Technasium Award 2025

This project, organized by the Maritime Museum Rotterdam in collaboration with Dutch Wave Power and the Verolme Trust Foundation, encourages young people to actively contribute to the maritime energy transition. Over the coming years, the need for sustainable energy will continue to grow in order to protect the climate. Although wind and solar energy are very important, they are not always available. This is where supplementation of wave energy becomes extremely valuable.

During the exciting final at RDM, Osbit – a tenant – gave a presentation, and the winning teams from the participating ‘technasium’ schools presented their visions for offshore energy solutions. The winners received a certificate from the Maritime Museum and a prestigious place in the museum, where they will be able to present their groundbreaking ideas to the public for a year.

Northgo College impressed the jury with their sustainable anchoring system: rubber balls filled with sand as an alternative to concrete, requiring far fewer transport movements. This innovation was awarded a prize by KIVI – the Dutch Royal Institute of Engineers – and the monthly magazine De Ingenieur.

Photography: Marco de Swart