Post by Mark Schmets
Team lead Sustainable Industry, Circular Economy and International collaboration
๐๐ป๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ This week we paved the way to intensify collaboration with Germany in the field of Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) and biobased materials. With a delegation of 30 companies, research institutes and government representatives we visited the German ecosystem for cleantech. Iโm impressed by all the examples of the raw material and energy transition in practice. We visited scaleups and pilots and new commercial scale plants. โย UPM is preparing for commercial production in Leuna. A revolution in the field of biobased materials. Thank you Gerd Unkelbach ,Michael Duetsch of UPM and Martin Naundorf of InfraLeuna. โ The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is constructing the worlds largest e-fuel research facility in Leuna for electricity-based sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF). Thank you Gert Saerens from Griesemann Gruppe. โ Achim Raschka introduced us to the insightful studies and data of the nova-Institut GmbH on bio-based and CO2-based economy. โ At Evonik chemstars invited us for their ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ, including a venture talk with Avantium CEO Tom van Aken. Congrats to ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ: Next-gen stabilizer additives for materials, tailored for recyclability. Congrats Dr. Katrin Markus and Christian Schรผtz! โ Covestro introduced us to hightech polymers for applications in automotive and their biobased upscaling of bioanilin. Thank you Christoph Gรผrtler. โ At Fraunhofer Umsicht and thyssenkrupp Uhde we were introduced by Markus Oles to thyssenkrupp Carbon2Chemยฎ to convert waste gases into methanol, an important building block for a wide variety of value chains. In Berlin at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Germany Dr. Beate Baron (Ministerium Fur Wirtshaft und Energie), Berit Erlach (Acatech), Karlo Van Dam (Ministerie van Klimaat en Groene Groei) and Matthias Belitz (German Chemical Industry Association VCI) exchanged views on sustainability policies and further alignment of these policies on the EU and national level. We will follow-up by further connecting national programmes in both countries and to further align policies on EU level. Jacqueline Vaessen, Moniek Tromp๐ฅ, Wytske van der Mei Peter Berben Claudine Clignett-Driesser Joop Gilijamse, Paul Verbraak, Ko Voskuilen, Frank Groenen Lisanne Blom Timo Verheij
