Dr. Blomen
Chief Executive Officer

HydroGen

Dr. Blomen is the Chief Executive Officer of HydroGen, and has been active in fuel cells for almost 20 years. From 1996 to 2000, Blomen served as Executive Director and Head of the International Division of NUON, the largest electric, gas, water and telecom utility company in the Netherlands serving millions of customers and with over $4 billion in revenues.

Blomen was responsible for starting and building a portfolio of over 20 companies in countries such as USA, UK, China, Czech Republic, and Israel. He served on the Boards of most of those companies, and invested several $100's million successfully. Among these investments were a number of fuel cell projects, including the operation of the world's first 100 kW solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system, supplied by Westinghouse to a consortium led by NUON. Prior to his NUON assignment, he worked on several energy companies through his own consulting company Blomenco B.V., including the Dutch company Heron Turbines B.V., which has built a compact 1.4 MW gas turbine with 43% net electrical efficiency.

Blomen was also responsible for making the first designs of fuel cell / gas turbine combination systems under contract from Westinghouse. He was the primary editor of a book on Fuel Cell Systems (Plenum Press, 1993). From 1983 to 1992, Dr. Blomen served in several capacities for the engineering contractor KTI (Kinetics Technology International), a world leader in hydrogen plant construction, most of the time on its Board and as Group VP. He initiated and managed over 40 research, development and demonstration projects in Europe and the USA, including the construction of the first few PAFC power plants in Europe, as well as several steam reformer developments. Blomen is a co-founder of the EFCG (European Fuel Cell Group) and has served as its Treasurer throughout its existence. EFCG merged with FuelCell Europe in 2004. He holds a doctorate of medicine from Leiden University and an engineering degree in chemical technology from Delft University.