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Hydrogen underground storage is a key element of the Delft Subsurface Storage Theme. Hydrogen production at North Sea, alone, is aimed to target 3-4GW power by 2030 and 10 GW by 2040. Hadi Hajibeygi has been interviewed recently about the role of geoscience in hydrogen energy sector, which was arranged by Delft Energy Institute. In this interview he addresses subsurface storage of hydrogen in salt caverns.

Margot Gerritsen of Stanford University hosts the Women in Data Science (WiDS) specifically for the younger generation (high school students, BSc students). The most recent episode features Femke Vossepoel. In this podcast, she talks about her life as a data scientist and explains how data-assimilation tools can be used to improve COVID-19 forecasting models.

Members from 2 CEG departments and from Deltares established the Stichting MUDNET (Foundation MUDNET) to promote collaborative research on fine grained sediments.

Evert Slob (Professor of Geophysical Electromagnetic Methods) has received a prestigious award from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists for his contribution to scientific and technological advances in the field of electromagnetic interferometry.

NWO has awarded funding to four new research proposals of TU Delft in the area of earth observation. Three of these are from researchers of Civil Engineering & Geosciences (CEG). The researchers involved will receive the grant from the User Support Programme Space Research, which the Netherlands Space Office NSO realises on behalf of NWO.