Samenwerking NEWNRGontbijt met US consulaat 9 juni 2016

1. Mr. Tom Plant,
Senior Advisor at the Center for the New Energy Economy
Colorado State University
Mr. David McCawley
Consul General of the United States of America
Amsterdam NL
Pathways to a Sustainable Energy Transition
June 9, 2016

2. Pauline Westendorp
Social Entrepreneur NEWNRG Wij krijgen Kippen
Amsterdam Region on sustainable energy in 2028

3. Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam
100% sustainable energy in 2028
100%
2014 2028
4%
40% = 100%
Fossil
Sustainable energy

4. Colorado

5. Colorado …
leading or trailing
in energy transition?

6. Azerbaijan situation

7. Global Solutions
• FT 21 april 2016: Wall Street sees
money in green investment
• NY 22 April 2016: >175 countries sign
Paris Agreement, among them
Azerbaijan
• UN: ‘ideal world’ in 2030 with 17
Global Goals

8. Our solution
Connect the dots on a local level

9. Amsterdam Region…
leading or trailing
in energy transition?

10. Analysis Azerbaijan
- Status
- Storage
- Electric transport

11. Azerbaijan
3 high impact projects:
• 100% electrification of transport (cars, scooters, metro) in
Baku before 2025
– Partners: US Ambassy, Shell, Arcadis, NEWNRG, GVB, Anthelion
Capital, daughter Oliyev is Leilah
– Orange Energy Challenge with Amsterdam and San Francisco
• 20 autark regions (cheaper and more beautiful) in 2020
– Near and in National Parks
– Mountain regions where floods cut electricity (check)
With solar, wind, biomass and hydropower
• Higher Oil + ADA University: work with Californian
Universities and ‘Advanced Metropolitan Solutions’ in
Amsterdam
Proposed Solution

12. Impossible?
• 50 regions in the world already
completed their energy transition
• No metropolitan region yet.
• We challenge Baku.

13. 7.7 million jobs worldwide
http://www.ren21.net/wp-
content/uploads/2015/07/GSR2015_KeyFindings_lowres.pdf

14. Our plan
• We form an informal network of
trusted local professionals
• We meet with formal network
(government, academic, listed
companies)
• We make a 6 months plan – together
• Together we put ‘man on moon’

15. Tap into the wisdom of the local
crowd to accelerate energy transition

16. Our strategy
• We used to spend €2.000.000.000 a year on
energy in Amsterdam region
• All parties invest together
• We invest this money in (social) firms installing
solar, wind, heatpumps and insulation
• We share knowledge on Thursdays (energy
breakfasts, expert sessions)
• and …

17. we map

20. we visit

21. we listen and validate

22. we solve issues

23. Pensionfund PGGM (€ 160 bln) wants Shell as a renewable energy company?
: We intend to make investments in
large-scale [..] storage, biofuels,
wind and solar energy.
Worldwide investors in fossil (€2.300 bln), promised to withdraw their money.
24/9/2015, NRC
May 26 ,2016
we follow the news

24. share ideas with Shell, Statkraft, AES

25. celebrate in our neighbourhoods

26. Into the Orange Energy Challenge
• We empower communities to drive the
transition themselves
• Hundreds of spirited entrepreneurs already
have the plans
• Which explains the reason of Orange Energy

27. We challenged our neighbour Region
of Rotterdam last week

28. Waldorf School Challenge
• Our school challenges 9 other schools

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