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Electric flight still a pipe dream

“Amsterdam to New York by electric plane? Won’t happen,” says professor Leo Veldhuis. He and researcher Joris Melkert discuss the future of electric flight.

How sustainable is electric heating?

The gas industry is being phased out and the trusty gas boiler will need to be replaced by electric forms of heating. Energy epidemiologist Prof. Laure Itard (Architecture and the Built Environment) calculated the CO2 emissions. Is electric always sustainable?

Battery Lab improves batteries

Increasing use of electric cars, e-bikes and green power means the demand for better batteries is growing. Some 20 people are working on the batteries of tomorrow in the TU Delft Battery Lab.

Supersonic with electricity

High-speed travel will soon no longer only be the domain of kerosene-slurping aeroplanes.

Environmentally friendly battery

In a corner of the campus Green Village is a green hut containing 20 drums of water: this is the AquaBattery pilot project. The water battery stores electricity in saline and fresh water and is connected to the five adjoining student apartments.

Goodbye AC, hello DC

Alternating current is on the way out, so say the TU Delft researchers behind the DC Distribution Smart Grids project.

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