Regional contacts

Biomass Technology Group BV
Patrick Reumerman ()

Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek, Alterra
Gert-Jan Nabuurs ()

Read the feature in SIMWOOD's November 2016 newsletter

Find out about:

• SIMWOOD's work in the region
• the two pilot projects

03.07.2014

The Netherlands and the biobased economy, Wageningen
To achieve the biomass goals of the Energy Agreement vision and policies are needed to mobilize biomass

06.05.2014

Presentation to Ministry of Economic Affairs

15.04.2014

Presentation to Harbour of Rotterdam

17.03.2014

Presentation to province of Drenthe

05.03.2014

Presentation to province of Noord-Brabant

20.02.2014

Presentation to Eneco

01.05.2015

'Meer houtoogst in Europa en Nederland', De Bosbouw

[Short summary in English: We note that while the state of the forests in the Netherlands is improving, harvesting is still significantly below the annual increment, which leads to an aging forest. The activities of SIMWOOD are mentioned and that we seek to increase mobilisation while taking other interests (nature, biodiversity) into account.]

31.07.2014

Verslag van de workshop 'Nederland en de biobased economy'

15.01.2014

Simwood moet beschikbaarheid hout verbeteren

13.01.2014

Project Simwood werkt aan houtopbrengst

Specific situation

• Strong regional demand for wood raw material.
• Unused resource potential in forests and small-scale plots.
• High maintenance costs.
• Main forest functions are wood production, recreation and value of landscape, the high population density requires a balance between all functions.

Main challenges

• Many different and small scale forest and biomass owners, large spatial and temporal variations.
• Too many stakeholders work individually.
• Each organisation has its own collection structure.
• Local forest resource supply does not match local bioenergy demand.
• Landscape maintenance is expensive, but necessary to maintain a valuable landscale and to ensure a sustainable supply of biomass.