PRESENTATION BY

FILIP ROMMENS

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

C O N N E C T I O N C R E A T E S A B U N D A N C E The Blue Economy

Limburg

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SITUATION

CHALLENGE

STARTING POINT

THEME 1HEAT

THEME 2WATER

THEME 3BIOMASS

THEME 4AGRICULTURE

THEME 5ENERGY

THEME 6LOCAL PARTNERSHIP

with the support from

TREEHOUSE Hechtel-Ekselin cooperation with SAPPI

THEME 7TOWARDS BUSINESS CHANGERS

FUTURECONNECTION CREATES ABUNDANCE

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01SITUATIONMOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES :

DSM GELEEN: CHEMICALSAPPI: PAPERHERCORUB: RUBBERCELANESE: CELLULOSE ACETATESILMACO: SILICATESNELISSEN: STONE/BRICKSVANDERSANDEN: STONE/BRICKSWIENERBERGER: STONE/BRICKSENCI CBR HEIDELBERG: CEMENT

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02CHALLENGE

MANAGING THE TRANSITION

FUTURE LIFE CYCLE

CURRENT LIFE CYCLE

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1.Maximizing the value of the current plants 2. Building business

changers for the com-panies and Lanaken with the local value streams

3. Integrating business changers within a local and global innovative business development

S T U D Y E C O - E F F I C I E N T S I T E

C R E A T I O N O F C O L L E C T I VE S T R U C T U R E W I T H M A S T E R P L A N

S T A R T - U P

03STARTING POINT

SAPPI

CELANESE

SILMACO

04THEME 1:

HEAT

Heat network with environment - Equivalent 6500 households

Virtual powerplant between local players (Sappi, Celanese, Silma-co and other industries)

- Economy of scale

- Profit to be investigated

- Storage of excess heat

- Transport to consumers

Mobile heat containers: flexible delivery everywhere

- 5% rentability

- 6-8 Gwh electricity or 2 windmills eq.

ORC: producing electricity from heat

145 Gwh/year (thermal)

Knowledge centers: KUL - VITO - Energyville

Grid managers & possible Investors: Infrax – Nuhma – LRM – VEB - TINA

Companies: E-rational – Ecopower - Latherm

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Delivering heat and co2 to on-site greenhouses

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WATER

I M P

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2600 m3/h(waste water)

40.000 ton(sludge)

Knowledge centers:Fisch (Flanders Innovation Hub for Sustainable Chemistry, INAGRO

Companies: Purazur (DEME group) – Nuresys - Watreco- AVA CO2

Waste water and sludge valorisation

- Si, Ca, Zinc, Biocoal – HTC,N-P

- Biogas, Digestion

- Low-cost high value energy

- High value products? (formic acid)

- Small volume

- Depending on green certificates to be

economically viable

Hydro-electricity

FACT & FIGURES: POSSIBLE PARTNERS:

06THEME 3:

BIOMASS

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T 18.000 ton bark/year

Filter bed 300 ton/year

Agricultural waste

Knowledge centers:INAGRO, CeDuBo, blue economy, FISCH

Cultivating high value products - Mushroom cultivation: up to 5000 ton/year

- Fibers for Insulation products

- Digestion on-site

- Low return on investmentWaste to energy

Reconverting into medium value products

FACT & FIGURES: POSSIBLE PARTNERS:

4500 m2 in-site14 ha on-site50 ha on surroundings

07THEME 4:

AGRICULTURE

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Knowledge centers:INAGRO, insect centre, bio-industry platform, blue economy, ...

New product development with region

- Bio-plastics production: from waste to

value product to fertilizer

- Algae cultivation

- Fish cultivation

- Insect proteins

Valuing 9ha in greenhouses and bio-crops on-site

- Competitive advantage because of

energy-loop

- Direct market for high-quality products with

Lanaken-Maastricht hub

- Cultivation mushrooms from biomass

- Cultivating insects and proteins

Building complementary cultivation on-site

FACT & FIGURES: POSSIBLE PARTNERS:

08THEME 5:

ENERGY

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Virtual power plant and smart grid

- Balancing production-to-consumption

- Building complementary storage-usage

of energy (absorption cooling, water reservoirs)

- Balancing heat network

Biomass-plant

- Access by boat and train for “bio-waste”

- Dependent on secure feedstock at a low price

- Further negotiating with to-be-partner

- Make it owned by the local community

- Direct value on-site

- Space left at different places

of the industry ground

- Make it owned by the local community

Windmills in closed-loop

Potential for wind andBiomasson high scale

Knowledge centers and possible Investors:Klimaatfonds, Nuhma, Greenville, Energyville

Companies: Ecopower, Siemens, Sunthing, Encon, Timmerman

FACT & FIGURES: POSSIBLE PARTNERS:

Heat, space, exist-ing industries & utilities

3-modal logistic hub: rail, road, water

09THEME 6:

LOCAL PARTNERSHIP

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Innovation & business incubator

- Opening up the site for heat-consuming companies.

- Continuous scanning of opportunities

- Building cross-boundary value streams

- Connect with inter-regional initiatives: albertknoop,

i-cleantech, materials program, FISCH, insect centre,

GRE-liege, …

Material management

Energy management

- Creating a Virtual Power Plant

- Maximizing on-site energy production

- Balancing consumption-production in region: “energy

as local value”

- Matching resource flows

- Collective procurement raw materials

- Transportation optimization: boat, rail and road

Site management - Integrating facilities eg safety, transportation, utilities,

Companies: Royal HaskoningDHV - Trivisor - DNCP - SAMenergiek - Ecopower - Timmerman

FACT & FIGURES: POSSIBLE PARTNERS:

10THEME 7:

TOWARDS BUSINESS CHANGERS

I M P

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STARTING THE NEW LIFE CYCLE

Insulation

Bio-based materials- biofilms

- Lignin-cellulose

- Foam glass, cellulose

Packaging materials - Stone paper – bags for cement / brick industry

- Biodegradables : medical paper

Lots of “open space”Challenging future

Knowledge centers:CINBIOS - FlandersBio - Universiteit Wageningen - University Leuven - FISCH - VITO

FACT & FIGURES: POSSIBLE PARTNERS:

11AS IS SITUATION

GREENHOUSE

11FUTURE

TOWN LANAKEN

SPORTS & SCHOOL

WATERBASIN

GREENHOUSE

HIGH VOLTAGE WINDMILLSHEAT

WATER

BIOMASS

AGRICULTURE

ENERGY

PARTNERSHIP

BUSINESS CHANGERS

GREENHOUSE

GREENHOUSE

GREENHOUSE

11FUTURE

TOWN LANAKEN

SPORTS & SCHOOL

WATERBASIN

GREENHOUSE

WINDMILLSHEAT

WATER

BIOMASS

AGRICULTURE

ENERGY

PARTNERSHIP

BUSINESS CHANGERS

GREENHOUSE

GREENHOUSE

GREENHOUSE

C O N N E C T I O N C R E A T E S A B U N D A N C E