Stephan Brandligt
Deputy Mayor - Delft, Netherlands
Stephan Brandligt, Deputy Mayor of Delft since 2012, is the driving force behind the city’s heat transition. As Energy Cities Vice-President, he regularly shares Dutch best practices around multi-level governance in energy matters with his European peers.
In charge of Social Affairs, Sustainable Development and Public Space, Stephan has a particular interest in Sustainable Development and Energy. This is shown through his activity in several energy-related networks: he is President of the Dutch Climate Alliance (Klimaatverbond Nederland), member of the energy committee of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) and other City-related networks.
Working on the energy transition in the Netherlands with the goal of phasing out natural gas, Stephan´s main challenge in his city is to replace the heating system by geothermal heat.
The task requires close collaboration between nearby cities; Stephan is currently working on a large heat network that would bring waste heat from the Port of Rotterdam to urban areas in Delft and The Hague as well as to the greenhouses in Westland.
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Unbreakable Delft – How city and region join forces
Stephan Brandligt, Deputy Mayor of Delft
Stephan Brandligt, Deputy Mayor of Delft, explains the Dutch way of city-to-city cooperation and how this will be crucial for the next XXL district heating system.
