For the earlier version of the journal, Windpowernl spoke to a number of younger professionals who’re a part of the East Meets West community to listen to their expertise in enjoying a task within the Dutch vitality transition and the significance of information sharing between totally different nationalities. Whereas we launched the community in an earlier article, we are going to now current interviews that have been recorded with particular person members, beginning with Mónica Yus Santana from Spain.
Mónica is initially from Spain the place she did her bachelor on vitality engineering. She wished to realize some worldwide expertise as she was to find out how the vitality sector is ready up in different
international locations. When she discovered in regards to the Grasp Sustainable Vitality Expertise at TU Delft, she determined to maneuver to the Netherlands. Different standards additionally performed a task in her resolution. Beside the welcoming perspective in direction of worldwide college students and the provision of English language training, she was interested in the various developments which might be happening within the Dutch vitality sector.
The Dutch vitality transition affords a lot alternatives for younger professionals
With the Netherlands being a small, densely populated nation with a relative excessive electrical energy demand, this brings fascinating challenges alongside that require modern options. This affords younger professionals loads of alternatives.
She at present works in offshore wind, for Dutch transmission system operator TenneT. In her position as venture lead for the brand new modern 2GW HVDC offshore platforms within the Dutch and German North Sea, she will probably be accountable for the execution of a few of these tasks within the Netherlands, along with contractors and different stakeholders.
Spain may be very a lot lively in renewable vitality, with final 12 months sourcing round half of the vitality manufacturing from renewable vitality. Much less so in offshore wind however the nation is taking steps into floating wind, extra appropriate for the seabed circumstances there. However for the second, Mónica is completely happy within the Netherlands the place there are nonetheless many alternatives for her to develop professionally. And though not
collaborating in her house nation straight, she looks like she is doing this not directly, by contributing to the European vitality transition.
One of many variations she will be able to inform is the way in which college students within the Netherlands broaden their horizons by collaborating in facet tasks, research associations and networking occasions, but in addition generally by taking a spot 12 months to work for organisations. In Spanish tradition it’s maybe much less frequent for younger folks to take part whereas nonetheless finding out. The Netherlands additionally supply graduates higher beginning positions. Networking supplies the chance to be taught from one another and assist one another in future careers.
Extra consciousness and position fashions wanted
Typically she thinks extra consciousness is required, in regards to the significance of younger folks contributing to the vitality transition, and in addition amongst highschool youngsters. To sort out the vitality transition, all kinds of profiles are wanted: gender, origin and background. And though she sees an increase in ladies beginning engineering and technical research, there’s nonetheless work to be finished on this space.
She was fortunate to have had a grandfather as a task mannequin and the assist of her household to pursue this training path. Maybe that’s contributing to the low variety of ladies within the vitality transition: the shortage of position fashions. She has one advise to younger folks contemplating technical research: be courageous and simply do it.
The East Meets West community is an initiative by Vitality Funding Administration. Watch the interview with Mónica beneath. The interview was finished by iMarketingBiz by order of Windpowernl.
