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Energy transition is high on the (inter)national agenda. Problems such as harmful fossil fuels and grid congestion require smart solutions. Lifeport is the place to find them. After all, energy is in our DNA.

Home of the energy sector

Lifeport has been home to leading companies in the energy sector, such as TenneT, Alliander and KEMA, since the last century. It is therefore logical that Lifeport is at the forefront of energy transition in the Netherlands. With more and more innovative companies establishing themselves right here. Together, we tackle issues in the field of sustainable energy, grid congestion and energy saving. With innovations that we test and apply within the region, and which have (inter)national value.

Connectr

Within Lifeport, Connectr is where the triple helix ecosystem around energy has joined forces. Physically, companies, knowledge institutes and governments meet in the Innovation Lab at the Cleantech Park Arnhem (IPKW). With many - also technically high-quality - facilities to test and validate innovations. Through its innovation programme, Connectr is involved in several projects.

Read more about Connectr here

National Grid Congestion Expertise Centre

The congested electricity grid is currently a major problem in the energy transition. It costs society billions and inhibits our economy. Therefore, Lifeport has set up the National Grid Congestion Expertise Centre, which focuses on practical solutions and cooperation. Here, knowledge institutes, companies and governments work together on solutions such as the deployment of batteries and energy management systems.

Smart Energy Hubs

The solutions Lifeport brings to the energy transition also end up in the region itself. A great example are the Smart Energy Hubs. In a Smart Energy Hub, entrepreneurs coordinate production and use of energy locally. Big advantage: you relieve the full power grid. But that requires cooperation. Because if one company needs extra energy, its neighbours have to recharge their electric trucks at another time. So it is important that entrepreneurs know and trust each other.

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Education

Within Lifeport, energy has a natural place in education. For example, HAN has a lectureship Balanced Energy Systems. And HAN students can learn a lot in practice, for example in its own Powerlab or at SEECE, the Sustainable Electrical Energy Centre of Expertise. Other institutions are also committed to the energy transition. Data scientists from Radboud University and Alliander, for example, are working together to find space on the congested electricity grid.

GreenKarting

GreenKarting is the leading hands-on educational programme in which pupils build, maintain and drive their own electric karts. In an active and inspiring way, they are introduced to technology, innovation, sustainable energy and e-mobility.

The GreenKarts form the heart of a contemporary and context-rich curriculum for secondary education, vocational education and higher education. Pupils work within a continuous learning pathway towards further technical education and careers within the Lifeport Arnhem-Nijmegen region. In this way, technology is not only made visible but also directly relevant to their future.

This initiative is supported by the Talent Plan Energy under the Human Capital Agreement. The Economic Board of the Arnhem-Nijmegen Region is making a GreenKarting kit available to a school in the Lifeport region.

Read more about it here

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