With the help of our partner Rengineers and our AEM Electrolysers, this 19th-century island fortress now boasts a unique, self-sufficient clean energy system, the Enapter reported. Dutch Minister of Climate and Energy Rob Jetten opened the brand new, sustainable energy supply of Fort Island Pampus – honouring the past and inspiring the future.
As the cornerstone of the Defense Line of Amsterdam,
Pampus was an ultra-modern defense structure in 1895. During war, two hundred soldiers had to be able to survive off-grid on the island for three months. Electricity was generated by a steam engine, rainwater was purified and food was canned and pickled.
But it was not prepared for the eventual arrival of military airplanes and so little was left of Pampus other than a ruin and became a place for parties, demonstrations and art after World War II.
After years of research and renovation, the island has now been transformed into a role model for innovative and decentralised clean energy supply and circularity.
Powered by wind, sun and bio-fermentation, a combination of green hydrogen, lithium batteries, thermal storage and heat pumps provides fossil-free energy storage all year round.
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Press release https://shorturl.at/dPrbX
