"We know that we match very well"

In the Netherlands, there is already a dense network of research institutions on this topic, and at the University of Münster the Münster Electrochemical Energy Technology (MEET) is outstanding in this context. A few months ago, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research also decided to make the University of Münster the center of the planned battery research factory. "Now we have to exchange our knowledge and support each other in making it known in the region," emphasized Thom Palstra. Around 30 guests had come to Münster to concretize the planned intensification of the relationship with about the same number of colleagues from the University of Münster. "We know that we match very well - the more technically oriented University of Twente and we as a university that is strong in basic research and also has a university hospital," emphasized Johannes Wessels. Now we have to identify new potential fields of research and cooperation and make them as visible as possible at both universities. Johannes Wessels recommended concentrating primarily on "regional challenges" - this would be the only way for the respective state or provincial governments to have good reasons to participate financially in individual projects.