10.06.2025

Since the beginning of 2025, the OranjeWind Knowledge team has hosted various events for teachers, students and enthusiasts of the energy sector to share knowledge.

One of the key objectives of the OranjeWind Knowledge programme is to share knowledge gained from the offshore wind farm with research and knowledge institutes and the market. To that end, the OranjeWind team has hosted various events over the past months for teachers, students and others.

Site visit for Avans students Industrial Engineering and Management

Together with students of Industrial Engineering and Management from Avans Hogeschool, we are starting a project to investigate the feasibility of a virtual home battery, a system where consumers can utilize capacity from our industrial sized battery for energy storage. As an introduction to the project, the students visited the Amer power plant, to get a broad view of the energy transition and RWE’s strategy, as well as a tour of the site.

Klimaat en Energiekoepel visit Eemshaven power plant

25 enthusiasts from the energy sector visited RWE’s Eemshaven power plant to discuss RWE’s vision, the transition from coal to biomass and system integration. After the session, the group went on a tour of the power plant and battery site, as well as a tour of the BUSS-terminal, where the monopiles for RWE’s offshore wind farm Thor in Denmark are currently stored. 

Inhousedag Energietalenten hosted by RWE

On February 14th, 25 Energietalenten (a network of students from universities across the Netherlands, studying energy related topics) visited the Amercentrale. After speeches by Arjan van der Stelt (Knowledge & Change manager at RWE) and Marinus Tabak (COO RWE Generation and Country Chair for the Netherlands), the students went on a tour of the power plant. In the afternoon they presented their case for ‘The future of the Amer plant’. Their ideas varied from green data centers to algae farms. The winning idea was awarded with a RWE goodiebag!

TU Delft students visit Amercentrale to present solutions for system integration

Students from TU Delft visited the Amercentrale as part of their minor programme Wind Energy. For ten weeks, eight groups of students worked on solutions for integrating 50 GW of offshore wind into the Dutch energy system. They presented their plans during the event on January 16th, which also included a tour of the power plant.

OranjeWind Symposium

On May 22nd, the OranjeWind team hosted the first OranjeWind symposium, with 100 guests from the energy sector, government, and research institutes. During the symposium, the latest insights into system integration were shared as well as Blueprint: the OranjeWind technology report. Read more about the event here.