European toolbox for symbiosis and PPP networks -

industrial ports, agricultural residues, SMEs, and marine biorefineries

Antonis C. Kokossis, FIEE, FIChemE, FRSA

School of Chemical Engineering, NTUA

International Conference for the Promotion of the Participation of People in Innovative Schemes, public, private,

People partnerships (ppPp model) for the Reduction of Energy CostMarch 30, Athens, Greece

Outline• Our approach:

• Industrial Symbiosis: economic analysis, environmental credits, social benefits

• Technology advantage• Toolbox combining IS best practices, analytics,

engineering knowledge, optimization• Applications range

• Industrial ports, urban and rural areas, industrial districts, agricultural areas

Industrial Symbiosis and Industrial Ecology

• The use of waste streams as resources to other industries (materials, energy)

• Essential part of Industrial Ecology• Closed life cycles

• Material flows• Energy flows

• Differences from recycling• Often preferred over recycling

• Long recycle paths• Expensive footprints

Linking up industries as well as industries with urban societiesTop priority in European industrial development

A beautiful reference point…• City of Kalundborg (1995)

• Fixed background: Kemira, Statoil, Asnaes Power, Gyproc Novo Nordisk

• M$120 profits; Energy to 20,000 homes• Significant investment (M$60)• Long paypack times 9 (over 15yr)

… but• Can we open it up to a dynamic system? • Can we speed it up at lower budgets?

Scaling up at national level• Participation:

• 9,300 companies, 12 regions, 12,000 transactions/yr• Economic benefits:

- Revenues & sales – €167,5 million - Cost savings – €106,8 million

• Social benefits• Regional investment - €82 million• New jobs – 3,000

• Environmental benefits:• CO2 emissions reduction : 4.4 mt• Savings of virgin material: 6.2 mt• Water savings: 9.22 million tons• Diverted waste from landfill: 3.39 million tons• Diverted toxic from landfill: 350, 000 tons

• Still the cost to run the concept is high• The program is phasing out in anticipation of new trends

Functions of the toolbox

Regional analysis: big picture

• RSE (Viotia): largest industrial region• Internal data

• Material flows• Waste stream specs• Locations• Secondary data

• Context description• Inspection audits• Commercial profile

• External data• Technologies• Knowledge base

1,500 production facilities

4,500 waste streams

Focus on solids

Bring forward technology

� About 500 accessible technologies

Matching best practices

• Use of linked-objects• Translated as properties to appropriate concepts

Offering solutions and support

Network analysis

Turning industrial ports into PPP hubs

Functional units

• Biomass supplies (orange), industrial units (blue), bioenergy producers (green), energy consumers (red)

• Each FU features mass and energy balances• Matching technology has been used to analyze and assess links

and possible networks

Malmoe

Bioenergypotential

38,3 MW Internal(direct combustion and biogas)

149 MW external(direct combustion and

biogas)Functional

Units16 existing within the port area 2 new

Connections 42 existing 5 new

They hav e sizable in

ternal

and external netw

ork, w

ith a potential of transform

ing the

existing fossil bas ed system

to a biobased

system th at

includes Industria l Sym

biosi s.

They hav e sizable in

ternal

and extern

al netw

ork, w

ith a potential of transform

ing the

existing fossil bas ed system

to a biobased

system th at

includes Industria l Sym

biosi s.

Wismar

Bioenergypotential

69MW bioethanol or 129MW direct combustion

16MW biogas 

Functional Units

10 existing industries 3 new

Connections 42 existing 12 new

The port of W

ismar

sits on a treasure

of internal biom

ass, w

hich can be put to a

far better use

through producti

on of high - value added

materials.

The port of W

ismar

sits on a treasure

of internal biom

ass, w

hich can be put to a

far better use

through producti

on of high - value added

materials.

Mantova

Bioenergypotential

681 MW (411MW biogas and 270MW ethanol)

Functional Units 5 existing industries 4 new Functional Units

Connections 8 existing 21 new

The

port of M

antua m

ay leverage the vast external potential from

its

growing

biomass

– laden hinterla

nd to propel itself to giddy

heights of

bioenergy

production.

The

port of M

antua m

ay leverage the vast external potential from

its

growing

biomass

– laden hinterla

nd to propel itself to giddy

heights of

bioenergy

production.

Astakos

Bioenergypotential

137MW (direct combustion) 20MW biogas based on manure

Functional Units

9 industries were interviewed which belong to the greater area of Astakos

3 new

Connections 25 existing connections 5 new connections

The Port of

Astakos

presents a

rare opportu

nity

to invest in

the ideal Industria l Sym

biosi s N

etwork,

where

targets ar e not hindered by the past.

The Port of

Astakos

presents a

rare opportu

n ity to in

vest in the ideal Industria l Sym

biosi s N

etwork,

where

targets ar e not hindered by the past.

Targets and results• Starting to scope for 437MW in bioenergy…

• Symbiosis exceeded 2.5 times the initial expectations• Further scope by mobilizing the communities, the local industries and

the people

Goal Evaluation

Γενικός τύπος

Γενικός τύπος

Γενικός τύπος

Γενικός τύποςBioenergy assessmentAstakosWismarMantovaMalmoeGoal

MW

Turning rural fields into PPP markets

Valorizing agricultural residues• Agricultural residues, now viewed as resources• Capitalizing on large databases and years of services by CRES• Building links to save energy and water reducing waste

• Electronic access and review of opportunities• Building an open community in Thessaly

… with commitment and support from the region

Scaling up symbiosis flows

• Biomass producers: pellets, olive pits, branches, residues• Pulp, wastewater vs clean water• Energy: district heating, biogas

Building symbiosis synergies…

… that save energy and resources

Bringing PPP by the seaside, close to your five star hotels…

FUTURE PLANTS ARE GETTING CLOSE TO YOU…

Holding a big slice for needy and the smaller ones…

The e-Symbiosis platform for SMEs

Synergies, visualization, business statistics

This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Thank you!