The Zeeland energy and climate transition requires sufficient and well-trained professionals. In addition to the greening of the electricity system and the development of a hydrogen infrastructure, a transition is also required in the sustainable application of heat: the heat transition. In a network exploration with the Zeeland University of Applied Sciences and the Scalda, companies and governments explored the training needs. The heat transition requires knowledge about sustainable techniques, such as residual heat, sustainable steam, aquathermia, solar heat, heat pump technology, cooling systems and heat storage. In addition to theory, education should focus on the practical application of techniques, both on sustainable heat in industry and sustainable heat in the built environment. This can be achieved with an impulse in the education program about the heat transition with associated educational setups, in addition to existing facilities in the pilot factory Scalda Terneuzen, the Technum and HZ facilities in Vlissingen and the JRCZ in Middelburg, with the aim of contributing to an agile and resilient workforce and attracting talent for chemistry and broader technology. Project The sustainable heat education programme to be developed in MBO and HBO is central to the project. The target range aims to teach more than 200 students per year in the heat transition by offering teaching modules and/or sub-modules in the curriculum. The educational programme is coordinated with the project network from the business community, with network consultations, input from practical issues and guest lectures. As a result, practical questions from the business world are translated into the learning environment for students and lecturers. Education is facilitated with an impulse in educational setups, as shown below. The educational setups also make the various challenges regarding the heat transition that live in the Zeeland business community tangible for the student. The educational setups are used on the HZ Vlissingen and SCALDA Terneuzen, the setups are modular and mobile. The educational setups can therefore also be used on open days to enthuse the Zeeland youth for an education in technology. For example, with an arrangement about the application of aqua or small-scale geothermal energy in Zeeland, the use of residual heat in Zeeland Flanders and the port of Vlissingen, or making the heat demand in industry more sustainable with an electric steam generator. The HCA heat transition project realises an extensive educational programme that contributes to an agile and resilient workforce in Zeeland, by training and retraining the necessary MBO and HBO professionals for the heat transition in collaboration with industry and industry in the region. As a result, the Zeeland heat transition is optimally supported with education, research and knowledge infrastructure. The project is thus a concrete implementation of JTF ZV-VO track 3, ‘an agile and resilient workforce’; attracting talent for chemistry and wider technology, future-proof labour market through lifelong development. More specifically, this project is a concrete implementation of track O: Other activities in the field of education and social inclusion, and directly in line with the examples of concrete actions from the JTF programme: • Measures to modernise and strengthen education and labour market institutions and services to assess, respond to and ensure timely and tailor-made assistance to skills needs. • Adapting training, increasing inflows in directions relevant to the transition and maximising outflows from training to jobs in the area. • Developing continuous learning lines with education and knowledge institutions, including those focusing on low-carbon economy professions. In addition, the opportunities and attractiveness of technology can be brought to the attention of education in a structural way.
