FACT Office:

Mr. Winfried Rijssenbeek: "The great challenge of this century is poverty: how can we substantially reduce poverty in the developing countries? Poverty is the lack of income and is often caused by lack of employment, knowledge of opportunities, and bad health. Much of this is related to energy. Today on this planet still some 1.4 Billion people lack modern energy services like cooking gas or electricity. On the other hand we see and end to fossil fuels, which at the same time produce local pollution and likely a warmer and more volatile climate.  So the future is in energy efficient use and the deployment of renewable energy systems. With my 28 years experience in the field of renewable energy is that for each location there is an optimal renewable energy solution. It can be the use of biomass, wind, sun or water. With FACT and our partners we have a unique chance to generate and spread knowledge and expertise on bio-energy for locale development assisting local communities and farmers. This way these people can make informed choices on the energy issues for improving their livelihoods. That’s our challenge."

 

Mr. Ywe Jan Franken: "Since my childhood nature has strongly interested me and at Wageningen University I specialised in tropical agriculture. Working for FACT gives me the unique opportunity to facilitate bioenergy business development in emerging nations and create opportunities for the poor, simultaneously I can work on a solution for global warming and stimulate biodiversity. I preferably promote bioenergy that can be organically produced in diversified systems that also include food, forage, fibre, timber, ornamentals, dyes and tannins and traditional medicine." 

Mr. Bart Frederiks: "Renewable energy in developing countries is a great field to be working in if you are an engineer / world citizen. Energy is an important driver for development, and can really contribute to improving people's livelihoods in developing countries. Using renewable energy is the best way to do that, as it enables people to supply their own energy while not contributing to global environmental problems and depletion of natural resources. Working with FACT enables me to apply knowledge of bioenergy conversion processes and passion for hands-on work to the development and implementation of inovative pilot projects in developing countries."

 

Mrs. Els Valkenburg: "I take great pleasure in my work for FACT. As the management assistant I take care of all things related to the office. E.g. you might have seen my name under our news letter. You can contact me with what ever question you may have concerning bioenergy. I'll make sure it gets to the right person."

 

Executive Board:

Mr. Lex Lemmens (chairman)

 

Mr. Ruud van Eck (treasurer)

 

Mrs. Emmy Janssen

 

Mr. Sybren de Hoo 

 

Mr. Johan Sanders

 

Mr. Meindert Witvliet (auditor) 

 

Associates:

Mr. Jan de Jongh (Arrakis)

 

Mr. Peter Moers (Stichting STROhalm)