The Netherlands at a crossroads: energy from water as a strategic accelerator of the global energy transition.

Our future energy supply requires not only sustainability and flexibility, but also needs to be affordable, reliable and geopolitically robust.  The Netherlands’ innovative water-based energy solutions offer the new cabinet a strategic opportunity to advance sustainable energy and reinforce Dutch leadership in the sector.

Innovative renewable energy at sea and on the coast – for example wave energy, offshore solar energy and offshore energy storage – and inshore applications in deltas, including tidal energy and energy from fresh-salt or hot-cold variations, can make an essential contribution. These technologies complement offshore wind by supplying energy at times when solar and wind production are low, thus strengthening security of supply and grid stability.

Please join us at this roundtable discussion with parliamentary commission members and the Dutch Water Sector. How can we ensure that innovation in “energy from water” applications receives the attention it deserves in the context of the global energy transition.

Organised by the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) in collaboration with Dutch Energy from Water Association (EWA) and Aquius Capital, we are looking forward to welcoming you in The Hague on February 23^rd 2026.

Presentations by:

·      Reinier Rijke, Water2Energy, tidal energy

·      Sten Swanenberg, Dutch Wave Power, wave energy

·      Cas van de Voort, Wave Energy Collective, wave energy

·      Pieter Hack, REDstack, sality gradient power

·      Daniel Buhagiar, FLASC, offshore energy storage

·      Peter Scheijgrond, Bluespring, coordinator Offshore For Sure

·      Thomas Peutz, Aquius Capital

Details:

Monday February 23rd 2026 - 1500 to 1700 hrs.

Location:

Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP)

Koningskade 40

Gebouw van Unie van waterschappen – 4th floor

2596 AA Den Haag

Please RSVP to: members@nwp.nl

Read our letter to the forming parties for a new government (in Dutch) submitted to Rob Jetten (read the full article here)

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