If it were up to Rob Castien, CEO of high-tech company Resato International, we would all be driving hydrogen-powered cars in a few years. Together with the Holthausen Group, the gas union and sustainable gas station green planet Resato is one of the frontrunners in the Northern Netherlands to make hydrogen available to the general public.
Driving a car just has to be clean. And according to Castien, it can be done within a decade. According to him, it's a bit of the familiar chicken-and-egg story. ”There are still too few filling stations to fill up cars with hydrogen. That's why everyone is waiting for each other.” According to Castien, an investment in such a car and filling station is very large. ”Entrepreneurs, according to his estimate, take 10 to 15 years to earn their first euro." Resato International has therefore developed a filling station that is cheaper than a large filling station. "We fill the hydrogen tank with five kilos under the high pressure of seven hundred bar. You can drive about five hundred kilometers with this."
Nomination
The jury of the Drenthe Company of the Year has announced the names of the ten companies nominated for the 2017 edition. Based on various criteria, this reduced the 122 entries to ten participants. Chairman of the jury Eric Zwart: ,,We expect a great battle for the three final places during the nomination meeting on October 4. We are proud of the nominated companies and I wish them every success in the follow-up process.”
At the nomination meeting, the nominees are given the opportunity to present themselves and emphasize why they should proceed to the final. Partly on the basis of these pitch presentations, the jury then selects three finalists who will proceed to the final on Thursday 16 November in theater De Nieuwe Kolk in Assen.