New Energy Coalition is a continuously growing network and knowledge organisation that aims for a sustainable future by accelerating the energy transition on a national and international level. A triple-helix organisation funded by public and private parties, it connects energy knowledge, policy and markets. New Energy Coalition resulted from the merger of established energy associations, creating a comprehensive coalition of research and educational institutes, leading energy companies and government parties.
The coalition focuses mainly on the development and valorisation of growth potential of the energy sector in the Dutch provinces of Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe and Noord-Holland, the region being a perfect breeding and testing ground for energy innovation. The accumulated knowledge and results are available for the benefit of all.
New Energy Coalition is the catalyst of the Northern Netherlands' Hydrogen Valley (as well as recently Noord-Holland Hydrogen Valley), a six-year European programme in which more than thirty public and private parties contribute to the realisation of a hydrogen network and value chain. From large-scale production of hydrogen up to expansion of the number of hydrogen vehicles and fuelling stations, and from underground hydrogen storage to heating of residential areas. All these initiatives are being developed within the Hydrogen Valley ( www.newenergycoalition.org/en/hydrogen-valley/), which has put the region on the international map as the exemplary region for hydrogen.