Visit to KEMA: Discussing the future energy system

R&D

The Prince was welcomed Ferdy Dautzenberg, Chief Financial Officer, and Peter Bus, Managing Director of the testing and certification activities. Both stand in for Pier Nabuurs, Chief Executive Officer, and Thijs Aarten, member of the Executive Board, who are both stuck on foreign airports due to limited air transportation as a result of the volcanic activity in Iceland.

The visit was divided in five stages. After a welcome in the lounge of the High Voltage Laboratorium, Ferdy Dautzenberg and Peter Bus accompanied the Prince to various temporary test facilities and booths at the KEMA premises. These test facilties and booths have been designed each with a different theme:

1. New Consumer

2. Distribution

3. Transmission Systems & Operations

4. Generation & Environment

5. Policy & Strategy

Red line of the working visit was the energy value chain, as well as the energy situation in the year 2027. In 2027, KEMA will celebrate its 100th anniversary.