Solarplaza Summit | The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Ir. Jan Rotmans is a renowned international authority on transitions and sustainability. As a pioneer of transition science in the Netherlands and creator of the integrated climate model globally, Professor Rotmans offers insightful solutions to the chaos and crises affecting governments, businesses, and individuals alike. His lectures and masterclasses span 11 defined transitions in areas such as energy, resources, agriculture, food, circularity, finance, and more. He simplifies complex subjects, tailoring his presentations to the specific needs of his audience and encouraging not just new thinking, but new actions.

Hans de Heer is a Principal Consultant in DNV’s Energy Advisory practice and business development manager Energy Markets & Strategy North-West Europe, with focus on demand side flexibility and grid congestion. He has over 20 years of expertise as an advisor in the energy sector, and gained extensive experience in energy markets and regulations, focusing on (societal) cost-benefit analyses, market design, energy transition, market analysis and electricity infrastructure.

Jakoba van der Mei works as an Investment Director at StartGreen Capital. StartGreen Capital has over €400 million in assets under management and provides both entrepreneurs and project owners financing for the energy transition and the circular economy. Her personal focus is on wind energy, solar, battery storage systems and energy infrastructure. Previously she held roles within investment banking in London and projectfinance at SMBC where she financed 1.9 GW of offshore and onshore wind. Jakoba is responsible for the acquisition, deal execution, and portfolio management of the new StartGreen Transition fund.

Joris Besseling is heading the market design and european market integration teams at TenneT TSO. He has been working with tennet on market design project for the last seven years, and worked previously at an energy transition consultancy and with the utility Vattenfall.

Wilko is a lawyer and has ample experience in regulated markets and competition law. His main focus is the energy sector. He works in cases relating to the energy transition, grid congestion, and tariff regulation. Prior to joining the ACM, he worked as an attorney in Stek’s regulatory team. Wilko holds LLM’s in both European law and law & economics.

Arja Even has over 20 years experience in societal transitions of which 15 years in the energy transition. She works at RVO, the ‘Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland’, eg the Netherlands Enterprise Agency. RVO is known for financial subsidy schemes and programs directed to other necessary conditions. She is program coordinator, for a program focusing on flexibility, storage and grid congestion for both renawable energy plants and enterprises.

Daniel Vig is a Senior Policy Officer at the European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE), where he leads advocacy efforts on energy storage policy and represents the interests of EASE members. His work focuses on key issues such as grid fees for energy storage, tariff structures, and regulatory barriers to integrating energy storage into Europe’s energy system.

Maaike Beenes coordinates the work of Holland Solar on cyber security, responsible business conduct, and other supply chain issues. Holland Solar represents the Dutch solar-PV market in The Hague and Brussels. Maaike has a background in international relations. For Holland Solar, she focusses on supporting the solar sector to increase cyber security performance, including by improving regulatory conditions and setting up a cyber risk information sharing network.

Nold Jaeger leads the Holland Solar policy and public affairs team. Holland Solar represents the Dutch solar-PV market in The Hague and Brussels. He has been involved in the policy-making field for solar PV for the past five years. With a background in EU energy and climate policy, for the last five years, he has focussed on improving the development conditions for large-scale solar PV on land, rooftops, and water and residential PV.

Edwin founded Solarplaza company in 2004. He is a senior PV expert and started in the photovoltaic solar energy business in 1994. He has experience as a solar energy consultant and project developer in more than 200 PV projects. Edwin holds a Master’s degree in Chemical engineering and previously worked in the Chemical industry before starting his first consultancy company in PV in 1994.