The Province of Flevoland has always set itself stiff renewable energy targets (100% in 2020). Further policy development was not necessary any more, translating ambitions and policies into real projects was the provincial call for action. During his time as Programme Manager Sustainability and Energy for the Province of Flevoland, Arie van Beek gave therefore an assignment to a consultancy to explore the feasibility of a Sustainable Energy & Development Utility (abbreviated in Dutch as as DE-on). The utility should have all the Flevoland Municipalities, the Provincial water authority (Zuiderzeeland) and the Province on board and would function as an accelerator for renewable energy, energy saving and energy efficiency projects. About 80 potential projects were identified. Following review, Arie van Beek had its key recommendation adopted by the steering committee (provincial governor, board member of the water authority and all relevant municipal alderman): draft a business plan including detailed business cases for the 5 most promising projects to kick start DE-on.
Download the final report “Feasibility Study Sustainable Energy & Development Utility (DE-on)” (Dutch, PDF).