If we want to continue with onshore solar and wind farms – which is necessary – then the quality of projects will need to improve because the support of citizens and politicians in the Netherlands is eroding. As society we know better and better what kind of renewable energy projects we would like, but we get more and more of what we don’t want. It is about time to realize more quality in energy projects and pay more attention...

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The Dutch SolarMagazine featured a double-interview about the new SolarResearchProgramme of Wageningen UR, coordinated by Sven Stremke and Jeroen Sluijsmans. We are working on the following six PV themes: 1. Landscape and spatial quality, 2. Biodiversity, 3. Soil quality, 4. Public acceptance, 5. Agrivoltaics, and 6. Technological innovation. The interview can be accessed here. Photo credits Dirk...

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Sven Stremke has been appointed professor of Landscape Architecture at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture and will lead the research group High-density energy landscapes. He has been appointed for a period of four years. His research at the Academy focuses on the development of sustainable energy landscapes with special attention for the roles of design and the designer in energy transition. Earlier this year, Sven Stremke hosted a first...

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Wageningen UR is setting up a new chair ‘Green Urban Planning and Design’, which brings together the knowledge of many Wageningen UR disciplines reaching from natural to technological and social sciences (e.g. land use planning and landscape architecture, urban meteorology, environmental technology and environmental policy). The main research objective is deepening the systemic understanding of urban landscapes by integrating evidence-based...

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On the 20th of June, Het Parool published an article about the AMS institute. The newspaper article also features an interview with Sven Stremke and can be accessed here (in Dutch...

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In February 2014, Sven joint the new Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions as Principal Investigator for Energy. The position entails initiation and coordination of research on energy and other resource flows for the new institute. AMS is a collaboration between MIT, TU Delft, Wageningen UR and other public and industry partners. First ideas and project proposals will be presented at the AMS launch conference on the 20th of...

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