Round Table Energy 'Vibrant Gujarat'

The actual focus in the Netherlands lies on establishing cooperation with India on the ares of Wind-, Solar-, Bio energy and Smart Grids resulting from the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the India Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs.

24-26 September an incoming mission from the Indian State of Gujarat visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague. Mr. Peet de Bruijn of Dutch Waste Management joined the round table meeting on energy with the energy participants to this mission (CEO level) because DWM is involved in the EU-Indo Biobased Project SAHYOG.

Because the participants were very interested in cooperation our questionnaire has been forwarded after the meeting. The focus in the first stage is to collect relevant urban, energy and waste data from the city of Ahmadabat (about 6 million inhabitants). After a quick scan we can work on to develop innovative business cases on implementing Waste Collection, Sanitate landfills and developing Bio refinery.