Recharge Rotterdam
Recharge Rotterdam is an action programme to accelerate investments in innovation and sustainability in the Rotterdam port and industrial cluster. By removing bottlenecks and improving prerequisites, the programme supports companies in bringing their projects to an investment decision.
Investment climate under pressure
With a highly integrated industrial cluster for fuels and chemicals and a central role in energy and raw material flows, the port of Rotterdam forms an important foundation for the earning capacity of the Netherlands and Northwest Europe. At the same time, the investment climate is under pressure due to higher energy costs compared to neighbouring countries, grid congestion and bottlenecks in regulations and permitting. Especially now, significant investments are required in new, sustainable technologies that will shape the ongoing sustainability and future of the cluster.
Why Recharge Rotterdam?
Without targeted acceleration, there is a risk that investments will be postponed and that new value chains, such as hydrogen and circular chemistry, will develop outside the Netherlands. This would have consequences for sustainability, future earning capacity and security of supply. Recharge Rotterdam was established to enable investments to be made in a timely manner.
The programme is in line with the central government's area-specific cluster approach and is being implemented by the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Deltalinqs, in collaboration with the region and the State.
More than €20 billion in investments in motion
Analysis of 65 investment plans shows that more than €20 billion in projects for the energy and raw materials transition are possible within the cluster. These projects have the potential to contribute to CO2 reduction, innovation and employment, but are held back by prerequisites. Recharge Rotterdam aims to put these investments back in motion by accelerating targeted solutions.
Focus sectors
Recharge Rotterdam is working on solutions across various sectors:
- Salt and basic chemistry: strengthening essential chemical production, including for plastics and medicines.
- Circular economy: scaling up recycling and circular chemistry, with a focus on infrastructure, stimulating demand for sustainable products and simplifying regulations.
- Sustainable fuels and hydrogen: increasing production and application, supported by Carbon Capture and Storage where necessary.
- Power plants: converting existing plants to use alternative raw materials such as hydrogen or biomass.
- Infrastructure & new growth sectors: developing infrastructure needed for a well-functioning and future-proof industrial cluster, for example in the field of hydrogen.
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