Kick-off Watts in Grass!?
During the New Energy Forum on June 18, 2026, we are launching the new Interreg project Watts in Grass!? And we are not doing so with a standard presentation, but with a mystery. The mystery of the REMO lab: How do you make difficult things disappear? Perhaps even difficult people?
The strangest things happen in Professor Remo's lab. There, things really disappear. difficult stuffInspector Derrick von Kriminalpolizei has been assigned to the case to investigate this mystery. After all, grass is quite a difficult material to make useful, except for a cow. What can we learn from the cow to make difficult substances disappear? And is that perhaps even possible without a cow?
About the programme
During this interactive kick-off, the moderator will follow Joàn Teerlink (Entrance) and guest speaker Gerard Martinus (CIEP & GasTerra) the trail of innovative solutions within the biogas value chain. Step by step, it is becoming clear how Dutch and German organisations within Watts in Grass!? collaborating on technologies for fermentation, biomethanisation, digestate processing, and the production of biochar.
But the research does not stop at theory alone. In the REMO-lab Following this, you will receive an exclusive demonstration where innovative applications from the project can be seen live in action on a laboratory scale.
Practical information
Date: June 18, 2026
Time: 15.15 to 16.00
Location: Entrance grounds (Zernikelaan 17, 9747 AA Groningen)
Language: English
Cost: Free
Part of New Energy Forum
The kick-off is part of New Energy Forum: the festival on energy transition, mobility, and sustainability. A day full of inspiration, networking, and new ideas for professionals, entrepreneurs, researchers, students, and policymakers.
The New Energy Forum takes place from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Participation is free. Will you be there?
Over Watts in Grass!?
Within Watts in Grass!?, ten Dutch and German organisations are collaborating on innovative solutions in and around the biogas value chain. Using technologies such as anaerobic digestion, biomethanisation, digestate processing, and thermochemical conversion, we extract more energy and valuable raw materials from grass and residual streams. In this way, over the next three years, we are building a circular system with green gas, biochar, and reusable nutrients as the foundation for a future-proof business model in agriculture.
Project Watts in Grass!? is part of the Interreg VI Germany-Netherlands programme and is co-funded with €2,94 million by the European Union, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK), the State Chancellery of Lower Saxony, and the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Overijssel.
