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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 THE HAGUE 001920 
 
SIPDIS 
 
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STATE FOR EUR/WE (TSMTIH) 
STATE ALSO FOR EEB/ESC/IEC, OES 
STATE PLS PASS USITC, ATTN: L.M. SCHLITT 
E.O. 12356: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG ECON OTRA NL
SUBJECT: BIOFUELS IN THE NETHERLANDS 
 
REF:  STATE 133131 
 
¶1.  In response to reftel request, Post submits the following 
information regarding the development and adoption of bio-based 
chemical products and liquid biofuels in the Netherlands.  Six Dutch 
ministries (Economic Affairs; Housing, Spatial Planning and the 
Environment; Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality; Transport, Public 
Works and Water Management; Foreign Affairs; and Finance) have 
teamed up in an Energy Transition program, an effort coordinated by 
SenterNovem to accelerate the shift to new energy sources and to 
give Dutch companies a competitive edge (more information is 
available at www.senternovem.nl/english).  Part of the Energy 
Transition approach seeks to increase interest in biofuels, a sector 
where Dutch experience in agricultural research and biochemicals is 
strong. 
 
RESEARCH/REPORTS 
------------------------ 
 
¶2.  Academic research, industry reports, and government publications 
on GONL policies relating to the development and adoption of 
bio-based chemical products and liquid biofuels published since 2004 
include (see www.gave.novem.nl under 'fuel library' for more related 
articles): 
 
-- Energy Transition: State of Affairs and the Way Ahead by Ministry 
of Economic Affairs, April 29, 2004. Available at: 
www.senternovem.nl/english under "Towards Sustainable Energy" and 
"Energy Transition." 
 
-- Energy Transition: A Climate for New Opportunities by the Council 
for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment and the General 
Energy Council of the Netherlands, December 2004. Available at: 
www.senternovem.nl/english under "Towards Sustainable Energy" and 
"Energy Transition." 
 
LEADING FIRMS/ORGANIZATIONS 
--------------------------- 
 
¶3. The following firms and organizations have industrial 
biotechnology production, R and D activities, and/or plans in liquid 
biofuels and/or bio-based chemicals (more information, including 
project status, is available at: www.gave.novem.nl under "GAVE 
Atlas").  NOTE: This list is not all inclusive but highlights some 
of the leading companies/organizations that are active in this area 
in the Netherlands.  END NOTE. 
 
-- Achterhoekse Oliemolen B.V. 
POC: Mr. Roland Kleine, email: Familie.kleine@planet.nl. 
The plant is located in Lochem, where both coleseed and rapeseed are 
pressed into 10,000 ton Pure Plant Oil (PPO). 
 
-- BeWagroep. 
POC: Mr H. van Benten, email: info@bewagroep.nl. 
BeWagroep plans to build a biodiesel plant in the town of Moerdijk, 
where biodiesel will be made from fats collected from the 
fat-processing subsidiary of BeWagroep.  The company has applied for 
permits, but according to the website it is not known when 
production, expected at 150-300 tons per week, will start. 
 
-- Bio-Ethanol Rotterdam. 
POC: Mr. Peter van der Gaag, email: 
pvdgaag@hollandinnovationteam.nl. 
Bio-Ethanol Rotterdam's main aim is to optimize sustainable 
production of two biofuels, bio-ethanol and SuBERgas, without using 
fossil fuels and while capturing all the CO2 from the production 
process.  Annual production is expected to be 110,000 tons of 
bioethanol from 350,000 tons of wheat. 
 
-- Biofuels. 
POC: Mr. J. Fokkink, email: info@plantaardige-olie.nl. 
Biofuels is a company focusing on clients seeking to meet their 
 
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energy requirements independently.  Main activities include the 
cultivation, production, and sale of rapeseed oil, as well as the 
sale of rapeseed presses, modification of cars to run on rapeseed, 
and the sale of plant oil and linseed oil. 
 
-- Biopetrol Rotterdam B.V. 
POC: Mr. C. Dicks, email: christoph.dicks@biopetrol-ind.com. 
BIOPETROL is building its third European plant in Rotterdam to 
expand its client base in northern, western, and central Europe. 
Annual production is expected to be 400,000 tons of biodiesel and 
60,000 tons of pharmaceutical glycerin in 2007 and to increase to a 
total capacity of 750,000 tons in 2008. 
 
-- Biovalue B.V. 
POC: Mr. M.A. Kousemaker, email: info@biovalue.nl. 
Biovalue, with partners in the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria, 
was established in 2004 to set up biodiesel plants using both pure 
plant oil and animal fats.  Biovalue has a patent for converting 
glycerin into a fuel and additive.  Expected total turnover for the 
next five years is 85 million liters of biodiesel. 
 
-- Cooperatie Carnola. 
POC: Mr. Peter van Megen, email: contact@carnola.nl. 
Cooperatie Carnola has a duty exemption until 2011 to sell 3 million 
liters of PPO -- produced by Gebr. De Boer Loonbedrijf in Lottum -- 
per year for road vehicles. 
 
-- Diligent Energy Systems B.V. 
POC: Mr. P.M. van Eck, email: request@diligent.nl. 
Diligent manufactures PPO from Jatropha curcas L seeds (an inedible 
tropical plant).  By the end of 2007, there will be around 500 
hectares of Jatropha plantations in Tanzania, which will generate 
7,500 tons of PPO per year. 
 
-- Futura Petroleum Limited - Harvest Biofuels B.V. 
POC: Mr H.O. Breukink, email: herman.breukink@blueocean.co.uk. 
Harvest Biofuels plans to build a bioethanol plant with cogeneration 
installation in Amsterdam's America Harbor.  The bioethanol will be 
partly produced from wheat and partly imported.  Production is 
expected to start by the end of 2007.  Harvest Biofuels will use 
375,000 tons of grain per year to produce 110,000 tons of 
bioethanol. 
 
-- Golden Hope. 
ePOC: Mr J. van Driel, email: j.driel@unimills.nl. 
Golden Hope, together with the Austrian company Godiver 
Handelsgesellschaft mbH, plans to build a biodiesel plant in the 
Netherlands.  Both companies recently signed a Letter of Intent to 
form a joint venture.  The plant's capacity is not yet known and 
partially depends on market developments in Europe. 
 
-- Lyondell Chemie Nederland B.V. 
POC: Mr. Wiebe Schipper, email: wiebe.schipper@lyondell.com. 
Lyondell Chemie's Bio-ETBE (Ethyl-tertiair-Butyl-Ether) production 
capacity is at least 600,000 tons per year and 4 million hectoliters 
of bioethanol per year.  The company works together with the Port of 
Rotterdam. 
 
-- Noord Nederlandse Oliemolen B.V. 
POC: Mr. H. Aberson or Mr. T. Doornbos, e-mail: 
info@solaroilsystems.nl. 
The Noord-Nederlandse Oliemolen (north Netherlands oil press) is a 
limited company that includes Solaroilsystems and around 70 rapeseed 
farmers.  The latter use the technical knowledge gained by 
Solaroilsystems to produce PPO and convert vehicles. 
Solaroilsystems has an excise duty exemption to produce 3.5 million 
liters of PPO per year until 2010. 
 
-- OPEK Nederland B.V. 
POC: Mr. P.H. Klomp and Mr. G. Veldhuizen, email:mailbox@opek.nl. 
OPEK produces 500,000 liters of PPO annually in OPEK's oil press in 
Zeewolde and has ha of sunflowers and other oil-retaining seed in 
 
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Uganda. 
 
-- PPO Groeneveld. 
POC: Mr. G. Groeneveld, email: ger@ppo-groeneveld.nl. 
PPO Groeneveld uses a mobile unit to collect discarded frying fat 
from catering establishments and to convert it into biofuel.  PPO 
Groeneveld produces 50,000 liters annually. 
 
-- Rendac, a Sobel company. 
POC: Mr. R. van Tol, tel: +31 499 364500. 
 
-- Royal Nedalco B.V. 
POC: Mr M. Weissmann, email: info@nedalco.nl. 
Nedalco plans to build a bioethanol plant to produce 200 million 
liters per year and is currently carrying out a feasibility study. 
 
-- Sabic Europe. 
POC: Mr C. Hettinga, email: info@sabic-europe.com. 
SABIC Europe has converted its existing MTBE plant in Geleen into a 
production facility for ETBE, capable of producing 140,000 tons of 
ETBE per year.  SABIC Europe is part of the Saudi-Arabian 
multinational SABIC group. 
 
-- Stimuland Overijssel. 
POC: Mr. B. Ruiter, email: info@stimuland.nl. 
Stimuland plans small scale production of PPO. 
 
-- Sunoil Biodiesel B.V. 
POC: Mr. R.B. Duitshof, email: r.b.duitshof@sunoil-biodiesel.com. 
Sunoil Biodiesel's production plant in Emmen produces 30,000 tons of 
biodiesel annually. 
 
EMBASSY THE HAGUE POC: 
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For further information concerning the above, please contact: 
 
Leena Sundberg, Economic Specialist 
Tel: +31 70 310 2276 
Email: sundbergla@state.gov 
 
GALLAGHER