2024 Police at the scene of the accident on Sunday evening Photo: ANP/HH/Inter Visual StudioA 20-year-old man has died after being struck by a speedboat near a marina near Aalsmeer from the village of De Lier south of The Hague was taken to hospital after the collision on Sunday evening The incident happened at around 5pm near the entrance to a marina in Kudelstaart a village beside the Westeinderplassen lake complex The driver of the boat, a 21-year-old man, was arrested and held in custody overnight. Police accident investigators have begun an inquiry Police said a large number of people witnessed the collision on the “speedboat run” near the shore They have been given access to victim support We could not provide the Dutch News service without the generous support of our readers Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day Many thanks to everyone who has donated to DutchNews.nl in recent days We could not provide this service without you Please help us making DutchNews.nl a better read by taking part in a short survey Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on revenues from our banners So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.Thanks OCAP's CO2 network is being extended to the Dutch De Kwakel-Kudelstaart greenhouse area a spectacular drilling took place under the Westeinderplassen: a directional drilling of no less than 1,500 linear meters Huge cranes held up the pipeline as it was pulled meter by meter into the borehole This pipeline is part of OCAP's CO2 network linking the industry in the port of Rotterdam with the greenhouse horticultural areas in Westland The new pipeline will pass from Weteringweg in Leimuiderbrug under the Westeinderplassen to the horticulturists in the Aalsmeer region EssentialCO2 is essential for greenhouse horticulture companies to grow their crops they are forced to use their gas-fired boilers to grow crops this is no longer necessary: the CO2 is captured at industrial locations and transported to the greenhouse horticulture via this new pipeline network This greatly reduces the use of natural gas Making it sustainableThe construction of this new pipeline is made possible by a substantial subsidy from the province of North Holland a member of the Provincial Executive for Agriculture and Economy in North Holland province thinks this is a good development for the growers in De Kwakel-Kudelstaart and the greenhouse horticulture sector in general we are going to fulfill an important precondition for making greenhouse horticulture in this region even more sustainable will be put to good use again in growing flowers It is very important to provide space for this sustainability which is why we support it from the province." OCAP has been capturing CO2 from Shell and Alco Energy in the Rotterdam port area and delivering this pure CO2 via pipeline to various horticultural areas This CO2 would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere and by putting it to use for the plants in the greenhouses it provides profits for the horticulture sector horticulture can now dispose of 600,000 tonnes of CO2 that greenhouse growers would otherwise have to produce by burning some 330 million m3 of natural gas Good for plants and peopleBromelia grower Bjorn Bunnik has his company in De Kwakel Bunnik Bromeliads covers some 10 hectares where Vriesea they are working hard to significantly minimize the footprint of their production "CO2 is a waste product from industry but a nutrient for plants By transporting CO2 from industry through the OCAP pipeline to our nursery our plants can convert the CO2 into oxygen We thus create a conversion from a waste product into oxygen AccessibilityThe municipality of Uithoorn is also happy with the expansion According to alderman Jan Hazen (business climate and economic affairs) this will bring environmental benefits in several areas "Greenhouse horticulture is an important part of our local economy The OCAP pipeline contributes to a higher efficiency of cultivation and The environmental gain is not only in the reduction of fossil fuels but also in the fact that there is no need for tanker trucks carrying CO2 from Rotterdam to our area to deliver The work is expected to be completed before the summer Then the first greenhouses in the area can be connected to this pipeline and greenhouse farmers will start reusing CO2 This will make them less dependent on natural gas and enable them to further realize their sustainability ambitions FreshPublishers © 2005-2025 HortiDaily.com