & industry. With Schüco, OneSpan, UGent, Medtronic, Baloise Insurance, Xella, Mercedes-Benz, Fluvius, ABB, Miele and now also EnergyVille, Living Tomorrow will test various proof of concepts in real life situations. In addition, a new campus is also being developed on the current Living Tomorrow site in Vilvoorde.
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Seven years - much longer than expected - the Belgian satellite PROBA-V has been monitoring our global land surface every day. Today, June 30th, marks PROBA-V’s final day as one of ESA’s operational satellite mission with a focus on agriculture, climate and vegetation. Comparable images will continue to come, but from now on via the European Sentinel-3 satellites of the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Besides computer vision methods, the newest data science techniques, such as artificial intelligence, are being used at VITO to retrieve information from retinal images. Artificial intelligence is used to determine patterns in images and uses GPU processors for intense calculations.
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APEX is an airborne hyperspectral instrument. It was originally intended to serve as a simulator and a calibration and validation device for spaceborne hyperspectral imagers. APEX has been operational since 2010 and has covered more than 250 areas in 15 different European countries, in support of more than 100 research projects. Discover more about the instrument that still exceeds all expectations.
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Many satellite crop monitoring systems operate within the visible spectrum. This means that they are ‘blind’ in cloudy weather, resulting in large gaps in the observational data produced and making it difficult to monitor agricultural crops. With CropSAR, VITO has developed technology that monitors the status of agricultural fields regardless of weather conditions.
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Just like last year, VITO reinforces the ranks of the top 10 Belgian institutions and companies that applied for a patent at the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2019. Even more so: in contrast to eight out of ten companies/institutions in this top list, the number of applications by VITO is increasing remarkably.
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Selling light as a service, making new material from plaster residues, … With ‘Expedition Circular’, VITO offers companies support in rolling out circular business experiments. By focusing on a combination of process guidance, substantive expertise and networking, a blueprint is being created that other companies can also use.
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As more and more renewable energy runs through our electricity grid, grid operators, producers and consumers increasingly need to cooperate in order to prevent overload or shortages. Within the framework of the European innovation project REnnovates, VITO studies how smart software can play a role in large-scale renovation projects.
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The expertise and excellent reputation of VITO employees goes far beyond national borders. In this case, Karl Vrancken, VITO's research leader in sustainable materials management, was invited by the renowned Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy to join the International Academic Advisory Board (IAB).
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An international consortium consisting of Witteveen+Bos (NL), VITO (BE), Q-Con (DE), Newell (NL) and TU Delft (NL) worked on identifying risks and setting up a framework for the risk management of Ultra-Deep Geothermal Energy (UDG) and Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS).