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[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] port can boast the same high integration of activities. In Rotterdam bioport, companies benefit from a fully fledged biomass chain. In the integrated chemical cluster, biochemicals play an increasingly prominent role, making optimum use of clustering, integration and co siting, energy efficiency, innovations, and R&D. By sharing logistics and utilities, business cases for upcoming biochemical processes can be further improved. A completely new biobased industrial cluster will arise on Maasvlakte 2, the new port area on the North Sea. A solid base for greenfields development, situated directly on deep water. Production plants can optimally benefit from already existing biobased activities in the immediate vicinity as well. The port authority is developing shared logistics and utilities to further increase efficiency. Bioport: combining bioenergy, biofuels, and biochemicals with existing and new businesses. The more we share, the greater our value. Change your perspective. That s interesting! I also heard that you have a new area of the port; can you say something about that? Yes, on Maasvlakte 2, which is our reclaimed land as I told you, we develop a new industrial area which is especially for biobased industry. We have a sort of plug and play concept there, where the shared utilities but also the integrated chain approach that you just mentioned is key to development there. It really sounds very interesting. Can you say something about how you deal with sustainability in that sense; do you have a vision for that as well? Of course. We underline that biomass should be sustainable and conflicts with food or feed crops should be avoided. Of course biomass must comply with regulatory laws and certificates on sustainability. For us, it is important because we are an international port, we prefer the laws or certification on a European or international level. Well Monique, thank you very much for sharing all this information with us. If students like to have more information, then I am sure we will give them the website where all the statistics can be downloaded, and where you can find more information about the Port of Rotterdam. Monique, thank you very much! [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] |