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In September, Noorderpoort, in collaboration with OmniDrones Academy, started preparing a group of students from MBO (post-secondary vocational education) Technician Engineering to become drone experts.

Owen Callahan, master's student environmental psychology at the University of Groningen, researched the user perceptions of the hyperloop for the European Hyperloop Center. We asked him five questions about his research and findings.

This year, the Province of Groningen hosted the Nationaal Verkeerskundecongres (National Traffic Management Congress), with the theme 'The future of mobility'. During the pre-congress, we welcomed more than 50 enthusiastic visitors to Hive.Mobility.

Groningen, together with the Norwegian Kristiansand, will explore the possibilities for an emission-free ferry connection. It would be the world's first commercial zero-emission transport route for goods and passengers.

More and more stakeholders see the need to make logistics more sustainable. However, the stakeholders have different interests, wishes and requirements. The six scenarios produced by the ULaaDS study help to better substantiate choices that determine the sustainability of logistics.

On Friday, 16 September, a landmark moment on the road to hyperloop development took place in Emden, Germany, as the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony and the Province of Groningen signed a Letter of Intent, along with public-private organization Hyperloop Development Program (HDP).

If one thing became clear during the New Energy Forum, it is that the energy transition and everything around it is becoming mainstream. So much so that it is difficult for companies in this field to find sufficient staff. It's no news that the installation industry can barely handle the work. What about companies in the mobility transition?