{"id":129,"date":"2011-12-01T14:34:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T14:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.profadvanwijk.com\/?p=129"},"modified":"2011-12-01T14:34:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T14:34:17","slug":"press-release-inaugural-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profadvanwijk.com\/archive\/press-release-inaugural-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Press release inaugural address"},"content":{"rendered":"

De Nederlandstalige versie is hier<\/a>\u00a0te vinden.
\nThe .pdf of this press release can be downloaded here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our cars will be our power plants in the future<\/h1>\n

It is not the availability of energy that is relevant, but the energy services we need it for,<\/strong>\u00a0such as a warm house or a boiled egg. These services should then be offered as energyefficiently\u00a0as possible. In his inaugural address TU Delft Professor Future Energy Systems\u00a0and sustainable energy entrepreneur, Ad van Wijk, calls for the development of new\u00a0energy systems and in particular for a new perspective on energy. The car, for instance,\u00a0will be our future power plant according to Van Wijk. Ad van Wijk will give his inaugural\u00a0address on 7 December at 15.00 in the Aula Congress Centre at TU Delft. The address will\u00a0also be broadcast live via the internet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unlimited availability<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe energy debate almost always focuses on the availability of energy. How much fossil energy is\u00a0left? How many households does one wind farm supply with electricity? What the debate should be\u00a0about is which energy services are needed, a warm house, a boiled egg or a ton of steel for example,\u00a0and how these services can be offered in an energy-efficient way\u201d, says Professor of Future Energy\u00a0Systems and renewable energy entrepreneur Ad van Wijk. There is in fact no shortage of energy. \u201cWe\u00a0can improve the energy-efficiency to a great degree \u2013 at the moment we waste up to 98% – maar
\nmore important is that there is an unlimited supply of sustainable energy.\u201d In his inaugural address at\u00a0TU Delft, Van Wijk calls for the development of new, efficient, integrated, flexible and local\u00a0sustainable energy systems, but in particular for a new perspective on the issue of energy.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>The Energy Wall generates energy, reduces particle and noise emissions and houses a people mover\u00a0(image by Florian Heinzelmann, TU Delft)<\/em><\/p>\n

The car as a power plant<\/strong>
\nAt TU Delft, Van Wijk plans to bring together scientists, students and businesses to develop efficient\u00a0and sustainable energy services, energy systems and energy technology based on this new type of\u00a0thinking. Van Wijk will do this by developing the Green Campus. \u201cby means of a series of innovations\u00a0on the TU Delft terrain we want to develop a sustainable, living and entrepreneurial campus designed\u00a0\u2018to discover, learn and inspire\u2019. One of these projects is a sustainable parking garage\u00a0that will also serve as an electricity plant. Initially, the garage will only offer facilities for charging\u00a0electric vehicles. In the future, Van Wijk also expects cars to be fitted with fuel cells. When the\u00a0vehicles are parked, these fuel cells will be able to convert biogas or hydrogen into electricity. The\u00a0garage will turn into an electricity plant of considerable size. Van Wijk: \u201cIf you use fuel cells to\u00a0generate electricity in the parking garage, our 500 car garage will also be a 40 MW electricity plant.\u201d
\nThere is also an added bonus for car owners: they will actually be paid for parking.<\/p>\n

Van Wijk predicts that the fuel cell car will be the new, efficient and flexible electricity production park\u00a0of the future. \u201cIn one year we buy more electricity generating capacity via our cars than the electricity\u00a0production capacity currently in place in the Netherlands.\u201d The greatest challenge, however, will be to\u00a0innovate the energy industry and the legislation and regulations necessary for these changes<\/p>\n

Another project will be the Energy Wall sited alongside the Kruithuisweg, the motorway connecting\u00a0the A13 and the railway station Delft Zuid. The wall generates energy, provides roadside lighting and\u00a0reduces the emission of particulates and noise. A people mover is planned to ride on top of the wall.<\/p>\n

Ad van Wijk<\/strong>
\nAd van Wijk is a renewable energy entrepreneur and innovator. He studied Physics at the University of\u00a0Utrecht, where he was awarded his PhD for research on wind energy and electricity production. From\u00a01982 until 1997, he was a research fellow at the University of Utrecht, most recently as the head of\u00a0the Energy and Environment research group. In 1984, Van Wijk founded the company Ecofys (which\u00a0later became part of Econcern). Ecorncern supplies services and products in the field of renewable\u00a0energy and energy efficiency, such as the offshore wind farm Prinses Amalia and various solar energy
\nfarms in Spain. Until 2009, Van Wijk was the CEO of Econcern. He has received a number of awards\u00a0and prizes for his work, including Entrepreneur of the Year in 2007 and Top Man of the Year in 2008.<\/p>\n

The part-time Chair in Future Energy Systems is funded by Eneco. By entering into this alliance, TU\u00a0Delft and Eneco aim to boost the possibilities for and the use of renewable energy solutions in the\u00a0Netherlands.<\/p>\n

More information:<\/strong>
\nAd van Wijk, Professor of Future Energy Systems, faculty of Applied Sciences, TU Delft. Phone: +31\u00a0(0)15 278 6320, e-mail: a.j.m.vanwijk@tudelft.nl<\/a>.
\nIneke Boneschansker, science information officer at TU Delft. Phone: +31 (0)15 278 8499, e-mail:\u00a0i.boneschansker@tudelft.nl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Journalists are welcome to attend the address. Please register by sending an e-mail to
\ni.boneschansker@tudelft.nl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The inaugural address will also be broadcast live at 15.00, 7 December 2011 via http:\/\/now.tudelft.nl.<\/p>\n

At TU Delft, more than 700 researchers and numerous students are working on energy-related\u00a0subjects. The Delft Energy Initiative provides access to their work. More information is available at\u00a0www.energy.tudelft.nl<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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