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Your team of experts in a network of stakeholders
Together, we go for worry-free realization and optimal profitability of complex projects.
We do this by independently recognizing all the perspectives of different partners as a function of the bigger picture.
We deploy a scalable team of experts in a focused manner.
We address every task and problem that arises immediately.
hop takes projects to the next level!
hop is a young and dynamic company in the rapidly evolving energy sector. We were founded on the conviction that energy transition is an absolute must to meet today's social and environmental challenges.
From our experience, we know that energy projects are very complex. They often involve technologically difficult issues and many different areas of expertise need to be brought together. Collaboration is the key to success.
Exactly at that junction of cooperation and technology, hop brings added value to energy projects.
We do this by recognizing the interests of all partners within the bigger picture and immediately grasping tasks and problems that arise.
house of perspectives
hop, as an independent party, makes the connection in a network of stakeholders. As a pivotal figure, we recognize the perspective of all partners and help carry their vision.
house of people
All of our team of trained and experienced people think and work on your project. They each have their own expertise and are scalable deployable, exactly where and when they are needed.
house of projects
Acting proactively on every acute need, we take charge of complex projects from A to Z. hops tackles all the small and large challenges in your project, from concept to execution and taking care of every unforeseen, urgent question.
History
Hop was founded in 2017 out of a passion for energy & technology, bringing people and companies together, combined with the vision to actively contribute to the energy transition.
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In 2019, we may add several large projects to our portfolio and will have the opportunity to coordinate projects outside the high voltage sector.
With so much work on the books, it is time to expand the team. The team will be reinforced with an administrative assistant and we will start our search for new colleagues.
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In 2020, we are hiring two new project managers and continuing our strategy of expanding our management office into an accelerator for realizing projects in the energy transition.
We believe very hard in this energy transition, but also see that it is a very complex story of different technologies, sectors and people that need to work together to realize these projects.
In this we have a clear vision: hops wants to be a catalyst that can both make the response more efficient and accelerate it. Partly because of our background in different technologies, we also see opportunities to be more involved in the preliminary process and to work closely with building owners or developers.
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In 2022, Europe's energy transition will gain momentum. Renewable energy production is proving to be the cheapest form of energy in practice, and hard work is being done to expand flexibility on the power grid, often in the form of large-scale battery farms. Hydrogen solutions are also being explored.
Whereas the focus in the early years was on supporting projects in the high-voltage sector, this is being systematically extended to energy storage and generation in an increasingly broad spectrum of customers and sectors.
The team continues to expand; there are currently 9 of us including 7 project managers.
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During this period, Koen, Jef and Giel were working as project managers in the high-voltage sector. Partly due to the upturn in the market and the energy transition underway in Europe at the time, this sector was on the up and up. The projects are getting bigger and bigger, and we are joining forces to successfully complete them.
Meanwhile, we are focusing on coordinating our projects more efficiently and trying to modernize and professionalize our processes and methods.
As more and more players enter the market, the landscape is also beginning to change. Foreign contractors are presenting themselves which gives a boost in using other methods and entering into joint ventures. Slowly but surely, hop are coming into view. The idea is beginning to grow that we as a management agency might have our place in this growing market.
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On June 6, 2017, we start up hop and can immediately start working as a project team with various contractors. With the size of projects and timeframes under pressure, client expectations are also rising and there is a great need for professional project management.
Meanwhile, there is also time to work on innovative ideas that have been dormant in our heads for several years, such as an app focused on site management. This app can visually display and categorize project information. In the process, we get the chance to further mature our ideas at KBC start-it (a startup accelerator). We get a lot of energy from working on projects like this, and our customers also see the benefits. Innovation is immediately ingrained in the DNA of hop and is given a central position in further expansion.
