Dutch Biopark seeks hot companies
Zeeland Seaports has 70 hectares of port and quay bound land available for Biopark appropriate businesses.
Stichting Biopark Terneuzen, a Dutch organisation that focuses on the development of sustainable connections between local businesses, is developing a cluster of bio-energy power plants on the Axelse Vlakte.
On the Axelse Vlakte, the port authority of Zeeland Seaports, a participant in Biopark Terneuzen, currently has 70 hectares of port and quay bound land available for businesses which fit in with the Biopark concept.
The Axelse Vlakte is situated directly on the Terneuzen-Ghent Canal and, with the Autrichehaven, it offers a dock parallel to the waterway with a depth of 12.5m and a quay length of around 900m. In addition, the area is accessible via a freight railway line, has good hinterland connections by water and is located close to Tractaatweg and the Westerschelde Tunnel, enabling direct transport by road to the South and the rest of the Netherlands.
The firm Lijnco Green Energy is currently having a 10MW biomass power plant built at Ecopark Terneuzen and Energy@work hopes to start construction shortly on a 10MW second generation biomass power plant at the new industrial site on the Axelse Vlakte. In addition to this, still other initiatives will be launched, as long as they receive Stimulering Duurzame Energieproductie (Stimulating Sustainable Energy Production (SDE) subsidy. The subsidy is provided by the NL Agency, which is part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
The planned biomass power plants produce energy from, for example, animal waste streams and agricultural residue streams. Biomass power plants are becoming increasingly popular, because they are an environmentally friendly variant of the traditional CO2 producing gas and coal fired power stations.
The production of energy leaves behind a considerable amount of residual heat. Biopark Terneuzen wants as little of this residual heat to be wasted and is therefore looking for parties who can make use of the residual heat. The residual heat is ideal for companies which have a great need for heat or steam, for example as part of their production process or for heating large industrial spaces. These could be companies active in the bio-based industry, process industry or food industry. These companies might also produce residual streams themselves, which can in turn be used sustainably as raw material for third parties.
On the Axelse Vlakte, for instance, a successful Biopark project is already up and running, whereby residual heat and CO2 from the Yara Sluiskil fertilizer plant is supplied via an underground pipeline system to Glastuinbouw Terneuzen. That makes this greenhouse horticulture area one of the most sustainable of such locations in the Netherlands. Within this project, there is still a need for usable CO2 that companies generate as a residual stream in connection with their production process.
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