General info
Bio Base Europe is the first open innovation and education center for the biobased economy in Europe. Flanders and The Netherlands have joined forces to build state-of-the-art research and training facilities to help the transition from an economy based on fossilresources to a biobased economy based on renewable resources. This leading initiative stimulates the economic growth, the innovation capacity and the sustainable development of our society. The founding fathers of Bio Base Europe are Ghent Bio-Energy Valley and Bio Park Terneuzen. Bio Base Europe consists of a Pilot Plant in Ghent (Belgium) and a Training Center in Terneuzen (The Netherlands). The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is a flexible and diversified pilot plant that operates at tonscale. It is there to close the critical gap between scientific feasibility and industrial application of new biotechnological processes. It enables you to assess actual operating costs, specific strengths and weaknesses of new biotechnological processes and this before costly, large-scale investments are made. The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is a one-stop-shop that performs the entire value chain in a single plant, from the biomass green resource up to the final bioproduct. It focuses on second generation technologies converting agricultural waste products and non-food crops into biofuels, bioplastics and other bioproducts. The Pilot Plant is situated in the Port of Ghent in Belgium and is accessible for companies and research institutions throughout the world. The Bio Base Europe Training Center is an education, network and exhibition center promoting the development of a sustainable biobased economy. It offers general and company-specific training and connects closely with the market demand. The Bio Base Europe Training Center will address an industry-wide shortage of skilled process operators and technical maintenance specialists for biobased and sustainable energy processes. It also encourages network activities , technological innovation and entrepreneurship and develops a public information and communication program for the biobased economy. The Bio Base Europe Training Center is situated in Terneuzen in The Netherlands and is accessible for companies and research institutions throughout the world.
About Ghent Bio-Energy Valley Ghent Bio-Energy Valley is supporting the development of sustainable biobased activities in the region of Ghent, Belgium. Ghent Bio-Energy Valley is a joint initiative of Ghent University, the City of Ghent, the Port of Ghent, the Development Agency East-Flanders and a number of industrial companies that are active in the fields of the generation, distribution, storage and use of bio-energy and biobased products. Ghent Bio-Energy Valley is a leading European initiative for the development of the biobased economy of the future. Ghent Bio-Energy Valley promotes the development of the biobased economy through collaborative programs, joint initiatives and synergy creation between the partners in the fields of Research & Development, structural measures and policy, logistics and communication towards the general public.
About Biopark Terneuzen Established in February 2007, Biopark Terneuzen is an initiative that represents new thinking in the creation of biobased industrial sustainability. Biopark Terneuzen was initiated by the Zeeland Province, Zeeland Seaports and the participating industrial parties. Building on the economic and knowledge transfer advantages obtained through the co-location of associated businesses, Biopark Terneuzen raises the platform to a higher level. Its core mission is the development of the biobased industry in the Kanaalzone. One of the ways to pursue this goal is smart linking. That promotes and facilitates the exploitation of key synergies between its partner companies. Specifically the potential to exchange and utilise each other’s by-products and waste streams as feedstock or utility supplements for their own processes. This contributes to their productivity, to the conservation of non-renewable resources and the reduction of environmental burden.
About Interreg IV Interreg IV is a 2007-2013 programme funded by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), to advance cross-border cooperation and stimulate sustainable social-economic development in European border regions. The steering committee of the Dutch-Flemish Interreg IV program that assigned the Bio Base Europe initiative among others consists of deputies for international cooperation of the eight Dutch - Flemish border regions as well as a representative from both the Dutch and Flemish governments. For more information, please contact :
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Bio Base Europe Rodenhuizekaai 1 B-9042 Gent Belgium www.bbeu.org Wim Soetaert T: +32 9 335 70 01 E: wim.soetaert@bbeu.org |