Biopark Terneuzen represents a new thinking in the creation of agro-

industrial sustainability. Extending the earlier concepts of technology

collectives, it raises the platform to a higher level. Under the ‘Smart Link’

name, Biopark Terneuzen promotes and facilitates the exploitation of key

synergies between businesses located in the same geographic area.

Specifically, it helps to maximise the potential of the exchange and use

of each other’s by- and waste products which then become feedstock,

energy or utility supplements for their own production processes.

“The answer to a global challenge begins with a local solution”Hans van der Hart, CEO Zeeland Seaports

Biopark Terneuzen leads the way

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Producer of sustainable, biodegradable diesel for the European market

Joint venture between Zeeland Seaports and Dow Benelux, hub for chemical production and distribution

The world’s largest supplier of mineral fertilizer

International provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services

Leading producer of bioethanol (ethyl alcohol) from agricultural products

European transporter of dry and liquid products, importer and exporter of fertilizers and biomass

International biofuels tank storage and logistics company

Recycler of waste and residual products

GROEPHEROS

Biopark Terneuzen is a work in progress and welcomes

the participation of any producer or supplier company,

local or international, seeking to contribute to and

benefit from sustainable development. Adding your

name, expertise and vision to its growing list of partners

could be the next most important strategic decision

you take for the future of your business.

Your enquiry for further information will be welcomed.

Please visit us at: www.bioparkterneuzen.com

Or for direct contact, touch base with:Project Agency Biopark Terneuzen P.O. Box 132 4530 AC Terneuzen The NetherlandsTel: +31 115 64 74 00 Fax: +31 115 64 75 00E-mail: bioparkterneuzen@zeeland-seaports.com

An open door to the future

Biopark Terneuzen Partners

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Building Smart Linksinto the sustainability Chain

Increasing economic efficiency, conserving resources and preserving the environment

By converting waste streams into Smart Links, Biopark Terneuzen’s partners

are able to capitalise on residual values that would otherwise go unused.

Importantly for businesses smart linking can:

• Eliminate storage and disposal costs

• Lower environmental taxes

• Optimise production costs

• Improve profitability

In the wider context these bio-complementary partnerships combine to help:

• Conserve non-renewable resources

• Exploit the recoverable value of resources after first use

• Reduce the waste and pollution burden on the atmospheric and physical

environments

• Contribute to the sustainability of future industrial growth

Bio-complementary partnerships are the future

Within the Biopark Terneuzen framework, WarmCO2,

a co-operation between Zeeland Seaports, Yara and pipe

installer Visser & Smit Hanab, is successfully delivering

value added ‘second-life’ resources to a major horticul-

tural greenhouse nursery in the local area. The resources

comprise water for heating and CO2 for enrichment of

the nursery’s atmosphere used to improve crop growth.

The water supply is the cooling water outflow from

Yara’s heat exchangers, where it has collected heat

from the company’s production processes. Through a

dedicated piping system the water reaches the nursery

complex at an average temperature of 87˚C, sufficient to

provide nursery heating adjustable to suit all conditions.

The CO2 is also delivered by pipeline. This gas is very

clean and offers the same purity level as manufactured

liquid CO2.

Through the wealth of the combined industrial and

horticultural knowledge of its partners, WarmCO2

ensures that the distribution of resources is optimised.

Charged at competitive rates, this exchange has shown

to be beneficial for both provider and user. That’s a

win-win result for industry and the environment.

Best practice in action

WarmCO2 delivers more than just hot air

Sustainable growth, in the context of good stewardship of the environment

and its resources, is the biggest ongoing challenge facing politicians and

industry leaders. Everyone knows what needs to be done, the difficulty is

in finding effective and economic ways to do it.

Zeeland Seaports has identified a route that provides a uniquely innovative

solution. Meeting the needs of industry and the environment and, equally

important, the needs of the community, Biopark Terneuzen was establis-

hed in February 2007. Although still at an early stage of development, this

solution is already delivering positive results for its participants and other

stakeholders, who are forging a chain of sustainable businesses.

Sustainability is our biggest challenge yet

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CO2

Biomass

Water

Electricity

Steam

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Greenhouse com-plex

Biomass Power plant

GROEPHEROS

Many companies are already participating in Biopark Terneuzen and actively

engaged in mutually beneficial long term projects. For example Rosendaal

Energy (biodiesel), Nedalco (alcohol and bioethanol), Cargill (food starches)

and Yara (ammonia and mineral fertilisers) are “connected” with piping

systems to exchange and re-use by- and waste products as feedstock, energy

or utility supplements.

These schemes involve:

• Cargill providing residual starch, purified water, power and compressed air

to Nedalco

• Yara supplying waste heat and CO2 to a local horticultural greenhouse park

• Rosendaal Energy delivering water to the recycler Heros

Smart Links between other members are also being tested

or in the planning stage.

Demonstrating confidence... and commitment

In the ongoing development of its sustainability model, Biopark

Terneuzen works together with a number of academic institutions.

These assist in investigating potential Smart Links between Biopark

participants and in mapping-out the technical, commercial, organisational

and practical conditions for their implementation.

In addition, Biopark Terneuzen has close ties with Bio-Energy Valley in Ghent,

Belgium, a joint initiative involving Ghent University, the City of Ghent, the

Port of Ghent, the Development Agency of East-Flanders and a number of

industrial companies related to the Ghent region that are active in the fields

of bioenergy generation and its distribution, storage and use.

Biopark Terneuzen Knowledge Associates

Biopark Terneuzen is at the heart of Zeeland’s economic hub. The area has

an established industrial base that includes engineering, shipbuilding, electri-

cal and petrochemicals industries. In addition Zeeland has a growing services

sector, as well as a rapidly expanding horticultural industry that is pushing the

boundaries of technology in the improvement of crop sizes and quality.

Necessarily this background has given rise to a large, skilled workforce which

is continuously increasing from the region’s excellent technical schools and

training centres. This resource compares with the best to be found anywhere

in Europe. And, in term of numbers, range of skills and dedication, the

available workforce is fully able to satisfy and sustain the demands

of future industrial growth.

Skilled workforce in-place

Zeeland Seaports is one of the initiators of the Biopark

Terneuzen project. It is a logical extension of its overall

management and development responsibility for the

merged ports and port areas of Terneuzen and Flushing

(Vlissingen).

Zeeland Seaports, strategically located on the Wester-

scheldt estuary between Rotterdam and Antwerp, has an

open connection to the North Sea and the Rhine-Scheldt

Canal. It serves both the global liner routes and Euro-

pe’s inland waterways, currently around 7,000 ships and

23,000 inland vessels per year, handling the full range of

cargoes, break bulk, liquids and containers.

Zeeland Seaports also offers first class road, pipeline and

rail links to and from the hinterland of Europe thereby

providing an ideal trading and transportation hub for

local, national and international businesses.

An ideal trading location