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28 February | On March 4, 2025, we will welcome to VSB-TUO, CEET an important foreign delegation from Laurea University of Applied Sciences (FI), The Lisbon Council (PT), Riga Digital Agency (LV) and Riga Technical University (LV).

03 February | The new project, entitled: Waste as an alternative energy source, sees the prospect of using non-recyclable material that has considerable energy potential. Research teams from the ENET Centre and the IET will investigate the possibility of using it to produce solid alternative fuels that could be part of a future energy mix linked to waste management.

13 January | The methodology for the passporting of railway lines intended for trains with alternative drives defined a procedure enabling a quick and efficient analysis of the possibilities of using alternative drives on railway lines. The researchers focused on the technical, environmental and infrastructural aspects of the lines and their adaptation to modern propulsion systems. This also enabled the first battery-powered train to run on the line.

14 November | On 14 November, a ceremonial meeting of the Scientific Council of the VSB-TUO was held. The event was not only an opportunity to forward diplomas to new associate professors and graduates of doctoral study programmes, but also to award the best scientific research results.

12 November | This year's 32nd annual prestigious Building of the Year 2024 competition culminated in a grand gala evening at Prague's Rudolfinum. Amid strong competition from over a hundred projects, CEET's innovative polygon shone brightly, winning the prestigious National Centre for Construction 4.0 Award. This recognition confirms that our innovative polygon is at the forefront of technological and sustainable solutions, serving as an inspiration for the entire field.

01 November | On 31 October 2024, the prestigious competition Building of the Moravian-Silesian Region for 2023 was announced. The Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies Explorer won two prizes from the announcement of the results. The Award of the Governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region and the Award of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The unique technology polygon CEETe was thus the only double winner of the gala evening.

07 October | The internal marketing team of the VSB-TUO Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies CENET designed and produced a brochure that impressed the board of experts of the Phoenix Awards so much that it won the first and only place in the brochure print category.

12 August | The energy savings for producing material from recycled aluminium can be up to 95 % compared to the energy required to produce aluminium from primary ore. It is not only for this reason that scientists from the ENET Centre were involved in research in the project Recycling of waste aluminium foil as a low-carbon substitute for feedstock (CZ.01.1.02/0.0/0.0/19_262/0020077)

28 June | The cooperation of the ENET Centre, SMARTEV CDS s.r.o. and CDS CARS s.r.o. is creating analytical tools for an effective transition to electromobility, which will serve to develop sustainable transport, especially where companies have fleets of company electric vehicles. For such, the software will bring not only analysis but also data optimization to evaluate the status of the cars in terms of charging prioritization, as well as driving data of each vehicle.

27 May | After two intensive months we completed the course Technician of Electrical Equipment Diagnostics. And we have 9 successful graduates who takes away valuable information, experience from practical demonstrations and also a certificate of completion of the course.

14 May | For the accumulation of electricity in the CEET building, which is mainly generated from renewable sources, the ENET Centre uses technology from Pylontech, for the accumulation of electricity in batteries and inverters from Sinexel. Schneider Electric is then the supplier of the entire control system.

07 May | The unique facility CEETe, which was built at the end of last year on the campus of the VSB – TUO, has attracted attention abroad and was awarded by Schneider Electric.

23 October | How to abandon the use of fossil fuels and switch to sustainable energy is presented from today by a unique polygon CEETe, which was created by scientists of the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) on the premises of the VSB - Technical University Ostrava.

18 October | The Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB-TUO is making a significant contribution to energy transition and sustainability.

16. 10. 2023 - 27. 10. 2023 | Discover the travelling exhibition organised by the German Federal Foreign Office in cooperation with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, and gain an insight into the global dialogue on the energy transition as seen by governments, society, the private sector, and the scientific and academic community.

18. 10. 2023, 14:00 - 15:30 | We invite you to a lecture by Carlos V. Melo, Ph.D. in Neuroscience, which will be held on October 18 from 14:00 - 15:30 in room B3. The lecture will focus on the step-by-step process of writing a scientific paper - from figures to title.

23. 10. 2023, 9:00 - 11:30 | Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Technologies, Prof. Stanislav Mišák, Ph.D., cordially invites you to the grand opening of the new CEETe polygon, which will take place on October 23, 2023, at 9:00 AM at the VSB-TUO campus.

25 July | Scientists from Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) of VSB-Technical University of Ostrava acquired significant project named ExPEDite. This project focused on digitalization of energy technologies will be solved by research team of Smart Grids Lab specialists lead by Dr. Lukáš Prokop.

11 July | If you are interested in life cycle assessment and green automotive, do not miss Final Conference aLIFEca organised within project aLIFEca in Congress Centre, Prague on 17th of October.

21 June | The National Centre for Energy project was assessed as outstanding in the final opposition procedure. The opponent committee particularly appreciated the originality and novelty of the outputs, centre partners' mutual cooperation and the commercialisation potential of the centre, which the researchers will build on in the National Energy Centre II ongoing project.

16 June | On Wednesday, 14 June 2023, an important meeting of experts took place at the office of the Moravian-Silesian Region. Its main topic was hydrogen.

15 June | On 13 June 2023 consortium of the project aLIFEca coordinated by ENET Centre, CEET VSB – Technical university of Ostrava arranged International Webinar aLIFEca where the topic of Life Cycle Assessment in Automotive was discussed.

12 June | VSB-TUO took part in this year's Science Fair organised by the Czech Academy of Sciences. The University representatives offered a wide range of activities, including experiments such as Pharaoh’s Snakes, puzzles, quizzes, a virtual tour of the data hall featuring supercomputers, and much more. This display at the largest popular science event in the Czech Republic was made possible thanks to the joint efforts of CEET, IT4Innovations, the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform, and the PhD Academy.

13. 6. 2023, 10:00 - 11:30 | Centre ENET within project aLIFEca organizes the webinar on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in Automotive.

22 May | NanoOstrava 2023 left participants in awe: esteemed speakers and the breath-taking setting of the Lower Vítkovice area received praise. While the 8th edition of the conference focused primarily on energy and the environment, attendees were also treated to enlightening presentations unveiling the latest trends in nano- and advanced materials research, along with their diverse applications in biomedicine and industry.

16 May | With the subtitle "Energy and the Environment," the eighth edition of the NanoOstrava Conference began on Tuesday. The Conference is traditionally organised by the Nanotechnology Centre CEET VSB - Technical University of Ostrava.

16 May | How to get heat from sustainable sources and can photocatalysis be used to solve the climate crisis? Participants in the May FIP Academy webinar pondered these questions. Research on both topics was presented by Dieter Weise from the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU and Martin Reli from the Institute of Environmental Technology, one of the CEET units at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava.

19. 5. 2023, 9:00 - 12:00 | We cordially invite you to a lecture by an expert in chemical engineering from Universidade do Porto, Portugal.

15. 5. 2023, 9:00 - 17:00 | Within the SAN4fuel project, the 1st Summer School will take place in Dolní Vítkovice (DOV) Ostrava.