Join Mark Boneschanscher on June 26 for the next in the popular series of Open Lectures. There is free admission for everyone including TU/e students & alumni, HTCE residents and the general public. Please register so we can ensure there are refreshments for everyone!

The future of energy

The energy transition is one of the largest challenges of our generation. To achieve an economy with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 asks for a complete overhaul in the way we produce, transport, store, and use energy – in a very short period of time. This asks for quickly scaleable technologies and an adaptive lay-out of our future energy system.

In his lecture, Mark Boneschanscher will provide an overview of where we currently stand in this transition and indicate promising pathways to move forward. He will then discuss several research projects at EIRES focusing on the role that novel technologies like green hydrogen, metal fuels, or thermochemical heat storage can play – and what this means for the way our future energy system will look like.

Date: June 26, 2023
Time: 16:00-18:00 hrs
Location: Conference Center High Tech Campus Eindhoven  (see interactive map)

The Program:
15:30 - 16:00  Walk-in
16:00 - 17:00  Open Lecture, including Q&A
17:00 - 18:00  Drinks 

About Mark Boneschanscher:
Mark Boneschanscher obtained a PhD from Utrecht University in 2014 for his research on exotic semiconductor nanomaterials. He then worked as a program officer at the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). He was involved in the strategy of the energy research institute DIFFER and in setting up the national sector plans for the natural sciences and technology. In 2019 he was asked by the TU/e to set up the Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems (EIRES), where he is now managing director.

Mark believes that both science and industry have a crucial role to play in the energy transition. He is therefore active setting up public-private collaborations through EIRES. His goal is to speed up the energy transition by industrialization of innovative renewable energy systems.