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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
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.
Fabian Koppes
CEO
Arthur Schade
CFO Arthur Schade has over 15 years of experience as financial expert. With a background in mathematics and the before mentioned experience he brings structure, control and modelling to build the Finance department for scale.
Brigitte Vlaswinkel PhD
External Affairs
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Laura Colomer
Quality & Compliance Manager
Laura has a background in sustainable energy engineering (BSc, MSc) and is in charge of the certification path of the product.
Dora de Jong
Head of Engineering
Aneta Kusz
Lead Construction Engineer
Lars Epping
Project Manager
Holding a MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Lars applies his passion for renewable energy by contributing to the project department in the installation and commissioning of offshore floating solar farms
Thomas Kluwer
Hydrodynamic Engineer
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.
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.
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.
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.
Grzegorz Kolman
Construction Assistant
Paulina Zabojszcz
Construction Assistant
Lieuwe Verbeek
Construction Assistant
With a big passion for sailing and clean energy and a background in mechanical engineering Lieuwe is going to strengthen the construction team and help with further developing the construction process.
Cheryl Xu Zhang
People Operations Officer With a background in engineering, Cheryl transitioned from product testing to HR administration and now supports smooth day-to-day operations.