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New Energy and mobility Outlook for the Netherlands

Research

The NEON bullseye

NEON's research is organised as a bullseye. The societal goal sits in the centre. Around it, the integral model brings everything together in quantified scenarios; the social work packages and the technology work packages form the outer rings.

NEON structureThe NEON programme as a bullseye: technology on the outer rim, the social sciences in the middle rings, the integral model around the target. Numbers refer to work packages. Use Tab to reach the figure, the arrow keys to move between parts, and Enter to show what belongs to a part. Escape returns to the overview.

Energy, mobility, climate

The target: contributing to the societal challenges of energy, mobility and climate. Every ring around it works towards cost-effective, fair and inclusive pathways to sustainable energy and mobility in the Netherlands.

The NEON programme as a bullseye: technology on the outer rim, the social sciences in the middle rings, the integral model around the target. Numbers refer to work packages.

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Select a ring or a part of the figure to see the researchers, partners, publications and talks that belong to it.

Showing the overview of the NEON structure.

How the work fits together

The centre of the NEON structure is the goal: contributing to the societal challenges in energy, mobility and climate, through quantified scenarios from the integral model. Six technology work packages develop breakthroughs in energy supply, grids, storage and markets, electric vehicles, fast charging, and smart and safe mobility (WP1-WP6). Three cross-cutting work packages add the human factor, regulation and standardisation, and societal values (WP7-WP9), and the integral model brings all of this together in quantified scenarios (WP10). Project management, valorisation and the annual outlook connect the programme to its partners and to society (WP11-WP12).

Researchers were meant to work across these lines: PhD candidates shared a space on the TU/e campus, and modelling sessions took place every two weeks.

Work packages