Energy research Centre of the Netherlands

The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN ) is the Netherlands' largest research center for renewable energies. With approximately 600 employees (January 2011) it has its seat in the North Holland Petten.

The ECN works in eight research areas:

  • Policy studies
  • Energy efficiency in industry
  • Solar energy
  • Wind energy
  • Renewable energy in the building sector ( DEGO )
  • Biomass
  • Clean fossil fuels

300 employees in the Nuclear Research and consultancy Group ( NRG ), of a joint venture between ECN and KEMA. Together with the Joint Research Centre (Dutch: Centrum voor Onderzoek Gemeenschappelijk ( GCO ) ) of the European Commission and Mallinkrodt ( a subsidiary of Tyco Healthcare), they have their offices in the dunes of Petten.

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