October 15, Merel Enserink presented at the Winvorm-event “Energie in de maak”, in Brugge (Belgium). Winvorm is an initiative of the Vlaams Bouwmeester, intercommunales Leiedal and WVI, the Province West-Flanders and the Vlaamse Landmaatschappij. They frequently organize lectures to enhance the spatial quality in West-Flanders. Merel gave an introduction on the impact of the energy transition on the landscape, titled “Energy Transition...

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May 30, Dirk Oudes presented the results of his ongoing research on photovoltaic parks at the 2nd Energy Research and Social Science (ERSS) conference (28-31st of May), in Tempe/Phoenix (Arizona). The conference was hosted by the Arizona State University and attracted more than 200 researchers focusing on energy from a wide variety of disciplines. Dirks presentation was titled ‘Case study of frontrunner photovoltaic parks in Europe: an...

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June 20, Sven Stremke gave a keynote at the ‘Future Energy Landscape’ conference organized by SENSE – the National Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment. The conference was co-organized by Rijkswaterstaat and will take place at Wageningen University from 10:00 to 17:00. The other keynote speakers were: Mattijs Erberveld, Coordinator Space and Sustainability Rijkswaterstaat Prof. Dr Maarten...

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November 20th, Dirk Oudes gave a keynote on a conference for experts on ‘external safety’ in Amsterdam. This field is concerned with safety issues in the living environment, such as risks from transport and storage of dangerous fluids. The network of external safety professionals called ‘Relevant’ organize a yearly conference, each time with a different topic. The topic of this year was energy transition and 250 people attended,...

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November 27, Sven Stremke gave an invited presentation at the Architecture Center in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. His talk, among others, featured a selection of projects from the Academy of Architecture studio ‘Energize’ that addressed the near-future ambitions for solar energy in the Province of Utrecht. All details can be found here (Dutch only). Figure: Artist impression organic photovoltaic installation in urban fabric (van...

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November 20th, Paolo Picchi gave a keynote presentation at the 2018 Ningbo Forum ‘Landscapes for Community Revival’. The Forum was hosted by the Chinese Society for Sustainable Development and organized by the China National Engineering Research Center for Human Settlements. Paolo’s presentation entitled “Community based renewable energy transition: A case study from the Netherlands” did draw from the application of the Five-Step...

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