Stakeholders Identification While creating a strategy for the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area that envisions renewable energy sources through the perspective of energy landscapes, the interaction with the human scale is crucial. Therefore it is important to identify the stakeholders. Stakeholders can be defined as: “People or small groups with the power to respond to, negotiate with, and change the strategic future of the organization” [p. 117, Eden and Ackermann, 1998]. The project is focused on the regional scale, but the energy sector obviously transcends these boundaries. Plus it indirectly relates with a lot of other business sectors as well. In their report on the scope of the energy sector for NEV2014, the CBS defines the energy sector as follows:
“ ‘All activities that concern the production, distribution and sales of energy as well as the production of energy related products and services.’ Subsequently energy related products and services can be defined as ‘all products and services that directly and exclusively are being used for the production, distribution and saving of energy.’ “ [2014] Of course the storage of energy should be part of these products and services as well but this is a rather new market that yet has to be developed more and the report of the CBS is merely an exploration, described by themselves as being in the learning phase. Nevertheless their demarcation of the energy sector is extensive and well substantiated. Therefore I will make use of table 1 of their report, which can also be found in Appendice C, for the indentification of the private stakeholders. Together with public, and ngo’s, the following stakeholders can be identified.
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33 municipalities (Aalsmeer, Almere, Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Beemster,
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provinces of North Holland and Flevoland regional cooperations of the city-region of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area water boards of Amstel, Gooi en Vecht, Rijnland, Hollands Noorderkwartier, Zuiderzeeland Provinciale Staten Staten Generaal
INDUSTRY • Oil and gas exploration and excavation companies • Petroleum refineries • Companies for electricity and heat production from fossil fuels / renewables • Distribution companies of gas, electricity and heat • Companies for storage of petroleum / petroleum products • Wholesale companies of fossil fuels / biomass • Gas stations • Production companies of biofuels • Production companies of biogas
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Beverwijk, Blaricum, Bloemendaal, Diemen, Edam-Volendam, Gooise Meren, Haarlem, Haarlemmerliede-Spaarnwoude, Haarlemmermeer, Heemskerk, Heemstede, Hilversum, Huizen, Landsmeer, Laren, Lelystad, Oostzaan, Ouder-Amstel, Purmerend, Uithoorn, Uitgeest, Velsen, Waterland, Weesp, Wijdemeren, Wormerland, Zaanstad, Zandvoort)
GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES • Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) AGENCIES • Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment (Rijkswaterstaat) • Central Government Real Estate Agency (Rijksvastgoedbedrijf) • Staatsbosbeheer • Netherlands Vehicle Authority (RDW) • Chamber of Commerce (KvK) ADVISORY BOARDS • Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (Rli) • Netherlands Commission for Environment Assessment (MER) • The Health Council of the Netherlands • The Council of State
residents land owners farmers
BUSINESS • Production companies of non-sustainable / renewable energy systems • Building and installation companies of non-sustainable / renewable energy systems / energy infrastructure • Consultancy companies on non-sustainable / renewable energy / energy saving • Production companies of isolation materials • Companies for isolation activities • The Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER) • Public Transit Companies (Schiphol / NS / ProRail etc.) • Real estate companies