The phenomena of ' gardening youth ' is well known around the Dutch Westland and Oostland regions in which two clubhouse have even form around those demographic , Tuinbouw Jongeren Westland and Oostland . Together the golf-club consist of a few hundred members . Regularly , these immature people meet each other in greenhouse , at assembly , or around the meeting table . Recently , a gathering took place on the topic of energy . Quite striking was the fact that gardening youth from far more area attended the location at their innkeeper Anthura than would usually be the case .
Around fifty young multitude were presented during the afternoon fill platform on energy machinate by the horticulture youthfulness themselves in quislingism with Glastuinbouw Nederland .
The four Speaker were thanked by the horticulture young .
shift gearsHans Barendse , location managing director at Anthura , plain off the afternoon after an opening word by Rick van Schie of Tuinbouw Jongeren Westland . He talk about what Anthura does . " We believe our portfolio to be too lowly and recently added bromelia as well . " He then move on to speak about energy , as it was the afternoon ’s theme .
What is important to the breeder , propagator , and manufacturer of these orchids , anthuriums , and bromeliads , is that all the company ’s greenhouses are tie for energy . This could be a solution , specially now that energy is very expensive . A mix of various energy source enables growers to shift between the best pick for that daytime . Every day at 8 AM , the direction is set for that day , and all energy taps are adjusted fitly . This is presently still done manually .
Hans Barendse .
New get-up-and-go sourcesIn reaction to the increasing energy monetary value , Anthura make up even more attention to DOE economic consumption . The conversant measure that the cultivator took was switch to LED . In terms of breeding , coinage that are more suitable for zip - conscious finish are being taken into account . Hans also name that Anthura is researching new anatomy of energy .
in the main hydrogen is being seriously consider by the company . The location director deal that conversations are taking place , including with the Gasunie . The cultivator seriously regard farm hydrogen itself to operate on CHP . Also , nearby hydrogen pipes are taken into consideration . With a bunch of growers , Anthura could possibly both purchase H and supply it .
HydrogenThe second loudspeaker system , Martien Visser , was immediately ask about his opinion on hydrogen by Remco de Boer after Hans ’s presentation . Remco certainly was the one to acquaint the good afternoon and instantly get down the hearing move with doubtfulness regarding succeeding projections of attending horticulture younker . Luckily , no hands were raise at the interrogation of who think that their company would n’t subsist in a few years .
Anyway , back to H . Martien , professor of vigor transmission at the Hanzehogeschool Groningen , eased some of the expectations about the topic . On the one hand , because atomic number 1 is currently very expensive ( standardized to the current prices of raw gas pedal ) , and on the other , because the necessary infrastructure is n’t there yet . However , Gasunie , where Martien also works as Manager of Corporate Strategy , is working on produce such a connection . In particular , by changing natural gas tubes for unity signify for hydrogen . Whether that makes hydrogen the solution ? No , Martien does n’t recall so .
Why do n’t we hear about this?Just as his increasingly popular Twitter canal , in his presentation , the professor pointed to various fact regarding energy and its infection . He depict that Europe attain all the targets do for 2020 on renewable DOE , simplification of greenhouse gasolene emission , and vim savings . The Netherlands also met its goals for that twelvemonth . " Why do n’t we get wind about this ? " was a inquiry from the audience . Martien find this remarkable as well and expressed unfavorable judgment on the purpose of the media in this regard .
As an expert in energy , he also dove into the current market situation . With multiple graphical record , he show the Mary Leontyne Price development of the past six month , both for gas and electricity . " We traded our dependence on Russia for a dependence on the United States and Qatar " was one of his statements . Like " Every lockdown in China is a winnings for us , " through which he wanted to illustrate that we presently experience ample competitor in liquid gasoline from Qatar . Asia practise its specialty on it and Europe as well . The query remains ; who ’s stronger ? One way or another , China is emphatically a formidable competitor in this struggle . What could help is if the demand for gas decreased there because of lockdowns .
Remco de Boer en Martien Visser .
Making actual prognostication is a difficult undertaking , even for the good vigour experts . However , the prevision that Martien did make bold to make is that the accelerator pedal prices from before the summertime of 2021 most in all likelihood wo n’t be come back . This make it so that greenhouse gardening looks explicitly towards the government to keep the industry standing .
want of expertiseAileen de Witte is a lobbyist for Royal FloraHolland and seeks attention from the Dutch government for her industry : ornamental gardening . She sees herself as a kind of go-between between business and government . In a conversation with Remco , she talked about her lobbying activities - " I have recently had tiffin with the parliamentary political party of ' Forum voor Democratie , ' but have n’t been capable to do so with ' Groenlinks , ' yet " - and the political cognition of her industry . " Nobody do it anything " was her rough finding of fact on the industry noesis of an average extremity of the Dutch House of Parliament . She follow this with the subtlety that members of parliament also require to grasp a plethora of subject .
At the conclusion of the afternoon , six statements were discourse by Remco , Aileen de Witte , Martien , and Hans .
The lobbyist show out to the audience that over fifty percent of the Dutch legislation is a direct resolution of European legislations . Therefore , Royal FloraHolland also has a lobbyist in Brussels and Strasbourg , similar to , for lesson , Glastuinbouw Nederland . At any rate , her work is n’t merely focused on The Netherlands . Aileen hinted that auctions take into account trading complications in case the situation between China and Taiwan escalates . However , the two biggest challenges for the industry that she presently sees are energy and harvest tribute .
next prospectsAfter the loudspeaker system , it was time for a discussion using a series of interrogative . Here Remco managed to get quite a lot of hearing member in front of the microphone , and he himself also did n’t shy away from express a decisive view of the future of the industry . One of the topics address were future prospects , on which the audience appeared divided . Some can imagine that prospect while others ca n’t or at least have their doubts , and the fact that that very day anew covenantwas signed between the diligence and the regime did n’t take off those doubtfulness either . really , citizenry seemed quite surprised with the concordat . This became one of the hot topics during the drinks and buffet that abide by .
Not all members were call from Westland and Oostland - deliberately - to make quad for horticulture youth from all over The Netherlands . During the boozing and buffet , they were able-bodied to talk about the program , meet comparable - minded citizenry and get to recognize each other .
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