Delta technology focuses on safety and landscape around rivers, in cities, in deltas and along coastlines. The sector includes the waterway construction, water management and water and nature segments.
The key parties in this sector are governments (national and regional), universities, research institutes such as Deltares, KNMI and TNO, engineering agencies, contractors/dredgers and technology companies, platform organisations such as STOWA and Rioned and the Centre of Underground Construction (COB).
Themes of the delta technology sector
The key themes within the delta technology sector are:
- Climate change
- Building with nature/eco-engineering
- Desiccation/salinisation
- Sustainable deltas
- Urban water management
- Accessibility
- Integration of functions
- Smart systems
- Installation and maintenance of offshore wind energy
Relevant grant programmes
- For proprietary research and development: WBSO, Innovation credit
- For scientific research: NWO, Horizon 2020
- For the cooperation between corporations and research institutes: EFRO, MIT and TKI premium
- For demonstration projects: LIFE, Interreg, DEI (Demonstration Energy Innovation)
- For export: DRIVE, DHI
Examples of projects in the delta technology sector
O2DIT, UU, TUD: STW-OTP voor onderzoek naar snelle infiltratie
WUR e.a.: STW Partnership voor Water Nexus, omgaan met verzilting
STOWA e.a.: Interreg IIB NWE voor NOAH, waarschuwingssysteem voor overstromingen
Duwind e.a.: STW Perspectief voor EUROS, reduceren van onzekerheden in ontwerp en kostenverlaging van offshore windmolens