M A G A Z I N E 7th EDITION
INNOVATION-MEDIA
GREEN INVESTMENTS FOOD WASTE SOLUTIONS URBAN FARMING GREEN EDUCATION CIRCULAR CITIES INNOVATION INDIA
A NEW ERA OF INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING
Innovations & Special Interest
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INNOVATION LANDSCAPE and stories from Indian
Start-up Eco-system The 2020 edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) presents the latest global innovation trends and the annual innovation ranking of 131 economies. India like earlier years, stood first in its income group and 48th among all nations. The Indian start-up landscape has been changing rapidly with more start-ups being launched across sectors at a regular, and fast pace. An integral part of the economy, they are now playing an instrumental role in fuelling job-creation and charting India’s economic growth. Many Indian start-ups were publicly listed, and this trend is likely to continue in 2020 with more tech start-ups planning to go public in the next two years. Nine start-ups joined the coveted unicorn club (start-ups valued at USD 1 billion or more). The Government of India under the Start-up India initiative took important steps to build a strong startup ecosystem. Some of the notable initiatives taken by the Government of India to facilitate the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship were incentives for Electric Vehicles (EVs) to support the growing number of EV start-ups, enhancements to the digital payments ecosystem to support fin-tech start-ups, easing angeltax regulations, etc. Confederation of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CIMSME), Global Council for Cluster Excellence and Research (GCCER), Global Council for the Promotion of International Trade (GCPIT) and International Council for Technology, Management and Applied Engineering (ICTMAE) are group of not for profit organisations, which provide industry’s best practices through education while enabling collaboration, mentorship, peer-based learning, and the sharing of innovative ideas for entrepreneurs across the globe. Thriving on the mission and vision of being One of the global authority for small and medium enterprises,
they are committed to facilitate global access through their various initiatives like “Go-Global”, “SheTrades Global Mission”, “Brand India Global Mission” and “Global Cluster Exchange” etc. The Confederation of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CIMSME), has been promoting start-ups, SMEs since its inception through ‘MSME Connect/ Manthan’, ‘Vendor Development Program’ and ‘Corporate Connect’ program. Under these initiatives, corporates, PSUs/ Central or State Government organisations are linked locally to start-ups and SMEs which are working in the same or similar/allied area of business, which results in a win-win for both. Santosh G, Founder Director of CIMSME, GCCER, GCPIT & ICTMAE is proud to present for the business eco-system of the Netherlands a new policy of the Government of India: 'Self-reliant India’. The policy formulated by Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi for making India "a bigger and more important part of the global economy", pursuing policies that are efficient, competitive and resilient, and being selfsustaining and self-generating. It is evident from the above facts that Indian Innovation space is unique, vibrant and is multi-faceted. There is still enormous potential to tap. And of course, there is
PREFACE
charting India’s economic growth
certainly a need for institutionalization of grassroots innovations in India. This will accelerate, foster innovations further. In the time ahead, it is critical to harness all the talent and purpose it for betterment of core infrastructure and making lives better through 'Self-reliant India'. Good things remain good only because they are always scarce. I am glad to pen for this wonderful magazine as an appreciation of the commendable efforts put forth by the team for promotion of Innovation across the globe. The efforts taken to bring about innovative content is appreciable. Content on the various opportunities available in the corporate world and alerts on various country level opportunities on Innovation, Collaboration and Technology Transfer shall be included hence forth. Wish you all a grand operation throughout the year. We shall be happy to support, collaborate entrepreneurs from the business eco-system of the Netherlands who will be interested in exploring their business opportunities in India Continent. Santosh G. Director of Growth, GCPIT (India, Africa)
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CONTENT INTRODUCTION
URBAN FARMING
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> 6-7
> 24-27
INNOVATION
START-UP
> 8-9
> 28-29
BEHIND FOOD
GREEN ENERGY
> 10-11
> 30-33
INNOVATION
MAPPING
GARDARICA
CIRCULAR GLAS
CORVUS HORTICULTURE DRONES
> 12-13
Urban Farming iFarm
> 14-15 EDUCATION
UF.RU | VOSTOCK CAPITAL
the GREEN BRANCH
SOLAR FIELDS NL
FOOD WASTE & LOSS MAP
> 34-37
CIRCULAR CITIES
GREENPORT WEST HOLLAND
> 38-41
INVESTMENT KAZAKHSTAN UNDP
FRUIT TECH CAMPUS
> 42-45
STATS
NETWORKING
> 16-19
FRUIT NL
> 20-21 INNOVATION
HORTI XS
> 22-23
WEBINARS
> 46-49
INSPIRATION GRAPES
> 50-51
COLOFON > 52
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INTRODUCTION
text : Frank Donkers (Editor In-Me) illustration: In-Me magazine
IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES IN REDUCING FOOD WASTE & LOSS!
One year ago on the 19th of December the United Nations Food and Agro Organisation (FAO), decided to create a new international year devoted to issues relating to food and agriculture. The outcome was to declare 2021 as the International year of Fruits and Vegetables. In 2019 the FAO reported that 14 percent of the world's food is being lost along the food chain from harvest to the retail level. Cultivation is added to that, because here a missed, but desired upscaling of production can also be seen as a loss. So lets see 2021 not only as the International year of Fruits and Vegetables but mostly as a year for new business investments that Increase crop capacity and reduces loss! In 2021 the industry will apply even a more innovative and a technological approach to combat the loss and waste of fruits and vegetables. Along the food chain a lot is possible, and not only to show involvement! All opportunities and investment possibilities are fragmented now because the issue of food waste and loss is mainly focussed on
the consumer market. But an estimated approach of 14 percent loss along the food chain without the consumer market means there is possibility for added value in business. It starts with Identifying the innovations, implementations and best practices in reducing food Of course the International year of Fruits and Vegetables goes beyond only food waste and loss. Its about a sustainable food chain. This involves new-energy, educational approaches and innovative solutions.
Ahead of the year 2021, we would like to share some new insights on this issue of Innovation -Media magazine.
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INNOVATION
text : Gardarica Team Photography: Gardarica Team
VERMICOMPO and Vertical Fa
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ustainability is at the heart of Gardarica; our goal is to make the most ecological and efficient choices when designing our technology. This is why our vertical greenhouses utilise vermicompost, a composting method using worms (“vermi” is Latin for worms).
OSTING arming
Vermicomposting is a green technology that can be used to convert agricultural and organic waste, such as food waste, into valuable living soil amendments. When used in a potting mix for greenhouse production, vermicompost provides a renewable source of plant nutrients that can also protect seedlings from disease. Vermicomposting and the utilisation of a cocktail of nutrients known as Biohumus enhances germination, plant growth, crop yield and improves root growth and structure. Not only is this method incredibly efficient, but it also tackles food waste, which is easily one of the biggest sources of waste in the world today.
Uneaten food rots in landfills, contributing significantly to methane emissions. This method tackles this by making good use of large quantities of food waste. It is not limited to food waste though, since it can integrate in the process various materials, such as coffee cups. Gardarica intends to use vermicomposting as part of its upcoming vertical farming projects that will use traditional soil media.
For more information: Web: www.gardarica.co.uk. @gardaricaltd
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SPOTLIGHT
text : In-Me magazine
Up-Cycling / Up-Scaling!
Libbey Glass and the Dutch start-up ‘Rebottled’ hav partnership from March 2020.
Behind the food chain! Recycling | Redesigning G
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Since 2018 Rebottled makes durable drinking glasse bottom of a wine bottle! The initiative was quickly emb years of introduction on the Dutch market, there is there expansion. To develop more capacity, they have entered with Libbey EMEA (formerly Royal Leerdam).
Their ambition is to become the most circular drinking Libbey EMEA indicates that the importance of making p materials will become increasingly important in the futu found a great application in the glass industry and is now larger scale together with Libbey. Libbey takes over the recycling production of Rebottled, increases the capacity. With this increased capacity and for Rebottled will largely lie on the delivery of the used w
The idea is to achieve a capacity of 4 million glasses pe
photo by : Klaas Kuiken
BOTTLE UP! How a preference for a factory product can lead to research into the possibilities for UP-Cycling. Glass recycling has been done for decades, actually one of the most recycled packaging in the food and beverage industry! But much more is possible with glass. Klaas Kuiken transforms the beauty of the factory bottle into a sustainable design vase! The top and bottom of the upcycled product remains recognizable as the factory glass of a wine bottle! After examining the bottles, Klaas surprisingly found out that factory bottles have small irregularities on the inside. For glass blowing these irregularities make changing the shape of the original bottle difficult. For this reason it was necessary for Klaas to develop his own glass blowing technique. A lot of experiments were needed to apply the correct heat and pressure differences to the bottles. . Aided by these irregularities on the inside, the bottle molds into a seemingly uncontrolled vase shape. A factory product cannot simply be transformed into a design object! The result is a varied collection!
More info: www.klaaskuiken.nl
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GLASS D O M E
photo by : Doncherry design
Loners Saved! Used glasses are no longer interesting for use as tableware when there is only one left! Product designer Angela Donkers gives these discarded glasses from the catering and home kitchen a second life. The single drinking glasses are given a new function as a decoration / design object, the mini glass dome. The mini glass dome can be used to give small objects - that previously would have ended up in a drawer - a prominent place in the interior. In addition to the single drinking glasses, wooden residual waste is used to make the design. The wooden tops and bottoms are machined from different types of wood with a wood lathe. Angela looks at the shape of the glass to feel what fits best in terms of shape. The shape of the glass determines the final design! We know the classic glass dome in a round shape, the’ Toy dome’ comes in various shapes!
'Toy stolpjes 2020'
More info: www.angeladonkers.nl
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INNOVATION
text : Frans-Peter Dechering photography: • Corvus Drones BV
DIGITALISING every individual plant
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Previously In-Me magazine posted an article by Corvus Drones (3rd edition | sept. 2018) Because Corvus Drones is becoming more and more advanced, we would like to post an update!
The drones of Corvus Drones fly fully automatic in greenhouses for crop monitoring data-collection. Since December, the first customers are daily active with their drone. The grower defines the flight plan in de web application (smartphone or laptop) and after pushing the start button, the drone starts flying from location to location and returns to the base automatically. The monitoring report is sent to the mailbox. The dream of Corvus is that the drones digitalize every individual plant in every greenhouse, all over the world. More and better information about crop growth supports more sustainable production. The crop monitoring or scouting options are for three growth stadia: seedling, growing crop and ready-to-harvest crop. Datacollection is more accurate and consistent than any human eye. Reports are easily accessible, and the results are per location, per batch and even per tray.
vantages are:
op data and information eld ing endent of human labour
In a greenhouse the GPS signals are too weak for navigation. Unique is the Corvus indoor flight navigation software without using the GPS signals. The drone navigates by visual sensoring. The drone is equipped with a RGB camera for monitoring seed germination and leaf surface (LAI). In the near future, multispectral or for example IR cameras are possible too. The drone is super ligt weight, caused almost no turbulence for plants and is able to fly in narrow spaces. The crop data is analyzed by artificial intelligence (AI) software and Corvus Drones collaborates with several AI companies for development of applications. The seed applications are for example used by young plant growers, breeders and potted plant growers. Frans-Peter Dechering (co-founder)
batches delivered to customer Frans-peter@corvusdrones.com www.corvusdrones.eu
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URBAN FARMING
text : Max Chizhov photography: iFarm
WHY IS VERTICAL FARMING TAKING OVER CITIES? The era of consumption and mass-production has turned the food market into a merciless fast food. The desire to sell maximum forced manufacturers to grow millions of tons of "goodlooking" vegetables, berries, fruits and herbs at the expense of taste and useful properties: harvested two or three times a year they are not given time for natural ripening and accumulation of nutrients. Indoor vertical farms in cities could solve not only this, but many other problems, especially as they can be placed almost anywhere — from the basement of a multi-story building to empty warehouses, eliminating long-term transportation (on average, a tomato travels 2,000 km around the world), and reducing CO2 emissions by 6792%.
The closed air cycle inside vertical farms is not influenced by the external environment and allows urban farmers to avoid pesticides, growth stimulants and chemical protection, so that urban dwellers can add tasty and healthy products to their daily diet. Indoor vertical farms use the planet's resources efficiently. The amount of water required to produce 1 kg of lettuce in a greenhouse is comparable to that of an industrial freezer. Growing the same amount of lettuce on a vertical farm requires just one bucket of water. On average, farms use 90% less water than greenhouses. This method of cultivation allows to grow not only large volumes of high-quality fresh produce, enough to feed the urban population, but also to do that with minimal impact on the environment and ourselves. Max Chizhov, CEO iFarm m@ifarmproject.com www.ifarm.fi
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EDUCATION
text : Frank Donkers (In-Me magazine) Photography: FRUIT TECH CAMPUS & In-Me magazine
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ACCELERATION! Fruit Tech Campus is located in a large fruit growing area with a long history. It is an industry in which the relevant means of production (the fruit tree) has a long track record. On average, a tree can be cultivated for 30 to 40 years. A slow imaging cycle, which means that young people often see the image of the fruit industry as a boring industry. Unjustified indeed! As things are changing with the help of new technologies. This is one of the major challenges for the Fruit Tech Campus. Show what this technology entails. And at the same time make the technological transformation! The 'Fruit Tech Campus' was launched just a few months ago in the heart of the fruit growing region of the Netherlands . It is a regional initiative, initiated by the business community, education sector and the municipality of West Betuwe. Set up for the Dutch fruit growing sector, to be able
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to offer demand-driven education at MBO work and learning level. With 80% practical lessons and 20% theory! In October 2020, the first regular lessons have already started in the experimental garden ‘Randwijk’ (an independent research location for fruit growing in the Netherlands). At this practical location, students can conduct research based on the latest technologies and sustainable alternatives for cultivation. Sustainable cultivation is certainly part of the training. Often focused on water management and energy consumption, but the Food Waste / Food Loss aspect also has its attention. This can be an important means of scaling up cultivation. The Fruit Tech Campus now mainly serves the channels within cultivation & harvest, sorting & packing and cooling, storage & ripening. The ideal is for the Fruit Tech campus to grow into what they call an 'Innocation Hub' (INNOvation, eduCATION HUB). In our conversation at the location of Master Fruits in Geldermalsen, the chairman mr. Sjaak van der Tak also points out that sustainability certainly has more attention. For example, various products from residual flows are already being produced! But their first priority now is to create the 'Innocation Hub'! With a harvest yield of 620 million kilos of apples and pears and a cultivation area of about 16,000 ha, the Netherlands is a major player in the fruit sector. As a logical consequence special training is being set up for this. The training is broadly oriented, for example, there is a training department for 2021, started under the name Sort & Pack Techlab. The brand new chairman mr. Sjaak van der
Tak of the Fruit Tech Campus brings a lot of experience with him from the Westland (the largest greenhouse horticulture cluster of municipalities in the Netherlands), where he was mayor for 13 years.
A sector with a long history, but a lot of technological development. Fruit cultivation can make a change when looking at a tree in a technological way. Collecting data says a lot about the possibilities that you can apply on location! But sometimes the classical thinking about a larger tree that yields a lot of fruit can be converted into a smaller tree on which you can work with robotization. It is a change in mentality that takes time in a traditional sector, and that is where the strength of the Campus lies. Because Acceleration comes after Innovation and Education!
Frank donkers | Editor In-Me magazine
But the first priority now is to create the 'Innocation Hub'!
chairman mr. Sjaak van der Tak
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STATS & FIGURES
FRUIT STATS
SOURCE: CBS
6.154
Apples
ha Cultivation area Netherlands | open ground |
10.011 ha
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400 mln KG
of which the pear species Conferance
308 mln KG
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INNOVATION
text : Robert van der Lans photography: In-Me magazine & Horti XS
INNOVATION at
HORTI XS
Horti XS as the inno
Horti XS (spoken as Horti Access, which refers a access/window to horticulture) is a lean and customer-oriented firm with lots of experience in the field of development, construction and realization of high-tech horticultural projects. Horti XS has decades’ worth of experience in supply and engineering of greenhouse projects and indoor farms and has developed into a leading provider for global horticulture. The main principle in a high-tech greenhouse is to increase yields and quality and reduce energy-use to a minimum. Innovation is distinguished in product/ service innovation and business innovation. Business innovation is characterized as innovation with respect to the way of doing business. When a business since it is applying business principles which are disruptive in their industry, people speak of business innovation. In this way Horti XS can be seen as innovative. When Horti XS was founded in applied principles of local sourcing, lean management and open costprice calculation. These principles were new in the industry of greenhouse technology in the Netherland and for that reason Horti XS could take significant marketshare.
ovatie partner for high-tech culture!
In the field of product/service innovation Horti XS also is active. On short notice we will introduce a new LED fixture, especially designed for indoor farms. This LED fixture will be a real gamechanger. Especially now indoorfarming is really gaining interest of international investors as a result of the global demand for safe and healthy food with low impact on the environment. Last but not least Horti XS expect to introduce with other partners an service organisation which will relieve the pains of investors in order to take away the barriers for them to invest. The services which will be part of this innovation: • • • • • •
Business Plan Development BIM modelling Calculation & Design of high-tech greenhouses and indoor farms Services with respect to operational management of the greenhouses/indoor farms Services regarding supply chain management Financial services
www.hortixs.com
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GREEN CITY
text : By source Vostok
Capital
Photography: In-Me magazine
CITY FARMING in RUSSIA Gradual expansion of metropoles and development of the trend of a healthy lifestyle for urban residents, requires bigger supplies of fresh vegetables, berries and greens among other products. Vostock Capital Team made a brief review of the development of City farms and vertical farms in Russia and the CIS as an efficient solutions allowing to produce agricultural products in cities:
City farming in the CIS: status and development prospects.
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ust like in Russia, city farming in the CIS hasonly started developing. Market players point out that the trend is so far more relevant for the countries with lack of farming lands. However, the outbreak of coronavirus demonstrates that having own capacities for fresh vegetables, berries and greens is valuable for any country. Operating farms, promising projects and startups of vertical cultivation facilities can be found in Kazakhstan and Belarus. Hydroponics for greenery growing is the most widespread technology. CIS industry players highlight that production is profitable if a facility area exceeds 50 m2. Aromatic herbs grow 1.5- 2.5 months in average. Microgreens have the shortest growing cycle- 7-20 days, thus there are 35-40 yields per annum. To date, most vertical farms in the region have B2B format, aimed at restaurant chains, offices and retail stores requiring the same products year-round. Nevertheless, equipment suppliers and producers notice growing popularity of the sector and expects future development of city farming in the CIS.
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$221 MILLION
City farming in Russia: status and development prospects
Russian smart farming market volume by 2018.
agricultural digital technologies market in Russia in 2019.
$5,6 BILLION 5% average annual growth rate of Russian city farming market.
SALAD V cultivatio Commiss 2020. C pakchoi,
Vostok Capital +44 207 394 30 90 (London) events@vostockcapital.com www.greenhousesforum.com
In 2020, there are 14 COMPANIES engaged in city farming in Russia. Operating facilities are located in several cities, among them:
VERTICAL FARM GORODSKIE TEPLITSY with the area 1000 m2, cultivation of lettuce; VERTICAL FARM FOR STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION, aeroponics technology. Area – 30 m2; SALAD FARM, CULTIVATION AREA: 420 m2. 43 modules, 8 levels, 1100 bushes per day, 990 kg per month. Crops: lettuces, flavouring herbs; VERTICAL FARM FOR STRAWBERRY CULTIVATION, hydroponics technology. Area – 30 m2 and others.
Novosibirsk
Moscow
Irkutsk
VERTICAL FARM, on area: 47 m2. sioning: March Crops: romano, basil (green).
RUSECO VERTICAL FARM produces about 20 varieties of greens, 50 tonnes per day: spinach, basil, radish, balm, ruccola, different varieties of lettuce and microgreens. It is the largest city farm all over the globe. For a year and a half investment in R&D, construction and commissioning amounted to 5 billion RUB. MESTNYE KORNI VERTICAL CITY FARM: cultivation of lettuces, greens and flavouring herbs. Vertical growing technology allows to grow 350 times more products consuming only 5% of water compared to traditional ground.
Expectations of the roadmap for the FoodNet market development in Russia by 2035: - average annual market growth can reach 12% - the market will amount to $480 billion - Russia will account for 5% of global smart agriculture market.
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START-UPS
text : Jacob Hietink photography: the Green Branch
The best time to plant a tree Sustainability has become the cornerstone of every business wanting to survive the test of time. We have never been so aware of the impact of our decisions and the fight against climate change is a recurring subject in almost everybody's lives. The ‘decade of change’ is a battle cry broadly based by companies worldwide. Luckily, there is an increasing amount of initiatives willing to give it their all. One of the change-makers is The Green Branch: an environmental start-up with a dynamic and diverse team. Their mission is to regreen planet Earth and restore over 4 million hectares of degraded land before 2040. This roughly translates to the size of the Netherlands, where their headquarters is based in Rotterdam. At this moment, they are developing their reforestation projects in Brazil. They specialize in certifying the carbon that is captured in the vegetation and soil of the forests and quantifying the impact on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These certificates, fittingly called ‘carbon credits’, are sold on the voluntary market to companies and individuals to neutralize their carbon emissions. By supplying the rising demand of this market, especially that of carbon removals, The Green Branch provides an opportunity for landscape restoration projects to be realised. Co-founder Jacob Hietink is confident: ‘’We invested a lot of time in our holistic approach and philosophy, now it is time to get started and restore millions of hectares with our partners. The first project will be implemented in the next planting season in March. Our next horizon is to restore 40.000
hectares within two years!’’ The aim was not to reinvent the wheel, but rather build a network of partnerships and alliances who can turn this dream into reality. They work closely together with farmers and landowners of degraded land, who are indispensable to the success and permanence of the projects. By connecting them to private companies willing to neutralize their carbon, two problems can be turned into opportunities with one simple solution: reforestation. “It is almost surreal” co-founder Kasper Kupperman says, “we could never envision the traction we have now. It just goes to show that people are good by nature. Everyone wants change. but now we have found companies brave enough to lead this change.” So for next steps? The Green Branch is always looking for new opportunities to expand their reach. After all, large-scale impact requires large scale thinking. The consequences of the climate crisis is becoming increasingly evident, affecting billions of people worldwide. To be able to halt global warming and create a sustainable world for future generations, we have to act united and fast. Think about it: the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is now.
www.thegreenbranch.nl
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GREEN CITY
text : Frank Donkers (In-Me magazine) Photography: In-Me magazine
ECOLOGICAL USE
E or SOIL WASTE! With a population of over 17 million and
a relatively small area of 41,543 km², the Netherlands is densely populated. With an ever-growing number of people and an evidently greater demand for energy, green and agricultural areas are therefore increasingly under pressure. Certainly at a time when there is increasing pressure on making the energy network more sustainable, this is generating some discussion. Since a sustainable energy option such as solar panels takes up a relatively large amount of space, the implementation of open ground solar panel parks, takes quite some effort.
Netherlands. In order to create support, requirements are often imposed on the practitioners, for example, participation obligations of 50% are demanded with the local residents or contributions are requested for environmental funds. Implementing project developers who buy up land for a solar park in advance and thereby make agreements with the selling party regarding returns in order to generate goodwill to the decision-making municipality, are disappointed! According to the 'National Program RES' (National Program Regional Energy Strategy) such agreements are not mandatory.
Allocation of an area for sustainable energy facilities is done by the municipality in the
A practical example clarifies this. In the municipality of West Betuwe, agreements
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had been made to be energy neutral by 2030. Thirty-one proposals are made, including the appointment to realize 100 ha of land in the municipality of solar parks. Based on this intention of the municipality, project developer Yard Energy has purchased more than 26 hectares of mainly agricultural land, with the promise of a premium to the selling farmers, upon realization of the project. After new municipal elections, however, a new political coalition was appointed in the municipality, which wants to spare protected landscapes, nature, agricultural land and village-views and partly for this reason, the intention is moved from 2030 to 2050! Few of the 31 proposals are carried out as a result, and Yard Energy also sees its opportunistic project go up in smoke. In the end, instead of the intended 100, only 40 hectares of land will be designated for energy-neutral projects. For example an experiment with solar panels in an orchard. The solar panels are placed well above the fruits and must
Solar panels integrated in the architecture of the Utrecht train station (NL)
Solar architecture: Solar panels integrated in the architecture at the Copenhagen International School (DK)
protect soft fruits from weather damage. When there is too little suitable ground surface for solar fields with support from the environment, there are more discussions than projects to be realized. The Netherlands has a great deal of knowledge in the field of solar energy because a lot of research has been done on it for many years. In the long term, this knowledge will mainly be for export, because available land is becoming increasingly scarce.
The total area of solar energy in the Netherlands in 2019 was 691,396 m2.
Solar parks on open ground will remain small-scale in the Netherland. However, experiments will continue to be carried out to investigate the ecological effect on the soil. Because land is scarce. With regard to solar energy in the Netherlands, the concentration is now mainly on the implementation of panels on existing buildings, or integrated into the design of new architecture. Frank donkers | Editor In-Me magazine
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MAPPING
text : Frank Donkers Photography & illustrations: In-Me magazine
Food Waste Solution Mapping ! How can we Identify new opportunitys for investments, see networking possibilitys or how to showcase your innovation on the food waste&loss issue.
hen looking at the landscape of solutions within the theme of food waste, you quickly get the impression of a confusing landscape. Both the government and municipalities create campaigns and provide subsidies to various parties to combat food waste during consumption. The initiatives are frequently present, and tumble over each other during the International Day against Food Waste on September 29 and during the Waste-Free Week that will be held in the Netherlands from 1 to 7 September. Yet there are many initiatives that make a good contribution. This is also evident from the letter to parliament 'Food waste in the Netherlands 2020' from the Dutch ministry of agriculture, nature and food quality. But still al activity is still too fragmented! A regulated approach is also difficult because the consumer market is a fragmented market. Campaigns are also often aimed at changing the way we think about food waste, and this mindset is the most important for the consumer! Many initiatives, innovations and implementations are also under way at the producing parties within the food chain. But here too, a change in mentality is the most important aspect. Food waste can be counteracted with
a lot of technology across the industry, but the mindset is the key to the success of everything. If this is missing, all technical innovations are out of work. Implementation of innovation requires a change of mind! About a third of the food produced is estimated to be lost somewhere in the food chain. And in all sectors within the food chain there are opportunities to value food waste and loss. Professionals within the Agro and Food sector are looking for efficient technologies and solutions to tackle food waste and loss. A sustainable Agro and Food economy means taking up all possibilities within the food chain and adding value where possible. But here too, the initiatives, products, innovations and technologies are impressive in number. And here is the reason In-Me magazine initialised the Food Waste Solution Map. The 'Food Waste Solution Map' (FWSM) provides an overview of all movements in the supply chain. The FWSM is a Concept, Product and Implementation focused platform. In order to bundle all movement within the food chain on this theme, In-Me magazine invites all actors within the 'Food Waste & Loss Jungle' to indicate at which stage they are active. The Food Waste Solution Map visualises the state of affairs in which companies are active. And where profit can be made for and from food waste and loss. The FWSM is therefore a network platform, and arises from the idea of mapping and bundling solutions against food waste and loss by sector group.
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PRODUCTION & (post) HARVESTING
PACKAGING, STORAGE & RIPENING
PROCESSING
RETAIL & CONSUMER
DISTRIBUTION
Seed breeding
Automatization Optimized farming floor
Aërosolen Tech
Smart-Ef f icient Packaging
Re-Use Residual Flows
Efficient Transport Packaging
Climatization bio-based production automation solutions
Ef f icient Ripening
Labeling & Weighting
Data Coordination
Storage Controll
Advanced Machines Smar t Processing Advanced Features
Data Systems
Precision Navigation
Recycling Modules
Adv. Cooling Systems
Conditioned Transpor t
Refridgeration Technology
Preserve
Education Water Management
Use of Bio-Based Packaging
Extraction Technology Robotization
Data Analysing
Digi-Tech Research
Mind Set
By bundling all these initiatives, products and innovations by sector, the FWSM provides a good overview of the position in which the solutions are already located, and where much can be done. As the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has previously written “If we do not know how much or where food loss and waste is occurring, how can we do something about it”. With the FWSM it becomes visible which companies, agencies, universities and organizations offer activity, research and products. And it makes connections easy to point and network possibilities visible.
www.foodwastemap.com
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CIRCULAR ECONOMY
text : Frank Donkers | In-Me magazine Photography: In-Me magazine | Rob van Hove
CROSSOVER AREAS IN CIRCULAR CITY The Dutch government has formulated the goal of using raw materials in a fully circular manner by 2050. A program for this had already been drawn up in 2016 under the title ‘Rijksbrede programma Nederland Circulair in 2050’. Many activities have already been initiated. Reason for the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management to organize the third National Circular Economy Conference on 1 February 2021 in a National online conference.
Greenports West Holland has also drawn up its agenda based on this Dutch objective. In conversation with Ineke Lemmen, Program Director Circular City at Greenports West Holland, we gain more insight into the objectives on the agenda. The priority is fairly obvious for Greenports West Holland. The province of West Holland has traditionally been the largest horticultural area in the Netherlands. Many innovations are already being implemented here that can enhance the circular handling of raw materials and cultivation. In collaboration with universities in the region, we work closely together on the development of new techniques and products. The search for crossover areas is a crucial
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starting point for the circular city. When you can develop building materials from horticultural waste flows, circularity within the economy really becomes tangible. For example, the stems of pepper and tomato plants can already be used in the production of chipboard. Another example that Ineke Lemmen indicates is the use of recycled materials for insulation and acoustics. Building materials from waste for architecture and interior design are already widely used! By looking for these crossover areas, new collaborations arise in which entrepreneurs from different branches develop a joint product. West Holland has always maintained a large international trade. It is great that international opportunities are again emerging from these crossovers. Innovative products and technology within the circular economy are being tackled as a new export product. Ineke
The search for crossover areas is a crucial starting point for the circular city
Lemmen indicates that the Netherlands has an enormous lead in knowledge and innovation in this area, which generates opportunities to offer a completely new complementary export product. This fits in well with the Internationalization Strategy F&G Megacities, one of Greenport Nederland's programs. With the Circular City, Greenport WestHolland also wants to create the missing connections between government, entrepreneurs, citizens, the environment and knowledge institutions. Which gives room for the aforementioned crossover constructions and consortiums. This means that the concept of waste will disappear and make way for new circular revenue models. The Circular City has been given 3 substantive themes, 'Circular food', 'Circular construction' and 'Healthy lifestyle'. To give substance to this, Circular City is working on, among other things, mapping various residual flows in order to be able to use them fully, but also optimizing water, energy and mineral cycles. West Holland is a cultivation and trading area, so every interpretation is with a view to developing new business models and at the same time reducing the ecological footprint in all facets.
Circular City works on:
photo's: Rob van Hove . DIOR Bouw . Vught
• Fully reusing residual materials • Not depleting finite raw materials (overall goal) • Closing food producers and consumption cycles • Radical reduction of food waste • Using biobased packaging material • Square upgrading and cascading (optimizing cycles) • Short chain initiatives • Health & Happiness (social well-being) • Water, energy, mineral cycles to optimize and strengthen CO2 and residual cycles
photo's: Rob van Hove . DIOR Bouw . Vught
More info about Greenport West-Holland : www.greenportwestholland.nl/en/about/
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NETWORKING
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KAZAKH INVEST
Photography: In-Me magazine
Investor’s Guide of Renewable Energy Projects in Kazakhstan Kazakh Invest was established by the Government of Kazakhstan to attract investments in the priority sectors of the economy and support investment projects on the one stop shop principle. Investment continues to be a fundamental factor of the historically remarkable growth and development of Kazakhstan’s economy. Since the years of Independence, more than 330 billion dollars have been invested in Kazakhstan’s economy, with the range and depth of the foreign capital participation growing every year. Kazakhstan developed a wide range of new and innovative industries, and expanded the value added in the existing ones to become the largest and most competitive economy in the region. Last year 60% of the FDI coming into the Central Asia was invested in Kazakhstan. New industries, such as renewable energy, are also seeing a big surge. In May 2013, the Govern-ment adopted the Green Economy Concept with an ambitious goal of a generation mix comprising 50% of lowcarbon alternative and renewable energy sources by 2050.
Kazakhstan has a tremendous potenti country: - Wind 920 billion kWh/year - Hydro 62 billion kWh/year - Solar 2.5 billion kWh/year - Geotermal 4.3 GW
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Wind Energy Hydro Energy
Wind energy has the greatest among all RES in Kazakhstan. Around half of its territory has an average wind speed of about 4 to 5 m/sec at a height of 30m. The greatest wind potentials are in the Atyrau and Mangystau regions in the Caspian Sea area, and Northern and southern Kazakhstan. The country wind potential is 1,820 billion kWh per year (according the Republic of Kazakhstan 2030 Concept of the Fuel and Energy Complex Development).
Hydropower is the s estimated potential of about 62 billion kWh ar The annual hydropowe rivers is 55 billion kW rivers. About 8 billion k are estimated to be tech
Geothermal Energy Kazakhstan is also potentially rich in geothermal resources. Its hydrothermal resources with temperatures of 40C to more than 100C are estimated at 10,275 billion m3 by water rate and 680 billion Gcal by heat rate, which is equivalent to 97 billion toe (ton of oil equivalent) or 2.8 billion Tj, equivalent to the country’s estimated fossil fuel reserves. Kazakhstan has estimated hydrocarbon reserves of 12 billion tons of oil and condensate (17.2 billion toe) and about 6-8 trillion cubic meters of gas (7-9.2 billion toe). Its coal reserves are estimated at 150 billion tons (101.0 billion toe).
Hydro energy resource country, but three area the Irtysh River basin a Uba, Ulba, Kurchum, Ka IIi river basin, and the and Chu river basins.
As of 2017, electricity plants (HPPs) was 649 m
Geothermal sources are located primarily in western Kazakhstan (75.9%), southern Kazakhstan (15.6%) and central Kazakhstan (5.3%). The most promising sources are the Arts, Almaty and Zharkent basins in southern and southeastern Kazakhstan with thermal underground waters mineralisation of up to 3 g/ dm3 and temperatures up to 70-100C. Biogas Energy Kazakhstan is a major producer of grain and other agricultural products, which produce a significant amount of waste from crops and manure. The latest volumes of mixed agricultural wastes are available in the Almaty. East Kazakhstan, Zhabyl, Kostanay, Akmola and Karaganda regions. Livestock waste is a stable source of biomass for energy production. Household solid waste is another source. No data are yet available on total and available volumes of waste and their geographic locations. Waste and residues are rarely used efficiently, for example, as raw materials for bioenergy projects. Currently, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is implementing a project to assess the potential for biofuel production in Kazakhstan.
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second-largest RES in Kazakhstan: 170 billion kWh per year, of which re technically feasible. er potential of medium and large Wh, and 7.6 billion kWh from small kWh from small hydropower plants hnically feasible.
Current RENEWABLE ENERGY (RE) Sector Statistics As of the end of June 2020, there are 101 RE facilities in Kazakhstan, including: - Wind Power Plants (WPPs) - 22 - Solar Power Plants (SPPs) - 37 - Small Hydropower Plants (HPPs) - 37 - Biogas Power Plants (BioPPs) - 5
es are distributed throughout the as have particularly large resources: and its main tributaries (Bukhtarma, ardzhil), the southeast zone with the south zone with the Syrdarya, Talas
The total installed capacity as of the 1st quarter of 2020 is 1414 MW, including: - WPPs - 383.9 MW - Small HPPs - 224.6 MW - SPPs - 797.6 MW - BioPPs - 7.82 MW
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If You are planning to invest in the RES sector of the Republic of Kazakhstan or just interested in development of the renewable energy sources sector, You are recommended to learn a “Guide for investors for implementation of renewable energy sources projects in Kazakhstan” (created by the cooperation between the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the USAID Regional Program “Future Energy”, Tetra Tech in 2018, updated in 2019 and 2020) Version 2020:
sources: 1. “Guide for investors for implementation of renewable energy sources projects in Kazakhstan” version 2020 2. Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan 3. “KAZAKH INVEST” National Company: www.invest.gov.kaz
INSPIRATION
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NETWORKING
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Webinars In-M In stead of real live events and conferences, we faced a lot of webinars in 2020! Also In-Me magazine participated to a variety of webinars. Hereby we would like to give a short impression from a few of them. Presentating your interest via online webinars requires new skils and networking happens a lot afterworth.
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3. Global Leadership Dialogue - 1. India and The Netherlands, 7 July 2020 Indo-Dutch relations date back to more than 400 years when the Dutch East India Company began trading in India. Diplomatic relations between India and Netherlands were established in 1947. Since then, the two countries have established strong relations, based on the foundation of shared democratic ideals, pluralism, and rule of law. www.cimsme.in
4. Innovation Media and Uzbekistan cooperation, Representatives of the Embassy of Uzbekistan in the Benelux countries together with the Ministry of Innovative Development held online negotiations with the Director of the Dutch company Stroomi B.V. Irina Birman and Editor-in-Chief of the Innovation Media web portal, Frank Donkers. https://uza.uz/en/posts/uzbekistan-thenetherlands-to-develop-cooperation-ininnovat-29-06-2020
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