Visit to TU Delft

On Tuesday we went on a field trip to the Delft University of Technology.

The mail goal of this day was to learn about, and experience the possibilities of sustainable hydrogen based energy - The hydrogen society.

After a short - by Norwegian standards, and high spirited bus trip we arrived in Delft.

At TU Delft we met four VERY enthusiastic researchers who were eager to present their research and future plans for using hydrogen as the main energy carrier.

The students learned how hydrogen could be produced, stored and used in electric cars, and how these cars actually could be the mail source of power for our houses.

We had a nice Kahoot, and the winner got a ride in one of the university’s prototype hydrogen car*.

After the Kahoot we went to the “Green Village” which is a sort of testing area for new sustainable technologies. Our main base of operations was the “Pret-a loger” **, a test house for new technologies.

After lunch the students were divided in groups and we had a quick tour of the Village. We saw a prototype Hyper Loop tube, a salt water battery, a house with DC-power, example uses for recycled plastics and last but not least: the hydrogen car station.

Afer the tour we had a different workshops were the students explored the different technologies. Nikos, the greek phd-student put on a amzing show with his hydrogen scooter powered electric guitar.  The following workshop on the utilization of solar energy was more theoretical, but illuminating non the less.

Overall it was an impressive day filled with new facts and new perspectives.


*Actually, the car is a commercially available hydrogen car from Hyundai that has been modified in order to also produce electrical power for household use.

**http://pretaloger.eu/#blog