Hester Schimmel
COO Conversions
We think organic waste should not be wasted anymore. With our 135 employees and six own production facilities, we work daily on converting organic waste into renewable raw materials, energy and semi-finished products that replace fossil materials.
Perpetual Next is organised into three business units (BUs), each with their own specialisms, dedicated teams and their own strategic partners and customers.
Bio-conversions - Our Bio-conversions business unit focuses on the development and acquisition of companies where low-quality organic residual materials are converted into sustainable products and/or semi-finished products, such as heat, electricity, biogas, liquid CO2 green gas and fertilizers. We work with a wide variety of residual materials, including pruning and garden waste, but also waste from the food processing industry. We use various existing technologies that we have optimized for this.
Biocarbon – Our Biocarbon business unit produces renewable carbon from bio-residues such as forestry residues, scrap wood, etc. A technology that we have perfected in our unique carbon converter technology: C-Vertr. This is a process of thermochemical conversion of organic waste in an oxygen-poor environment.
Developments - our Developments business unit mainly focuses on gasification of renewable carbon and/or local agri-residual flows . Syngas is created from gasification which can form the basis for products for the chemical industry. By means of downstream technology, the syngas can also be converted into products for shipping and utilities, such as biomethanol, hydrogen and green gas.
A growing world population, industrial growth and consumerism have put enormous pressure on the availability of fossil resources. At the same time, huge amounts of waste are being produced, dumped or disposed worldwide. Our planet is heating up and the climate is changing, with all the consequences that entails.
We build, own and operate production facilities that retrieve carbon and gas from organic waste. With our technologies, we help industries around the world become fossil-free and circular.
Waste is only waste if we waste it
Will.i.am
Perpetual Next is committed to removing 1 gigaton of CO₂ from the atmosphere by 2050. The focus of the technology and application is on fossil gas & carbon avoidance and carbon removal: extracting CO₂ from the atmosphere and storing carbon in products that would otherwise end up in the atmosphere. This is how we help in our mutual journey toward a CO₂-neutral 2050.
If we take care of nature, nature will take care of us.
Sir David Attenborough - Bioloog en televisiemaker
Perpetual Next currently employs around 135 people in five different countries. The operational sites are in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium and Estonia. Our office is located in Amsterdam.
COO Conversions
Head of Finance
Chairman of the Board & CEO Biocarbon
Chairman of the Board & CEO Biocarbon
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Perpetual Next. Extensive track record in large scale petrochemical conversion industries in CCO and CEO positions with P/L responsibility. International work experience at Shell participations and General Electric, and as an entrepreneur in the sector since 1996. MBA from Temple University, USA.
CEO Conversions & Developments
CEO Conversions & Developments
BSc in Mechanical Engineering. Developed, engineered and managed over 100 complex production facilities worldwide over a period of more than 25 years. Previous work experience at Eneco (Utilities) and ABB (Power Generation) with specialism in biomass plants.
CCO Conversions
CTO Perpetual Next BV
CTO Perpetual Next BV
PhD in Physics. Philips Research: Displays, large-scale simulations, EUV Lithography, Blu-Ray, re-writeable disc. Technical Management: LG, Philips Displays, Philips Lifestyle. Start-ups and scale-up: LED start-ups Lemnis, Carus and Seaborough. Inventor with many patents to his name and author of scientific publications and conference contributions.
Group Head of Treasury