Our company
In short the Hornet organization can be characterized as follows:
Innovative
Hornet developed a greatly improved technique in the field of solar energy: the Hornet nanotechnology-based printing energy concept. It combines a high degree of sustainability with completely new economic perspectives.
Sustainable
Sustainability is embedded in the nature of our product. But it also plays an important role in our daily operation. We believe the days of one-sided economic thinking are over. It is not without reason that our creed is: creating a today thinking of tomorrow.
Sound
Hornet claims to be a ‘partner in excellence’. That’s why reliability is a keyword in our operation and do we have an open eye for ethics in the broadest sense of the word, in all our doings. We always want to be fair and transparent in the cooperation with our partners.
Efficient
Throughout our operations quality in the true sense of the word is central: Hornet operates quickly and flexibly, thereby ensuring that the focus on excellence is never lost.
Well-known
The company uses its well-developed global network to be successful in the international energy market. It consists of prominent people from business and politics from all over the world.
WHAT IS A HORNET?
A hornet is an insect that has built-in ‘solar cells’ that generate electricity from sunlight—a first in the animal kingdom, according to scientific study. Research revealed that pigments in the hornet’s yellow tissues trap light, while its dark coloured tissues generate electricity.
Partners
In its pursuit of further sustainability , Hornet aims to maintain contact with relevant organizations that could be identified as facilitating partners:
- Dutch government
- Local governments elsewhere in the world
- European Union
- United Nations
- World Bank
- Science institutions
- Investment funds and economic stimulus funds
- Energy producers
- Executive businesses
Boardmembers
Karel Aalbers (Chairman of the Board)
Karel Aalbers started his professional career as director of a jewelry company with – at the end – seven locations. After leaving the jewelry company, Karel founded and led AEC Holland, an international trading house with 600 employees and branches in various continents. In that capacity, he has acted as an advisor and business partner to several multinational corporations and leading statesmen.
For 16 years he was chairman of the professional football club Vitesse, which he brought to the top 3 of Dutch football. In this capacity he developed Gelredome, an extremely innovative multifunctional stadium with a sliding pitch and an exceptionally sustainable character.
As CEO of Amarak Holding, he spent two decades concentrating on solving energy issues.
Today, as Chairman of the Board of Hornet Holding BV the emphasis is on the development and implementation of large-scale renewable energy applications. Aalbers has a large international network consisting of prominent people from business, politics and sport. He has received several awards at home and abroad.
Boudewijn Poelmann (Chairman of the Board non-executive)
Boudewijn Poelmann (born 3 February 1949, Bussum) is a Dutch entrepreneur and co-founder of the Netherlands’s Nationale Postcode Lottery. In 1983, he helped to start the media company Novamedia. Novamedia is the inventor and owner of the Postcode Lottery concept and runs charity lotteries in five countries.
Before establishing Novamedia in 1983, he worked with DAF and Oxfam Novib (Dutch organization for international development aid). At Oxfam Novib he was responsible for fundraising and oversaw its publishing house. In addition, he acquired experience in European TV, telephone and printed media businesses. Until September 1992 he was also the director of Inter Press Service, Europe.
Poelmann is one of the founders/owners of Independent Media, which became the second largest publishing house in the Russian Federation. He was the chairman of the board of directors until 2004 when Independent Media was sold to Sanoma Publishing. In 2004, he co-founded City AM, a daily financial newspaper in London. One year later he co-founded the new Dutch publishing house Nieuw Amsterdam. He was a member of the board of Feyenoord Rotterdam.
After handing over his work as CEO of Novamedia in 2020, he started the investment fund Phase2.earth in 2021, together with three (former) employees of Novamedia.
Klaas Schuring (CEO)
Klaas Schuring is a professional organizer and engineer in renewable energy. He started his career in the aeronautical business. In 1996 he joined the wind industry. He was responsible for the design, engineering, production and O&M of wind turbines and rotor blades. He was director and vice president of several renewable production organizations. Since 2011 he added the solar technology and entrepreneurship of start- and scale ups to his experience. Klaas was CEO of the KIC InnoEnergy organization in the Benelux. Since 2017 he has supported several corporations developing disruptive innovations as an independent advisor. Since 2017 he is member of the management of Amarak Holding for the operations and technology of the renewable projects.