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Media: Innovation accelerator Eindhoven Engine enters new phase

As a society, we face numerous challenges. At Eindhoven Engine, a collaborative program between companies, knowledge institutions, social organizations and citizens in the Brainport region, work has been going on for years on innovations to address these problems. Now the program is breaking new ground.

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Grid Balancing Project

In this project we tackle the energy challenges in the Brainport region by balancing the energy grid.

Start year 2024
Focus area Livable region

Eindhoven Engine, Simpl.Energy, and TU/e EIRES are collaborating on this initiative, which is supported by a subsidy from the Metropoolregio Eindhoven’s Stimulation Fund. The goal is to enhance the stability and efficiency of the energy grid in the region.

Sustainable energy solutions for Brainport

This project is a key part of this initiative, supported by MRE Stimuleringsfonds. It aims to create sustainable energy solutions for Brainport, addressing unique challenges and contributing to the Dutch high-tech industry’s energy transition. The project seeks to meet current energy demands and build a resilient, dynamic energy infrastructure for the future.


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Direct Air Capture 2.0

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Start year 2022

During the previous Eindhoven Engine project (OpenCall 2020), Carbyon achieved breakthrough results in proving the working principles of the key components of Carbyon’s DAC solution. The current project (OpenCall 2022) aims to further develop this innovative technology and its key factors on an industrial scale.

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The atmospheric CO2 levels are excessively elevated, so urgent action is needed to lower them. Eindhoven Engine Project Carbyon is developing machines that are capable of capturing carbon from the surrounding air and filtering it out.

Marco Arts – Chief Operating Officer Carbyon

The retrieved carbon dioxide can be either reused or securely stored for an indefinite period. By adopting this approach, Carbyon can effectively address the issue of climate change.

 

Jasper Simons – Chief Technology Officer Carbyon | Shilpa Sona – Postdoc TU/e

Jasper Simons, CTO at Carbyon, showcases the first test version of their direct air capture equipment. Shilpa Sonar is working as a postdoc researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology and her research is mainly focused on the direct air capture by the different solvents.

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iHeat@Home

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Start year 2020

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Olaf Adan – Project leader

The Eindhoven Engine project iHeat@Home works on a breakthrough innovation in thermal energy storage: a heat battery which is better, cheaper, smaller and greener than any competitor.

Evelien created an experimental set up and used flow simulations to research the improvement of heat batteries.

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Carbyon DAC

Partners

Start year 2020
End year 2022

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NEON EE

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Start year 2021
Website NEON Research
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NEON EE

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Start year 2021
Website NEON Research
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PowerLift

Partners

Start year 2022

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Tim Aanhane – Leydenjar | Bernd Rietberg – Tulip Tech

Through our collaboration at Eindhoven Engine with Tulip Tech and Wingtra, we are creating a modular design that allows customizable battery capacity and power—whether it’s a compact pack or a robust one, tailored precisely to each drone’s requirements.

Bernd Rietberg – Tulip Tech | Haitham Khamis – Tulip Tech | Tim Aanhane – Leydenjar

In project PowerLift we develop battery systems for industrial drones. As a partner within this project Tulip Tech builds battery systems with the highest specific energy density in the world. That means that the batteries have two to three times more energy per kilogram.

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Smart Heat Shed

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Start year 2022

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