The Queen of Belgium visits BioWanze site
WANZE, BELGIUM - JANUARY 15 : Queen Mathilde, Andre Tonneaux, Joachim Lutz and 2 operators in the control room of BioWanze pictured during the Royal visit at Bio Wanze on January 15, 2020 in Wanze, Belgium, 15/01/2020 Photo by PHDPH
Queen Mathilde of Belgium visited BioWanze to see the company’s new carbon-neutral promoting production investments.
The company has been working with the region’s farmers for more than 10 years, investing in technologies that enable new sustainable opportunities for agricultural production.
The solutions BioWanze offers in terms of greener mobility, through the production of renewable ethanol (BioWanze is a subsidiary of CropEnergies, the European leader in sustainable ethanol production), are known already but less is known about the company’s production of green energy, food, animal feed and green manure. These different outlets have helped BioWanze to create a real circular ecosystem, in conjunction with local and regional farmers.
“This royal visit has above all else been an opportunity to present our new investments to achieve carbon-neutral production,” explains André Tonneaux, BioWanze plant manager. “We presented the virtuous circular economy created between BioWanze and the other facilities of the Südzucker group in Belgium (Raffinerie Tirlemontoise and Beneo). One example is the vegetable proteins, produced in close partnership with Beneo, which are a response to growing consumer demand for plant-based proteins.”
During this royal visit, great interest was shown by the visitors with regards to BioWanze’s objective to be carbon neutral by 2030, by using local biomass in a high-efficiency cogeneration plant.