Thor Park

Genk

living lab

EnergyVille: company and technology park

Thor Park is a business and technology park specializing in smart energy and smart manufacturing industry at the old coal mine site in Genk. Thanks to SALK (Strategisch Actie Plan Limburg Kwadraat), EnergyVille and T2-Campus have been given a place here, alongside IncubaThor and Thor Central.

Thor Park was recently recognized as the first minimal regulatory sandbox in Flanders to exchange electricity between buildings without a supplier’s license.

EnergyVille, a collaboration between research partners VITO, KU Leuven, IMEC and University of Hasselt, develops technology and knowledge to support public and private stakeholders in the transition to an energy-efficient, carbon-free and sustainable built environment.

Sustainable energy and intelligent energy systems are key here. At EnergyVille on Thor Park, in addition to many (inter)national and European initiatives, various research projects are carried out with the support of Flux50. For each of these projects, intensive cooperation is carried out between the knowledge institutions and companies.

The focus is on different disciplines:
• Direct current (DC): projects with KU Leuven, VITO, Imtech, ABB, Th!nk E, Flanders Make, BASF, Blueways, Bekaert
• Solar energy: projects with IMEC, KU Leuven, UHasselt, UGent, VITO, Azteq, Borealis, Soltech, Laborelec
• Digital substation: projects with KU Leuven, VITO, BASF, Tractebel, ABB, Siemens
• Privacy and servitization of energy data: projects with KU Leuven, Smappee, Centrica, AE, NXP, Calculus, WTCB, VITO, June, BaoLiving
• Energy communities and microgrids: projects with VITO, KU Leuven, IMEC, Ghent University, VUB, Th!nk E, ABB, Wattson, ThermoVault, KBC, Energent, 3E, Ducoop, Farys Solar, Ingenium, Electrabel, Quares, Laborelec, Openmotics, Metha Advocaten, Blixt, Magenta Tree, 70GigaWatt, Fieldfisher, Powerdale, Antea, Aspiravi, C-Valley, Fluvius
• Renovation: projects with VITO, IMEC, UGent, AGC Mirodan, Avineon, June Energy, Zero Emission Solutions
• Sustainable, smart buildings and cities: projects with VVSG, Flux50, Agoria Smart Cities, Ahrend, EcoSource, Junovation, Camp C, Th!nk E, VITO
• Energy flexibility in the industry: project with VITO, KU Leuven, Ghent University