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Maurits Kuypers
Maurits Kuypers graduated as a macroeconomist from the University of Amsterdam, specialising in international work. He has been active as a journalist since 1997, first for 10 years on the editorial staff of Het Financieele Dagblad in Amsterdam, then as a freelance correspondent in Berlin and Central Europe. When it comes to technological innovations, he always has an eye for the financial feasibility of a project.
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Interview
Faircado aims to boost circular economy with second-hand goods platform
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News
Dresden lives up to its name as a center for the chip industry: billions for a new factory
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News
Germany allocates €6.3 billion for 930,000 more charging stations by 2030
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Interview
Smart drones calculate the best way to mount your solar panels onto your roof
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News
World’s largest ‘power grid booster’ being built in south German Kupferzell
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News
AI and cloud seeding could protect against extreme weather
![Rostock Port vanaf het IGA-Park. Foto Maurits Kuypers](https://innovationorigins.com/app/uploads/2022/09/DSC5538-678x452.jpg)
Features
On the road with the 9 euro ticket. Part 9: A bike tour around the Baltic Sea port of Rostock
![De halfgeleiderfabriek van Bosch in Dresden. Foto Maurits Kuypers](https://innovationorigins.com/app/uploads/2022/08/DSC5425-678x452.jpg)
Features
On the road with the 9 euro ticket. Part 8: A bike tour of Dresden, the heart of Germany’s semiconductor industry
![Mülheim an der Ruhr. Foto Maurits Kuypers](https://innovationorigins.com/app/uploads/2022/08/DSC5321-678x452.jpg)
Features
On the road with the 9 euro ticket. Part 7: Making fuel with CO2 from the Ruhr region
![De Cottbuser Ostsee vanaf een uitkijktoren. Foto Maurits Kuypers](https://innovationorigins.com/app/uploads/2022/07/DSC5232-678x452.jpg)
Features
On the road with the 9 euro ticket. Part 6: between Solar Valley and the Cottbuser Ostsee
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Features
On the road with the 9 euro ticket. Part 5: Halle is a centre for biochemistry and home to the University of Universities
![De gashub in Lubmin. Foto Maurits Kuypers](https://innovationorigins.com/app/uploads/2022/07/DSC4867-678x452.jpg)
Features
On the road with the 9 euro ticket. Part 3: In the footsteps of Nord Stream and Wernher von Braun
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Features
On the road with the 9 euro ticket. Part 2: IdeenExpo Hannover gives young people a push towards nature and technology
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Features
On the road with the €9 ticket – Part 1: a visit to the largest solar park in Germany
![Het eerste grote offshore-windpark van Duitsland was in 2011 in de Oostzee. Polen heeft nog geen enkel offshore-windpark](https://innovationorigins.com/app/uploads/2022/05/ansicht-enbw-windpark-baltic-1_1632820581645-678x451.jpg)
Analysis
Offshore wind in Poland: a potential output of 28 gigawatts
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Analysis
Poland must quit its coal addiction, or nothing will come of Europe’s climate plans
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Features
Prague goes all in for modern and green public transport
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Features
Energy efficiency and green mobility are central to Czech plans
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