Twinnovate identifies, develops and executes sustainable concepts within a diverse range of sectors from energy to agriculture to waste management, where our mission centers on extending product life-cycles. We seek out the best new initiatives and technologies and build long-term partnerships to bring them forward.
With a successful track record of collaboration all over the world and a large contact network, we are a partner that can respond quickly and efficiently to market opportunities. Twinnovate provides pathways from an idea to the full implementation of a business plan.
We offer consultancy services for businesses and organisations seeking sustainable solutions in a wide range of fields. Supported by an international network of experts, we ensure clients get the answers they need to navigate fast-moving markets and rapidly evolving legislation.
We specialise in business plans, market surveys, country entry, energy saving reports and due diligence on emerging technologies. Drawing on our deep knowledge of new technologies, we help clients to understand the market as it is today, how it evolved and how to make sound investments for the long term.
The geographically diverse nature of feedstock sources, such as wood, organic residues and waste streams like SRF/RDF, creates supply chain risk. Twinnovate’s trading unit aims to reduce this risk to help businesses attract investment into the bio-based economy and energy sector. Our goal is low-risk, long-term supply contracts with strategic partners.
In the fields where we are active, Twinnovate seeks involvement in all layers of the value chain. We aim to make connections and facilitate integration in order to increase the viability of business concepts and support profitability. We believe this approach sets Twinnovate apart in the market.
Further, we are committed to creating sustainable value chains that are socially, environmentally and economically sound. We are convinced that fairness among the actors in a chain represents a win-win, creating both a stronger, more sustainable chain and helping to build lasting relationships. Above all, we believe such chains support the faster development of new industries.
The European Commission wants to create transparency with a ‘taxonomy’ about what a green investment is and what is not. Eu taxonomy is currently the buzzword in the financial sector when it comes to sustainable financing and investing. But the original good idea does not...
The port of Rotterdam wants to import green hydrogen from South Australia. The port authority and the Australian state signed an agreement in principle in which they agreed to explore the feasibility of the cooperation. Despite the transport costs, the hydrogen could be competitive with...
Although many companies have ambitious climate goals, there is still a long way to go before these goals are actually met. It is therefore time for action, notes the Group Climate Action 100+ (CA100), which consists of a lot of pension funds and investors. CA100...
In the wonderful world of the ocean, whales and other marine life can play a key role in the race to slow global warming, scientists claim in a study. “A whale stores as much CO2 as three thousand trees,” the KNMI writes. The whale is...
Neptune Energy is the largest gas production company in the Netherlands, and extracts 8.5 million cubic meters of natural gas from the North Sea every day. The gas producer’s mission is to supply energy with the smallest possible CO2 footprint, and therefore uses hydrogen and...
The VVD wins the most votes in the preliminary results of the Dutch parliamentary elections and D66 also makes a big unexpected leap. The left-wing parties are lagging behind. What does this election result mean for sustainable developments? CSR Netherlands will talk to experts about...
Research from the American University of California shows that food residues and puddles and poo from animals and humans can be used as jet fuel. By refining the remains, a fuel is created that airlines can mix with kerosene. It would save huge amounts of...
This year, a record 37 parties are on the ballot paper. And although all parties face something different, more and more Parliamentary candidates are making themselves heard about the climate. Already an idea of which party you are going to vote for, but still looking...
A new technique makes storing CO2 underground cheaper and more environmentally friendly, say researchers at the Department of Energy in the United States. They found a new solvent that costs less and works better than the resources companies now use to capture and store CO2....
The port of Rotterdam must become the hydrogen hub of Europe. And the most sustainable in the world, according to Henri Bontenbal and Sven de Langen. It takes an enterprising government with courage. The port of Rotterdam is one of the corks on which the...
Fertilizer producer OCI is beckoning for a future as a seller of ammonia as fuel for seagoing vessels. Ammonia has recently emerged as a serious alternative to fuel oil, in addition to LNG. OCI originated from the Egyptian construction and telecom company Orascom. It was...
IT company Atos is working on a data center that runs on green hydrogen. By extracting the power from this source, it is not dependent on the variable yield of solar and wind and can therefore run the data center continuously. Energy supplier HDF Energy...
Nederlanders hebben een beperkt inzicht in de energietransitie. Zo overschatten ze de hoeveelheid duurzame energie. Het aandeel zonne-energie wordt het meest overschat: volgens respondenten is dat 19 procent, in werkelijkheid is het 1 procent. Dit blijkt uit een opinie-onderzoek door Motivaction. De Klimaatwijzer is vandaag...
The green power producer Aspiravi and the laminate company Unilin want to build a third power plant in Vielsalm that runs on waste wood. This is an investment of more than EUR 100 million. In addition to the plant in Vielsalm where Unilin produces MDF...
An estimated 23,000 to 28,000 additional workers are needed to meet climate targets. At the same time, the number of people with technical qualifications is falling at a similar rate. This is evident from research by Ecorys commissioned by the Dutch Sustainable Energy Association (NVDE)....
In the north of Sweden (near Boden) there will be a factory to produce 5 million tonnes of ‘green steel’ per year by 2030. This steel, made using sustainably generated hydrogen, should become the future for the Swedish steel industry. The initiators behind H2 Green...
On 17 February 2021, Follow the Money delivered a solid piece on the lobby of oil companies for CO2 storage, disguised as enthusiasm for hydrogen. That was, of course, oil on the fire of the already blazing resistance to CCS. Follow the Money’s piece was sent to me...
With 20 biobased circular projects, the process industry can achieve more than half of its climate goals in the Delta region. This is the conclusion of research commissioned by the Circular Biobased Delta, supported by the provinces of North Brabant, Zeeland and South Holland. In...
BNP Paribas presents policies that require companies that produce or buy beef or soybeans from the Amazon and cerrado region to present a strategy that reduces deforestation to zero by 2025. BNP Paribas aims to combat deforestation in the Amazon and cerrado regions. Therefore, the...
Legacy Foundry has entrusted Twinnovate with the exclusive worldwide mission of bringing forward the Floating Territories business Legacy Foundry is a Swiss technological incubator founded in 2017 that transforms patentable inventions into industry-disrupting companies. Legacy Foundry has developed a ground-breaking solution that addresses two global...
Forests are often perceived as being at the nexus of the solutions to the two main environmental crises that are plaguing our planet today: Climate change and biodiversity loss. The EU has conceived the European Green Deal with the specific purpose to mitigate both phenomena....
Europe used renewable electricity sources (38 percent) for the first time last year (38 percent) than fossils (37 percent), according to research by Ember and Angora Energiewende. However, according to the research organisations, it is not moving fast enough to meet the climate targets in...
From the 1st to 6th of February 2021 it is the Week of the Circular Economy. Circular entrepreneurs, organizations and government agencies share their experiences and tips on the circular economy that week. This shows how circular entrepreneurship works in practice, so that others can...
What will the energy supply in the Netherlands look like in 2050? Is there still room for biomass, especially as a source of heat, or are alternatives available? A lot can happen in three decades (or not), so it keeps looking coffee grounds. In the...
Germany's Uniper, formerly the fossil arm of E.ON, plans to be climate neutral by 2050. By 2030, half of all emissions should be gone by now, the company says in a vision it published this week.
If you want to lend a hand to the ambitious The Ocean Cleanup, you can now buy sunglasses made of fished plastic. All proceeds go to the project, which aims to clean up the large plastic soup in the ocean with floating installations. The frame...
Strong targets to lower the Netherlands’ reliance on fossil fuels are backed by measures to safeguard energy security, including leadership on low-carbon hydrogen.
The Renewable Energy Production and Climate Transition Subsidy Scheme (SDE++) was published in the Government Gazette on 22 September 2020. With this scheme, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate encourages the reduction of CO2emissions.
In the Throne Speech, King Willem-Alexander explicitly mentioned climate. Climate change is no less urgent because of the coronavirus, he said.
According to DNV GL's Energy Transition Outlook published on September 9, 2020, the behavioral and economic consequences of COVID-19 will permanently reduce global energy demand.
The European Commission is tightening measures to meet the climate neutrality target by 2050.
If the government introduces a CO2 tax, jobs will be lost at Yara in Sluiskil and Dow in Terneuzen.
New figures reveal that the bioeconomy is worth €2.4 trillion to the European economy. In a year of challenges, fresh data today highlights the ascent of the bio-based industries, that in 2017 made a total contribution of €750 billion to the European economy, a notable...
Later this morning, the Cabinet will present the 'National Growth Fund', for which a total of EUR 20 billion can be borrowed over the next five years. This money should be used for long-term investments, such as knowledge development, infrastructure, research and innovation projects.
Yesterday, Energie-Nederland published a nice brochure about "Good practices in the heat transition".
“Diegenen die denken dat de wereld van voor corona terugkeert, precies zoals die toen was, die leven in een illusie”, zei premier Mark Rutte eind maart tijdens een debat in de Tweede Kamer. Hoe gaat de wereld er dan uitzien?
