How can we solve major water-related challenges using satellite data? And which companies will develop the technology needed for this? These questions were the focus of the matchmaking workshop PCP-WISE of last week Tuesday: better use of satellite data and technology for water management. Worldwide, we face significant water-related challenges in the coming decades. Think … Continued
The new Dutch satellite application GreySat helps companies and governments to globally map waste problems. With this knowledge, they can reduce risks to, for example, water quality. GreySat was developed by the company 52Impact, with financial support from the NSO through ESA’s Business Applications Space Solutions program. It all started with a request from a number of companies in the food … Continued
Scientists and companies will develop small radar satellites that can measure water levels. The NSO supports the next step in the development of these Alticubes with funding from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. ‘Quite complicated’ is how Rens Swart calls the technological development. Swart is Alticubes’ daily project manager. Radar is a complex technology, and it is extra difficult to … Continued
NSO has honored two proposals for new expertise networks: on water research and on planetary research. With the expertise networks programme, the Netherlands invests in scientific cooperation in space. In an expertise network, scientists conduct research in collaboration with experts from the business community or the public sector. Both expertise networks will start this month and will receive €690k. Satellite data for drought, floods and water quality The Netherlands is a … Continued
What role can satellite data play in biodiversity conservation and water management? That was the central question at the E-shape solutions workshop held Feb. 14 and 15 at NSO in The Hague. The lively meeting was organized by NSO, in close cooperation with Eurisy and attended by over seventy people. The two-day event in The Hague is part of … Continued
Satellite data of increasingly high quality are taking work out of the hands of water authorities. So says Jeroen Waanders, advisor Innovation at the Drents Overijsselse Delta Water Authority (WDOD). Waanders is a man with a mission. He believes water management in the Netherlands can be handled more efficiently and better with the help of data from space. Dutch water authorities manage … Continued
Flooding from extreme rainfall, persistent drought and subsiding soil. Dutch municipalities are facing major challenges, partly caused by a changing climate. In the search for solutions, satellite data can be of great value. This was evident from a workshop organized by the NSO together with the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) earlier this month. The NSO and the VNG brought … Continued
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