Energy projects

Browse the diverse projects exploring Sustainable Energy hosted at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development

Ongoing projects

JUSTNEXUS (2024-2028)

JUSTNEXUS fundamentally rethinks mobility and investigates how just sustainability transitions can be fostered at the intersection of mobility, energy and housing. More.

MM&EMs (2023-2027)

This project takes an inter- and transdisciplinary approach to better understand both resistance and acceptance of wind energy deployment. More.

PUSH-IT (2023-2027)

The Piloting Underground Seasonal Heat Storage In geothermal reservoirs (PUSH-IT) project is a Horizon Europe consortium that aims to develop large-scale heat storage solutions to make solar and geothermal heating available all year round. More.

Three missions with one stone: the road towards circular green hydrogen production (2023-2027)

This interdisciplinary project aims to develop a cradle-to-cradle electrolyzer system for green hydrogen production, integrating material and chemical engineering sciences with innovation systems and circular economy principles. More.

African Urban Futures (2022-)

This project aims to expand imaginaries about the possible futures for African cities to better achieve sustainability and justice outcomes, using infrastructure as an entry point. More.

REPAIR (2022-2026)

This project aims to develop and implement technologies that remove non-CO₂ greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and the agricultural sector. Removal of the potent non-CO₂ greenhouse gases, methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) can potentially mitigate global warming in the coming decades. More.

GAIM (2022-2026)

This project aims to empower long-term consumers and communities in energy applications through inclusive game design, artificial intelligence and system modelling. More.

PICASSO (2021-2025)

This project aims to identify transformation processes needed for achieving a large set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and key synergies and trade-offs among SDG indicators. More.

DOSTA

This project examines offshore energy storage options and alternative methods to transport electricity and/or hydrogen to shore and their feasibility for implementation in the Dutch North Sea. More.

Apt-Bat

Apartment Building Batteries for Energy Management (Apt-Bat) is developing a scalable and affordable solution that can enable upscaling of the use of renewable energy in apartment complexes and the reduction of peak loads on the electricity grid. More.

CHAPLIN-XL (2020-)

CHAPLIN-XL aims to develop knowledge to upscale the use of bioasphalt in roads so that construction becomes greener, biogenic carbon can be stored, and we become less dependent on oil. More. 

Past projects

REINVENT

REINVENT (Realising Innovations in Transitions for Decarbonisation) developed an evidence-based framework to assess the implications of future EU decarbonisation policy in the medium- (2030) and long-term (2050), focusing on focuses on plastics, steel, paper and food. More.