Challenge(s)
Deploying City Port synergies around the circular economy.
Good practice
Pool resources on the basis of industrial ecology principles
The battle against climate change necessitates innovative strategies to enhance the energy efficiency of both ports and cities. One approach, industrial ecology, hinges on collaborative efforts among social and economic actors who pool resources. It is rooted in sustainable development principles, striving to combat pollution and reduce resource and energy consumption. Using the heat created by industrial steam of the port areas creates a sustainable synergy between the port activities and the local population of the port. This is the case with the Pernis Residual Heat Initiative where the company Shell and the port authority of Rotterdam collaborated to find a sustainable solution for heating the city without using the burning of fossil fuels, but rather by using the already generated heat that was created by industrial activities of the port and unused.
Cas d'étude
Over fifty-five years after taking its first steps in 1961, the Symbiosis project remains a model of industrial ecology to this day. There are now 23 projects in the industrial-port complex of Kalundborg, based on the principle of a circular economy with industrial waste (water, slurry, smoke, etc.) processed and recycled for power generation or as a raw material for other industries.
More information: Symbiosis project ; See the video
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