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Netherlands - Sustainable Consumption and Production

Driving Europe towards a greener future
03/10/2009
Major gas company Linde has developed an innovative process to produce hydrogen fuel from biodiesel by-product glycerine. A demonstration plant is under construction in Germany. Linde – the world’s largest manufacturer of hydrogen plants – has developed a process to produce hydrogen sustainably...
Digital editions: pathway to greener publications
09/06/2009
Digital publishing could significantly improve the environmental impact of the publishing sector. Through paperless production, resource consumption and emissions will be reduced. Digital technologies have revolutionised people’s lives in a variety of ways. Such innovations have fundamentally...
World's first mine-water power station opens in Heerlen
15/02/2009
The EU-supported Minewater project opened the world's first mine-water power station in the Netherlands in October 2008 to highlight the geothermal energy potential of water in old mines. Minewater set out to develop a geothermal power station exploiting water in abandoned mines in the town of...

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