Biobased business opportunities Bioenergy Networks and Biomass Potentials - Valorising European Organic Residues 24 September 2015, Brussels

Paul Gosselink, program manager New Energy, cleantech and biobased economypgosselink@bom.nl ; +31 (0)6 152 49 863

Regional development agency; shareholders:Province of North BrabantMinistry of Economic affairs (Agriculture and Innovation)

Goal: translate national and regional policy into new business; clustering of entrepreneursNew energy and biobased economy: 10 years experienceApproach:

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BOM: regional development agency

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New Business Development

Networkof:enterpreneursAnd universities

Scan, scoutAnd chooseNewBusDevthemes/projects

Jointinvestmentsin dev/eng/productsprocesses

newcompanies

Roadmap new Energy/BBEWaste streams

(water, organic, solid)• Green natural gas, via

Digesters/gasificatonAlgea

• Animal protein valorisation• Vegetal protein valorisation• Green building blocks

(signal)

(develop)

(realise)

Chesborough model

5 trends as basis for business development

1. Closing the loops2. Local for local and circular economy3. Smart (scale) technologies4. Cross sector links and cooperation5. Away from throttle (gas) from Russia

Biobased cleantech Brabant

HydrogenFuel cells

CO2 conversion

SolarEquipment

GreenRefinery

Waste streams/Bio energy

Public bodiesExpertise Centres

1. Biobased chemical building blocks from green waste2. Proteins and ingredients from agri or food waste3. Biogas to chemicals4. Biogas to LBM

1. Algae to plastics or feed/food2. Seaweed to feed

1. Vacuum drying Manure2. Digestion organic waste3. Gasification4. Anaerobic water treatment5. Treatment kitchen waste and oil

Industrial companies

A lot of new techniques in development!

Concept “building with nature”

BIOGAS

CARBON CREDIT

HEAT

FUEL

ELECTRICITY

FERTILIZER

PEOPLE

PROFIT

PLANET

Manure

Municipal Solid Waste

Fish Waste

CARBON CREDIT

CLEAN WATER

FOOD/FEEDPEOPLE

PROFIT

PLANET

Land and land waste

Forestry and green waste

BIO PRODUCT

MATERIALS

CLEAN AIR

HAND RAIL

Vocational Training in Sustainable Production &

Waste Utilization

Existing environment and

integrated infrastructure

More and green jobs

biologicalprocesses

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Ambition:‘triple helix working together in “Biobased Business East Brabant ]” focus on maximal valorization of raw materials and energy out of agri/ cattle and food waste stream.

Team:BOMAFCFTPBZLTOAvans CoEBBETU/e, Helicon, HAS

Agri stream land

Agri streamcattle

Food streamdiary50%

Food streamMeat/fish85% yet already processed!

Food streamVegetables/fruit10%

Food streamGrain etc…%

Food stream….….%

Minerals (n,p,k) proteins fibers Fatty

acids energy

food feed pharma (Fine)chemical Energy

Smart scale technologies, used at company scale

markets

Entrepreneurs with (EU) market entrance

Waste streams

Inter-mediateproducts

Source: Frans Huijbregts, Huijbregts Food Group

Biobased Economy = Bioboost Brabant

Actual business cases BioBoost• Peelland Energyport (cooperation):

– creating value from biomass in the circular economy

• Terramass: – producing biochar, pyro-oil, syngas, minerals from pig manure

• Duckweed: – from (thin) manure, champost, waste heat and CO2 as power feed for cows (replacing soy) or

proteins for food/feed

• Green pig: – algae greenhouse on pig stable (algae using ammonia and thin manure; product: algae = liquid

feed)

• Supersonic drying– Energy efficient drying of agri and food waste; protein and fiber isolation and re-use in

products

• Green Tech Park Boxtel– Transfer of municipal solid and green waste into local used

heat and power; fertilizer used as organic local farming (city farming)

• New materials from municipal waste

Biobased case development started in cooperation: SRE (now MRE) and BOM

Example: Algae production

• Basis; rest flow of agriculture: thin fraction rich of N, P, K• Main elements for algae to grow• Special reactor design• Algae can be used as elements for feed or food (natural coloring e.g.)

Maris Projects and Vugts TopSpirulinaSee also: www.spirarden.com

Example Objectives

1. Greenpoint International is one of the companies which focuses on the realize a network of sustainable fuel points in the Benelux (2 operational in NL, 3 ready to build

2. Greenpoint international is currently at various locations in the Benelux engaged in the development of sites for distribution of renewable fuels.

3. Also the (local) production of renewable fuels is part of the concept4. Biogas produced in local digesters can be converted to LBM, creating a high-

quality application for the biogas. • LBM provides a durability step in the logistics sector with an effective

renewable fuel. • By keeping the process chain in one location gives it a very visual image of

renewable energy from waste or windmill to product / consumer use. 5. The concept developed by Greenpoint goes beyond the supply of renewable

fuels such as;• Hydrogen• LNG• CNG• Bio-LNG• Fossil Fuels.

Next step: BioEnNW2?Goal:1. to bring new bioenergy schemes to realization 2. to create strong and sustainable structures for the continued

development of local bioenergy installations. 3. By bringing together into dialogue and action: communities, finance

sources, technology providers and businessesFocus:• Green Innovation Centre's

1. Local feedstock sourcing (green and solid)2. Integral techniques to transfer to green products and energy3. Entrepreneurs' for integral and BAT system development. Business case with positive

energy mass balance and optimal cash flow (max sales of different products, low feedstock cost and process [capex, opex]).

4. Model for BIC BOOM and sales5. Development of BIC campus (virtual learning and experience centre)

• Commercialization of bioenergy products• Pyrofab commercialization