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ENERGY REINVENTED COMMUNITY
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FROM FRICTION TO FLOW

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Welcome to the Energy Reinvented Community

With 1,300+ members the Energy Reinvented Community is designed to connect a wide range of stakeholders related to the energy industry. Its aim is to provide a platform for discussions, foster partnerships, spark ideas, generate innovation and enable cross sector and cross border activities, all related to society’s transition towards an accepted, reliable, clean and affordable energy system.

In an open community our diverse international group of members (representing both the energy industry and adjacent industries) share ideas and opportunities to cross the bridges between the – now sometimes siloed - pillars of the energy system and driving connectedness with society at large.

april 16
09:00
LOCATION: DE LOODS
RIJSWIJK
THE NETHERLANDS

Friction is inevitable in large projects with many stakeholders involved. What are the main causes for friction within energy projects, and why are some projects able to move forward - despite these friction points -, while other projects don’t? And how can we use the first mover advantage - with everything they’ve learned so far - to m[..]

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Focus groups

ERC is a network organisation of energy experts to stimulate collaboration and innovation in the energy transition. ERC has established collaborative partnerships with a range of organisations to exchange knowledge on key themes in the energy transition.

Offshore Energy

In the Northsea, over the last 50 years, an extensive network of pipelines, platforms, subsea installations has been developed to produce oil and gas for offshore fields. Currently, production is in decline and preparations are made to start decomm[...]

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Digital Energy

The recovery factory of oil and gas fields can be significantly enhanced by applying innovative monitoring, Big data, intelligence data, modeling and optimization tools. This digital oil and gas field technology, also sometimes called Smart Fields / [...]

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Community Engagement

The energy transition towards a climate neutral energy system puts society for a huge challenge: provide energy to a growing population whilst preserving our planet. The solutions the energy sector provides are for the most part technologically feasi[...]

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Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage

Carbon capture, utilisation and storage is being developed to reduce the emission of CO2 into the air from power plants or process installations. Until now, most of the effort has been on reducing the cost of capturing the CO2 at acceptable cost an[...]

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Heat Transition

The focus group Heat Transition has been active as of 2020 as a follow-up of the working group Geothermal Energy. Since this change it takes a broad perspective on the transition towards sustainable heat in industry, horticulture and the built enviro[...]

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Financing the Energy Transition

Discover how finance can fuel innovation and help power a green energy transition while saving the world on its journey to net zero. Our Finance Energy transition focus group is where the the different market sectors region and continent&rsquo[...]

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is essential in the energy transition towards reaching the Paris Climate Agreement. It is a key enabler for managing the Netherlands’, Europe’s and Global energy mix, as well as for the decarbonization of several sectors. Hydroge[...]

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System integration

We are reinventing the way we generate and use energy - from fossil-based to CO2-neutral. The big challenge is to how bring this transition forward as a whole Globally and in Europe. For example in the Netherlands we aim to bui[...]

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THE BUMPY ROAD TO GREEN HYDROGEN EXECUTION

12-12-2025

Why does progress on green hydrogen feel slow when the technology is proven? This was a central question for the panel discussion including ERC’s Focus Groups Hydrogen and System Integration, du[...]

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MEET THE SPEAKERS: 20 NOV

10-11-2025

Campus The Hague will be the place to be on 20 November bringing together experts from The Netherlands and neighbouring countries to discuss project execution complexities. Hosted by Shell and Siemen[...]

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OFFSHORE RENEWABLE INNOVATIONS

07-11-2025

The North Sea is buzzing, and not just with ships and turbines. Hear from Subsea7, DMEC and TNO what bold ideas are shaping the next generation of offshore energy and how innovators and policy makers [...]

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The Energy Reinvented Community is more than just a series of events: the idea is a community of stakeholders committed to demonstrating and furthering the industries innovative proﬁle.

By bringing together industry leaders, policy makers and knowledge institutes, our goal is to develop ongoing innovation efforts, foster partnerships and facilitate high-level discussions on crucial issues, ranging from R&D to regulatory issues and public perception of the industry.

We welcome your comments and questions about the Energy Reinvented Community.

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Steering Committee

Rene Peters

René Peters is currently Director Gas Technology at TNO, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research. He is responsible for public private collaboration on innovation in the area of gas transport and storage, LNG, biogas, hydrogen and offshore energy. He is leading the Geo Energy Innovation program under TKI New Gas, also board member of IRO, associated of the supply industry in offshore oil and gas and renewables (www.iro.nl) and World Energy Council NL (www.worldenergycouncil.nl), advisor to the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate on metrology.

He is also the focus group leader for Offshore Energy in the ERC community.

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Jan Prins

Jan Prins is working as Global Account Manager at Siemens Energy and has a Global Headquarter roll and is based in the Netherlands. With his team he is responsible for the Global Energy, related New Energy activities for e.g. Renewable, Energy & Utilities, Geothermal, Petro-Chemical, Bio markets,Internet of Things (IOT) and Digitalization He reports directly to Siemens Energy AG Headquarters Vertical Market Management Energy in Germany.

Beside his extensive work experience in business development, sales, project management and engineering in several industries, he has got an open mind set for collaborations, partnerships, new opportunities innovations and new business models. He provides the community with his fundamental knowledge and his well-connected network in the following markets and supply chain:

Energy & Utilities, Renewable Industry
Oil & Gas industry
High-tech industry
Aerospace
Food & Beverage
Automotive
Marine & Shipbuilding Industry
IT & Digitalization firms
Consultancy firms
Banks and Finance
Universities
Research Institutes
Associations
Startup and scale ups

He is a strong supporter of the “Energy Transition Journey” and the important role of Digitalization and also a strong believer in Co-creation to Creating Value.

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Marlou Bergboer

Marlou Bergboer is the Programme Manager Energy Transition for Shell in the Netherlands. She is very committed to play an active role ensuring we, as a company and society, will move towards a Net Zero World.
Prior to her current role, Marlou held various positions for Shell, in Project Management, Development and Business Transformation both in The Netherlands as well as internationally.
Marlou is based in the Hague and holds an MSc in Mechanical engineering from Twente University and a MTech in Petroleum Engineering from Curtin University in Australia.

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Douwe Jan van Leverink

Douwe van Leverink is currently Director Development at Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN) – a State owned company – in The Netherlands. . It is his strong believe that collaboration is key to create value for society while rebuilding the energy system towards a net zero world. At EBN he is responsible for strategy and new business development for sustainable energy projects and currently focusses on biomethane, gasification, underground hydrogen storage and hydrogen production (green and blue). In earlier positions with EBN he focused on geothermal energy, energy transition in The North Sea and oil & gas. Before joining EBN in 2018 he held technical (Geoscience) positions with Shell/ NAM and TNO. Douwe is based in Utrecht.

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Pieter Dols

Pieter is currently Director Industrial Manufacturing & Technology at Arcadis. In this role, he and his team support Arcadis’ global industrial clients with their strategic and operational challenges related to a wide range of topics: mainly around Energy Transition & Climate Adaptation, Asset Management and Business Development. Sectors include Aerospace, Automotive, Chemical, Datacenters, Life Science, Food & Beverage, Pharma, Manufacturing, Semiconductors and Telecom.

A versatile professional with a broad background in business development, opportunity management and sales in varying industries and fields, Pieter has worked in leadership roles across diverse industries both in the Netherlands as internationally.

As an intrinsically curious person, Pieter strength lies in seeking and building durable and productive connections. He firmly believes that if todays (and future) challenges are addressed in partnership with all stakeholders, rather than in isolation, true value can be created.

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