Dear friends, After a short stop in Montpellier, and a refreshing dealing with the SNCF on strike, we went on to Spain to the Basque jewel of San Sebastian. By the way, a big thanks to Anais and Maxime who welcomed us in Montpellier on the shortest notice. San Sebastian is one of the most […]
Dear friends, After a trip through the beautiful Swiss countryside, we arrived in Italy: Milan first, Arenzano and then finally Savona. A big thank you to Laurent and his father for your help with the tent! The Tournesol team is going back to the roots with a couple of days under the stars. But the […]
Dear friends, We arrived in Mannheim … well actually we arrived in Mainz and learned that our first appointment was cancelled. Luckily was us, we were welcomed by Anne-Gael. Thank you Anne Gael and Anna for your wonderful hospitality. You girls are the best. The next morning, we had the great chance to meet with […]
Dear friends, We had the workshop at the EUREF Campus yesterday. The first thing to do, is a big thanks to all the participants: Professors Guerrero and Vasquez that made the trip from Aalborg to participate, Johannes Sigulla that hosted us at Schneider Electrics, Andreas Raab from the lab SENSE, Anna Verena Münch of TU […]
Dear friends, The Tournesol team is now complete in Berlin to prepare our workshop at the EUREF Campus, Victor joined us today from Paris. We organise and conduct this workshop for the team of the Micro Smart Grid Berlin. We will have three round tables around the hot topics around the deployment of the micro-grids […]
Dear friends, After the inspiring episode in Schönau, it is now time for the Tournesol team to climb on a bus for the long ride to Hamburg, Germany. We are the pleasure there to meet with Jan Gratenau of Hanswerk. Hanswerk is a local subsidiary of E.ON and manages the grid of the island of […]
Dear friends, It is now the second month of our trip, and we leave Scandinavia to visit a country were the energy transition is not only a reality but a political statement in our European Union: Germany. Germany is interesting as a whole because of the political decision made to “turn-around” the energy industry of […]
Dear friends It is our last day in Stockholm, but could not leave without meeting with the driving force behind Sweden’s energy efforts, the Swedish Energy Agency: We meet Mrs. Mimmi Magnusson at their lab in the center of Stockholm.
Dear friends, We had to leave stoic Gotland but only to trade back to the beautiful Stockholm. The sun decided to stay on the holiday island a little longer, but we did not mind because our next stop was our French compatriots at Schneider Electrics. We were welcomed by Mr. Rolf Osterberg, project manager for […]
Dear friends, The Viking island of Gotland is hosting the Tournesol team for a couple of days, and what a feast for the eyes! The sun followed us as we are walking to the offices of GEAB, the local DSO company to follow the team meeting of SmartGrid Gotland. GEAB (GEAB is a joint-venture between […]
