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Oceans of Energy is a young, passionate and fast-growing company. We installed the world’s first offshore solar farm in 2019 and have since been operating it in severe offshore conditions. It is our aim to enable the world to generate clean energy from the abundance of space at sea instead of those scarce locations on land.
Offshore solar is advancing rapidly, as of it’s key features that can enhance offshore wind farms performances. It is our vision to integrate the offshore solar farms within the offshore wind farms to reduce spatial impacts of renewables, and to increase the utilization of the offshore wind infrastructure. Offshore solar can lead to 5x as much energy per km2 of offshore energy farms and we are now seeing first developments in practice that enable +20 – to – +40% more energy in NL Dutch wind farms.
Our modular offshore solar farm has been operational at sea for four years and as we are extending it, we are monitoring it extensively. Meanwhile, we are conducting ecological research to assess the impact, both negative and positive, on nature and marine life.
TEAM
Allard van Hoeken MSc, MBA
Founder & CEO
Allard has 25 years experience with permanently moored offshore systems and new technologies for offshore applications. Allard is Engineer of the Year 2015 and is the inventor of the OOE offshore solar farm system.
Brigitte Vlaswinkel PhD
Head of Ecology & Sustainability
Brigitte (PhD, Marine Geology, University of Miami) has more than 15 years experience in the corporate, non-profit, consulting and academic world focusing on marine & environmental research.
Fabian Koppes
Head of Product
Fabian is specialized in structural dynamics of offshore structures, has been working in offshore solar from the beginning and leads the product development within Oceans of Energy.
Johnny Meit
Head of Sales, Business Development, and Project Development
Johnny graduated in Energy Science (Utrecht University) and Business Administration (University of Amsterdam) and was previously active at Cleantech Venture Capitalist Yellow&Blue. He is responsible for the Sales, Business Development, and Project Development department at Oceans of Energy.
Xander Wiefkers
Offshore Manager
Xander (Msc Mining and Petroleum engineering) has over 25 years’ experience in data acquisition and service delivery within the energy sector. With a hands on mentality and a strong safety awareness he will be focusing on the offshore inspections and maintenance.
Tijmen Smit
Project Manager
Tijmen has 26 years of offshore industry experiance, with a passion for offshore works related to the Energy Transition. Tijmen loves to engage with clients and delivering projects & solutions, and build strong relationships.
Remco van de Riet
CFO
Remco holds an MSc Business management and Finance from Heriot Watt University - Edinburgh. He is an experienced 15+ years allround CFO with a proven trackrecord in operating, funding and scaling high growth technology companies. Always looking at where he can make the most social and environmental impact.
Eric La Lau
Interim financial Controller
Eric La Lau has a Master of Science in Controlling from Nivra-Nyenrode. For more than 30 years he obtained a broad Financial experience in the offshore industry. Roles he fulfilled during his career were cost controller, project controller, financial controller and group financial controller. Since November 2023 Eric is financial controller a.i. (head of finance) at Oceans of Energy.
Frank van der Meer
HSSE Consultant
Frank has 20+ years HSSE experience on a large variety of offshore construction projects in uncommon locations with an interest in new technologies and challenges. Now teams up with the project to safely realise the first Offshore Solar farm in the Netherlands.
Ariane van Hoeken
PR
Ariane holds an MA degree in Communications and Information Sciences from the University of Groningen and has vast experience in press relations in the technology and renewable energy sectors.
Natacha Gomez de Moor
Head of People
Natacha her passion is People! Worked in big companies but her heart lies within start- and scale-ups. She is responsible for people and strategy such as formalizing and optimizing people processes, recruitment and retention of talent, fostering a positive work environment, with possibilities for professional development.
Hilda Lubben
HSSE Manager
Hilda Lubben holds a MSc in Maritime law and Economics and a BSc in Maritime Operations. She has over 10 year experience in the offshore and shipping industry in various roles. She will be focusing on safety management and offshore operations.
Arpine Baghdasaryan
Office Manager
Arpine has a degree in economics and with her experience as a secretary in a bank, she is the office assistant and makes sure everything in the administration and around the office runs smoothly.
Jelte Doeksen
Systems Architect
Jelte has a background in marine technology and (bio)mechanical engineering and leads the Data Services department. He is expert in system integration of industrial control systems, embedded electronics, networking and (cloud-)application development.
Dora de Jong
Lead Electrical Engineer
Dora (BSc Maritime Technology, MSc Sustainable Energy Technology (TU Delft)) is specialized in implementing photovoltaic energy systems within the maritime industry. At Oceans of Energy she focuses on the electrical offshore system, from the photovoltaic energy generation up to the high voltage transmission network.
Miguel Anton Aguilar
Lead Hydrodynamic Engineer
Miguel (MSc in Structural and civil engineering) specializes in hydrodynamic modelling of offshore structures. He focuses on mooring and hydrodynamic analysis of the floating solar platform.
Elitsa Bahovska
Data Engineer
Elitsa has MSc in Artificial Intelligence form Utrecht University and specializes in turning multi-source measurements into valuable predictions. She is now is using her skills in turning data into knowledge to help gather OOE's many insights together.
Laura Colomer
Certification Engineer
Laura has a background in sustainable energy engineering (BSc, MSc) and is in charge of the certification path of the product.
Lotte Holvast
Innovation Program Manager
Lotte holds a MSc in Developmental Economics and previously worked in the non-profit sector building cross-sectoral collaborations. She is responsible for implementation of the various innovation programs at OOE.
Quentin Vander Cam
Installation Engineer
Quentin is a hydraulic engineer from Delft with a strong passion for renewbles and entrepreneurship. His main responsibilities are the planning and execution of offshore installations.
Thibault Demarthon
Offshore Technician
Rémi Roux
Naval Architect
Graduating from a Master's in Naval Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology, Remi is developing the floating platforms and other structural components while inssuring their integrity. In addition, he is involved in the simulations of the subsea dynamic power cable.
Frans van Helvert
Field Scientist
Frans has a background in sailing and environmental field methods. He is currently completing his masters in Industrial Ecology at Leiden University.
Erik Borkent
Construction and R&D Engineer
Erik is a graduate Mechanical Engineer, focusing on the upscaling of the production for the future.
Wybe Jongema
Construction Engineer
Wybe graduated from his studies on Mechanical Engineering at Saxion Enschede and has a big passion for putting all his know-how in hands on work for making the world a more sustainable place. Within Oceans of Energy he is member of the fabrication team that makes our floating platforms.
Aneta Kusz
Lead Construction Engineer
Peter van Kan
Control & Instrumentation Engineer
Peter (BSc Electrical and System Engineering) is a system engineer with experience in process system integration, industrial automation, and software engineering. He focusses on the monitoring infrastructure and integrity of the floating solar platform.
Melina Nalmpanti
Marine Biologist
Melina brings her experience in food web ecology, fisheries and biodiversity studies in marine protected areas. At OOE her focus lies on conducting environmental impact assessments for offshore solar projects and developing mitigation measures.
Ian van Mourik
Product Designer
Ian is an industrial product designer with years of freelance experience. His specialization lies in effective problem-solving and development of manufacturing-oriented ideas.
Jesse Prinsen
Jr. Project Manager
Jesse combines his background in Industrial Engineering and Management with his passion for watersports by supporting the project management team at Oceans of Energy. He focuses on the development of QAQC processes and the procurement of project specific items and services.
Joep van Manen
Structural Engineer
Joep (Msc, Mechanical Engineering) specializes in structural design of new components and optimization of existing components, using and expanding in-house knowledge from modelling and testing.
Gijsbert Houtman
Electrical Engineer
Gijsbert (MSc Sustainable Energy Technology) is a PV electrical engineer who graduated from the TU Eindhoven. Currently, at Oceans Of Energy, he focusses towards optimizing the electrical performance of offshore PV systems.
Thomas Kluwer
Hydrodynamic Engineer
Wiebe Wennekers
Financial Administrator
Wiebe is a master student Bioinformatics and Systems Biology at the VU/UvA in Amsterdam.
Wouter van Raaij
Skipper
At OOE I am part of the Offshore Monitoring and Maintenance team as offshore service technician. My specialization is sailing at sea. Besides OOE I am often at sea with my sailing school ‘Zeehelden’ and for fun with a surfboard ?
Dimitri Crooijmans
Construction Assistant
Pim van der Meer
Structural Engineer
Pim is a master student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Twente. His graduation assignment at Oceans of Energy will focus on the hydrodynamic simulations of large floating solar farms.
Remon Tas
Assistant Field Coordinator
With a passion for the oceans and a business development background Remon is part of the operations and maintenance team specializing on the maintenance procedures and offshore activities.
Tim Bekius
Research Scientist
Tim is a master student at the university of Twente studying both MME (Molecular & Materials Engineering) as well as SET (Sustainable Energy Technology). Tim is putting his knowledge in both these fields to use by researching materials degradation at sea.
Dirk Dresselhaus
Data engineer
Dirk has a bachelor's degree in computer science, with a focus on software engineering. With enthusiasm for frontend systems and software architectures, he develops applications to optimize internal work processes.
Roëll Schroor
Intern
Roëll is a master student in Mechanical Engineering at TU Delft. His graduation assignment at Oceans of Energy will focus on optimising cable installation at the floating solar platform.
Nathalie Budel
Financial Admin Assistant
Nathalie is a master student in Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics at the TU Delft. I will be assisting in the finanical administration.
Cheryl Xu Zhang
People Operations Officer Cheryl graduated with a BEng and began her career as a product tester at a large IT company before transitioning to administrative and HR roles. Currently, she handles HR administrative tasks, ensuring smooth and efficient operations at OOE.
Patrycja
Construction Assistant
Kira Zee
Construction Assistant