Dutch ports get ready for biomass boom

Industrial Fuels and Power
November 25th, 2011 by IFandP Newsroom

The increased focus on renewable energy and new Dutch government proposals that will see the use of some biomass mandatory in the country’s coal-fired power stations by 2022 is expected to lead to a boom in biomass traffic in Dutch ports such as Amsterdam.

Currently, Dutch ports handle around 1.5Mt of biomass annually, but due to the forecast growing demand for the alternative energy source in North European countries, the figure is expected to increase to about 13.5Mt by 2020.

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