Our Ecosystem
Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam is a community built on innovative ideas, a depth of experience, broad research and forward thinking.
This campus is set up to successfully navigate the energy transition. Together with Shell, start-ups, scale-ups, research institutes, academia and mature companies have the opportunity to collaborate and innovate to develop solutions for the energy transition.
Current ETCA Members
Accenture
Location: CW-04
“Collaboration will be critical to solve sustainability challenges across value chains, and will be a key driver for innovation – enabling new products and services, new business models, and new growth opportunities. Accenture is uniquely positioned to make this happen, through our deep understanding of the intersection of digital and sustainability and the way we work with ecosystem partners to drive transformation at scale”
AGH University of Krakow
AGH, one of Poland's top technical universities, is renowned for its energy, mining, and metallurgy programs. The university fosters a knowledge-based society and creates innovative technologies. Students work on industry-relevant projects with partners like Shell. Prof. Artur Wyrwa, Vice-Dean for Cooperation and Science, Faculty of Energy and Fuels, says, “This ETCA membership will help us secure international research funding, encourage innovative ideas, share knowledge, and improve practical skills in energy systems and digitalization, preparing our students for future energy challenges.”
Alliander
“Alliander has a clear vision on how to build and maintain a resilient energy grid in the context of the Energy Transition, making use of distributed assets to create connected local energy systems.”
“We have set ourselves clear goals – incorporating the opportunities that digitalization and innovation offer to the industry - and openly collaborate with other parties to develop solutions that enable Alliander to continue to provide affordable and reliable grid infrastructure, enabling the transition to sustainable energy. ETCA provides an excellent framework to nourish that open collaboration”
Apara Solutions
Location: CW-04
"Our vision is to be the leading provider of high-quality engineering services and solutions. Apara is a leader in electrical engineering services, and a trusted and reliable supplier of specialty services focused on energy transition."
AQUABATTERY
AQUABATTERY offers long duration energy storage that is affordable, sustainable, and safe, with their revolutionary solution to store solar and wind electricity in table salt and water.
AQUABATTERY has set up their R&D team in ETCA to advance innovation and product development and prepare for the commercialization of their novel flow battery. “Having a fully equipped professional lab is a game-changer for us! It allows us to achieve consistent, high-quality results, accelerating the development of our groundbreaking technology.” Jiajun Cen, CEO of AQUABATTERY
AVEVA
AVEVA develops software that enables companies to build a more sustainable future. Together with their partners, academia and policymakers, AVEVA develops and implements global digital solutions for decarbonization and net zero operations. They focus on improving efficiency, reducing waste and optimizing resource use, enabling their customers to minimize environmental impact and together accelerate the energy transition. The addition of AVEVA to ETCA's ecosystem adds significant value because of their expertise in information management, digital twins and software solutions in the changing energy landscape.
C3.ai
Location: CW-04
“Shell has been partnering with C3 AI since 2018. We chose C3 AI because C3 AI is a leading enterprise AI software provider for accelerating digital transformation. Since 2018, Shell has scaled our predictive maintenance program, powered by C3 AI technology, to monitor and maintain more than 10,000 pieces of equipment in upstream, manufacturing, and integrated gas assets across the global asset base — one of the largest such deployments in the energy industry. And we are not going to stop here. Shell and C3 AI are expanding our cooperation in the areas of Sustainability and ESG to accurately report ESG performance and to reduce emissions. Combining innovation brain powers from our companies under one roof in ETCA will further accelerate our journey towards the energy transition.”
CarbonOro
CarbonOrO delivers carbon capture solutions to industrial CO2 emitters across industries including waste management, energy, oil & gas and the glass, chemicals, steel, cement and concrete industries. In these hard-to-abate sectors, capturing and storing (or using) CO2 is indispensable to reduce emissions. CarbonOrO was awarded an ETCA membership for their proposal at the Leapsprong programme to create a Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) value chain within the Westport area in Amsterdam.
Corvus
Location: CW-03
“Corvus Energy is the leading supplier of zero emission solutions for the ocean space.
Corvus Energy is committed to continuously optimize our portfolio and as well to develop elements to push the green transition.”
EPAM systems
Location: CW-04
EPAM Systems, Inc. is a leading digital transformation services and product development company and a pioneer in re-imagining businesses through a so-called digital lens. Through their heritage and wide experience in software engineering, strategic business and innovation consulting, design thinking and advanced physical and digital capabilities, they create tangible value for their clients.
Endress + Hauser
Location: EW-00
Endress+Hauser is a global leader in measurement and automation technology for process and laboratory applications. The family-owned company, founded in 1953 by Georg H Endress and headquartered in Reinach, Switzerland, has been pushing ahead with the development and use of innovative technologies, now helping to shape the industry’s digital transformation. Through membership of the ETCA, Endress+Hauser will contribute its extensive expertise in process automation, expanding the ETCA's capabilities in critical areas such as carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), hydrogen and low carbon fuel production and development of the circular economy.
50five:
50five was founded in 2016 by its existing management team and is a Charge Point Operator (CPO) headquartered in ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. 50five provides integrated, A to Z e-mobility solutions, including energy management, energy storage and Charging as A Service with a current customer base of more than 35.000 charge points. 50five is present in 6 European countries, dedicated to offering the best EV experience, with the ambition to become the largest Charge Point Operator in Europe by 2030.
GBM Works
Location: CW-03
"GBM Works mission is to contribute to the Global Goals for Sustainable Development by offering innovative solutions for energy production infrastructure of the future, starting with energy production at sea."
Huracán
Huracán Technical Advisory company is making an impact in the development of Dutch Flagship Wind Parks. Under the leadership of Founder and CEO Vincent van der Meijden, Huracán has over a decade of experience in managing requirements and scope for offshore renewable energy projects and corporate sustainability management. They leverage SaaS and AI tools to help clients achieve their sustainability goals.
IPSS
Location: CO-04
“IPSS Engineering will support all members within the ETCA with their high-level experience in the renewable energy“.
“Together we'll solve the world’s biggest energy challenges through collaboration and technological innovation within the ETCA”
Kongsberg Digital
Location: CW-04
"Kongsberg Digital is an Industrial Software company supporting the widescale digitalization of the Energy industry. Their digital twin product Kognitwin is shaping the future of work for a better industrial tomorrow.
Kogntiwin is an Industrial Worksurface that provides a realistic and safe environment to experiment, quickly innovate and to push the envelope of what is possible in the energy transition space. It will be the digital playground (or the industrial metaverse) for ETCA to unify, test and iterate around new ideas, concepts and ways of working.”
Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company
Location: EW-00
Nalco Water, Ecolab’s global water and process management business, works with customers across a wide range of industries to address process challenges, minimize water and climate impacts, and maximize outcomes at an optimized total cost. With a presence at more than 100,000 customer sites in over 170 countries, we combine innovative products with digital innovation and extensive expertise to help companies meet their business, performance and sustainability goals.
Politecnico di Torino
Politecnico di Torino (POLITO) is one of the most prestigious technical universities in Turin, Italy. POLITO is already a renowned research partner for Shell, collaborating in several European Union-funded research consortia. The most recent consortium, HySET is a Master of science program focused on hydrogen (H2) technology. Through the consortium and the ETCA membership, we have been able to host students of POLITO in our campus in Amsterdam, with more students expected to join us in 2025 and 2026.
Radix Engineering & Software
Location: CW-04
Radix helps clients revolutionize their approach to engineering problems using digital technologies. The key opportunities they see in the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam, is to jointly drive net-zero offshore production, convert existing facilities to green hydrogen and accelerate the journey to autonomous operations.
RCGI
RCGI is at the forefront of Brazil's commitment to environmental sustainability, engaging 600 researchers worldwide in the same mission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. RCGI already has ongoing connections in the Netherlands with renowned institutes such as TNO and the Delft University of Technology and focuses specifically on nature-based solutions; carbon capture, utilization and storage; hydrogen; biofuels; mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and advocacy which are fully aligned with ETCA's key themes.
SBM Offshore
SBM Offshore is the SBM Offshore is the world’s deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert. They are delivering a TRUE.BLUE.TRANSITION. – advancing decarbonization and the energy transition while diversifying to support more industries with their marine capabilities. SBM Offshore is mindful that the energy transition is a collective effort and built on collaboration and decided to join the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam.
Senai Cimatec
Senai Cimatec is a research institute from Brazil, specialized in education, science, and innovation for industrial development. Established in 2002, this research institute excels in education, science, and innovation for industrial development. SENAI Cimatec offers diverse academic programs and leads international research projects in the energy transition. Notable collaborations with Shell include the BRAVE and FlatFish programs, advancing bioenergy and underwater infrastructure inspection. As an accelerator/incubator, SENAI Cimatec also supports sustainable growth in the Deep Tech industry.
Shell
"Shell employees in Amsterdam have been working together on innovation and development for over a hundred years. The urgency of the energy transition asks for collaboration. We have opened our doors so institutes, universities, companies, start-ups, scale-ups can work together in ETCA to find innovative solutions for the energy transition."
Sonnen
Founded in 2010 in Southern Germany, sonnen GmbH introduced the sonnenBatterie, allowing households to store and use self-generated solar energy. Since then, the company has evolved into a global leader in sustainable energy solutions for homes and businesses, with a presence in many countries worldwide. sonnen's mission is to transform the global energy system and provide clean, reliable and affordable energy for all.
Technip Energies
Location: JW-03
"Technip Energies and Shell are strengthening their alliance to achieve affordable carbon capture around the Cansolv technology. The 2 teams will co-locate into the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam to achieve technology improvements, engineering improvements and align our marketing to customers. Collaborating with other members in ETCA will enable us jointly to resolve complexity, to overcome challenges, and foster a sustainable ecosystem for industry and the planet."
TNO
Location: EW-00
"TNO is pleased to become a member of the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam as part of a fruitful cooperation that helped kickstart the POWERED project, in which novel technology will be piloted in Amsterdam to produce renewable DME fuel from captured CO2 in a significantly more efficient process and make DME a more competitive alternative for fossil fuels such as diesel and LPG."
Universiteit Utrecht
"The Weckhuysen group of Utrecht University is the frontrunner of the development of advanced (operando) spectroscopic methods that are essential to rationally design the catalyst required for the energy transition of our time. The group’s tremendous knowledge on the use of these techniques and the studied industrially relevant chemical reactions, such as CO2-hydrogenation or dry reforming of methane, will be an important building block of ETCA to accelerate the transformation of industry towards green technologies."
Value Maritime
Value Maritime is a young innovation-driven team of experienced engineers and financial experts who truly understand shipping and the need for new, simple, sustainable solutions that make commercial and financial sense in the maritime industry.
WBCSD
Location: JW-02
"WBCSD is the premier global, CEO-led community of over 200 of the world’s leading sustainable businesses working collectively to accelerate the system transformations needed for a net-zero, nature positive, and more equitable future."
XRG Technologies
XRG Technologies, headquartered in Oklahoma, USA, is expanding to Europe and has chosen ETCA as their European home base. Known for their innovative heat transfer solutions, XRG is on a mission to provide sustainable energy solutions to refineries, petrochemical plants, and power facilities, a crucial step in the transition to cleaner energy.
Yokogawa
Location: CW-04
“Yokogawa has been closely working together with Shell in the Oil & Gas Industry for over 30 years to bring value by collaboration & co-innovation.
As Shell breaks new ground forging a path in the Energy Transition by establishing and facilitating the ETCA as a community , it gives Yokogawa great pleasure to join this effort and be part of the ETCA. This collaboration space will allow Yokogawa to expand our relationships and expertise, to help the energy transition with all campus participants and our customers. Through this collaboration, Yokogawa is expecting to contribute to opportunities to develop valued solutions in the Clean Energy supply chain to achieve Net Zero emission in 2050 as our global sustainability goal”
Meet our members
Introducing GBM works
Marjan Oudeman, Chair ARC CBBCWithin ARC CBBC a number of universities and companies work jointly in open collaboration on Green Chemistry. Without Shell, key research in areas like small molecule activation, electrochemical CO₂ conversion and sustainable catalytic processes would not be as far advanced. We are excited to see that Shell is now also opening up its Technology Centre in Amsterdam to welcome other partners to innovate. The more we can build on each other’s strengths, the bigger the impact on a more sustainable future.
Prof. Bert Weckhuysen, Captain of Science, Topsector ChemistryThe Netherlands is an innovation leader, where public-private partnerships play an important role in accelerating fundamental research and technology development, including their deployment. It is important that we secure that role for the future. I see Shell opening its Amsterdam facilities to other partners as an important development in bringing together technologies, ideas and skills needed in further accelerating the energy transition. I look forward to many fruitful innovations coming from the collaborative work that will be done at the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam.
Start-ups/Scale-ups
With a priority need for investment, a workspace, talented staff, customers, knowledge, expertise and mentoring, Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam enables clean tech entrepreneurs to reach their full potential and accelerate energy solutions.
Providing the opportunity to develop innovations that anticipate tomorrow’s challenges, the tools to find innovative technology solutions for new value chains and affordable access to world-class higher technical readiness level laboratory facilities. Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam works as a platform for scaling and access to customers and investors.
Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam will be the place to become part of a common purpose ecosystem to co-develop more and cleaner energy solutions.
Research institutes/Academia
With a desire to have more time for deep thinking and research, Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam provides the opportunity to concentrate on translating deep thinking and research into commercial viability and real societal impact.
Looking for the freedom to explore new ideas, a network of excellence to gain insights from or the ability to work with industry leaders? Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam offers a collaborative environment working on funded programs for the benefit of society and affordable access to world class facilities and expertise where you can work on problems that matter and where the next generation of scientists can grow, learn, discover and prosper.
Access to a broad network of science and technology experts frees up more time to contribute to projects that have a lasting legacy, with real world impact.
Mature companies
Taking a business to the next level, scaling up commercially but keeping costs low, accessing growth markets but not being held back by bigger companies, protecting intellectual property but needing access to innovative technology to develop it; these are challenges that mature companies face daily.
Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam empowers companies to unlock value together through technology collaboration, work on impactful innovation that anticipates today's and tomorrow’s challenges with urgency and provides affordable access to world class facilities and industry expertise.
Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam makes collaborative growth viable, simple and cost efficient to achieve the common goal of advancing commercial energy solutions through trusted and complementary partnerships.
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