Breakout Sessions

Each breakout session will start with short pitches by TU Delft researchers and key experts followed by facilitated discussions aimed at identifying concrete research questions, partnership opportunities and potential R&D projects. 

Breakout 1 |  Power-to-X and intermittent renewable energy  

Power-to-X (P2X) is developing rapidly, but what kind of industry will emerge around these technologies? This breakout explores the opportunities, challenges, and ecosystem needed to scale P2X—from hydrogen and e-fuels to power quality and new industrial applications. Through short pitches from different perspectives, we’ll discuss where the biggest opportunities lie and what it will take to turn P2X technologies into a mature industry.

• Prof Dr Ir Wiebren de Jong: Large-Scale energy storage
• Prof Dr Fokko Muldera: energy storage and conversion materials for renewable energy applications
• Dr Ana Somaze: Chemical engineering; Sustainable process industries

Breakout 2 |  Industrial electrification from a system perspective  

The future energy and industrial system will need to connect electricity, heat, hydrogen and other feedstocks in an integrated and flexible way. This breakout explores how different technologies and energy carriers can play complementary roles in this system, and what infrastructure, flexibility and coordination are needed to make these connections work in practice.

• Dr Kenneth Bruninx: Integrated hydrogen energy systems
• Dr Ir Jurriaan Peters: Nuclear reactors 
• Prof Dr Ir Machteld van den Broek: Energy system integration

Breakout 3 |  Unlocking construction sites and urban developments through smart energy solutions

Grid congestion, nitrogen-related constraints, permitting challenges and limited access to energy infrastructure are increasingly delaying construction and urban development projects. This breakout explores how innovative energy technologies, flexible power systems and smart energy management can help overcome these constraints and unlock stalled sites.

• Dr Pieter Willems -  KitePower: Airborne Wind Energy
• Drs Dirk Pulles - Touchwind: Mobile Wind Energy Systems
• Prof Marnix Wagemaker - TU Delft: Battery Technologies: Today and Tomorrow
• Dr Jenna Iori - TU Delft: Hybrid Power Plants

Breakout 4 | Energy Hubs and local flexibility  THIS BREAKOUT IS FULL

Energy Hubs combine local generation, storage, flexible demand and microgrids to relieve grid congestion and strengthen resilience. This breakout explores where they can make the biggest system impact—and what it takes to deploy them at scale

• Ir Lidewij van Trigt & Ir Wouter Zomerdijk, The Green Village
• Richard Ruijtenbeek, ACE-RD
• Dr Francesco Lombardi, TU Delft: Energy Systems
• Dr Maeva Dang & Karla Ritsema, AMS Urban Energy
• Dr Sebastian Rivera Lunnissi, TU Delft Power electronics for DC Systems