Energy and Environmental Technology (EET)

Arnhem is a major player when it comes to developments in the field of Energy and Environmental Technology (EET), which plays an important role within the various branches in and around Arnhem. The town council pursues an active policy and has made a covenant with various organisations to continue presenting Arnhem as an Energy Town in the coming years. Energy Made in Arnhem. Energy is also an important subject to the Dutch government and trade and industry.

Stichting kiEMT (knowledge and innovation in Energy and Environmental Technology) plays a major role in the promotion of transfer of knowledge in the Arnhem Nijmegen region, just like companies and organisations such as KEMA, Alliander, Akzo Nobel, Essent and HAN, all major players in the field of EET and also great ambassadors.

A study into the possibilities of Arnhem as an EET congress town, conducted by the Concention Bureau in 2010, has shown that this branch has a great deal of potential. Corporate companies and associations prefer destinations in areas, towns and regions outside the Randstad in the west of the Netherlands. Of course the image of the town or region is of paramount importance, influencing the number of congresses organised in the area.

As well as companies already established here, the knowledge and development in the field of EET also provides opportunities for new companies, which can set up in and around Arnhem, grow and transfer knowledge by means of seminars, congresses and symposiums.