Interactieve kaart toont kansrijke locaties voor bio-energie in provincie Overijssel

Nederland kan niet zonder warmte. Bijna een derde van het energieverbruik in Nederland betreft warmte. Deze warmte wordt gebruikt in de glastuinbouw, bij zwembaden, verpleeg- en verzorgingstehuizen, de industrie en in de gebouwde omgeving. Levering van warmte met behulp van duurzame energie biedt dus zeer goede mogelijkheden tot verlaging van CO2-emissies en verhoging van het aandeel duurzame energie.

Bio-energie is één van de meest geschikte vormen van duurzame energie voor levering van warmte. In Nederland wordt biomassa, in vergelijking met andere Europese landen, echter nog op beperkte mate ingezet voor warmteopwekking. Provincie Overijssel gaat de komst van nieuwe bio-energie-installaties nadrukkelijk stimuleren. Maar waar moeten deze installaties in de provincie komen te staan?

BTG heeft Provincie Overijssel ondersteund in de ontwikkeling van een Kansenkaart. Deze digitale kaart, beschikbaar op het internet, kan door initiatiefnemers en beleidsmakers gebruikt worden om te kijken waar in de provincie de meest kansrijke locaties liggen voor bio-energie-installaties. Provincie Overijssel zet daarbij voornamelijk in op vergistingsinstallaties. De Kansenkaart toont locaties waar biomassa beschikbaar is, en locaties waar een warmtebehoefte is of biogas ingebracht kan worden in het aardgasnet.

Kijk op onderstaande instructiefilm hoe de kaart gebruikt kan worden. De Kansenkaart zelf is te bekijken op de website van Provincie Overijssel via onderstaande link:

gisopenbaar.overijssel.nl/website/kansenkaart/kansenkaart.html

 

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Czech BioEnergy Portfolio of BTG delivers 532,000 AAUs and ERUs to Dutch Government

Enschede (Netherlands) / Prague (Czech Republic), Wednesday October 14, 2009

Today, an amount of 432,000 AAUs and 100,000 ERUs will be transferred to the Dutch Government. These 532,000 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emission reductions result from BTG’s ‘Biomass Energy Portfolio for the Czech Republic’, a Joint Implementation project for the Dutch Emission Reduction Unit Procurement Tender (ERU-pt1, 2001).

The portfolio contains 14 biomass energy subprojects. These projects consist of replacement, renewal, extension or new construction of municipal or industrial heating and power systems, where clean biomass residues (wood and straw) fired boilers replace old coal or gas-based boiler systems. The owners of the systems are mainly municipalities, three of them are private companies. In two projects a cogeneration (CHP) system was installed. The thermal capacity of the installations ranges from 500 kWth to 9 MWth. The total thermal capacity of the portfolio amounts to 56 MWth (an equivalent to 2500 Dutch households). The first were implemented in 2001 and the last in 2004.

The portfolio was developed by BTG BioHeat International B.V. and BTG Central Europe s.r.o., both daughter companies of the Dutch based Biomass Technology Group BV (BTG). BTG is entirely focused on energy and fuels from biomass and has been active in Czech Republic since 1995. Building on the Czech-Dutch funded demonstration project in Hostetin (implementation of a wood fired boiler in a small village of 80 households), a jointly developed portfolio of 14 biomass energy projects has been realized.

The Dutch Government, represented by SenterNovem, is one of the early movers in the field of carbon emission reduction projects and has launched the ERU-PT programme in 2000. The Czech Portfolio of BTG was one of the first projects contracted under the ERU-PT program, which makes it the first contracted and operating Joint Implementation BioEnergy portfolio in the world.

Since 2003, the project generates emission reductions, which, generated between 2003 and 2007, are sold as ‘early credits’ (AAUs). The emission reductions contracted between 2008 and 2012 are sold as ERUs. Today all the AAUs and the ERUs generated in 2008 have been transferred to the Netherlands. Between 2009 and 2012 another 420,000 ERUs will follow. The Dutch Government uses the AAUs and ERUs to meet its international emission reduction obligations under the Kyoto Protocol.

Pyrolysis plant at AkzoNobel Hengelo site

BTG-BTL has plans to build a pyrolysis plant at Hengelo's AkzoNobel site. The letter of intent was signed at the end of September by AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals, Empyro and BTG Bioliquids. In the new plant wood will be converted to oil. The plant will also deliver steam to AkzoNobel and generate electricity for delivery to the public grid.

Largest pyrolysis plant in Europe
The Empyro plant, owned by the shareholders Tree Power and BTG Bioliquids, will convert 5 metric tons of dry wood into oil, steam and electricity, per hour. This conversion takes place on a commercial scale and uses a technique, owned by BTG Bioliquids. This technique has already proven itself in Malaysia, where a plant uses residual products of a palm oil plant. The new pyrolysis installation will be the largest in Europe and building it will require an investment of approximately 13 million Euros. A substantial part of the investment will be covered by an European subsidy because it is a pilot project. The installation will be built on a piece of land of 1 hectare and will be 20 meters high. Next to the plant a number of smaller buildings will be established for amongst other things the storage of biomass, a steam turbine and tanks for oil. It is expected that the construction can start in the second quarter of 2010. The planning depends primarily on the license procedures and the overall funding of the plant. One year after the start of the construction the plant has to be operational.

Steam for salt production
AkzoNobel rents out the land and also supplies various utilities and possibly supporting staff when the plant operates on a stable level. The steam, which becomes available as a by product of the production of the oil, will also be used by the salt plant. We expect that in future 5% of the steam required for the salt production is supplied by the new installation, which further ‘greens’ the manufacturing process.

BTG-BTL Pyrolysis Brochure

BTG-BTL has published a brochure on its pyrolysis technology. The brochure briefly touches upon the process, its advantages and applications, and BTG and BTG-BTL's activities and experiences in the field of the pyrolysis technology. You can access the electronic version of the brochure here.

BioEnergyCluster East Netherlands launched a pyrolysis dedicated newsletter!

The BioEnergyCluster East Netherlands launched its new newsletter (June 2009) totally dedicated to the pyrolysis technology and pyrolysis in the East of the Netherlands.

Unfortunately this newsletter is only available in Dutch.

BTG receives certificate from Minister Verburg (LNV)

On June 11, BTG received a certificate for the project “Groene Grondstoffen uit Bio-olie” from Gerda Verburg, the Dutch Minister for Agriculture, Nature and Food-quality. This certificate was awarded for the work BTG performed on the production of green chemicals and half-products derived from pyrolysis-oil. In this project, both the economic and technical feasibility concerning the production of several ‘green’ products was evaluated. Based on the positive results from this project, development work will be continued by BTG.

During the ceremonial event, Minister Verburg praised the attendees for their pioneering work in creating the green economy: Quote (Dutch):

“Dames en heren,
In deze zaal zit een groot aantal helden van de groene economie. Pioniers van het eerste uur. U mag daar trots op zijn. Ik ben dat ook. Zonder u als pioniers kwam er natuurlijk niets van al deze ontwikkelingen terecht.”

More information

On behalf of BTG Evert Leijenhorst receives certificate from Minister Verburg

BTG-BTL joins Cleantech East Netherlands mission to Silicon Valley

On June 20 a delegation from the Eastern Netherlands will leave on a CleanTech Mission to Silicon Valley. This high-tech region in the Eastern Netherlands is very strong in membrane technology, biofuels, ICT, sustainable building and smart materials. BTG-BTL is joining this delegation of 16 companies & organisations! 

More information can be found in the attached press release (Dutch Only)

Brochure on biomass gasification

BTG has published a brochure on biomass gasification, titled "Gasification of Biomass and Waste". The brochure briefly touches upon the gasification process, its advantages and applications, and BTG's activities and experiences in the field of biomass gasification. You can access the electronic version of the brochure here.

 

Moving of BTG has been completed

The moving of BTG to its new office and laboratory has been completed. The offices of both the consultancy and R&D units had already moved into the new building at the Josink Esweg at the end of March. Since then, all installations in the former laboratory have been disassembled and moved to the new location. BTG's former premesis at the Pantheon was vacated last week.