Title
Syn-energy: An interconnected, renewable and fair energy system in South Holland, by 2050
Author
Tulp, Emma (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)
Liu, Kuan-Ting (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)
Grimbacher, Elena (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)
Bobadilla Gracia, Mariana (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)
Contributor
Wandl, Alex (mentor) 
Newton, Caroline (mentor)
Degree granting institution
Delft University of Technology
Programme
Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences
Project
AR2U086 R&D Studio – Spatial Strategies for the Global Metropolis
Date
2022-04-14
Abstract
Our society is dealing with multiple wicked problems: the Climate Crisis, poverty, inequality and our need for a sustainable and healthy environment to live in. The Climate Crisis increases the urge to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels and requires a structural transformation to our management and distribution of space, economy and community. More than 8% of the Dutch population faces energy poverty, and this percentage will increase with the rising energy prices and unstructured national framework. The Province of South Holland, in the Netherlands, is a region thriving from an economy based not only in the biggest port in Europe, the Port of Rotterdam, but also thriving design, technologies and innovations in the cultural centres of cities like Delft, Leiden, Rotterdam and The Hague. This region has a great potential to strategically change the energy generation towards alternative, renewable sources, as well as the energy consumption of the region to tackle social inequalities such as energy poverty.
This report will elaborate on the question of how a just energy transition towards 100% renewable energy of the Province of South Holland can be created through synergising and adjusting the spatial distribution. Through research by design, approached by students of the department of urbanism of ‘Bouwkunde’ at the TU Delft, the scope and application of regional planning for energy development will be illustrated to facilitate an adaptive, inclusive and collaborative energy transition in the Province of South Holland.
A systemic change is needed, which will create the opportunity for the Port of Rotterdam to evolve from the current petrolscape to a renewable energyscape and to become a leading role model in the energy transition towards regional renewable energy generation and distribution, and a global hydrogen hub. A fair system without energy poverty, accessible, affordable and efficient energy and mobility, a repurposed energyspace for diverse renewable energy systems and a recycling system, and a local energy production will enable a just transition towards a fossil fuel free future for the Province of South Holland.
Subject
Energy poverty
Synergising
Energy Transition
Renewable energy
Circular material and energy flow
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Student theses
Document type
student report
Rights
© 2022 Emma Tulp, Kuan-Ting Liu, Elena Grimbacher, Mariana Bobadilla Gracia