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Back to the future withHenk Koopmans
Green Cities are Smart Cities
World fastest bikes133 km per hour by human power
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Dutch ambitionApproximately 900 million vehicles are being
driven around the whole world; what’s more, it
is expected that the number of cars will triple
from 700 million to two billion by 2050. This
will result in much greater CO2 emissions
because the majority of cars will still be running
on fossil fuels then. In order to reduce CO2
emissions, the Dutch government wants its
citizens to make more use of electric transport.
The aim is that, by 2025, one million of all
Dutch cars will be powered by electricity. In
comparison: in 2011, only 55,826 electric cars
were being driven in the Netherlands.
An ambitious target. Is it also realistic? There
are still many obstacles to negotiate in order to
make the electric car a success. At the moment,
electric cars are expensive and have a limited
range meaning that there is the risk of being
stranded on your journey. That’s why many
consumers decide not to buy them. Moreover,
an electric car is not, by definition, climate-
neutral. In order to compare the CO2 production
of electric and non-electric cars, the whole
energy chain must be brought into the
comparison. Nowhere near all electricity is
generated by sustainable energy sources. The
supply of sustainably generated electricity is
still far too small; coal and gas power stations
have to meet the requirement.
As the proportion of renewable energy sources
in the total energy chain is expected to be
smaller than the proportion of fossil energy
sources for many decades still, this situation is
not going to change in a hurry. This doesn’t
mean that the Dutch ambition is nonsense.
Dutch research institutes (TNO, ECN) have
shown that, even if this electricity is generated
partly from fossil sources, the electric car still
always produces 22 percent less CO2 in
comparison with the non-electric car.
Gertjan Lankhorst, CEO GasTerra
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If you have the freedom to build without limitations,
amazing things can become real. Imagine a city where
zero carbon is emitted to the environment, a building
that is completely energy neutral or street lighting that
might reduce up to a third of a city’s electricity budget.
To be green is not only hot, it is essential for a sustainable
future. How else is the world going to reach 2050 if it’s
not for breathtaking initiatives like smart Masdar City
near Abu Dhabi?
Such great initiatives have one thing in common: they
run on smart grids. Solar panels, wind mills, electric cars,
to name a few, are smart to the core. These elements
make a green city, which is by definition a smart city
(p. 10). Because of this the IT sector is booming, as you
can read in our datacenter special starting on page 28.
Henk Koopmans is our guru; he was already there when
the first computer system made its appearance (p. 38).
Most of all, we need to be smart ourselves. How will we
design in the future, how will we consume and waste,
and how will we invest in our own future? I believe that
generation Y holds the key. These young global talents
are the guide of the future and are the catalysts to big
chances. They will secure the energy supply in 2050. They
have too.
Over forty global talents are blogging about their lives,
passions and solutions on the NRG Blog ‘The Road to KL’
(p. 56). Together they form an explosion of dreams for
the energy future which will be made more concrete at
the NRG Battle – World Edition in Kuala Lumpur from
June 4 - 8. Visit the NRG Blog at blog.nrgbattle.com. Join
the discussion, think innovative and be smart: help build
our future.
NRG Magazine Editor
Help build our future
Editors note
An impression of Masdar City.
Maike Veltman
Editors Note
About An Innovative Truth IV
Green Cities are Smart Cities
IndexCoverstory
20.
Human Power Team
The world is rushing toward 2050 and numerous initiatives are
coming up for a sustainable future. Governments are realizing
more and more what has to be done and companies are joining
forces to answer the nagging question: how to build a greener
world?
28.
133 km per hour by Human Power
10.
An Innovative Truth IV - Sustainable ICT & Energy
Conference is initiated by GreenICT Foundation
and is made possible by financial contributions of
Smart Energy Collective and Alliander.
The Winner is... Team Grontmij52.
Talents in the Spotlight
Top Models Wanted!
Innovate with the right business model
Rational Middle
Electric driving is the future
22.
26.
Back to the futurewith Henk Koopmans
40.Follow the Road to KL56.
Financing SustainabilityA column by Holland Financial Centre
25.
46
Coverstory Smart Cities
Green Cities are Smart Cities
Along with other electrically-powered vehicles such as trains and small electric cars, these
buses are the cleanest way to get around the city of London. They consume up to one-third
less diesel fuel than conventional vehicles. Photo by Siemens.
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Coverstory Smart Cities
“If you have the freedom to dream without limitations, you
can build very beautiful things”, says Erik van der Heijden,
head of the newly founded Smart Grid Division of Siemens
in the Netherlands. “More than half of the world population
lives in an urban environment and that number is only
increasing. The role of the city is of very great importance
to reach the sustainable goals in 2050 that the world has
target itself with. You cannot simply turn everything the
other way around. It is a chosen path, which we can bend
and redirect over time to another, more renewable road.”
In 2009, Siemens presented the European Green City Index,
a research project assessing the environmental impact of
Europe’s major cities. A book with surprising results: cities
that shelter Europe’s oldest treasures can become green
cities.
“A good example is London,” tells Van der Heijden. “We,
Siemens started a dialog and joined the discussion. The
mayor of London had the power to actually change
something and was on board.” In Siemens European Green
City Index, London is ranked 11th overall. To quote: ‘One of
London’s key energy ambitions is the London Array, a
planned 1.000Mw offshore wind-turbine project in the
Thames estuary. The project will supply enough power for
750.000 homes and will save 1.9 million tonnes of CO2
emissions each year.’
Smart is the keyVan der Heijden: “Smart grids are one of the biggest
components in the transition to a green city. Wind farms,
electric cars, production of electricity, mobility, solar panels,
all of these cannot exist without a smart network that
connects it all together.” The future looks like a contrast
with what we know now. Large energy power plants will
make way for decentralized ways to produce energy. More
house owners invest in solar panels and become their own
energy supplier. Because of that, the smart network is
becoming more complex and has to get smarter. It seems a
requirement; green cannot be without smart.
Green Cities are Smart Cities
The world is rushing towards 2050 and numerous
initiatives are coming up for a sustainable future.
Governments are realizing more and more what
has to be done and companies are joining forces to
answer the nagging question: how to build a greener
world?
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Coverstory Cradle to CradleCoverstory Smart Cities
Grontmij Wuhan New Energy Institute
The Wuhan Energy Institute in China is an example for the world when it comes to energy
neutral building design. Photo by Grontmij.
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“You need smart grids to build a
sustainable city.” Van der Heijden
explains further: “But you cannot
change it the other way around. Smart
grids don’t magically turn a system into
a green one. It depends on the way they
are used. Smart grids are a mean, not a
goal. Techniques and solutions like solar
panels, electric driving, wind farms and
more, are ways to make the world more
sustainable. We have to embed these in
the right way. The market and the
business case has to be solid too.”
A city full of pure airA futuristic view on how a city can
become, can be seen in Masdar City.
About 6 km2, situated 17km from
downtown Abu Dhabi, Masdar City is
one of the most sustainable cities in the
world. Kazi Islam, a 25 year old
Bangladeshi citizen is pursuing his
graduate studies in Masdar Institute. “I
come from a country where the
maximum demand of electricity is
roughly 6000Mw and we can hardly
generate around 4500Mw by all means,
mostly from natural gas. Renewables
are still not at the top of the list. Here in
United Arabic Emirates (UAE),
generation of tens of Gigawatts of
electricity with natural resources is not
an issue. Among many other initiatives
taken by the UAE government, I feel
proud to say that the Masdar initiative is
one of the unique ones in the whole
world in terms of renewable energy
resources.
Imagine a city full of pure air and
emitting zero carbon to the environ-
ment. It may sound a little impractical to
you but as a matter of fact, we are on
the right way to achieve that here in
Masdar City. Today I sit here in Masdar
City and look into the world with hope
and efforts for a better, purer and
greener tomorrow. And I believe that, if
we can do it for one city, why not for the
whole world?”
Erik van der Heijden: “Masdar City is an
inspirational example. Whenever you
think of creating a city of the future,
this is close to reality. Techniques,
innovative ideas and reality are coming
together in a green and sustainable city.
And, yes, a smart city.”
Wuhan Energy Institute“The Wuhan New Energy Institute in
China has shown that it is possible to
build in an energy neutral way. This is
the most sustainable office building in
the world”, says Victor Pastoor, project
manager for engineering consultancy
Grontmij. In 2010 they proposed their
idea for the most renewable building
and example for the world to the
municipality Wuhan in China. Grontmij
and Soeters van Eldonk won the contest
and started with the greenest building
on the planet.
Pastoor: “The building shows how we
should deal with energy in the coming
decades.
Masdar CityMasdar means the source in Arabic and is aspiring to be one of the most sustainable
cities in the world. The city is located 17km near Abu Dhabi and integrates the full
range of renewable energy and sustainability technologies. A 10Mw solar
photovoltaic plant provides Masdar City with energy, the largest such solar plant
in the Middle East. There is 60% reduction in water usage and use 100% treated
waste water. For the inner façade 90% reclyced-content aluminium is used and
green concrete is made of ground granulated blasted slag instead of cement
which results in a reduction of the concrete carbon footprint by 30-40% of CO2.
These are just a few of the green initiatives of Masdar City, that has proved to be
a green smart city.
Erik van der Heijden started
his career as a Management
Trainee at Siemens in 2001.
After his traineeship he
worked for sales and project
developments untill he
moved to Dubai as Regional
Director Sales Power
Generation in 2008. He was
responsible for UAE, Qatar,
Bahrain, Oman and Yemen.
In 2011 he became Division
Manager Smart Grids at
Siemens in the Netherlands.
Victor Pastoor is Head of
department Building
Systems and Technical
Specialists at Grontmij.
Pastoor is specialized in
sustainable installation and
zero-energy concepts. For
Grontmij he won the
contest of the most
sustainable office building
in the world (which resulted
in the Wuhan New Energy
Institute in China).
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Singapore is the only one in the Asian Green City Index to rank well above average overall. It
shows consistently strong results across all individual categories, performing especially well
due to policies to maintain and improve the urban environment. Since the city state gained
independence in 1965, the government has emphasized the importance of sustainability.
Coverstory Smart Cities
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Photo by Siemens.
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The Chinese community is very
concerned with the environment and
energy reduction methods. They are
aware of the fact that when no action
is taken, the world will be finite.” The
Wuhan Energy Institute (70.000m2) is
designed as an office-tower, new
energy labs and an exhibition center.
“If they are not able to have such a
building for themselves, how will they
design that for the rest of the world?”,
asks Pastoor rhetorically.
Natural forcesThe smart way of building it, is what
makes the New Energy Institute so
special. The natural forces from the
area work for the benefit of the
building. “For example”, says Pastoor,
“the design is compact. The climate of
Wuhan is sometimes called the oven of
China. In summers, the temperature
can go up to 40 degrees Celsius. The
building stands in its own shadow and
that saves a lot of cooling energy. The
outer wall loses little heat in the winter
and the angled roof is ideal for voltage
cells. On the roof integrated wind mills
are installed and rain water is collected.
In short: all energy that is used, is
earned back within the own system.”
To make all this possible, smart grids
play an essential role. Every building
has a fluctuating demand for energy
and thus for the need of heat or air-
conditioning. Via a circle led everything
is connected and communicates. The
architecture was inspired by the natural
shape of the calas lily flower. This
flower symbolizes hope, purity and
greatness in China. Pastoor: “I look at
this building as a hopeful and worhty
example for real estate development
to build energy neutral.”
Smart lightsAnother great example of smart grid
innovations can be found at Tvilight.
Chintan Shah is the creator of the
intelligent street lighting solution
which won the TU Delft Campus Energy
Challenge in 2010 and is nominated for
the prestigious Living Lab Global
Awards 2012. Shah: “I come from India
where people are around during the
night hours. I was amazed to see that
in the Netherlands some parts of town
where completely sleeping at night,
but all the street lights were burning
bright. That is an enormous waste of
energy and a cause for high light
pollution.”
With this in mind Shah designed an
electronic module that fits into existing
street lights and turns them in to smart
lights. The system dims the lights
during off-peak hours, however all the
surrounding lights glow to their full
capacity as soon as any activity is
detected. The lights communicate with
each other and their monitoring
software enables easy operation and
maintenance of entire street lighting
infrastructure.
Green efficiencyShah: “Street lighting costs
municipalities in the Netherlands up to
40% of their electricity budget. It
represents a substantial component of
a city’s energy consumption. Green
cities cannot exist without smart street
lighting. Smart grids are coming, for
sure. We need to move ahead from an
old era where a substantial amount of
energy is wasted, to a new intelligent
era where the energy is used in an
efficient manner. The beauty of
solutions like smart street lights is that
they are dynamic and prevents energy
waste. I believe that products like these
hold the key to the next generation of
green smart cities.”.
“Smart grids don’t magically turn a system into a green one. It depends
on the way they are used”-Erik van der Heijden-
Chintan Shah is the designer of
Tvilight, intelligent street lighting.
With his smart solution he helps
cities to reduce their light waste and
become green.
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For employees fast developing network
companies are a challenge
Ir. Pieter Romer Executive Director Operations at Alliander
All iander
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All iander
AllianderThe network company Alliander is
responsible for the energy distribution
grid in large parts of the Netherlands.
Our core business involves connecting
3,3 million customers to our energy
grids in distributing gas and electricity.
Of course we do more than that. We
believe it is important to take the lead
in facilitating renewable energy. That is
why we’re constantly working on
innovations and creating high-quality
technological solutions. This allows us
to contribute to a better society. After
all, where would we be without energy?
The business units Liander, Endinet and
Liandon make up the network company
Alliander with a staff of around 6,000.
Smart grids are necessary to facilitate (sustainable) developments. These networks
are digitalized and can be monitored and controlled remotely. Good telecom-
munication is essential in order to operate the smart grids effectively with the
related data, transport and processing. To achieve smart grids, we are digitalizing
the substations and medium-voltage networks and are installing smart meters.
Telecommunications networkTelecommunication is becoming increasingly important to support our primary
process: the distribution of electricity and gas. The network operator Liander
regards telecommunication as a third network. Through Liander’s closed
telecommunications network, operational information on network maintenance,
interruptions and energy flows is transferred to operational management. The
introduction of intelligent networks is giving rise to a great deal of additional data.
In 2011, a plan was drafted to use fibreglass to open up medium-voltage stations
and substations to the telecommunications network. A four-year programme for
the roll-out of this fibreglass network will start this year. The information systems
must be kept in good order and are constantly improved to ensure proper data
processing.
In 2011, the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) programme was started to enable
an integrated approach to business processes and IT systems supporting enterprise
assets. In 2011, we worked to improve both the data and data management
processes. Risks were identified and assessed. The results were translated into a five-
year data improvement plan in balance with the earlier mentioned investments.
A third network
World fastest bikes
Human Power Team
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133 km per hour by human power
Who needs fuel, electric mobility or other forms of smart grids, when you have human power? That is exactly
what the Human Power Team (HPT) from Delft and Amsterdam must have thought. They combine techniques
and human power to achieve extreme speed. Without adding energy from other sources they can come to a
speed of 133 km per hour.
The project started in 2010 when student David Wielemaker from the TU Delft heard of the World Human Powered Speed
Challenge at Battle Mountain in Nevada, US. The participants vary from engineering students to people with a passion for
recumbent bikes. Paul Denissen is project manager of the HPT and studies mechanical engineering in Delft: “A lot of teams
participate with the aim of building the fastest bike to have the speed experience. We do it for the technical experience of
designing and building a streamlined recumbent: the VeloX.”
It is a combination of the power that the biker can deliver and the design of the bike. With the same amount of power the
bike is able to achieve a much greater speed. For example, when a normal person goes to work with 25 to 30 km per hour,
he can achieve a speed of 60 to 70 km per hour when on the VeloX with the same amount of human power. Denissen: “The
VeloX is designed so the biker has just enough room to move. The recumbent bike is very small which improves the
aerodynamics. It is made of the lightest materials like carbon and, combined with the perfect aerodynamics it can reach its
amazing speeds.”
With these elements the Human Power Team might be able to set a new world record for recumbent biking. “In Germany we
want to set the new hour record. Within the hour we want to reach a constant speed over 90 km per hour. The sprint record
will be raced in Nevada, US. To reach the world record of 133 km per hour, our racer needs to come up with a human output
of over 1000 watt.”
To get such an enormous amount of human power, the design has to be perfect and help the racer as much as possible.
Denissen: “We have deliberately given a lot attention to the aerodynamics of the bike. We can create a shape that is almost
ideal and which has hardly any wind resistance. We like to demonstrate what the possibilities are. How much power do cars
need to transport people? It can be so much more energy efficient if we thought differently about the way we build cars and
other transportation means.”.
World fastest bikes
Human Power Team
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133 km per hour by human power
To reach the world record of 133 km per hour, our racer needs to come up with a human output of over 1000 watt
Top Models Wanted!Innovate with the right business model
EnableMi
Elzo de Lange and Erik Matien, owners of EnableMi B.V.
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“Technical minded developers focus
entirely on making the solution work”,
says Erik Matien. Together with his
companion Elzo de Lange, he started a
business known as EnableMi B.V. that
helps organizations to bring
innovations to the market.
Making a working and better technical
solution is the most imparting part.
You might not be able to stop working
on that aspect but commercial success
differentiates from successful inno-
vation. “A technically good solution is
no guarantee for a successful sale”,
says De Lange. “In fact, the final service
concept is much more defining than
the techniques.”
A service concept doesn’t only give you
an answer to the question of what you
solve, but also how you solve it and
what the benefits are for the user. It is
a way of thinking from the perspective
of the client. Your offer and your work
style have to reflect the thoughts of
the client or buyer. That is the
challenge.
A popular and proven method to have
a successful commercial innovation is
the Business Model Canvas. This is an
open source method where, together
with the stakeholders, you look at
aspects such as client, offer (product
and service), infrastructure and
financial feasibility. At Standford
University, ranked in the top 3 of the
world’s best universities, students can
follow master classes about this subject.
Matien gives an example: “While the
music industry is imploding and sends
out lawyers to teenagers who
download music illegally, companies
like Shazam, Spotify and iTunes are
earning millions with the legal sale of
music. This contrast fascinates us. What
is the difference? That is the business
model.”
Matien and De Lange see similarities
between the music industry and the
developments in the energy sector, to
be more specific the evolution to smart
grids. Large scaled (traditional) energy
production represents the old business
model, while local en renewable
energy production showcases the new
model. Decentralized renewable
energy production and self-sufficiency
clearly are popular, but they can use a
boost. “Regulations interfere with a
large scaled market introduction, but
that is just a matter of time. There are
more factors that should be
considered”, says De Lange.
There is a proliferation of services and
innovations in the area of energy
reduction and decentralized produc-
tion. A lot of businesses focus on the
consumer’s need to economize. Is this
the right approach in every case? In
practice it seems that some target
groups only want comfort and not
primarily focus on energy savings.
When you are aware of that, you need
the technical solutions (which lead to
energy savings) to fit in this customer
minded approach, that means thinking
about comfort and usability and
energy savings will follow automa-
tically. This different approach forces
you to look differently to your business
model. Commercial success starts with
this knowledge and knowhow.
EnableMi works with parties involved
in smart grids to make new business
models and service concepts. Business
Model Canvas plays an essential role.
One of the companies working with
EnableMi produces high quality and
innovative sun boilers for a good prize.
Users can save over 50% on their gas
bill for tap water, but that might not
be enough to seduce the consumers.
That means that you have to change
the approach. Together with EnableMi
they have looked over nine aspects of a
good business model, developed
several modules and started trial
projects. You have to think with the
mind of the user, create value and
reflect on your own business model.
Show that innovation without focus
doesn’t work. Innovation is not only
about technical solutions, but above all
about smart business models..
Top Models Wanted!Innovate with the right business model
EnableMi
“A technically good solution is no
guarantee for a successful sale”
Creative ideas and concepts are everywhere. Only 7% gets to the market successfully. It often
starts with a frustration or discomfort with existing situations and by asking the question: could
it be otherwise? That’s the moment when the creative process starts and you start looking
for solutions. You start working hard and invest money, and, hopefully, start making money.
Sometimes it goes wrong, because you forget to think with the customer’s mind.
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E-mobilility is not only about smart grids, but also about
smart politicians and smart policy making
In the EU grid operators have been deliberately separated
from distributors. Grid operators are responsible for the
infrastructure. They fulfill a public function defined by law
and have to guarantee everybody for against the lowest
possible price. Distributors use this infrastructure to
deliver their electricity. Consumers can choose their
distributor but not their grid operator.
Smart grids mean new systems with new functionalities
enabling new services that are not foreseen in the
existing regulations. As a result there is a grey area
where it is not sure whether the business
opportunity is for the grid operators or for the
distributors.
For example in the Netherlands there is an initiative
from the grid operators to install charging points
for E-cars. These charging points are not part of
their mandate. As a result a public debate has
evolved whether they should be allowed to do it or
not. For investments made by grid operators within
their mandate, financing should not be a problem:
they are entitled to a fee that guarantees a return on
their investments. If however it is unsure whether or not
investments are within their mandate, it will be both for
grid operators as well as distributors very difficult to
finance these investments. Simply because financiers need
clear regulations and will avoid unclear sections.
Meanwhile new solutions and services related to smart
grids are evolving. The grey area mentioned above is
changing all the time. The solution should be, alert and
fast moving regulators and policy makers who are
heading into the same direction at EU level. A contradictio
in terminis some would say. But the only smart way to
do it..Gerard van Baar - Holland Financial Centre
Managing Director Centre for Finance & Sustainability
Financing SustainabilityA column by Holland Financial Centre
The Holland Financial Centre foundation is a joint public/private venture launched by a number of parties in the financial industry and the government, who have joined together to form a broad-based interest group. The objective of HFC is to develop initiatives aimed at preserving a strong, open, internationally competitive financial industry in the Netherlands, and to retain existing jobs in the industry and create new ones. One of the focal points of HFC is Finance & Sustainability. The Centre for Finance & Sustainability commissioned the book Financing Sustainability which can be downloaded at the website of Holland Financial Centre: www.hollandfinancialcentre.com The Centre also initiated the webportal www.FSinsight.org , which has been officially launched by Minister Verhagen at 1 February 2012.
Financing Sustainabil ity
‘Three years ago, big car companies knew for sure: the
electric car will be the future transportation. Even the
government embraced e-mobility immediately. In 2009
they had the ambition to have 200.000 electric cars on the
Dutch roads by 2020. In the next five years this number
has to increase to a million.
At the beginning of this year the first disappointing
numbers were known. In 2011 the Dutch dealers sold
together 862 e-cars, which is only 0,15 percent of the total
amount of newly sold cars. The main causes are the
limitations of the electric car. The vehicle has a limited
range, there are very few charging points and charging
takes a long time. The electric driver is being confronted
with fear of distance: the anxiety to stand by the side of
the road with an empty battery.
Erik Kelder, electric chemist at TU Delft and leader of the
European project EuroLiion: “People will have to accept
that they can’t travel as far as they’re used to. It’s not
possible to drive 800 kilometers with a battery that you
can charge in five minutes.” A report of the PBL published
last year showed that under the present circumstances
only five percent of all households with one car can make
their current rides with an electric car.
PBL researcher Anco Hoen: “We need a combination of
technical improvements and we need a reduction of the
prize difference between an e-car and a conventional car
to reach the governments ambition in 2025. Even if these
improvements were made, the average citizen will still
value the petrol car more than the electric car. There is a
lot of funding needed to get to one million users. One
million is a lot. I wonder if that many Dutch citizens can be
found to make the change.”
Source: NRC Next, 2nd of May, 2012 by Jorg Leijten
Rational Middle
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No
Everyone has an opinion based on fact and senses. Dutch newspaper NRC Next states that even with the increasing fuel
prizes Dutch citizens don’t want to partake in electric driving. They wonder why not? But Alef Arendsen, one of the
founders of The New Motion doesn’t agree. Read the opinions and make up your mind. There is a rational middle…
Rational Middle
Electric driving is the future...
Critics in the Newspaper
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A decade after the introduction of the GSM standard, there
wasn’t even in the furthest corner of the world a mobile
phone. The introduction of electric transportation will not
go as fast, but I am sure that by 2020 the electric car will be
common on the Dutch road. The rise of e-mobility involves
quite a lot struggles. Cars are expensive, electric cars even
more. Every car needs a charging post and the infrastructure
needs to have fast charging poles for travelers on the go.
Luckily there is progress in all areas. The government helps
by remitting the cost addition for e-cars and other incentives.
To purchase an e-car is only 10 to 20 percent more expensive
compared to a similar pertrol car. Every month hundreds of
charging point are appearing; at homes, offices and for
example parking lots like Q-Park. The network of the fast
charging points is expanding every month.
Conventions make it possible to charge abroad and the
introduction of range extenders ensures many drivers with
electric drives for a large amount of their journeys. With this
going to the South of France is much more appealing than
with a build in gasoline motor. The Ampera of Opel is such
a car and an outright bestseller. BMW, Volkswagen and
other German brands will follow in the coming year with
appealing cars.
All of this ensures the fact that within one year after
introduction the first mass production e-car, the Nissan LEAF,
has sold 500 new e-cars just in March. That is one percent of
the total new sold cars withing one year. Very promising for
the next ten years indeed!
Rational Middle
NRG Magazine edition 6 | 27
Yes
Alef Arendsen is one of the founders of The New Motion,
provider of a network of charging points and subscriptions for
electric cars. After his career in the software industry where he
founded two companies, which he developed successfully and
sold, he focuses now on the large scale introduction of electric
cars. Initially started in the Netherlands, The New Motion is
taking its first steps in Germany and Belgium.
Alef Arendsen
Everyone has an opinion based on fact and senses. Dutch newspaper NRC Next states that even with the increasing fuel
prizes Dutch citizens don’t want to partake in electric driving. They wonder why not? But Alef Arendsen, one of the
founders of The New Motion doesn’t agree. Read the opinions and make up your mind. There is a rational middle…
Rational Middle
Electric driving is the future...
Following the successful conferences An Innovative Truth I
(June 22, 2009), An Innovative Truth II (15 September 2010)
and An Innovative Truth III (22 June 2011) Smart Energy
Collective, IIP Duurzame ICT Foundation – platform for
sustainable ICT and GreenICT Foundation organize An
Innovative Truth IV - Sustainable ICT & Energy Conference.
An Innovative Truth IV is an energizing and involvement
stimulating conference on the themes of Sustainable ICT and
Energy. An Innovative Truth IV - Sustainable ICT & Energy
Conference - takes place at 20 June 2012 in the Beatrix
Theatre in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
An Innovative Truth IV - Sustainable ICT & Energy Conference
is initiated by GreenICT Foundation and is made possible by
financial contributions of Smart Energy Collective and
Alliander.
An Innovative Truth IV
An Innovative Truth IV
In August 2008, GreenICT Foundation and the Ministry of
Economic Affairs (EL&I) took the initiative to organize an
energizing conference to promote energy efficiency and
sustainable ICT. This initiative resulted in three successful An
Innovative Truth conferences, including contributions from
the Ministry of Economic Affairs (EL&I) and the European
Commission, on 22 June 2009, 15 September 2010 and 22
June 2011. The conference website - aninnovativetruth.nl -
provides a proper impression of these conferences regarding
content, programs, objectives and results.
The previous editions of An Innovative Ttruth were organized
by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation,
the ICT Innovation Platform for Sustainable ICT (IIP Duurzame
ICT Foundation) and GreenICT Foundation. They persuaded
top speakers to contribute to An Innovative Truth. In 2009 the
then Staatsscretaris Frank Heemskerk and Linda Mauperon
cabinet member, replacing Eurocommissioner Vivian Reding,
attended as keynote speaker. The then Director-General
Energy and Telecom Mark Frequin acted as chair of the day. In
2010 Hans Vijlbrief Director-General Energy, Telecom and
Markets attended as keynote speaker.
Partly based on the outcomes and results of previous editions
An Innovative Truth IV will also be a follow-up. This conference
will look back, but mostly generate new activities and
partnerships.
An Innovative Truth IV is a non-commercial conference. The
purpose of this conference is to stimulate mutual cross-
fertilizations between science, government and business
(suppliers and users) in the area of sustainable ICT & Energy,
and because of this to promote scientifically challenging and
commercially interesting innovation and research.
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ProgrammeThe program includes among others various plenary keynote
presentations, theme related workshop sessions, practical
cases and a plenary debate between representatives of science,
government and business. The indicative program of An
Innovative Truth IV on June 20, 2012 is as follows:
09.15 - 09.45 Welcome & Information Market
09.45 - 09.55 Opening by chair of the day Roderik
van Grieken - Nederlands Debat Instituut
09.55 - 10.20 Keynote I
10.20 - 10.45 Keynote II
10.45 - 11.10 Keynote III
11.10 - 11.30 Break & information market
(including poster presentations by Ph.D students)
11.30 - 12.30 The Battle, debate among representatives of
science, government and business
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch & information market
(including poster presentations by Ph.D students)
13.30 - 14.10 Workshop Sessions Round I
14.10 - 14.15 Possibility to change theme room
14.15 - 14.55 Workshop Sessions Round II
14.55 - 15.15 Break & information market
(including poster presentations by Ph.D students)
15.15 - 15.55 Workshop Sessions Round III
15.55 - 16.00 Possibility to change theme room
16.00 - 16.25 Practice makes Perfect - practical cases
15.55 - 16.00 Continuation plenary program
16.30 - 16.55 Keynote IV
16.55 - 17.00 Wrap-up and closure by chair of the day Roderik
van Grieken
17.00 - 18.00 Networking drinks
* Because of a possible fifth keynote speaker, the program
may be subject to change.
The Battle is the plenary debate among representatives
of science, government and business (ICT suppliers and
users). During the debate these four stakeholder groups
confront each other with their questions and concerns.
Thoughtful and respectful, but also provocative and
sharp. The four stakeholder groups each are represented
by a spokesman.
As in previous editions of An Innovative Truth in 2009,
2010 and 2011, this year the debate will be led by Roderik
van Grieken, director of the Nederlands Debat Instituut.
The Battle - debate on sustainable ICT & Energy
The organization of the An Innovative Truth IV -
conference distinguishes the societal importance of
scientificly challenging and - applicable thus -
commercially interesting research and innovation. Using
poster presentations by PhD students, the organizers aim
to bring scientific research in the field of sustainable ICT
& Energy to the attention of a wider audience, and in
particular the conference attendees. For this exhibition
space is provided in the Constantijn Foyer.
PhD students engaged in research in the cross-over field
of ICT & Energy, ICT & Sustainability and Sustainable ICT,
are cordially invited to present their research topic and
results during the conference and to discuss these with
the interested audience.
In line with the structure of the programme, the
organization strives for a balanced and objective
composition of the presented posters. It would the best
to provide all PhD research in this field a presentation
opportunity. Because of the limitation of available space,
this isn’t possible. Research groups, interested in
participation, are asked to make a selection of one or
possibly two posters.
Interested PhD students and professors with PhD
students active in one of the above mentioned
areas, can contact the conference organization via
www.aninnovativetruth.nl.
The PhD research poster presentations
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The programme will include four plenary
keynotes by among others Thijs Aarten
- CEO DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability
and René Steenvoorden - CIO Rabobank
& President CIO Platform. It also includes
workshop sessions and a plenary debate
among representatives of science,
government and the ICT supplying and
applying business. In line with previous
editions, this year all speakers and track
leaders are top ambassadors for the
respective themes.
Speakers who already confirmed their
contribution include Steven Luitjens -
Director Logius, Frits Verheij - Director
smart energy DNV KEMA & leader Smart
Grids (Top sector Energy), Prof. Erik
Huizer - Director technology SURFnet &
Professor UU, Ad Schoof - Secretary
topteam Energy Ministry of Economic
Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation,
Prof. Ton Koonen - Professor Eindhoven
University of Technology, Teun Bokhoven
- Director ZEN Renewables & leader
Energy in the built environment (Top
sector Energy), Prof. Hester Bijl -
professor Delft University of Technology
& director Delft Energy Initiative, Henk
van Elburg - programme coordinator
monitoring energy smart meter
Agentschap NL, René Steenvoorden -
CIO Rabobank & Chairman CIO Platform,
Rens Knegt - Director Netbeheer
Nederland, Wim Berns - Sector Manager
Climate & Built Environment Agentschap
NL, Marianne Kuijpers-Linde - Director
urban development TNO, Prof. Johann
Hurink - Professor University of Twente,
Edwin Zoontjes Manager - ICT ~ Milieu
(ICT ~ Office), Marga Blom - Manager
KPN Energy Management Group, Meiny
Prince - Priva CEO, Prof. René Janssen -
professor Eindhoven University of
Technology, Coks Stoffer - General
Manager Cisco Netherlands, Albert
Molderink - Postdoc researcher
University of Twente, Renzo Taal - Senior
Vice President & General Manager EMEA
Philips Lighting, Leendert Jan de Olde -
senior manager Sustainability Philips
Consumer Lifestyle and Thijs Aarten -
DNV CEO KEMA Energy & Sustainability.
Roderik van Grieken - Director
Nederlands Debat Instituut will act as
conference chairman.
The Conference speakers
The organizationAn Innovative Truth IV - Sustainable ICT & Energy
Conference is a co-operation of Smart Energy
Collective, IIP Duurzame ICT Foundation - Platform
for Sustainable ICT and GreenICT Foundation.
Besides the project organizers, Smart Energy
Collective, IIP Duurzame ICT Foundation - Platform
for Sustainable ICT and GreenICT Foundation,
partners involved include the Ministry of Economic
Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation, Alliander,
AgentschapNL, DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability,
CIO Platform, Philips, Nederlands Debat Instituut,
ICT ~ Office, NIRICT (the 3 TUs), NWO, KPN,
Microsoft, TNO, STW, Cisco, TTA World, Netbeheer
Nederland and the European Commission. An
Innovative Truth IV - Sustainable ICT & Energy
Conference is an initiative of GreenICT Foundation
and is supported financially by Smart Energy
Collective and Alliander.
An Innovative Truth IV
The thematic tracksThe workshop sessions are divided into four parallel thematic tracks.
As with previous editions, these parallel tracks fit seamlessly with the
current Top sector policy. Each track consists of three workshop rounds.
In between rounds there is a possibility to change tracks.
The four parallel workshop themes are:
- Top sector Energy & ICT
- Smart Grids
- ICT & Energy in built environment
- ICT & materials
The theme tracks are led by expert track leaders as Ad Schoof - Secretary
Top Team Energy Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and
Innovation (track Top sector Energy & ICT), Frits Verheij, director smart
energy DNV KEMA and leader Top sector Energy theme Smart Grids
(track Smart grids) and Teun Bokhoven - Director ZEN Renewables and
leader Top sector Energy theme Energy saving in the built environment
(track ICT & Energy in the built environment).
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The increasing demand for electricity in combination with the rising supply of
deentrally generated energy makes innovation of the electricity grid essential. Smart
grids with ICT applications offer opportunities for energy transition at reasonable
cost. However only if we succeed to establish co-operation in the chain from supplier
to buyer. Scientific research, government, industry and network operators need to
create forces to work collectively to find solutions to the dilemmas we’re facing. This
is to keep energy supply affordable, safe and reliable in the future. So not only smart
grids, but above all smart networks!
Rens Knegt
CEO Netbeheer Nederland
An Innovative Truth IV
The potential of ICT to not only enable a leap in reducing carbon emission but also
in making a step change towards a sustainable society and economy is enormous.
In order to realize this potential two aspects are paramount: The first - driving
innovation that has impact not only in the future but also in the present. The
second - applying and scaling existing innovation broadly. This is only possible
through true connection of disciplines and competences.
An Innovative Truth IV fosters exactly that - true value creation through bringing
together science, business (ICT and energy suppliers and users) and government. In
order to accelerate impact together.
Sabine Hess
Environmental Sustainability Lead
Microsoft Netherlands
The transition to a sustainable society, where we can share prosperity without
leaving a footprint in the earth ecosystem, requires a turnaround in technological
solutions used for providing energy, clean water, food and health care. New
technologies need to be developed for energy supply using distributed generation
of power from sustainable sources as sun, wind and water to balance supply and
demand.
The current Top sectors policy aims at establishing public-private partnerships for
commercial exploitation of knowledge gained through scientific research. Making
the potential of Dutch scientific research clearly visible to business organizations is
crucial therefore.
An Innovative Truth IV is the meeting place for the stakeholders involved: science,
government and business. Next to the oral presentations by distinguished speakers,
poster presentations by PhD students will call attention of business and government
to the scientific capabilities.
Prof.dr.ir. T. Backx
Dean Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology
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The I-Datacenter is located at the
industrial area Leeuwerikenveld in
Coevorden. It is part of the I-Beheer
Group, as is I-Beheer Automation,
I-Hosting and I-Connect2. Van der Veer:
“Our expansion with this datacenter
means that we can provide services
such as cloud, hosting, backup and fall-
out facilities.”
The I-Datacenter has a green nature
with a climate neutral system. Van der
Veer: “Cooling is an essential part of
good functioning of the servers and
this has to happen continuously.
Datacenters are usually cooled by
compressors which costs a lot of energy.
The I-Datacenter is being cooled by a
system that makes use of the cool
outside temperature. This cooling
systems have an optimal performance
when the outside temperature doesn’t
go higher than 16 degrees Celsius. In
2010 the average temperature in the
Netherlands was 9,1 degrees Celsius,
this means that the biggest part of the
year it is possible to cool the
I-Datacenter in an efficient and
profitable way.”
When the temperature exceeds
16 degrees Celsius, the compressors
switch on and help keep the
temperatures in the data room at the
right amount. The I-Datacenter also
makes use of the so called cold corridor
concept. This concept ensures the flow
of cold air on the front side of the
IT-systems, while the hot air is disposed
at the back end of the systems to the
chillers. This division of air flows is used
by many datacenters and is a very
efficient way of cooling.
Van der Veer: “We secure the safety
and improve the performance and
accessibility of IT-platforms. We’d like
to offer you the necessary collocation
services whether or not it is a dedicated
server, a rack or an entire data room.
With our energy efficient approach
and ambition, we are the ones to go
to.”.
First independent datacenter in DrentheI-Beheer
Do you need room for the server of your
business? I-Beheer Group has opened
I-Datacenter in Coevorden where there is
room for a maximum of 2500 servers on
1500 square meter. Owner Johan van der
Veer tells: “We are first in the province of
Drenthe to provide this on such large scale.
Not only we have a fortunate location, but
we can provide a good prize because we
implemented various innovations.”
I-Beheer
Johan van der Veer
Owner I-Beheer
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To measure is to know. And to know is to save. Schleifenbauer ProductsEverywhere in the world data centers are synonym for energy use. A
current server, wherever, costs more on energy than on the write-off of it.
The power consumption can be much more efficiently and there is a lot of
attention to do so. One of the main conditions to save energy is to measure
energy. Schleifenbauer Products has specialized in this area and measures
and presents energy data.
Marketing Director at Schleifenbauer
Products Ronald Timmermans: “The
accurate influence of our meters and
the degree of energy saving is not
directly visible. The consequences of
energy measuring is that consumers
are becoming aware of their power
usage and are adjusting their behavior.
It’s like driving a car. When you see on
your dashboard that you’re exceeding
the maximum speed, you adjust it
manually. The same goes with one of
our meters in a data center. You can
see how much energy is used and you
can draw conclusions with that
information and take action.”
The meters visualize the energy use
and the applications are numerous. For
example, the technical applications, to
prevent energy loss, or the financial
applications, less energy use will lower
the costs. And of course, a more
efficient energy use is also a more
sustainable one. Sustainability is very
important for Schleifenbauer Products.
They show this both for the products
they make which are energetic very
efficient and for the production
methods they use.
Ronald Timmermans: “Our concept is
unique. We build costumer specific. We
don’t have ten or twenty different
products. We want to work in a
sustainable way and because of that
we only make what is necessary. We
think that mass production creates
exuberance and we don’t want to be a
part of that. Power usage effectiveness
is so important and unique per data
center, we believe we have to make
this customly. The client shouldn’t
adjust to what’s available. The producer
should adapt to the user’s needs.” This
way of thinking is one of the reasons
why the employees of Schleifenbauer
Products don’t operate from an office.
They work at the location of the
costumer and provide the client with
an unique meter.
Recently, Schleifenbauer Products
offers the DP-meter. This meter
measures the energy use at the
distribution panel, close to the source.
Though the data has less granularity, it
is far more cheaper and faster than
other meters. The meters itself are
made as energy efficient as possible.
Ronald Timmermans: “There are data
centers with thousand or more meters.
If the meters use 2 Watt instead of 20
Watt, it is an enormous difference.
These meters are absolutely necessary,
because to measure is to know. And to
know, is to save energy.”.
Ronald Timmermans
Marketing Director at
Schleifenbauer Products BV
Schleifenbauer Products
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Leonie van der Steen and Luc Brugman are energy consultants and work for the strategy
consulting firm Squarewise. “Currently a lot is happening in the sector”, Van der Steen
starts. “The system is getting more complex and interconnected. As a result, individual
companies cannot have sufficient impact by themselves, but need partners to make a
change.” Brugman adds: “Smart grids can be the connecting element, not only do they
enable the use of renewable energy, but they also stimulate companies to cooperate
more and in more diverse ways.
Squarewise helps both traditional players to find a new role, as well as organizations that
are completely new in the energy market. For smart grids this means looking beyond
cables in the ground or the energy delivered to the customer. Moreover, it is not limited
to technical solutions that add a layer of intelligence to the current infrastructure. It is
about involving all the relevant parties and having them consciously choose their future
roles and accompanying focus.
Brugman: “We challenge companies to really think about their raison d’etre. Companies
have to realize that the world is changing and need help to change with it. Reasoning
from their added value can have a radical impact on how a company is operating. Energy
suppliers are asking themselves this question already: ‘Is it my role to supply energy or do
I provide a comfortable way of life for customers?’ The first is about selling as much
electricity and gas as possible, and actually forces you to compete with all kinds of energy
saving technologies. The latter on the other hand opens the way to collaboration and
creates a more efficient and more sustainable energy system.”
“Many companies take the existing framework as a given”, says Van der Steen. “One has
to look at it the other way around. Try not to focus on the threats, but the opportunities
arising from the current changes. On the one hand smart grids demand large investments
and the necessity to trust in new technologies. On the other hand, competitors become
partners and many new services are possible that have not yet been claimed by anyone.
Let’s think from a customer’s mindset. Try to look at what services they actually desire.
Then, assess which of these services demand the skill set your company uniquely has.”
The current business models are not sustainable in both the economical and the ecological
sense of the word. Brugman: “If you adapt your focus and your role in the energy system,
you might still have an essential role in the next 50 years, even when the sector has moved
on to completely new business models and forms of energy.”.
Keep up with the changeSquarewiseMore than ever the energy sector is on the move. Organizations used to be able to
innovate by themselves, but now partners are needed to innovate successfully. Smart
grids are a good example of the need for a system change to be able to innovate.
According to Squarewise, they act as a driver to raise the whole energy system to a
new, more complex level.
Leonie van der Steen
Energy Consultant Squarewise
Luc Brugman
Energy Consultant Squarewise
Squarewise
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Not just green, but sustainable in every wayInterxion
In 1998 Interxion Netherlands B.V. started building their first datacenter in
Amsterdam. Now, in 2012, the seventh is under construction. Managing
Director Michel van den Assem tells: “Our great development was based on
the enormous internet growth of the time. In 2002 the market collapsed and
we suffered from this. However, it made us aware of our costs and energy
consumption is of course one of the biggest costs a datacenter can have.”
Interxion became energy efficient because
of their survival mode. Van den Assem:
“We had to reduce the costs. We started
thinking how we could deal with the
energy flows in a different, smarter and
more efficient way. This subject, nowadays
very popular indeed, made our agenda
already in 2002.”
Recently energy efficiency got a new label:
green. This label is used abundantly, but
Interxion believes that energy efficiency
has to be an integrated part of their
business. Van den Assem: “We are energy
efficient, not because it is green and looks
good from a marketing perspective, but
because it is really necessary from a
financial perspective. We are very clear
about that.”
So, how does this translate to reality?
“When we build a datacenter, we make
use of the new techniques available”, Van
den Assem says. “For example, we make
the cooling as efficient as possible. Imagine
a customer who places 500 servers in one
of our datacenters. These units have a
certain power, we cannot change anything
about that. However the units also
generate heat and we can manage the
way we deal with this.” Servers in a
datacenter work day and night. You
cannot experiment with them. To make
the cooling as efficient as possible,
Interxion converts chillers that make use of
the outside temperature. There is a strict
segregation in the warm and cold flows
and they use variable fans.
Van den Assem: “It is important to keep
measuring your own energy flows. The
power usage efficiency is not the only
thing that determines whether or not a
datacenter is green. It also depends on the
kind of energy that you use. The whole
chain has to be connected.”
One of the biggest challenges is not how
to apply the new techniques, but also how
to keep an existing datacenter up to date.
“We have to keep communicating with
governments and keep looking at the
possibilities and limitations. We have to
keep looking at what we can do to be
more energy efficient and not just focus
on a target number”, says Van den Assem.
“We take our responsibility, not just to be
green, but even more to be sustainable in
all areas.”.
Interxion
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Henk Koopmans
Back to the future
Ever wondered what moments in life changed the view of those we
look up to? Henk Koopmans looks back at moments in his live that
changed his views and visions, moments in his childhood, study and
start of his professional career. He goes back to the future…
with
It is absolutely necessary to cooperate with
specialism’s from other sectors. A doctor can’t
work without an ICT’er, neither can a lawyer.
Be aware of this and conversate more with
each other.
Henk Koopmans (1944) is the owner of
Inventures Management. He is member of
the board of the Dutch Energy Transition
Organization and chairman of the ICT
Innovation Platform Sensor Networks. He
studied Accountancy and during his studies
he became interested in the ICT. He held
various positions as CEO and board member
and is specialized in advising business
about financing, organizational structures
combined with high tech systems.
The arrival of the first computer system was parallel with my graduation in
accountancy in 1967. I had this strong feeling that working with computers
would have a tremendous influence on society and the way it would develop.
It was fascinating to see with what ease those machines took over the jobs of
hundreds of bookkeepers. I worked at an accountancy office when I
experienced this for the first time. I watched it happening. The floors with
bookkeepers got empty while the computer department grew bigger
simultaneously.
I enjoyed being part of this computerization. I was optimistic and wanted to
join. I thought of it as an outstanding platform. I was already there.
Until the eighties the energy question wasn’t a big deal. It was then that
Moore’s Law occurred.
A double calculation capacity for half of the money. It was not until ten years
later people started realizing that all those computers at their desks were
devouring electricity.
I thought it was natural. Obviously, it wasn’t, but I didn’t experienced it that
way. It was like having a telephone in the fifties. We had one and thought it
was normal. But there were only forty or fifty in the whole city. That’s what
you get with spoiled people. The forerunners of the baby boomers, I am one
of them, thought it come to them naturally and used all this techniques
abundantly.
There is almost no product in whatever sector that doesn’t has some kind of
ICT in it. Computers have impregnated our society in a way we could have
never imagined. They have an enormous influence on the production and
distribution of energy, and on the transition to renewable energy.
Currently I am on the Advisory Board of the Dutch Energy Transition. Energy
will be democratized. Decentralized. I hope it leads to a civil transformation.
Now, energy is transmitted top down to the costumer. This will change. And
that change will mean everything for the energy consumption.
People will produce their own energy. There will be embedded systems and
ICT will play a much bigger role. Households will communicate and trade
energy. They’ll use so called smart grids. The same intelligence can be used for
welfare, health, remote caretaking and more.
People still think way too much with a present mindset. They think about
making existing systems more efficient instead of designing a new system.
The energy sector characterizes itself with too much introspection. Let’s use
knowledge from outside parties. Those fantastic modern cars, we should
build houses like that. We should really do something new..
Tip for Talent.
Bio.
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“It was fascinating to see with what ease those machines took over the jobs of hundreds of bookkeepers“
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Day Programme25 May 2012
09:00 - 09:30 Arrival of the guests
09:45 - 10:15 Opening
10:30 - 13:00 Start NRG Battle - working on the cases
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:15 Introducing the jury
14:15 - 16:30 Continuation NRG Battle - working on the cases 16:30 - 17:00 Break - prepare for pitches
17:00 - 18:00 Dinner
18:00 - 20:00 Students do a pitch for jury and public
20:00 - 22:00 Drinks, networking & announcement of the finalists
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Vision of the Jury
From left to right: Ton Schoot Uiterkamp, Jeroen Rijnhart, Pieter Romer and Anton Broenink.
of
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Vision of the Jury
The vision of the jury is crucial at the International NRG
Battle. They will select the winning teams and decide
whether or not their idea is good enough for the finals.
At the preliminary round in February these four jury
members made their appearance. Ton Schoot Uiterkamp,
em. Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University
of Groningen, Jeroen Rijnhart, Director of Water & Energy
at Grontmij, Pieter Romer, Executive Director Operations
at Alliander and Anton Broenink, Chief Operating Officer
at GasTerra.
Jeroen Rijnhart: “I am very curious. The students are full of
energy. Some of them are busy with the concept, while I see
others calculating.” Ton Schoot Uiterkamp adds: “The intensity
of the group process strikes me in particular. The extent of their
involvement, the way they are dealing with all the work is
inspiring to see. They work straight to their goal.”
Talent in EnergyPieter Romer: “In the next years we will need a lot of innovation.
We live in a time of energy transition. The question is which
direction we will go. Will it be electric driving or cars on biogas?
What will it be in the future? There is still some mystery in this.
To cope with all this as an industry we will need all of the
available talent.”
Ton Schoot Uiterkamp: “And not only talent, but also the
ingenuity to literally survive in the coming years. We must
refrain from existing infrastructures that are based on reliable
but non-regenerative recourses. At the same time we have to
set up a completely new energy supply that relies on unreliable
but endless recourses like the sun.”
NRG BattleAnton Broenink: “We will look for a feasible solution. It must be
non-obvious of character and sustainable. My experience is that
if you want to convince others, the quality of your presentation
is as important as de quality of your calculations and the idea
behind your case.”
Jeroen Rijnhart: “I value the NRG Battle very much because it
brings young talent and businesses together. An encounter at a
career event or a job interview lasts only for half an hour or less.
The case instructor gets the chance at the NRG Battle to follow
the student all day and watch him or her work on their own
case. It is a great way of attracting young talent.”.
Only once in a blue moon we meet top talents. Not only in their studies they are achievers, they also
have a unique personality and bring added value to your company. In every battle we choose four top
talents with uncommon combinations of talents. Take the Strategic Talent, both efficient and creative,
a very unique blend in one person, so rare and worth meeting. You cannot see this in a resume or
appearance, that’s why we use the Big Five personality test. We think these four are real top talents!
Read their stories on the next pages.
For more information about the way we test Talent, contact Geertje Dam, [email protected].
Talents in the Spotl ight
in the
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Master Energy Sciences
Strategic Talent
Roel Stijl is a Strategic Talent. He thinks innovative but stays critical and
realistic. “I see myself as motivated, efficient and pro-active. I speak my
mind.” After his bachelor Physics and Astronomy he finished his master
studies Neurosciences & Cognition to start the master Energy Sciences.
“It is a very technical study, but at the same time it has an innovative
character which appeals to me.”
Roel Stijl
“Studies about sustainability become either very technical
with almost no social views or very idealistic with hardly any
calculations. Energy Sciences is different. It helps me to focus
on many areas in the energy sector. Energy to me is innovation
and challange. There are many career opportunities since so
few people want to work in energy. I think the biggest
challenge is energy efficiency.” That’s why Roel Stijl would
like to work in consultancy in the future.
“To, me Bill Gates is an inspiration. He made an amazing
amount of money and subsequently changed himself to help
the world. And not in a philanthropic way, but constructive
and realistic.” Roel joined the battle and brought two of his
study mates with him to team Alliander.
“The biggest part of the day I was the leader of the group
and structured our brainstorming sessions. The guidance
from Alliander was really good.
They send their best men to help us. At first, I thought the
case was a bit trivial, but we were able to calculate a lot and
make a strong case.”
“I have worked at a small consultancy agency in Amsterdam
for a while now. They give students real projects and we
work in a team of five members to solve these problems.
Actually, I work on a case like one of the NRG Battle every
month.” When Roel works on a project he likes to work in a
social responsible way. “I don’t go as far as some of my
classmates. Things have to stay economically balanced.”
Talents in the Spotl ight
Things have to stay economically balanced
“The biggest part of the day I was the leader of the group and structured
our brainstorming sessions”
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Master Global Business and
Stakeholder Management
Gabriela Nicolae brought a lot of energy to the NRG Battle in March.
She is creative and decisive, a real entrepreneur. “I like to challenge the
status quo. My goal is to develop myself day by day to a higher point
and to keep finding better solutions.” She started her studies with a
Bachelor degree in Business Administration and followed up with two
master studies.
Gabriela Nicolae
Businesses and governments working together
Entrepreneurial Talent
Talents in the Spotl ight
“I am still in the process of defining my goals. I want to make
an impact in the business world, however I feel that I could
bring a valuable contribution on the governmental side as
well. I find the interface between business and governments
extremely appealing.” Gabriela’s first Master is International
Business-track Strategy & Innovation and had a hundred
percent business focus. I realized business is just one part of
the story. For a sustainable solution you need all parts of the
discussion; you need the cooperation between the corporate
and governmental worlds, but also the active involvement of
civil society.” She started her second Master, Global Business
and Stakeholder Management. “In the future I see myself
working for the European Union or maybe a big multi-
national.”
“I wish to believe that the energy sector will be driven by an
unconventional way in the future, like sun or wind power. I
hope that our oil use will decrease year by year. Businesses
and governments can trigger that change and speed up this
process. I’d like to bring a contribution and make companies
see that it is not profitable to ignore this at the end of the
day.”
Gabriela is very driven to make a change. That is one of the
reasons why she joined the NRG Battle. “I made it to the
finals with team E.ON. The case is about lowering heat
delivery in Leiden. At the beginning it was a bit challenging
for me because the case was very technical.
After the technical team members explained it to us, I could
jump in with my business knowledge. We got a lot of support
from the company and I can only imagine the extent of that
support in the coming months. I am very excited.”
“I realized business is just one part of the story”
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Bachelor of Advanced Sensors Applications
Multi Talent
Claudiu Ilincanu has an engineering background, but is interested in all
the areas. Not a big surprise for such a multi talent. “I am curious and
love to learn a lot in a short amount of time.” Claudiu is decisive,
efficient, creative and has great team spirit. He studies Advanced
Sensors Applications at the Hanze University in Groningen.
Claudiu Ilincanu
“I joined my study in the second year. I decided to come to
the Netherlands for my studies because here there are good
energy studies. My study is new and only available in the
Netherlands. It can be applied to many fields, like electronic,
agriculture, energy, robotics and health care. It has a bio and
a chemical side to it and connects everything with each other,
for example like a green house.” Claudiu likes to be an
engineer with management qualities. “My long term goal is
to become a manager for technical projects, like the MBA or
so. In the first half of next year I want to do a minor in
renewable energy. In the second part I will be graduating.
My ambition is to get in to a good company, like Shell.”
“The future is very bright for energy. Fossils are almost gone,
everybody works with renewables. Everything depends on
energy. I think you can make energy so much more efficient
with all the new technological developments. You can build
smarter apps, make everything more intelligent.”
Claudiu sees himself working with Smart Grids. Claudiu was
on team GasTerra 2. “I liked the stress, the pressure that you
have to finish. It brings out more ideas.
My role was, according to my background, to come up with
a new concept for storing and reducing energy. And I helped
calculate and design the interface that we composed.
Unfortunately we didn’t enter the finals, but it was a great
experience none the less.”
Talents in the Spotl ight
I am Interested in all the areas
“The future is very bright for energy. Fossils are almost gone, everybody
works with renewable. ”
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Master Management
Nataly Vukobrat is a multi talent. She is creative, thinks innovative and
is decisive, but doesn’t lose sight of the human aspects. “Business is not
just about hard facts, it is also about human relations. As an individual
you can be important, but as a group you can accomplish much more.”
Nataly finished her bachelor Economics at HEC in Paris and continued
with a master study in Management.
Nataly Vukobrat
Business is about human relations
Multi Talent
Talents in the Spotl ight
“My dad worked in the energy sector. I grew up with this
background. When I started my business school and chose
energy-related courses, I became more interested in the
matter. Becoming president of the HEC Energy Club really
directed me towards a career in energy.” Nataly is only just
22, but already working her way to the top. “I really devote
myself to the projects I believe in. In a way I’d like to change
the world.”
“All the main issues in our time are linked with energy. Being
involved in energy projects can help improve people’s lives
and change the planet. The future of energy is in renewables.
Not in the near future, but in decades to come. It is our duty,
as the new generation, to look for cleaner and more
sustainable ways.” Nataly knows what she’s interested in.
“I’d like to start my own business in the energy field. Of
course in renewable, but maybe in waste treatment.” Besides
energy she loves art.
“It teaches you to look differently at things, that helps in
Business.” Nataly worked at the NRG Battle for team E.ON 1.
“We didn’t make it to the finals, but our solution was very
original. I think the jury expected more innovation, though
the firm E.ON was very pleased with our work. The case had
both an engineering and a business background. Since we
had three engineers in our team, I was the only one with a
business background.
As team members we could complement each other very
good. It was an enriching experience to join the NRG Battle
and share different views.”
“All the main issues in our time are linked with energy. ”
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The Winner is
The city of Leeuwarden has what it
takes to become the European water
technology capital by 2020. Leeuw-
arden is also making the best effort to
create a sustainable future and wants
to reach independence from fossils by
2020. With this in mind team Grontmij
started their case about water and
energy. The Water Campus is truly
unique. A large expansion has been
planned to be delivered in 2014 and
these new buildings should be as
energy efficient and sustainable as
possible.
All the organizations combined in the
Water Campus have sustainable water
technology in common. The challenge
for team Grontmij is to combine both
water, energy and sustainable building
technologies to create the Sustainable
Water Campus of the future with, of
course, water being the leading factor.
Arjun Mahalingam, one of the students
of team Grontmij: “We came up with a
closed water cycle to distribute cooling
and heating in the building and want
to use biogas from a near sewage plant
to clean the water from laboratories.
We are very excited to have won with
our ideas.”
BiogasTeam Alliander had the task to think
up a customer focused and alternative
technological solutions for the over
capacity of biogas in the summer
months. Patrick Son was part of the
winning team of the NRG Battle 2011
and works for Alliander now. He was
very excited to join the NRG Battle as a
case instructor this year. “I work at
Alliander for two months now. Actually
I’m still working on the case about
biogas which we won the NRG Battle
2011 with. I can share my knowledge
that I gained last year with the students
now. That’s a great experience.”
LeidenToday’s district heating system in the
city of Leiden operates on a supply
temperature level of approximately
105˚C. Using lower temperature
The first preliminary round of the NRG Battle 2012 was a great success. On March 9, fifteen
teams battled for a place in the finals which will be held in November. They discussed interesting
topics like power to gas, zero-energy concept for a cold-storage warehouse, reduction of
carbon emissions and lower temperature heat delivery. The winner of the day is team Grontmij
with their innovative solution for ‘The Sustainable Water Campus’.
The Winner is
The winners of the preliminary round 1: Team Grontmij
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heating is much more energy efficient. It makes it possible
to heat well insulated buildings in a more constant, steady
and sustainable way. Until now, it is mostly used in new
buildings, but team E.ON worked on a solution for this in
existing buildings. With their original catchphrase of
CO2Lei-mate they thought of sustainable way of solving
this which will have its completion at the finals.
Global ChallengeWhen the Netherlands and the rest of Europe focus on CO2
reduction, countries such as China and India are continuously
using more energy. GasTerra brought in the quest how to
involve the rest of the world in the reduction of carbon
emissions. Team GasTerra came up with their so called Clean
Growth Strategy for Africa. Africa has the potential for
hydro and gas reserves and has potential for solar energy.
In the finals we’ll hear more about their interesting
technological calculations and policy and marketing
strategies.
Team Alliander
Team Gasunie & Kema 1
Team Gasterra
Power to gasGasUnie and KEMA joined forced with the case ‘Power to
Gas’. Their challenge was to design a ‘zero emission energy
plant’ in which ‘Power to Gas’ plays an essential role. Their
focus was twofold: technical (energy and mass balance)
and economical. The solution that the students came up
with was based on the principles of cradle-to-cradle and
very promising. Follow them to the finals for more
interesting solutions..
Team E.on
Team Gasunie & Kema 2
The Winner is
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Quote, Unquote
QUOTE, UNQUOTE
Feel the emotions of our talents who competed during the first preliminary round of the
NRG Battle – Europe Edition of 2012, organized in Groningen. Read their quotes about
a day full of innovative ideas presented by the most talented students and find out what
the participation of Toine de Klerk resulted in.
“The main reason I signed up for the NRG Battle is the
opportunity to make a change” – Gabriel Oral, Team Alliander –
“The NRG Battle empowers creative minds and the opportunistic ideas to
challenge our world and make it a better place. I believe we
can make it and I’d be pleased to put my effort in!”
– Maryna Burushkina –
“Even though I have a physics background I am eager to work in the field of energy and to use my
expertise, that’s what motivated me to join the battle”
– Edmond Doumon, Team Grontmij –
“I participated in the NRG Battle to gain knowledge”
– Savas Oroilidis, Team Water & Energy
Solutions –
“The NRG Battle is a great opportunity to share ideas and bring different cultures
together” – Gabriela Nicolae, Team E.ON –
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Siemens Toine de klerk
“Now I look at Siemens as a potential
employer. Meanwhile I know the
company very well and I know what to
expect. When I am graduated I would
very much like to get my career started
as a management trainee at Siemens.
In two years you’ll get to know the
company from beginning to end. You
get the chance to work on controversial
projects and follow a variety of
courses.”
Toine de Klerk studies Technical
Business Management at the TU in
Delft. In 2011 he participated in the
NRG Battle. “I wanted to gain
experience by working on a realistic
and innovative case.
Besides, participating is a great way to
get to know a company better. You
work on a topic from the daily practice
and meet with the case instructors
multiple times a year. It’s a good way to
discover the culture within a company.
I chose Siemens because I wanted to
know more of this well known
multinational. Siemens is very active in
the energy sector: wind mills, energy
centers, gas production, transportation
and distribution.
I look back at my participation with
great joy. Not only because our team
made the finals, but also and mainly
because we just had a great time
together. You work on the case and
have a lot of informal contact with the
staff of Siemens. I mentioned that I was
looking for an internship. Within a day
everything was taken care of and a few
months later I started as an intern at
Siemens. I did research about the
stimulating of wind energy within the
current subsidy system in the
Netherlands. Who knows what
happens after my graduation? In the
end my participation at the NRG Battle
brought me a lot.”.
NRG Battle Finalist joins Siemens!
“In the end my participation at the
NRG Battle brought me a lot”
Toine de Klerk: “Participating in the International NRG Battle
was very interesting: we had an amazing time and I was
invited for an internship at Siemens.”
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NRG Blogger Anastasiia from Scandinavia
My first visit to Scandinavia was 7 months ago in Sweden, and all I knew about it before were two things:“Scandinavian people are ridiculously pretty” and “It is too cold for living”. As it turns out later, only first of two statements is right. Yes, I fell in love with thousand Scandinavian men, because they are simply gorgeous, but I also committed myself to long-term love relationships with this amazing part of the earth. Scandinavia is a role model of sustainable life and from my personal point of view, the way these people think should be studied as obligatory subject at every school in the World.
We live in a community where precise recycling is part of daily routing – it concerns not only plastic and paper, but also light bulbs (which you can waste in a special trash boxes in the grocery stores) and selling back plastic bottles to the stores (each type of plastic bottle has its own price up to 0,32 Euro cents which you can accumulate and spend later to purchase products). In Norway, used or broken electronics can be delivered to any electronic stores (from batteries to refrigerators); you can also donate your
old or “out of fashion” clothes to Frelses Armeen (Salvatory Army) – their containers can find on the parking lots besides grocery stores. At the same place you can find containers for metals and glass (cans, bottles, jars etc). In addition, many people would love to use a chance to ride bike rather than a car, and you won’t find trash in the streets, not because someone is continuously cleaning, but because people don’t litter.
As a result, people drink tasty tap water, enjoy incredible clean-views, breath with fresh air and have an excellent health, which ends up in being recognized as one of the happiest nations in the world.
Now I can hear some of you saying, it’s because this country is very rich with oil, and people have less economical and political problems than others. Yes, of cource it’s true and should be taken into account, but let’s be honest with ourselves at least once…it’s not always about wealth, it’s about moral values and discipline, and willness to live a valued life.
Written by: Anastasiia Savchenko
I agree that morals, discipline and the existence of guidelines helps put things in order but, in my experience, no matter how good your intentions, are people struggling with poverty always live in dirtier places and could care less about recycling...
Clara, you`re right. But from my point of view, there is another side of this problem. When people who grew up in poverty and didn’t care about surrounding become rich and will live posh lives, they might still stick with the same habits of total careless. That’s why I think, no matter how rich or poor people are, they need to be aware of recycling and energy sustainability. What do you think?
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Overview BATTLES 2012
NRG Battle – Europe EditionThe International NRG Battle is a yearly recurring event. During a year
there are preliminary rounds held nationwide. Each annual edition will
end with a final during the Energy Delta Convention in Groningen.
NRG Battle 2012:Preliminary round 1: 9th of March
Preliminary round 2: 25th of May
Preliminary round 3: 12th of October
Finals: 21th of November
Cases are provided by renowned companies in the Energy sector, for
example GasTerra, Siemens, E.ON and Grontmij. Topics to be discussed are
amongst others: solar energy, transport, bio-based energy, law, sustainable
energy, policy and communication, storage and autarkic energy.
At the end of the day each team will present their solution to an expert
jury of CEO’s of renowned companies. This jury will select the winners
based on three criteria; utility, non-obvious of character and novelty.
After each round five teams will proceed to the final. They have a chance
to win their own broadcast on National Geographic Channel.
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Where students meet, compete...
The NRG Battle – World Edition is a competition organized during the
World Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur where 100 global top
talents work, for four days in multidisciplinary teams of five, on
challenging cases provided by companies. At the end of the four days,
each team presents their idea in a 3-minute pitch to an expert jury,
consisting of CEO’s and Directors from the energy sector. The jury
nominates three teams that will pitch their idea once more to 5000
delegates at the World Gas Conference, who will then choose the
winner of the NRG Battle - World edition.
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NRG Battle – World Edition 4 - 8 June 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
International Health BattleThe International Health Battle is gaining a prominent place in our
innovative health sector. Prime Minister Mark Rutte already presented
the Health Innovation Award in a previous battle and this year the
talents will work on cases with subjects like Life Sciences, Food &
Nutrition, Medical Technology, E-Health en Healthy Lifestyle. Are you
ready to innovate as well? Sign up now!
Health Battle 2011:Finals: 15th of March (2012)
Health Battle 2012:Preliminary round 1: 11th of May
Preliminary round 2: 7th of December
International Finance BattleAre you a Bachelor/Master student and interested in a career in the
Finance sector? This is your chance! Register for the Finance Battle
2011. The Finance Battle will be held at the Duisenberg School of
Finance in Amsterdam.
Finance Battle 2012:Preliminary round: 9th of November
You will be competing in multidisciplinary teams and work on cases like derivatives trading, finance &
sustainability, retirement management of financial logistics. At the end of the day each team presents
their innovative solution in a pitch. Participation is free of charge and it is your chance to get in contact
with big names in the industry.
Will you be the most talented student in the next round of the Finance Battle? Sign up and win a
scholarship worth €26.000,- offered by Duisenberg School of Finance. The Prize for the winning team is
a masterclass offered by Duisenberg School of Finance.
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...and innovate
How do you become a basketball star? By training hard. It takes blood, sweat, tears, and 100% concentration. You’ve got to be truly dedicated to the game. But at the end of the day, it’s not just about you. It’s the team that really matters.
GasTerra shares this attitude. In order to help realise a sustainable society, we seek the best possible balance between all available sources of energy. And time and time again, natural gas has played a key role in finding this balance. We are therefore part of the solution.
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Jason DourisseauMost Valuable Player 2010-2011 for the GasTerra Flames