Quenteijn van Cooten is a Business Developer at TNO, the Netherlands’ leading applied research organization. With a background in applied physics and a focus on system-level innovation, he works at the intersection of the hydrogen value chain, energy infrastructure, and national defense. Quenteijn leads the initiative towards a bilateral hydrogen research cooperation between Australia and The Netherlands. He is responsible for shaping and concretizing R&D programs with multiple industrial partners by initiating hydrogen demonstrators, developing security-integrated transition strategies, and planning multi-commodity infrastructure systems. His work supports strategic autonomy and energy resilience, contributing to the scaling of innovative hydrogen technologies toward industrial application. He is committed to pioneering energy systems that reinforce both civil and military energy security in a shifting geopolitical landscape.

TNO operates as an independent, mission-driven innovation partner that plays a pivotal orchestrator role in the Dutch and European innovation landscape. As an orchestrator, TNO convenes public and private stakeholders to co-develop system-level solutions aligned with societal missions. This includes fostering and coordinating cross-sector ecosystems, such as energy, where TNO facilitates collaboration, aligns strategic agendas, and accelerates technology deployment. In the hydrogen domain, TNO drives innovation across the full value chain, from production and infrastructure to industrial application and policy support. TNO coordinates the PosHYdon pilot, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen production project on a platform integrating wind, gas, and hydrogen systems on the North Sea. Through the VoltaChem and North Sea Energy programs, TNO co-develops scalable Power-to-X technologies and offshore system integration strategies with over 50 industrial partners, accelerating the transition to a resilient hydrogen economy.