The Industrial Technology Research Institute, one of Taiwan’s leading scientific centers, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Energy Research Center of the Netherlands to develop green energy applications.
The document was inked May 10 in the Netherlands by Liu Chen-pang, deputy director-general of ITRI Green Energy and Environment Research Laboratories, and Harm Jeeninga, director of ECN Program Development.
ITRI President Shyu Jyuo-min, Guus Broesterhuizen, director of the Netherlands Patent Office, and Wu Ming-ji, director-general of the Department of Industrial Technology under the ROC Ministry of Economic Affairs, also attended the ceremony.
“Energy is urgently demanded by many areas in the world, especially Asia,” ECN Managing Director Paul Korting said. “So we are glad to have this chance of working with ITRI to develop renewable energy.”
According to Tong Chiang-hsiung, director-general of ITRI laboratories, the two institutes will kick off several research projects on wind power, carbon capture and biomass energy. Another joint project will be for them to integrate resources to develop green applications, he added.
“In addition, ITRI will initiate a researcher exchange and information sharing program with the ECN in the future, which will help build up the technological strength of both sides,” he added.
Officials from the MOEA said that ECN expects the relationship to offer a strategic entrance for European companies into Asia and foster their competitiveness in the region.
In 2010 ITRI transferred a total of 423 technologies to 491 firms at home and abroad, the officials said.
