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"To minimize the ground risk, insight into the population density on the drone flight route is essential,” says Han De Glint, Business Development Manager at KPN. How do we work together with KPN to collect data about ground risk? AirborneRF empowers Drone Connect, KPN`s new product with the connectivity, analytics, and monitoring capabilities essential to ensuring every drone flight is safe, efficient, and controllable from points A to B, especially #BVLOS. Read more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/d-cFVJXt TEOCO Thomas Wana Thomas Neubauer Gorazd Mirkovski

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The energy transition stands as one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Our partnership with Alliander underscores the critical role that high-quality software plays in this journey. Recently, Petra Hendriksen, Head of Mission Control at Alliander, shared insightful perspectives on the role of software in driving this change. "We need smart solutions and essential business applications, all powered by software, to make the energy transition possible. With the help of SIG, and their platform Sigrid, we can invest more effectively in code quality improvement and development." – Petra Hendriksen We are proud to support Alliander in this journey. Our Sigrid platform provides Alliander essential insights to develop and maintain software within their ‘future-fit program’ and assures it contributes to the transition towards more sustainable energy in the Netherlands. #SoftwareQuality #EnergyTransition #SoftwareDevelopment

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Dank je wel Anna Batten voor de superleuke en interessante training 'Zakelijk tekenen'! Door jouw heldere uitleg en enthousiasme vind ik dat zelfs ik kan tekenen! View my verified achievement from Agile Scrum Group.

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This is one of those posts which are worth to click “See translation”, if Dutch language is not one of your strengths (luckily video is in English and that’s SPOT ON). It’s time for policy makers to realise that financial bid is a killer of renewable energy industry. And once you kill a European industry, you make massive dent to the European economy which is exponentially larger than any gain you have received through the financial bid. Play the long term game. 📈

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A little sneak peek into the before and after of our latest brand video for CARU Containers 👀🤯 Let us take your video to the next level with Invelo Agency

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AI for ESG and Better Buildings This is a translation (obviously with CoPilot) as requested by some of my English speaking friends of an earlier Dutch post. By now, everyone will have at least tried ChatGPT. With Generative AI, ChatGPT or CoPilot, we only touch on part of what is possible with AI. CoPilot is offered fully integrated in tools such as Office, PowerBI, etc. But applying AI to data sources, from a range of different systems, for example to meet ESG obligations or to make your building perform better, requires much effort and often involves too high a costs. These barriers, specifically for small and medium-sized businesses have not escaped the attention of Big Tech. It is for this reason that Microsoft offers a completely integrated AI service in a single solution, as a service, with Microsoft Fabric. Recently, I had the pleasure of spending a week with Microsoft in the US at the 1st Microsoft Fabric Community Conference, 6 days long, Microsoft Fabric only. In addition to attending dozens of presentations and demos, I was also able to follow a number of training courses. During that week I realized how much time and work I spend during my working life in extracting data from systems, processing that data to make it suitable for analysis, reporting, etc. and how phenomenal this new development is. Unlocking data from 150+ systems, storing it in OneLake (a kind of OneDrive for data, after which all data is made available in one universal format). Not copying data so that we all work and refer to one and the same (truth) data, and much more. It is important that you have all the AI possibilities at your disposal without writing code, or at least as little  (low-code, no-code). Unlocking data, editing, enriching, transforming, securing and even unlocking data from, for example, Amazon S3, Google or existing on-premise databases is all done via a single graphical UI in which PowerBI takes center stage. It would be going too far to go into all the details of Microsoft Fabric here. With Fabric, Microsoft makes AI accessible to everyone. What AI doesn't solve is 'garbage-in, garbage-out', so even if you're not ready for AI, but just want to have all your data accessible and managed in one universal way, Fabric is worth considering. If you want to know more about Fabric for your organization, feel free to let me know. #ESG, #MicrosoftNL, #SmartBuilding, #BetterBuildings, #MSFabric, #PowerBI

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Is there such a thing as moving too fast towards #netzero? My home country may have the answer. Strides ahead in terms of renewable energy generation, the Netherlands' efforts have hit a major snag: there’s not enough room on the grid. I wrote for Industry Europe about the “gridlock” hampering the Netherlands’ clean energy progress, and why it’s much more than just a cautionary tale for other European leaders. Even more recently, 4 provinces in the Netherlands announced bringing back gas turbines to ensure provision of power to critical assets and households due to grid constraints. In addition they have seen measures like a roll-back of electric heat pumps (being replaced with Hybrid gas pumps), EV charging points disconnected between 4-9pm due to over-consumption and increased gas production in the North Sea. All of these measures will set the Netherlands back on its journey to Net Zero while more than 10,000 companies are waiting for a grid connection in addition to about 7,500 renewable project developers in queue to add more renewable energy to the #grid. The economic impact is, and will be very real. Read the full article linked to find out how this obstacle can be overcome. https://lnkd.in/grnFeQiF

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The hidden side of our Digital Life: the ever-growing electricity consumption. I was invited on the platform of TrendsTalks to talk about this with Francesca Vanthielen.  The 30 minutes interview covered a lot of topics, but most importantly the growing (and generally unknown) electricity usage of data centers due to digitalisation + streaming + AI. We spoke a lot about the problems (massive electricity usage) but also covered the good of data centers in their support of critically important digital services and research. We spend good time on Ethernetics, its mission, it’s services and roadmap ahead as part of the solution mix. And finally, some personal topics on my journey as an entrepreneur and Business Angel A very balanced interview, bringing awareness for the impact of our ever-increasing data use.  Interview is in Dutch. #decarbonisedatacenters

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The doors of Intertraffic Amsterdam and Amsterdam Drone Week have opened, making it the largest mobility event in the world. We are very proud to have the top of the mobility world coming to Amsterdam in the coming week to network and share knowledge on 'Smart, Safe and Sustainable Mobility for All. At the RAI, we want to be a multimodal hub where multiple types of transport are connected to get from A to B, such as bus, train, metro, bicycle, car, plane. Drone transport will soon be added, which is not something for the future, because drone taxis are already there. But how are we going to integrate them into other traffic? A global approach to regulation would be best, so that all users know where they stand.

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Utrecht - the first bidirectional region in the world! What does that actually mean? The City of Utrecht recognized the value of large-scale V2G applications very early on. With the help of many partners, including grid operator Stedin Gemeente Utrecht, Provincie Utrecht, OEMs such as Renault Group and Hyundai Motor Europe, Utrecht has been able to take the lead in preparing for a bidirectional future. Thanks to the installation of hundreds of bidirectional AC charging stations Utrecht is ready for the rollout of V2G. With 1000 bidirectional cars, a significant part of the grid congestion in Utrecht can be solved! Would you like to see the rollout of bidirectional charging first hand? Follow me or We Drive Solar #bidirectional #V2G #wedrivesolar #V2X #cleantech #Utrecht

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"But what about China?" is probably the most often heard argument against the need to reduce our emissions. As if the fact that some countries are big and others are small somehow means that people in small, rich countries can lean back and tell other people -often in countries poorer than their own, and hence with far smaller historical per capita emissions- to solve the problem instead. Rather, everybody has to do their part. And those countries/people with the highest (historical and current) emissions bear the greatest responsibility for doing so. That increasingly includes China, of course. You think China is doing nothing? Wrong. China is world leader in installing renewable energy capacity, and even more so in the production of the needed technology.

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We are honoured to bring Bloem to the CEA lighting market. We engineer solutions a little differently… Please follow Bloem’s page to see what we’ve been up to with a tonne of exciting news landing over the coming weeks! 🌱 —————————————————— I’m a true listener. This might seem like a strange opening statement, but it struck me recently that the ability to put aside one’s own voice and truly tune into what others need above all else might just be the most underrated skill in business. My ethos is that solving a customer’s problem starts by listening. It’s the same ethos whether I’m playing Lego with my son or designing lighting solutions of the highest quality – my brain always in design mode, never stop thinking of ways to meet and exceed the brief. So, what led me to the path of change I am on now…what led me to Bloem? I knew that the ethos I carry so close to my heart cannot be met full circle when solutions are generic. What I needed was the opportunity to take design to another level, where outcomes are truly optimised by listening to customers and creating collaborative, customised solutions. In Bloem I have my full circle – where listening, creating and delivering is not just a best practice, it’s the heartbeat of our business. As I listen to our grower’s needs, the unique vision for that farm comes to life in my mind. It’s my happy place, deep in that creative process where I know I truly excel and can collaborate with likeminded experts to deliver results that are not just meeting variables but taking them to extraordinary heights. So now when I’m playing Lego with my son, I’m doing so with the comfort that my full circle is complete and the solutions I create are helping to build a sustainable future for the world he is inheriting.

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🇳🇱 Aurea Imaging Secures EUR 2.8M Series A Investment Aurea Imaging, a Dutch agricultural technology company specializing in sensor systems for orchard farming, has successfully closed its Series A investment round, securing EUR 2.8 million. The funding will enable Aurea to scale up the deployment of its TreeScout technology, a tractor-mounted sensor system that facilitates tree-level farm applications throughout the growing season. Additionally, the investment will support the continuous development of new applications for TreeScout. The investment round saw participation from a consortium of investors, including existing pre-Series A investor Pymwymic, a Netherlands-based impact investor. Joining them were ROM Utrecht Region, Knop Ventures, Goeie Grutten Impact Fonds, and BarUni Family Fund. These investors bring extensive experience in agtech and impact investing, providing valuable support as Aurea navigates its next growth phase. Read more here -> https://lnkd.in/efybM4Z3

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Hi all, ESG has had some false starts, as companies jumped on this, then realize it was more complex than they thought, and that in many cases, they did not have access to the data they needed. Banks for example, have cancelled some of their ESG Funds, as they could not prove the value they were after due to a lack of data. This is now changing in the Energy & Utilities industry we are the most concerned industry with decarbonizing*, as we are in fact the Scope 3 input for every other industry. In this, the latest release of our Podcast series, Marion shares tangible ways companies are realize better and more accurate ESG results. Pete  (* As reported in the CGI 2024 VOC survey results) 

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You can't have too much risk capital or too much talent. Fortunately, the trend lines are very favorable here in Europe's No. 1 tech center. All that and more in this week's Eindhoven Business Briefing. Gerard & Anton LUMO Labs PyData Eindhoven HTCE #tech #eindhoven #innovatoin #startups

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To innovate is to look ahead! After the pilot, the data will of course also be linked to the management application (Geovisia). This LiDAR technique will support us in the future with tree safety checks, ecosystem services, tree canopy volumes, etc.....

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How does NL Greenlabel apply the 3-30-300 rule (Cecil Konijnendijk) in its various methodologies? How does this come together in the Tygron Platform? And how do we make cities and villages greener this way? In this webinar we will tell you all about it. Will you join too? 

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Uprent's take at Wet Betaalbare Huur (The Affordable Rent Act). In short: we can say goodbye to affordable housing in the Netherlands.

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