On 2 October Alkmaar was the stage for the first edition of the international conference Biomass Gasification Europe (BGE 2014). A conference on biomass gasification and the essential role biomass plays in the application of clean, reliable and innovative energy. Biomass gasification is a promising technology that produces high caloric green gas that can be used in existing infrastructures. During the conference InVesta was presented, an expert center for biomass gasification projects. InVesta resides at the Energy Innovation Park.

This first edition of the Biomass Gasification Europe conference has been organized in cooperation with the Energy Innovation Park. Besides an ideal location for housing your company, the Energy Innovation Park offers the Energy Innovation Center. An innovative center for, amongst others, development of a demonstration installation for biomass gasification. This installation emphasizes the Energy Park as a future testing and research location, which supports the intention to support the transition to sustainable energy management in the Netherlands.

As of the first quarter of 2015 it will be possible to tank LNG at the Energy Innovation Park at the first public LNG filling station in the province of North Holland. The company GP Groot, a trader in fuels and oil, will build the LNG filling station aligned with Energy Innovation Park.

The building of the LNG filling station fits the Parks line of thought by producing alternative fuels. The use of LNG (liquefied natural gas) is getting more popular in the transport sector.

LNG is a liquefied natural gas that forms when natural gas is cooled to minus 160 degrees Celsius. The consumable costs are lower than with diesel, and it is cleaner than diesel, reducing CO2 emmissions and partical pollution. Apart from that, trucks powered by LNG generate fifty percent less noise than diesel trucks. GP Groot’s ambition is to offer LBG (liquid bio gas) in the future.

The filling station is being equipped with an LNG-installation of a prominent supplier of industrial gases. Aside from LNG, diesel and AdBlue will also be available, and there will be a possibility to fill up on bio-CO2. Bio-CO2 is emerging as a sustainable alternative to diesel for cooling cargotrailers.

The choice for locating the filling station at the Energy Innovation Park is, according to GP Groot, an obvious one. It is located next to one of the main highways, there are multiple activities of transport-and energycompanies in the area and you can take into account all the synergy advantages of the presence of SMEs, as well as national and international players.