Sustainable vehicles and research into car batteries

Hello, I'm Ann Delahaye, project manager at Sustainable Transport and Logistics. Projects that make an impact towards sustainable transport, on the road or on water, excite me.

To accelerate the transition to climate neutral mobility, the development of self-learning control systems for sustainable powertrains is crucial to guarantee minimal energy consumption and operational costs over life time and to minimize development time and costs.

City logistics studies how urban freight distribution can take place in urban areas as well as the strategies that can improve its overall efficiency while mitigating externalities such as congestion and emissions.

In my role as a business developer, I emphasize establishing collaborations between TNO, governmental bodies, and industrial partners with the aim of developing combustion engines for renewable fuels such as hydrogen, methanol, and ammonia. These engines can be applied in the heavy-duty transport sector, as well as in inland shipping, coastal shipping, agriculture, and construction.

I work at the Innovation Center for Sustainable Powertrains (ICSP) in Helmond, where we have access to advanced development and testing capabilities for heavy engines. We have over 40 years of experience in engine development and conversion to new, fossil-free fuels.

'The shipping industry is like a big vessel: it takes time to change course, but when we are on route, we’re unstoppable'.

Jurrit Bergsma and his colleagues are looking for solutions to the challenges of making the shipping industry more sustainable. He does this as a scientist integrator and a PhD candidate, both for the shipping industry itself and the world in which we live.