Rolf Bastiaanssen

Director

Areas of work: Venture-building, local energy planning, energy system financing

Office: Barcelona

Languages spoken: Dutch, English, Spanish

Education: MSc Business Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Previous work experience: Founder and CEO of Starke Energy, 2020 – present

News & Insights

13 August 2026

From insight to influence: Bax connects DUT projects to European policy and practice

Energy
Urban

19 May 2026

Cities, DSOs, and the Future of Europe’s Local Energy Economy

Energy

10 December 2025

From vision to impact: Bax deepens collaboration with DUT to shape strategy and guide projects

Energy
News
Urban

28 January 2025

Advancing Regenerative Agriculture: Insights from the EIT Food Workshop in Parma

Nature

22 July 2024

Bax positions itself at the forefront of challenge-driven urban innovation with DUT partnership

Circular
Energy
Mobility
Nature
Urban

14 May 2024

Bax & Company becomes Bax

18 February 2021

Improving public-private collaboration in cities

Mobility

9 May 2016

A new model for innovation through Open Data in cities

Digital
Urban

Case Studies

May 2023

Energy

Financing Europe’s first Positive Energy Neighbourhoods

May 2023

Energy

Building Europe’s first wave of Local Energy Action Plans

December 2018

Mobility

Preparing Europe’s roads for the automated mobility revolution