Circular City Ports - Workbook 1, Circular initiatives in the Delta

3 BlueChem Antwerpen, Blue Gate
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Location Scale Tag
City Port
Company
R&D
innovation
“Helping emerging companies to develop sustainable
innovations for the chemistry of the future. That
is the goal of the BlueChem incubator, a unique collaboration
between industry, government and knowledge
institutions.”
Chemical sector Antwerp
Chemical sector Antwerp
Network & Innovation
Catalisti, VITO, Essencia,
Universities
Network & Innovation
Catalisti, VITO, Essencia,
Universities
Blue Gate
BoPro (real estate development)
AG Vespa + ...
Blue Gate
BoPro (real estate development)
AG Vespa + ...
Delta Region
Delta Region
Port Region
Port Region
City Port
Public Private Partnership
City of Antwerp, AG Vespa, POM,
private consortium Blue O’pen,
Essencia, VITO and universities
City of Antwerp, AG Vespa, POM,
private consortium Blue O’pen,
Essencia, VITO and universities
Public Private Partnership
BLUE CHEM
BLUE_APP
University of Antwerp
BLUE_APP
University of Antwerp
City Port
Entity
flow of goods flow of knowledge or influence industrial symbiosis other
BLUE CHEM
Entity
flow of goods flow of knowledge or influence industrial symbiosis other
What’s happening? How does it happen?
The incubator will cover more than 3300 m², cost
around 11 milllion euro and will provide a mix of flexible
workspaces for starters and individual offices
and laboratories for SMEs, sub-projects of large
companies and knowledge institutions. The incubator
will contain all connections to set up laboratories,
the so-called ‘plug-and-play’ model. Here, renewable
chemicals and the valorisation of waste and residual
streams are approached in relation to the large scale
industrial processes of the port.
Why is this an interesting circular initiative for
circular ports?