Recently, Merel Enserink together with Rudi van Etteger and Sven Stremke published their research on participatory design processes for solar power plants in the journal Energy Research & Social Science. The paper builds on the experiences from the EnergietuinenNL (in English ‘Energy Gardens’). As embedded designers/researchers, we gathered data on the interactions in the participatory design processes in three pilot projects in The...

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Six groundbreaking multifunctional solar landscapes developed in collaboration with the province of Gelderland & Wageningen University and Research The Province of Gelderland and Wageningen University & Research are jointly launching the Gelderland Approach to Solar Landscapes with Spatial Quality project (Dutch acronym GAZO). Scientists from the University will help municipalities in Gelderland to create solar landscapes that combine...

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In September 2020, the second edition of the Masterclass High Density Energy Landscapes took place in Amsterdam. Civil servants from different teams in the municipality of Amsterdam (Space and Sustainability Department) and the municipality of Diemen worked for one week on the complex landscape infrastructure of the Diemerscheg – the green landscape corridor in the East of Amsterdam. This year’s assignment called for the application of...

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In June 2020, the article Evolution of energy landscapes: a regional case study in the Western Netherlands, written by Sven Stremke and Jolanda de Jong was published by the international open access journal Sustainability. The research was supported by the Dutch national cultural heritage service (Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed, RCE). The paper illustrates and discusses the spatial impact of past and ongoing energy transitions in the...

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On the 27th of January 2020, the national newspaper Algemeen Dagblad published an interview with Sven Stremke et al. on the Energy Garden project. The full interview (in Dutch) can be accessed here.   Figure: Concept design for the Energy garden in Wijhe, The Netherlands (drawing by Merel Enserink and modified by AD)....

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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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