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Dutch ambition Approximately 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, climateneutral. 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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Help build our future 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?
Editors note
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.
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An impression of Masdar City.
Index Coverstory Green Cities are Smart Cities The world is rushing toward 2050 and numerous initiatives are
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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?
Human Power Team 133 km per hour by Human Power
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Top Models Wanted! Innovate with the right business model
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Financing Sustainability A column by Holland Financial Centre
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Who will connect them?
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.
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Photo by Siemens.
Coverstory 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?
“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 key Van 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. NRG Magazine edition 6 | 11
Coverstory Smart Cradle Cities to Cradle
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.
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Photo by Grontmij.
“You need smart grids to build a
Imagine a city full of pure air and
sustainable
city.”
Van
der
Heijden
emitting zero carbon to the environ-
further:
“But
you
cannot
ment. It may sound a little impractical to
change it the other way around. Smart
you but as a matter of fact, we are on
grids don’t magically turn a system into
the right way to achieve that here in
a green one. It depends on the way they
Masdar City. Today I sit here in Masdar
are used. Smart grids are a mean, not a
City and look into the world with hope
goal. Techniques and solutions like solar
and efforts for a better, purer and
panels, electric driving, wind farms and
greener tomorrow. And I believe that, if
more, are ways to make the world more
we can do it for one city, why not for the
sustainable. We have to embed these in
whole world?”
explains
Victor Pastoor is Head of
the right way. The market and the business case has to be solid too.”
Erik van der Heijden: “Masdar City is an
department Building
inspirational example. Whenever you
Systems and Technical
A city full of pure air
think of creating a city of the future,
Specialists at Grontmij.
A futuristic view on how a city can
this is close to reality. Techniques,
Pastoor is specialized in
become, can be seen in Masdar City.
innovative ideas and reality are coming
sustainable installation and
About 6 km2, situated 17km from
together in a green and sustainable city.
zero-energy concepts. For
downtown Abu Dhabi, Masdar City is
And, yes, a smart city.”
Grontmij he won the contest of the most
one of the most sustainable cities in the
sustainable office building
world. Kazi Islam, a 25 year old
Wuhan Energy Institute
Bangladeshi citizen is pursuing his
“The Wuhan New Energy Institute in
in the world (which resulted
graduate studies in Masdar Institute. “I
China has shown that it is possible to
in the Wuhan New Energy
come
the
build in an energy neutral way. This is
Institute in China).
is
the most sustainable office building in
roughly 6000Mw and we can hardly
the world”, says Victor Pastoor, project
generate around 4500Mw by all means,
manager for engineering consultancy
mostly from natural gas. Renewables
Grontmij. In 2010 they proposed their
are still not at the top of the list. Here in
idea for the most renewable building
United
from
maximum
a
country
demand
Arabic
of
where electricity
(UAE),
and example for the world to the
generation of tens of Gigawatts of
Emirates
municipality Wuhan in China. Grontmij
electricity with natural resources is not
and Soeters van Eldonk won the contest
an issue. Among many other initiatives
and started with the greenest building
taken by the UAE government, I feel
on the planet.
proud to say that the Masdar initiative is one of the unique ones in the whole
Pastoor: “The building shows how we
world in terms of renewable energy
should deal with energy in the coming
resources.
decades.
Masdar City Masdar 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
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.
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Coverstory Smart Cities
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. Photo by Siemens.
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The
Chinese
community
is
very
flower symbolizes hope, purity and
40% of their electricity budget. It
concerned with the environment and
greatness in China. Pastoor: “I look at
represents a substantial component of
energy reduction methods. They are
this building as a hopeful and worhty
a city’s energy consumption. Green
aware of the fact that when no action
example for real estate development
cities cannot exist without smart street
is taken, the world will be finite.” The
to build energy neutral.”
lighting. Smart grids are coming, for
Wuhan Energy Institute (70.000m ) is
sure. We need to move ahead from an
2
designed as an office-tower, new
Smart lights
old era where a substantial amount of
energy labs and an exhibition center.
Another great example of smart grid
energy is wasted, to a new intelligent
“If they are not able to have such a
innovations can be found at Tvilight.
era where the energy is used in an
building for themselves, how will they
Chintan Shah is the creator of the
efficient
design that for the rest of the world?”,
intelligent
solution
solutions like smart street lights is that
asks Pastoor rhetorically.
which won the TU Delft Campus Energy
they are dynamic and prevents energy
Challenge in 2010 and is nominated for
waste. I believe that products like these
Natural forces
the prestigious Living Lab Global
hold the key to the next generation of
The smart way of building it, is what
Awards 2012. Shah: “I come from India
green smart cities.”
makes the New Energy Institute so
where people are around during the
special. The natural forces from the
night hours. I was amazed to see that
area work for the benefit of the
in the Netherlands some parts of town
building. “For example”, says Pastoor,
where completely sleeping at night,
“the design is compact. The climate of
but all the street lights were burning
Wuhan is sometimes called the oven of
bright. That is an enormous waste of
China. In summers, the temperature
energy and a cause for high light
can go up to 40 degrees Celsius. The
pollution.”
street
lighting
manner.
The
beauty
of
.
building stands in its own shadow and that saves a lot of cooling energy. The
With this in mind Shah designed an
outer wall loses little heat in the winter
electronic module that fits into existing
“Smart grids don’t magically turn a system into a green one. It depends on the way they are used” -Erik van der Heijdenand the angled roof is ideal for voltage
street lights and turns them in to smart
cells. On the roof integrated wind mills
lights. The system dims the lights
are installed and rain water is collected.
during off-peak hours, however all the
In short: all energy that is used, is
surrounding lights glow to their full
earned back within the own system.”
capacity as soon as any activity is detected. The lights communicate with
To make all this possible, smart grids
each
other
and
their
monitoring
play an essential role. Every building
software enables easy operation and
has a fluctuating demand for energy
maintenance of entire street lighting
and thus for the need of heat or air-
infrastructure.
Tvilight, intelligent street lighting.
conditioning. Via a circle led everything
With his smart solution he helps
is connected and communicates. The
Green efficiency
architecture was inspired by the natural
Shah:
shape of the calas lily flower. This
municipalities in the Netherlands up to
“Street
Chintan Shah is the designer of
lighting
costs
cities to reduce their light waste and become green.
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Energy Academy Europe
Energy Academy Europe Center of Excellence for Energy Education Energy Research Energy Innovation
Combined with the
EnTranCe,
Energy Transition Center
A Hotspot of Applied Sciences for Businesses and Innovations
www.energyacademy.org
ENERGY FOR LIFE
Energy Valley: European Region on Energy Excellence
Energy Valley is a pioneering energy cluster in the northern part of the Netherlands. Within these cluster companies, knowledge institutes and governments work closely together to generate innovative and sustainable energy solutions. This forms a strong economic engine, with large scale investments and many green jobs. Together with Germany and other countries around the North Sea the regional strongpoints are utilized to further strengthen the unique position as European region on energy excellence.
Innovation
Bio Energy
Green Gas
Green Gras roundabout
The Energy Valley region is the center of transport, storage, trade and knowledge of gas in northwestern Europe. This key position is utilized to balance fluctuating energy from sun and wind, and for large scale production and use of green gas from biomass.
Bio Energy
Wind Energy Bezoekadres: Laan Corpus den Hoorn 300 9728 JT Groningen Nederland Telephone: +31507890010 Decentralized Energy Systems
Website www.energyvalley.nl
The regional waste and agribusiness are frontrunners in new technologies for renewable energy from biomass. Not only in the field of biogas and green gas, but also for solid and liquid biofuels like biocoal, biomethanol and bio diesel.
Offshore Wind Energy
The unique position at the North Sea and on an intersection of the European power grid is used
ENERGY FOR BUSINESS
for the construction and maintenance of offshore wind parks in front of the coast of the Netherlands as well as Germany.
Decentralized Energy Systems
Experience is gained by practical application of decentralized energy from sun, water and heat in cities and industrial parks. This creates new opportunities for the manufacturing industry and installation companies in smart energy systems and infrastructure.
Research & Education
Companies and knowledge institutes have joined forces in the Energy Academy Europe and Energy College to stimulate market-driven energy research and to educate the new energy professionals of the future.
Alliander
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Alliander
A third network Alliander The 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 telecommunication 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 network Telecommunication 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
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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 fiveyear data improvement plan in balance with the earlier mentioned investments
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Human Power Team
World fastest
133 km per hour by human 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.
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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.”
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Human Power Team
bikes
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
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EnableMi
Top Models Wanted! Innovate with the right business model Elzo de Lange and Erik Matien, owners of EnableMi B.V.
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EnableMi
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.
“Technical minded developers focus
Matien gives an example: “While the
groups only want comfort and not
entirely on making the solution work”,
music industry is imploding and sends
primarily focus on energy savings.
says Erik Matien. Together with his
out
who
When you are aware of that, you need
companion Elzo de Lange, he started a
download music illegally, companies
the technical solutions (which lead to
business known as EnableMi B.V. that
like Shazam, Spotify and iTunes are
energy savings) to fit in this customer
helps
earning millions with the legal sale of
minded approach, that means thinking
music. This contrast fascinates us. What
about
is the difference? That is the business
energy savings will follow automa-
model.”
tically. This different approach forces
organizations
to
bring
innovations to the market. Making a working and better technical
lawyers
to
teenagers
solution is the most imparting part. You might not be able to stop working on that aspect but commercial success differentiates from successful innovation. “A technically good solution is no guarantee for a successful sale”,
comfort
and
usability
and
you to look differently to your business
“A technically good solution is no guarantee for a successful sale”
says De Lange. “In fact, the final service
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
concept is much more defining than
Matien and De Lange see similarities
Model Canvas plays an essential role.
the techniques.”
between the music industry and the
One of the companies working with
developments in the energy sector, to
EnableMi produces high quality and
A service concept doesn’t only give you
be more specific the evolution to smart
innovative sun boilers for a good prize.
an answer to the question of what you
grids. Large scaled (traditional) energy
Users can save over 50% on their gas
solve, but also how you solve it and
production represents the old business
bill for tap water, but that might not
what the benefits are for the user. It is
model,
renewable
be enough to seduce the consumers.
a way of thinking from the perspective
energy production showcases the new
That means that you have to change
of the client. Your offer and your work
model.
renewable
the approach. Together with EnableMi
style have to reflect the thoughts of
energy production and self-sufficiency
they have looked over nine aspects of a
the client or buyer. That is the
clearly are popular, but they can use a
good
challenge.
boost. “Regulations interfere with a
several
large scaled market introduction, but
projects. You have to think with the
A popular and proven method to have
that is just a matter of time. There are
mind of the user, create value and
a successful commercial innovation is
more
reflect on your own business model.
the Business Model Canvas. This is an
considered”, says De Lange.
while
local
en
Decentralized
factors
that
should
be
open source method where, together
business modules
model, and
developed
started
trial
.
Show that innovation without focus
with the stakeholders, you look at
There is a proliferation of services and
doesn’t work. Innovation is not only
aspects such as client, offer (product
innovations in the area of energy
about technical solutions, but above all
and
and
reduction and decentralized produc-
about smart business models.
Standford
tion. A lot of businesses focus on the
University, ranked in the top 3 of the
consumer’s need to economize. Is this
world’s best universities, students can
the right approach in every case? In
follow master classes about this subject.
practice it seems that some target
service),
financial
infrastructure
feasibility.
At
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Power to Gas for a smooth energy transition An integrated approach of the power and gas infrastructure enables an affordable and realistic transition towards a sustainable and reliable energy system. Conversion of power to gas can offer maximum flexibility to the power system in cases that demand and supply do not match and surpluses to be accommodated. DNV KEMA acknowledges the value of the gas infrastructure to facilitate flexibility and seasonal storage. Advantages of converting power to gas: ■ Flexibility in electricity accommodation ■ Seasonal storage of renewable energy to balance demand and supply ■ Direct storage in large quantities in Europe’s extended and robust gas infrastructure with a cycle time from days to months ■ Cost-effective energy transport over long distances ■ Decarbonization of gas infrastructure
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Financing Sustainability
Financing Sustainability A column by Holland Financial Centre 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
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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
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. NRG Magazine edition 6 | 25
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prizes Dutch citizens don’t want to partake in electric driving. Th
founders of The New Motion doesn’t agree. Read the opinions an
Electric driving i
No
‘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
Critics in the Newspaper
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
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Middle
Rational Middle
per NRC Next states that even with the increasing fuel
hey wonder why not? But Alef Arendsen, one of the
nd make up your mind. There is a rational middle‌
is the future...
Yes
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
Alef Arendsen
the next ten years indeed! 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. NRG Magazine edition 6 | 27
An Innovative Truth IV
An Innovative Truth IV Following the successful conferences An Innovative Truth I
Energy. An Innovative Truth IV - Sustainable ICT & Energy
(June 22, 2009), An Innovative Truth II (15 September 2010)
Conference - takes place at 20 June 2012 in the Beatrix
and An Innovative Truth III (22 June 2011) Smart Energy
Theatre in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Collective, IIP Duurzame ICT Foundation – platform for sustainable ICT and GreenICT Foundation organize An
An Innovative Truth IV - Sustainable ICT & Energy Conference
Innovative Truth IV - Sustainable ICT & Energy Conference.
is initiated by GreenICT Foundation and is made possible by financial contributions of Smart Energy Collective and
An Innovative Truth IV is an energizing and involvement
Alliander.
stimulating conference on the themes of Sustainable ICT and
An Innovative Truth IV - The background In August 2008, GreenICT Foundation and the Ministry of
cabinet member, replacing Eurocommissioner Vivian Reding,
Economic Affairs (EL&I) took the initiative to organize an
attended as keynote speaker. The then Director-General
energizing conference to promote energy efficiency and
Energy and Telecom Mark Frequin acted as chair of the day. In
sustainable ICT. This initiative resulted in three successful An
2010 Hans Vijlbrief Director-General Energy, Telecom and
Innovative Truth conferences, including contributions from
Markets attended as keynote speaker.
the Ministry of Economic Affairs (EL&I) and the European Commission, on 22 June 2009, 15 September 2010 and 22
Partly based on the outcomes and results of previous editions
June 2011. The conference website - aninnovativetruth.nl -
An Innovative Truth IV will also be a follow-up. This conference
provides a proper impression of these conferences regarding
will look back, but mostly generate new activities and
content, programs, objectives and results.
partnerships.
The previous editions of An Innovative Ttruth were organized
An Innovative Truth IV is a non-commercial conference. The
by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation,
purpose of this conference is to stimulate mutual cross-
the ICT Innovation Platform for Sustainable ICT (IIP Duurzame
fertilizations between science, government and business
ICT Foundation) and GreenICT Foundation. They persuaded
(suppliers and users) in the area of sustainable ICT & Energy,
top speakers to contribute to An Innovative Truth. In 2009 the
and because of this to promote scientifically challenging and
then Staatsscretaris Frank Heemskerk and Linda Mauperon
commercially interesting innovation and research.
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An Innovative Truth IV
Programme
The Battle - debate on sustainable ICT & Energy The Battle is the plenary debate among representatives
The program includes among others various plenary keynote
of science, government and business (ICT suppliers and
presentations, theme related workshop sessions, practical
users). During the debate these four stakeholder groups
cases and a plenary debate between representatives of science,
confront each other with their questions and concerns.
government and business. The indicative program of An
Thoughtful and respectful, but also provocative and
Innovative Truth IV on June 20, 2012 is as follows:
sharp. The four stakeholder groups each are represented by a spokesman.
09.15 - 09.45 Welcome & Information Market
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.
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
The PhD research poster presentations
10.45 - 11.10 Keynote III 11.10 - 11.30 Break & information market (including poster presentations by Ph.D students)
The organization of the An Innovative Truth IV conference distinguishes the societal importance of scientificly
challenging
and
-
applicable
thus
-
11.30 - 12.30 The Battle, debate among representatives of science, government and business
commercially interesting research and innovation. Using
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch & information market
poster presentations by PhD students, the organizers aim
(including poster presentations by Ph.D students)
to bring scientific research in the field of sustainable ICT
13.30 - 14.10 Workshop Sessions Round I
& Energy to the attention of a wider audience, and in particular the conference attendees. For this exhibition space is provided in the Constantijn Foyer.
14.10 - 14.15 Possibility to change theme room 14.15 - 14.55 Workshop Sessions Round II 14.55 - 15.15 Break & information market
PhD students engaged in research in the cross-over field
(including poster presentations by Ph.D students)
of ICT & Energy, ICT & Sustainability and Sustainable ICT,
15.15 - 15.55 Workshop Sessions Round III
are cordially invited to present their research topic and results during the conference and to discuss these with the interested audience.
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
In line with the structure of the programme, the
16.30 - 16.55 Keynote IV
organization strives for a balanced and objective
16.55 - 17.00 Wrap-up and closure by chair of the day Roderik
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.
van Grieken 17.00 - 18.00 Networking drinks * Because of a possible fifth keynote speaker, the program may be subject to change.
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. NRG Magazine edition 6 | 29
An Innovative Truth IV
The Conference speakers The programme will include four plenary
Professor UU, Ad Schoof - Secretary
Hurink - Professor University of Twente,
keynotes by among others Thijs Aarten
topteam Energy Ministry of Economic
Edwin Zoontjes Manager - ICT ~ Milieu
- CEO DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability
Affairs,
Innovation,
(ICT ~ Office), Marga Blom - Manager
and René Steenvoorden - CIO Rabobank
Prof. Ton Koonen - Professor Eindhoven
KPN Energy Management Group, Meiny
& President CIO Platform. It also includes
University of Technology, Teun Bokhoven
Prince - Priva CEO, Prof. René Janssen -
workshop sessions and a plenary debate
- Director ZEN Renewables & leader
professor
among
Energy in the built environment (Top
Technology, Coks Stoffer - General
government and the ICT supplying and
sector
Manager
applying business. In line with previous
professor Delft University of Technology
Molderink
editions, this year all speakers and track
& director Delft Energy Initiative, Henk
University of Twente, Renzo Taal - Senior
leaders are top ambassadors for the
van Elburg - programme coordinator
Vice President & General Manager EMEA
respective themes.
monitoring
meter
Philips Lighting, Leendert Jan de Olde -
Agentschap NL, René Steenvoorden -
senior manager Sustainability Philips
Speakers who already confirmed their
CIO Rabobank & Chairman CIO Platform,
Consumer Lifestyle and Thijs Aarten -
contribution include Steven Luitjens -
Rens
DNV CEO KEMA Energy & Sustainability.
Director Logius, Frits Verheij - Director
Nederland, Wim Berns - Sector Manager
smart energy DNV KEMA & leader Smart
Climate & Built Environment Agentschap
Roderik
Grids (Top sector Energy), Prof. Erik
NL, Marianne Kuijpers-Linde - Director
Nederlands Debat Instituut will act as
Huizer - Director technology SURFnet &
urban development TNO, Prof. Johann
conference chairman.
representatives
of
science,
Agriculture
Energy),
Knegt
Prof.
energy
-
and
Hester
smart
Director
The thematic tracks The 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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Bijl
-
Netbeheer
Eindhoven Cisco -
van
University
Netherlands, Postdoc
Grieken
of
Albert
researcher
-
Director
The organization An 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 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
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 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
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I-Beheer
First independent datacenter in Drenthe I-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.”
Johan van der Veer Owner I-Beheer The I-Datacenter is located at the
outside
cooling
IT-systems, while the hot air is disposed
industrial area Leeuwerikenveld in
systems have an optimal performance
at the back end of the systems to the
Coevorden. It is part of the I-Beheer
when the outside temperature doesn’t
chillers. This division of air flows is used
Group, as is I-Beheer Automation,
go higher than 16 degrees Celsius. In
by many datacenters and is a very
I-Hosting and I-Connect2. Van der Veer:
2010 the average temperature in the
efficient way of cooling.
“Our expansion with this datacenter
Netherlands was 9,1 degrees Celsius,
means that we can provide services
this means that the biggest part of the
Van der Veer: “We secure the safety
such as cloud, hosting, backup and fall-
year
out facilities.”
I-Datacenter
it
temperature.
is
possible in
an
This
cool
the
and improve the performance and
efficient
to
and
accessibility of IT-platforms. We’d like
profitable way.”
to offer you the necessary collocation
The I-Datacenter has a green nature
services whether or not it is a dedicated When
exceeds
server, a rack or an entire data room.
Veer: “Cooling is an essential part of
16 degrees Celsius, the compressors
With our energy efficient approach
good functioning of the servers and
switch
and ambition, we are the ones to go
this
continuously.
temperatures in the data room at the
Datacenters are usually cooled by
right amount. The I-Datacenter also
compressors which costs a lot of energy.
makes use of the so called cold corridor
The I-Datacenter is being cooled by a
concept. This concept ensures the flow
system that makes use of the cool
of cold air on the front side of the
has
to
happen
the on
temperature
.
with a climate neutral system. Van der
and
help
keep
the
to.”
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Schleifenbauer Products
To measure is to know. And to know is to save. Schleifenbauer Products Everywhere 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. Ronald Timmermans Marketing Director at Schleifenbauer Products BV
Marketing Director at Schleifenbauer
efficient energy use is also a more
why the employees of Schleifenbauer
Products Ronald Timmermans: “The
sustainable one. Sustainability is very
Products don’t operate from an office.
accurate influence of our meters and
important for Schleifenbauer Products.
They work at the location of the
the degree of energy saving is not
They show this both for the products
costumer and provide the client with
directly visible. The consequences of
they make which are energetic very
an unique meter.
energy measuring is that consumers
efficient
are becoming aware of their power
methods they use.
and
for
the
production
usage and are adjusting their behavior.
Recently, offers
the
Schleifenbauer DP-meter.
Products
This
meter
It’s like driving a car. When you see on
Ronald Timmermans: “Our concept is
measures the energy use at the
your dashboard that you’re exceeding
unique. We build costumer specific. We
distribution panel, close to the source.
the maximum speed, you adjust it
don’t have ten or twenty different
Though the data has less granularity, it
manually. The same goes with one of
products. We want to work in a
is far more cheaper and faster than
our meters in a data center. You can
sustainable way and because of that
other meters. The meters itself are
see how much energy is used and you
we only make what is necessary. We
made as energy efficient as possible.
can
think that mass production creates
Ronald Timmermans: “There are data
exuberance and we don’t want to be a
centers with thousand or more meters.
part of that. Power usage effectiveness
If the meters use 2 Watt instead of 20
The meters visualize the energy use
is so important and unique per data
Watt, it is an enormous difference.
and the applications are numerous. For
center, we believe we have to make
These meters are absolutely necessary,
example, the technical applications, to
this customly. The client shouldn’t
because to measure is to know. And to
prevent energy loss, or the financial
adjust to what’s available. The producer
know, is to save energy.”
applications, less energy use will lower
should adapt to the user’s needs.” This
the costs. And of course, a more
way of thinking is one of the reasons
draw
conclusions
with
that
information and take action.”
.
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Squarewise
Keep up with the change Squarewise More 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 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. Leonie van der Steen Brugman: “We challenge companies to really think about their raison d’etre. Companies
Energy Consultant Squarewise
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.” 36 | NRG Magazine edition 6
Luc Brugman Energy Consultant Squarewise
Interxion
Not just green, but sustainable in every way Interxion 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
way we deal with this.” Servers in a
of their survival mode. Van den Assem:
datacenter work day and night. You
“We had to reduce the costs. We started
cannot experiment with them. To make
thinking how we could deal with the
the
energy flows in a different, smarter and
Interxion converts chillers that make use of
more efficient way. This subject, nowadays
the outside temperature. There is a strict
very popular indeed, made our agenda
segregation in the warm and cold flows
already in 2002.”
and they use variable fans.
cooling
as
efficient
as
possible,
Cold Aisle Containment Recently energy efficiency got a new label:
Van den Assem: “It is important to keep
green. This label is used abundantly, but
measuring your own energy flows. The
Interxion believes that energy efficiency
power usage efficiency is not the only
has to be an integrated part of their
thing that determines whether or not a
business. Van den Assem: “We are energy
datacenter is green. It also depends on the
efficient, not because it is green and looks
kind of energy that you use. The whole
good from a marketing perspective, but
chain has to be connected.”
because it is really necessary from a financial perspective. We are very clear
One of the biggest challenges is not how
Data Center Cold Aisle
about that.”
to apply the new techniques, but also how
Containment Pods
to keep an existing datacenter up to date. So, how does this translate to reality?
“We have to keep communicating with
“When we build a datacenter, we make
governments and keep looking at the
use of the new techniques available”, Van
possibilities and limitations. We have to
den Assem says. “For example, we make
keep looking at what we can do to be
the cooling as efficient as possible. Imagine
more energy efficient and not just focus
a customer who places 500 servers in one
on a target number”, says Van den Assem.
of our datacenters. These units have a
“We take our responsibility, not just to be
certain power, we cannot change anything
green, but even more to be sustainable in
about that. However the units also
all areas.”
generate heat and we can manage the
.
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Henk Koopmans 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
T
he 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.
Bio.
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.
“It was fascinating to see with what ease those machines took over the jobs of hundreds of bookkeepers“
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
There is almost no product in whatever sector that doesn’t has some kind of
Innovation Platform Sensor Networks. He
ICT in it. Computers have impregnated our society in a way we could have
studied Accountancy and during his studies
never imagined. They have an enormous influence on the production and
he became interested in the ICT. He held
distribution of energy, and on the transition to renewable energy.
various positions as CEO and board member and is specialized in advising business
Currently I am on the Advisory Board of the Dutch Energy Transition. Energy
about financing, organizational structures
will be democratized. Decentralized. I hope it leads to a civil transformation.
combined with high tech systems.
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.
Tip for Talent. It is absolutely necessary to cooperate with
People still think way too much with a present mindset. They think about
specialism’s from other sectors. A doctor can’t
making existing systems more efficient instead of designing a new system.
work without an ICT’er, neither can a lawyer.
The energy sector characterizes itself with too much introspection. Let’s use
Be aware of this and conversate more with
knowledge from outside parties. Those fantastic modern cars, we should
each other.
.
build houses like that. We should really do something new.
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Day Programme 25 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
of
From left to right: Ton Schoot Uiterkamp, Jeroen Rijnhart, Pieter Romer and Anton Broenink.
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 Energy Pieter 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 Battle Anton 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
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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.”
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Talents in the Spotlight
in the 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, redactie@nrgmagazine.nl.
Talents in the Spotlight TTA World
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Talents in the Spotlight
Roel Stijl 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.”
Things have to stay economically balanced “Studies about sustainability become either very technical
They send their best men to help us. At first, I thought the
with almost no social views or very idealistic with hardly any
case was a bit trivial, but we were able to calculate a lot and
calculations. Energy Sciences is different. It helps me to focus
make a strong case.”
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.
“The biggest part of the day I was the leader of the group and structured our brainstorming sessions”
“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
“I have worked at a small consultancy agency in Amsterdam
and realistic.” Roel joined the battle and brought two of his
for a while now. They give students real projects and we
study mates with him to team Alliander.
work in a team of five members to solve these problems. Actually, I work on a case like one of the NRG Battle every
“The biggest part of the day I was the leader of the group
month.” When Roel works on a project he likes to work in a
and structured our brainstorming sessions. The guidance
social responsible way. “I don’t go as far as some of my
from Alliander was really good.
classmates. Things have to stay economically balanced.”
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Gabriela Nicolae Master Global Business and Stakeholder Management
Entrepreneurial Talent
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.
Businesses and governments working together “I am still in the process of defining my goals. I want to make
and governments can trigger that change and speed up this
an impact in the business world, however I feel that I could
process. I’d like to bring a contribution and make companies
bring a valuable contribution on the governmental side as
see that it is not profitable to ignore this at the end of the
well. I find the interface between business and governments
day.”
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
“I realized business is just one part of the story”
the story. For a sustainable solution you need all parts of the discussion; you need the cooperation between the corporate
Gabriela is very driven to make a change. That is one of the
and governmental worlds, but also the active involvement of
reasons why she joined the NRG Battle. “I made it to the
civil society.” She started her second Master, Global Business
finals with team E.ON. The case is about lowering heat
and Stakeholder Management. “In the future I see myself
delivery in Leiden. At the beginning it was a bit challenging
working for the European Union or maybe a big multi-
for me because the case was very technical.
national.” After the technical team members explained it to us, I could “I wish to believe that the energy sector will be driven by an
jump in with my business knowledge. We got a lot of support
unconventional way in the future, like sun or wind power. I
from the company and I can only imagine the extent of that
hope that our oil use will decrease year by year. Businesses
support in the coming months. I am very excited.” NRG Magazine edition 6 | 49
Talents in the Spotlight
Claudiu Ilincanu 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.
I am Interested in all the areas “I joined my study in the second year. I decided to come to
Claudiu sees himself working with Smart Grids. Claudiu was
the Netherlands for my studies because here there are good
on team GasTerra 2. “I liked the stress, the pressure that you
energy studies. My study is new and only available in the
have to finish. It brings out more ideas.
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
“The future is very bright for energy. Fossils are almost gone, everybody works with renewable. ”
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 role was, according to my background, to come up with
My ambition is to get in to a good company, like Shell.”
a new concept for storing and reducing energy. And I helped calculate and design the interface that we composed.
“The future is very bright for energy. Fossils are almost gone,
Unfortunately we didn’t enter the finals, but it was a great
everybody works with renewables. Everything depends on
experience none the less.”
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Nataly Vukobrat Master Management
Multi Talent
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.
Business is about human relations “My dad worked in the energy sector. I grew up with this
“It teaches you to look differently at things, that helps in
background. When I started my business school and chose
Business.” Nataly worked at the NRG Battle for team E.ON 1.
energy-related courses, I became more interested in the
“We didn’t make it to the finals, but our solution was very
matter. Becoming president of the HEC Energy Club really
original. I think the jury expected more innovation, though
directed me towards a career in energy.” Nataly is only just
the firm E.ON was very pleased with our work. The case had
22, but already working her way to the top. “I really devote
both an engineering and a business background. Since we
myself to the projects I believe in. In a way I’d like to change
had three engineers in our team, I was the only one with a
the world.”
business background.
“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.
“All the main issues in our time are linked with energy. ”
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.
As team members we could complement each other very
“I’d like to start my own business in the energy field. Of
good. It was an enriching experience to join the NRG Battle
course in renewable, but maybe in waste treatment.” Besides
and share different views.”
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The Winner is
The Winner is The winners of the preliminary round 1: Team Grontmij
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 city of Leeuwarden has what it
for team Grontmij is to combine both
capacity of biogas in the summer
takes to become the European water
water, energy and sustainable building
months. Patrick Son was part of the
technology capital by 2020. Leeuw-
technologies to create the Sustainable
winning team of the NRG Battle 2011
arden is also making the best effort to
Water Campus of the future with, of
and works for Alliander now. He was
create a sustainable future and wants
course, water being the leading factor.
very excited to join the NRG Battle as a
to reach independence from fossils by
Arjun Mahalingam, one of the students
case instructor this year. “I work at
2020. With this in mind team Grontmij
of team Grontmij: “We came up with a
Alliander for two months now. Actually
started their case about water and
closed water cycle to distribute cooling
I’m still working on the case about
energy. The Water Campus is truly
and heating in the building and want
biogas which we won the NRG Battle
unique. A large expansion has been
to use biogas from a near sewage plant
2011 with. I can share my knowledge
planned to be delivered in 2014 and
to clean the water from laboratories.
that I gained last year with the students
these new buildings should be as
We are very excited to have won with
now. That’s a great experience.”
energy efficient and sustainable as
our ideas.”
Leiden
possible.
Biogas
Today’s district heating system in the
All the organizations combined in the
Team Alliander had the task to think
city of Leiden operates on a supply
Water Campus have sustainable water
up a customer focused and alternative
temperature level of approximately
technology in common. The challenge
technological solutions for the over
105˚C.
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Using
lower
temperature
The Winner is
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 Challenge When the Netherlands and the rest of Europe focus on CO2 reduction, countries such as China and India are continuously Team Gasterra
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 E.on
Team Gasunie & Kema 1
Team Gasunie & Kema 2
Power to gas GasUnie 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)
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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.
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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 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 –
“I participated in the NRG Battle to gain knowledge” – Savas Oroilidis, Team Water & Energy Solutions –
“The main reason I signed up for the NRG Battle is the opportunity to make a change” – Gabriel Oral, Team Alliander –
“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”
“The NRG Battle is a great opportunity to share ideas and bring different cultures together”
– Edmond Doumon, Team Grontmij –
– Gabriela Nicolae, Team E.ON –
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Siemens Toine de klerk
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.”
NRG Battle Finalist joins Siemens! “Now I look at Siemens as a potential
Besides, participating is a great way to
and distribution.
employer. Meanwhile I know the
get to know a company better. You
I look back at my participation with
company very well and I know what to
work on a topic from the daily practice
great joy. Not only because our team
expect. When I am graduated I would
and meet with the case instructors
made the finals, but also and mainly
very much like to get my career started
multiple times a year. It’s a good way to
because we just had a great time
as a management trainee at Siemens.
discover the culture within a company.
together. You work on the case and
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
have a lot of informal contact with the
“In the end my participation at the NRG Battle brought me a lot”
Technical
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
Business Management at the TU in
I chose Siemens because I wanted to
current
Delft. In 2011 he participated in the
know
Netherlands.
NRG
gain
multinational. Siemens is very active in
happens after my graduation? In the
experience by working on a realistic
the energy sector: wind mills, energy
end my participation at the NRG Battle
and innovative case.
centers, gas production, transportation
brought me a lot.”
Battle.
“I
wanted
to
more
of
this
well
known
subsidy
system
.
Who
knows
in
the what
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Follow the road to KL Now Online!
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The Road to KL
NRG Blogger Anastasiia from Scandinavia
Written by: Anastasiia Savchenko My first visit to Scandinavia was 7 months ago in Sweden, and all
old or “out of fashion” clothes to Frelses Armeen (Salvatory Army)
I knew about it before were two things:“Scandinavian people are
– their containers can find on the parking lots besides grocery
ridiculously pretty” and “It is too cold for living”. As it turns out
stores. At the same place you can find containers for metals and
later, only first of two statements is right. Yes, I fell in love with
glass (cans, bottles, jars etc). In addition, many people would love
thousand Scandinavian men, because they are simply gorgeous,
to use a chance to ride bike rather than a car, and you won’t find
but I also committed myself to long-term love relationships with
trash in the streets, not because someone is continuously
this amazing part of the earth. Scandinavia is a role model of
cleaning, but because people don’t litter.
sustainable life and from my personal point of view, the way these people think should be studied as obligatory subject at
As a result, people drink tasty tap water, enjoy incredible clean-
every school in the World.
views, breath with fresh air and have an excellent health, which ends up in being recognized as one of the happiest nations in the
We live in a community where precise recycling is part of daily
world.
routing – it concerns not only plastic and paper, but also light bulbs (which you can waste in a special trash boxes in the grocery
Now I can hear some of you saying, it’s because this country is
stores) and selling back plastic bottles to the stores (each type of
very rich with oil, and people have less economical and political
plastic bottle has its own price up to 0,32 Euro cents which you
problems than others. Yes, of cource it’s true and should be taken
can accumulate and spend later to purchase products). In Norway,
into account, but let’s be honest with ourselves at least once…it’s
used or broken electronics can be delivered to any electronic
not always about wealth, it’s about moral values and discipline,
stores (from batteries to refrigerators); you can also donate your
and willness to live a valued life.
Reaction of Clara: 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... Reaction of Anastasiia: 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 Edition The 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
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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.
NRG Battle – World Edition 4 - 8 June 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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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Where students meet, compete...
International Health Battle The 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
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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 Battle Are 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:
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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 â‚Ź26.000,- offered by Duisenberg School of Finance. The Prize for the winning team is a masterclass offered by Duisenberg School of Finance.
...and innovate
Jason Dourisseau Most Valuable Player 2010-2011 for the GasTerra Flames
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. www.iampartofthesolution.nl