biopark terneuzen
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Biopark Terneuzen represents a new thinking in the creation of agro-
industrial sustainability. Extending the earlier concepts of technology
collectives, it raises the platform to a higher level. Under the ‘Smart Link’
name, Biopark Terneuzen promotes and facilitates the exploitation of key
synergies between businesses located in the same geographic area.
Specifically, it helps to maximise the potential of the exchange and use
of each other’s by- and waste products which then become feedstock,
energy or utility supplements for their own production processes.
“The answer to a global challenge begins with a local solution”Hans van der Hart, CEO Zeeland Seaports
Biopark Terneuzen leads the way
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Producer of sustainable, biodegradable diesel for the European market
Joint venture between Zeeland Seaports and Dow Benelux, hub for chemical production and distribution
The world’s largest supplier of mineral fertilizer
International provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services
Leading producer of bioethanol (ethyl alcohol) from agricultural products
European transporter of dry and liquid products, importer and exporter of fertilizers and biomass
International biofuels tank storage and logistics company
Recycler of waste and residual products
GROEPHEROS
Biopark Terneuzen is a work in progress and welcomes
the participation of any producer or supplier company,
local or international, seeking to contribute to and
benefit from sustainable development. Adding your
name, expertise and vision to its growing list of partners
could be the next most important strategic decision
you take for the future of your business.
Your enquiry for further information will be welcomed.
Please visit us at: www.bioparkterneuzen.com
Or for direct contact, touch base with:Project Agency Biopark Terneuzen P.O. Box 132 4530 AC Terneuzen The NetherlandsTel: +31 115 64 74 00 Fax: +31 115 64 75 00E-mail: [email protected]
An open door to the future
Biopark Terneuzen Partners
Rotterdam
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Building Smart Linksinto the sustainability Chain
Increasing economic efficiency, conserving resources and preserving the environment
By converting waste streams into Smart Links, Biopark Terneuzen’s partners
are able to capitalise on residual values that would otherwise go unused.
Importantly for businesses smart linking can:
• Eliminate storage and disposal costs
• Lower environmental taxes
• Optimise production costs
• Improve profitability
In the wider context these bio-complementary partnerships combine to help:
• Conserve non-renewable resources
• Exploit the recoverable value of resources after first use
• Reduce the waste and pollution burden on the atmospheric and physical
environments
• Contribute to the sustainability of future industrial growth
Bio-complementary partnerships are the future
Within the Biopark Terneuzen framework, WarmCO2,
a co-operation between Zeeland Seaports, Yara and pipe
installer Visser & Smit Hanab, is successfully delivering
value added ‘second-life’ resources to a major horticul-
tural greenhouse nursery in the local area. The resources
comprise water for heating and CO2 for enrichment of
the nursery’s atmosphere used to improve crop growth.
The water supply is the cooling water outflow from
Yara’s heat exchangers, where it has collected heat
from the company’s production processes. Through a
dedicated piping system the water reaches the nursery
complex at an average temperature of 87˚C, sufficient to
provide nursery heating adjustable to suit all conditions.
The CO2 is also delivered by pipeline. This gas is very
clean and offers the same purity level as manufactured
liquid CO2.
Through the wealth of the combined industrial and
horticultural knowledge of its partners, WarmCO2
ensures that the distribution of resources is optimised.
Charged at competitive rates, this exchange has shown
to be beneficial for both provider and user. That’s a
win-win result for industry and the environment.
Best practice in action
WarmCO2 delivers more than just hot air
Sustainable growth, in the context of good stewardship of the environment
and its resources, is the biggest ongoing challenge facing politicians and
industry leaders. Everyone knows what needs to be done, the difficulty is
in finding effective and economic ways to do it.
Zeeland Seaports has identified a route that provides a uniquely innovative
solution. Meeting the needs of industry and the environment and, equally
important, the needs of the community, Biopark Terneuzen was establis-
hed in February 2007. Although still at an early stage of development, this
solution is already delivering positive results for its participants and other
stakeholders, who are forging a chain of sustainable businesses.
Sustainability is our biggest challenge yet
Heat
CO2
Biomass
Water
Electricity
Steam
Starch
Greenhouse com-plex
Biomass Power plant
GROEPHEROS
Many companies are already participating in Biopark Terneuzen and actively
engaged in mutually beneficial long term projects. For example Rosendaal
Energy (biodiesel), Nedalco (alcohol and bioethanol), Cargill (food starches)
and Yara (ammonia and mineral fertilisers) are “connected” with piping
systems to exchange and re-use by- and waste products as feedstock, energy
or utility supplements.
These schemes involve:
• Cargill providing residual starch, purified water, power and compressed air
to Nedalco
• Yara supplying waste heat and CO2 to a local horticultural greenhouse park
• Rosendaal Energy delivering water to the recycler Heros
Smart Links between other members are also being tested
or in the planning stage.
Demonstrating confidence... and commitment
In the ongoing development of its sustainability model, Biopark
Terneuzen works together with a number of academic institutions.
These assist in investigating potential Smart Links between Biopark
participants and in mapping-out the technical, commercial, organisational
and practical conditions for their implementation.
In addition, Biopark Terneuzen has close ties with Bio-Energy Valley in Ghent,
Belgium, a joint initiative involving Ghent University, the City of Ghent, the
Port of Ghent, the Development Agency of East-Flanders and a number of
industrial companies related to the Ghent region that are active in the fields
of bioenergy generation and its distribution, storage and use.
Biopark Terneuzen Knowledge Associates
Biopark Terneuzen is at the heart of Zeeland’s economic hub. The area has
an established industrial base that includes engineering, shipbuilding, electri-
cal and petrochemicals industries. In addition Zeeland has a growing services
sector, as well as a rapidly expanding horticultural industry that is pushing the
boundaries of technology in the improvement of crop sizes and quality.
Necessarily this background has given rise to a large, skilled workforce which
is continuously increasing from the region’s excellent technical schools and
training centres. This resource compares with the best to be found anywhere
in Europe. And, in term of numbers, range of skills and dedication, the
available workforce is fully able to satisfy and sustain the demands
of future industrial growth.
Skilled workforce in-place
Zeeland Seaports is one of the initiators of the Biopark
Terneuzen project. It is a logical extension of its overall
management and development responsibility for the
merged ports and port areas of Terneuzen and Flushing
(Vlissingen).
Zeeland Seaports, strategically located on the Wester-
scheldt estuary between Rotterdam and Antwerp, has an
open connection to the North Sea and the Rhine-Scheldt
Canal. It serves both the global liner routes and Euro-
pe’s inland waterways, currently around 7,000 ships and
23,000 inland vessels per year, handling the full range of
cargoes, break bulk, liquids and containers.
Zeeland Seaports also offers first class road, pipeline and
rail links to and from the hinterland of Europe thereby
providing an ideal trading and transportation hub for
local, national and international businesses.
An ideal trading location