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H2 From pioneer to connector. Roeland Hogt, practor and member of the liaison team North, on education as the engine of the energy transition
The energy transition cannot succeed without educational innovation. A few years ago, only a handful of pioneers in education were experimenting with green hydrogen. Today, many teachers are passionate about it. Vocational education plays a crucial role, with students as the makers of a new future. Practor Roeland Hogt himself has made the shift from pioneer to strategic connector in educational innovation. “The success of GroenvermogenNL’s Human Capital Agenda lies with teachers who, from within their organisations, drive the educational and lifelong learning movement.”
H2 Impactmakers: Roeland Hogt, practor at Noorderpoort
Behind every hydrogen project lies a story of ambition, challenges, and hope for the future. We talk to project leaders, CEOs, researchers and other pioneers to discover what drives them, what lessons they learn, and how they contribute to a sustainable hydrogen economy. We asked five questions to Roeland Hogt, practor at Noorderpoort vocational education institute and member of the Human Capital Agenda (HCA) liaison team for the Northern region, about the teacher professionalisation project.
Ideation Labs accelerate innovation in green hydrogen and chemistry
GroenvermogenNL, together with TU Delft, is launching a national programme for valorisation of scientific knowledge. Research institutions across the Netherlands will start so-called Ideation Labs, where researchers are paired with top students who transform innovative ideas into market-ready innovations in green hydrogen and chemistry.
5 key factors for finding and retaining talent for the energy transition
The transition to a sustainable energy supply calls for many new skilled professionals, especially in the hydrogen sector. Make Hydrogen Work (MHW) is a collaboration between seven regional campuses in the Netherlands, designed to prepare professionals more quickly for a career in green hydrogen. The concept focuses on reducing the time-to-job: the period from the start of learning to the moment when someone is fully deployable in a role. This is achieved through targeted training programmes, job guarantee pathways, and close cooperation between companies, education providers and government.
Over €35 million for major R&D consortium to green the chemical industry with hydrogen
With a grant of over €35 million, GroenvermogenNL and NWO are supporting a large-scale project aimed at greening the chemical industry. Under the name HyCARB, a broad consortium of knowledge institutions and dozens of companies is conducting research into innovative, practice-oriented solutions for using hydrogen and green electrons in the production of carbon-based chemicals.
Pilot projects prove green hydrogen’s potential in the Netherlands
GroenvermogenNL aims to stimulate and accelerate the use of green hydrogen by Dutch industry to enable the energy transition. One of the ways the organisation does so is by supporting pilot projects using the Demonstration of Energy and Climate Innovations (DEI+) subsidy scheme. Some 12 different projects are currently underway which truly make innovative hydrogen applications tangible. In the province of Drenthe (NL) the decision has already been made to commercially manufacture hydrogen.
H2 Impact Makers: H2XP’s Tamara Koeman
Every hydrogen project tells a story of ambition, challenges and hope for the future. We spoke to project leaders, CEOs, researchers and other pioneers to discover their drives, which lessons they have learned and how they contribute to a sustainable hydrogen economy. We asked H2XP’s Tamara Koeman five questions.
Digital job coach helps train more technical professionals
Skills Matching Platform (Arbeidsmatchplatform, AMP) is the first employer-led initiative in the energy transition that applies large-scale skills-based matching. The AMP increases the inflow of talent into the energy transition by focusing on skills instead of diplomas and guides candidates towards a job. This aligns seamlessly with GroenvermogenNL’s Make Hydrogen Work concept, aimed at accelerating labour market development around hydrogen. During the annual Make Hydrogen Work event, Njord Pattiasina gave a workshop on the AMP: “Let’s stop talking and just get started.”
