The local flavours of the three universities are closely related to their specializations in research. Detailed information can be found via the websites, but in general it applies that:

Research on solar energy in Eindhoven focuses on the production of amorphous silicon and polymer solar cells, in Delft on nano-structured 3D and thin film solar cells and in Twente on the integration of solar energy into products.

Research on energy from biomass in Twente emphasizes thermal and chemical conversion processes in Eindhoven clean small scale conversion units, and in Delft on large scale power generation.

Research on wind energy is mainly concentrated in Delft with some small contributions from Eindhoven in the area of fluid-structure interaction and from Twente in computational fluid dynamics of wind turbines.

Research on hydrogen technology in Twente focuses on the large-scale production of hydrogen, in Delft on the production using sustainable energy and on safe storage and in Eindhoven on the small- scale production.

The field of Electrical Power Engineering and Network Integration is only subject to research in Delft and Eindhoven.