Minister Jetten (Climate and Energy) answers questions about policy efforts for bio-raw materials. The Senate factions of PvdD, Nanninga and SGP have asked these questions. View the questions and answers here:
The transition to new raw materials and fuels is crucial for a clean industry and port. Oil, natural gas and coal will soon no longer be used as an energy source or raw material. Circular in 2050 The Netherlands has the ambition to achieve a completely CO30-neutral energy system and a fully circular industry over the next 2 years. The Port of Rotterdam Authority endorses…
At the end of July, a group of road builders and asphalt experts paved a section of road with fossil-free asphalt for the first time in the Netherlands. In this so-called resin asphalt, the binding agent is 100 percent organic. It is an important and major step in the development of bio-asphalt, the road builders say. “With this product, the asphalt of the Dutch road network can…
Beer brewer Grolsch has successfully produced the first green gas from its own wastewater. A green gas installation has been installed on the brewery grounds that will produce 1 million Nm3 of green gas from biogas annually. This corresponds to the gas consumption of approximately 700 households in Twente. Green gas, a sustainable replacement for fossil natural gas,…
The German energy giant RWE wants to invest billions of euros in the RWE location in Eemshaven. The fact that the group is investing so much money in this location has everything to do with the belief that the area will become the energy and hydrogen hub of Northwest Europe. “RWE really sees Groningen as a Hydrogen Valley,” says Marinus Tabak, director of central asset management…
Industry has a major role to play in achieving the climate goals in 2050. To make it completely sustainable, two things are inextricably linked: the use of sustainable energy and the reuse of raw materials. The process industry and chemistry in particular face the challenge of continuing to produce useful products in the future...
What is the economic potential of biomass from landscape management? IDEA Consult investigated this on behalf of the Flemish Land Agency (VLM). The use of biomass from landscape management provides financial added value, which partly compensates for the management costs. There are also many benefits for the environment, landscape and biodiversity. Clippings, branches and…
The Netherlands generated almost a fifth more green energy in July than in the same month last year. And that is not just because the Netherlands is increasingly full of solar panels and the sun shone a lot last month. Energieopwek.nl, which tracks the production of green energy, points out that coal-fired power stations were running “quite a lot”. That led to…
