With the consent of the member , Léon Ammerlaan has been constitute as a fresh control panel member of Geothermie Nederland as of April 17 for a menstruation of three years . The board was looking for a dining table member with specific noesis of geothermal Energy Department in nursery horticulture .
Léon Ammerlaan from Pijnacker is earlier a grower of tropic potted plants . As the first cosmetic flora agriculturalist , he germinate a geothermic installment with his comrade Menno in 2010 , and thus Leon currently runs two company , one in potted plants and one in geothermic vigour , Ammerlaan The Green Innovator ( TGI ) . With this , they extract geothermic vim for their own use and supply it to customers in the neighborhood .
Besides the stable energy terms , sustainability has been Léon Ammerlaan ’s drive force to invest in geothermal muscularity . In 2020 , Amerlaan TGI won the EZK Energy Award . The tropical plant greenhouse is the first in the Netherlands to provide geothermal energy for greenhouses and home . Ammerlaan TGI provides passion as a fully - fledged energy company for a school , a public swim pool , a sports complex , 543 homes , and 24 fellow gardener . This preserve 12,500,000 m3 of natural gasolene and 22,250 loads of CO2 emission p.a. . Practical knowledgeLéon : " In the process of developing geothermal vigor , I learn a lot that you do n’t learn at any school . Now that I sit at the board with the municipality and the government a destiny , I calculate at these innovation differently . You ca n’t get there without cooperation . You involve everyone : governments , noesis institutions , colleagues , you name it . We all learn from this . We do n’t commercialise our knowledge , we share it . In my view , that belongs in the horticultural sphere . And I require to continue that sharing of knowledge in my part as a board penis for Geothermie Nederland . "
" We are pleased that Léon want to use his knowledge , experience , and vision for the sphere as a whole . particularly now that Radboud Vorage has left the board , the representation of greenhouse gardening and the hard-nosed knowledge about the program of geothermic energy within this sector is of great importance . Léon ’s condemnation that cooperation and knowledge share-out are essential for further increase of geothermal Energy Department aligns seamlessly with the mission of Geothermie Nederland . The board has therefore nem con nominated Léon as a add-in appendage as of April 17 , 2025 , for a period of three age , " responds the board of Geothermie Nederland . Source : Geothermal Netherlands
