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
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
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 …
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
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