BT Congres 2014

1. 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

2. 01
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03
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05
06
07
08
09
10
11
SITUATION
CHALLENGE
STARTING POINT
THEME 1
HEAT
THEME 2
WATER
THEME 3
BIOMASS
THEME 4
AGRICULTURE
THEME 5
ENERGY
THEME 6
LOCAL PARTNERSHIP
with the support from
TREEHOUSE Hechtel-Eksel
in cooperation with SAPPI
THEME 7
TOWARDS BUSINESS CHANGERS
FUTURE
CONNECTION CREATES ABUNDANCE

4. 01
SITUATION
GLOBAL CHALLENGES LIMBURG
GATEWAY
ANTWERP
BE
FR
DE
NL
UK
IT
ES
PT
AT
!CRISIS ? ! GROWTH ?
INDUSTRIAL SHIFTS
ECONOMIC CENTRES
WHERE ? WHAT ?
GLOBAL
CHALLENGES
GATEWAY
ROTTERDAM

5. 01
SITUATION
LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES
LANAKEN
MAASTRICHT
the netherlands
ALBERTCANAL
ALBERTCANAL
belgium
BUSINESS
LOCAL
OPPORTUNITIES
INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS
ABUNDANCE
WATER RAIL
CONNECTIVITY
AGRICULTURE
LOCAL IDENTITY
REGIONAL
LEVERAGES
FLANDERS MATERIALS PROGRAM
I-CLEANTECH
NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY
FLANDERS IN ACTION
SOCIAL INNOVATION FACTORY
direction Antwerp
direction Liege
direction Rotterdam

6. 01
SITUATION
MOST IMPORTANT
INDUSTRIES :
DSM GELEEN: CHEMICAL
SAPPI: PAPER
HERCORUB: RUBBER
CELANESE: CELLULOSE ACETATE
SILMACO: SILICATES
NELISSEN: STONE/BRICKS
VANDERSANDEN: STONE/BRICKS
WIENERBERGER: STONE/BRICKS
ENCI CBR HEIDELBERG: CEMENT
SAPPI
SAPPI MOSA
NELISSEN
VANDERSANDEN
SILMACO
CELANESE
HERCORUB
belgium
WIENERBERGER
DSM GELEEN
ENCI / CBR HEIDELBERG

7. 02
CHALLENGE
MANAGING THE TRANSITION
FUTURE
LIFE CYCLE
CURRENT
LIFE CYCLE
CONTINIOUS IMPROVEMENT OF PRESENT VALUE STREAMS
MANAGING “ END OF LIFE “ PROCESSES
DEVELOPING BUSINESS CHANGERS
OPEN INNOVATION
PLATFORM
SAPPI
SILMACO
CELANESE
INNOVATION
TIME

8. 02
ROADMAP
OCTOBER 2013
JANUARY 2014
JANUARY 2015
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

9. 03
STARTING POINT
SAPPI
CELANESE
SILMACO

10. 04
THEME 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
I M P A C T
FACT & FIGURES: POSSIBLE PARTNERS:

11. Delivering heat and co2
to on-site greenhouses
05
THEME 2:
WATER
I M P A C T
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:

12. 06
THEME 3:
BIOMASS
I M P A C 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
Waste to energy - Low return on investment
Reconverting into
medium value products
FACT & FIGURES: POSSIBLE PARTNERS:

13. 4500 m2 in-site
14 ha on-site
50 ha on
surroundings
07
THEME 4:
AGRICULTURE
I M P A C T
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:

14. 08
THEME 5:
ENERGY
I M P A C T
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 and
Biomass
on high scale
Knowledge centers and possible Investors:
Klimaatfonds, Nuhma, Greenville, Energyville
Companies:
Ecopower, Siemens, Sunthing, Encon, Timmerman
FACT & FIGURES: POSSIBLE PARTNERS:

15. Heat, space, exist-ing
industries &
utilities
3-modal logistic
hub: rail, road,
water
09
THEME 6:
LOCAL PARTNERSHIP
I M P A C T
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:

16. 10
THEME 7:
TOWARDS BUSINESS CHANGERS
I M P A C T
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:

17. 11
AS IS SITUATION
GREENHOUSE

18. 11
FUTURE
TOWN LANAKEN
SPORTS & SCHOOL
WATERBASIN
GREENHOUSE
HIGH VOLTAGE WINDMILLS
HEAT
WATER
BIOMASS
AGRICULTURE
ENERGY
PARTNERSHIP
BUSINESS CHANGERS
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE

19. 11
FUTURE
TOWN LANAKEN
SPORTS & SCHOOL
WATERBASIN
GREENHOUSE
WINDMILLS
HEAT
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