“The sugar beet is really a super crop. We don't just extract sugar, we use absolutely everything. We can now also extract high-quality proteins from the foliage. Good for the transition to a more plant-based diet. We use sugar beet pulp as animal feed, but in collaboration with Crown Van Gelder, sustainable paper and packaging material is also made from…
The European Commission (EC) adopted on April 21, 2021, an “ambitious and comprehensive” package of measures including the EU Taxonomy Climate Deregulated Act. While the European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology (ESWET) has welcomed the recognition of anaerobic digestion (AD), the broader inclusion of Waste-to-Energy (WtE) in the EU Taxonomy would have been a positive signal for…
Environmental organizations insist that the new cabinet turn off the money tap for biomass power plants. Now that Brussels maintains biomass burning on the list of sustainable investments, hopes are pinned on the new government in the Netherlands. The new cabinet should not issue new subsidies for the combustion of biomass for energy. Subsidies that have already been awarded must also…
Petrol and diesel are increasingly being replaced by sustainable fuels in the Netherlands. Biofuels made from waste in particular are widely used, but electricity and biogas are also on the rise. In 2020, more than 16,5% of the total fuel supplied to the Dutch transport market consisted of renewable energy. In 2019 this was only 12,7%. Thanks to…
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By 'biomass' we mean all residual flows of biological origin – largely from agriculture, forestry, and maintenance of parks and public gardens. Plants and trees absorb CO₂ from the atmosphere for their growth. Biomass can be used in the energy transition for the production of energy, materials and chemicals and thus replaces the use of...
On Friday, April 9, a letter was sent to the Informateur and the Group Chairs of VVD, D66, CDA, CU, PvdA, GL and SP with the call to anchor a number of points regarding biomass in the Coalition Agreement. The letter was signed by a broad coalition that is working on sensible and high-quality application of bio-raw materials (biomass). Of…
Saying goodbye to fossil fuels is not only good for the environment, but also for the labor market, says Richard van de Sanden, professor and scientific director of the sustainable energy institute EIRES. The switch to hydrogen as an energy source could create up to 41.000 new jobs in the Netherlands. In addition to being scientific director of EIRES (part of…
