Frisia Salt B.V.
Description
Frisia Zout BV's customers are mainly the chemical industry as well as producers of food for people and animals. Salt is also used for water de-hardening and winter ice control.
Frisia Zout B.V. is part of esco - european salt company. Together with SPL in Chile and Morton Salt in the United States, esco is part of K+S Salz GmbH. Revenue of over €1,014 million and an operating result of €140 million were achieved in 2009 with 5,200 employees.
K+S Salz GmbH is part of K+S AG in Kassel Germany. In addition to its salt business, K+S is an important global producer of Potash and Magnesium products for agriculture and industry.
K+S AG achieved revenue of €3,573 million in 2009, generating an operating profit of €238 million. Over 15,000 employees are involved in the group.
Extracting salt under the Wadden, under land or both?
The environmental effects of salt extraction in north-west Fryslân have been properly investigated by Frisia Zout B.V. This is the conclusion of the EIA Commission. Based on this information, the Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation can make a decision on whether and if so where salt extraction will be allowed.
Salt extraction causes subsidence. In the environmental impact report (EIA), subsidence and the associated environmental effects have been properly investigated. The environmental effects of extraction locations under the Wadden Sea and under land in the municipalities of Franekeradeel,
Het Bildt and Menaldumadeel have been compared in the EIA.
The EIA shows that salt extraction under the Wadden Sea and under the polders, are both possible within nature and environmental limits. The research into the effects on the Wadden Sea is thorough and shows that no damage to nature in the Wadden Sea will occur.
Salt extraction does appear to have effects on water management in the polders. Adjusting the water level and flushing more ditches reduces these effects. The Commission concludes that salinisation could increase locally, because sufficient flushing is probably not possible everywhere
.
Sustainable desalination of seawater, groundwater and wastewater is required to cope with the increasing global shortage of freshwater, for both water reuse and the production of freshwater. Sustainable energy generation from water is also attracting strong interest. Various technologies and techniques in the field of water desalination and energy generation are therefore being developed in the Netherlands. However, it lacks a development and demonstration site where new concepts can be designed, tested, researched or shown in practice in a relatively simple way. Reason for Wetsus and Frisia Zout B.V. to realise a development and demonstration site for desalination and Blue Energy at Frisia Zout in Harlingen.
13:15 report to company gate at the above address (bring ID)
13:30 - 14:40 company presentation + opportunity for questions & discussion
14:40 - 15:00 short company film
15:00 - approx. 17:00 tour of the company.
approx. 17:00 end of company visit
Speaker(s)
Durk van Tuinen, Director
and/or
Laurens Mulder, Director
Location
8861 NW Harlingen
Organiser
Region North
Name and contact details for information
Ir. P. Dijkshoorn