Paul Vosbeek – CEO QuinteQ Energy
“I believe there is no silver bullet in the Energy Transition, the answer is a Silver buckshot and Microgrids certainly offer a key-opportunity to increase energy independence, energy efficiency and overall resilience. In fact, with microgrids we are returning to practices from the past prior to utility-scale energy generation, transmission and distribution, coming around full circle in our energy journey.”
Paul is a cleantech entrepreneur and investor who recently returned back home to the Netherlands after spending 12,5-years pushing the energy transition in the US. Paul is the founder and CEO of QuinteQ Energy, bringing the world’s most advanced flywheel technology to market.
During his tenure in the US, Paul has been involved and responsible for the development of whole spectrum of clean technologies and projects including a small wind turbine technology, marine hydrokinetic turbine technology, a wind turbine test facility and a biomimicry-based micro-hydro technology. Paul is the Founder and Board Member of OrangeGoesGreen, a Public-Private-Partnership, organized as a US based 501(c)3 which brings together Dutch and US capabilities and requirements at the intersection of energy, water and food. Recently, Paul also served as Chief Economic Advisor to the Netherlands Consulate General in San Francisco. Moreover, Paul is an Honorary Board Member of Bioneers and and Advisory Board Member of JustDiggit, both environmentally driven non-profits.
Paul transferred to the US in September 2006 to set-up the US operations for a leading Dutch supplier of specialized machinery for the destruction of currency, coin and classified information media. Prior to that, Paul was running his own consulting company, Vosbeek Consulting which was specialized in international energy, environmental and agricultural technology transfer projects. Paul holds a Bachelor degree in International Business obtained in 1992 at the Higher School of Economics in Groningen, the Netherlands and the Ryerson University of Toronto, Canada.