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Fertile Soil - ANNUAL PUBLIC REPORT 2020 - Twence Holding B.V. Source of raw materials and energy ‘Essential professions and sectors’, that is how the government designated us in mid-March 2020. On the one hand, this is of course great news, because it means we can carry on with our day-to-day work under the appropriate conditions. On the other hand, we also - ANNUAL PUBLIC REPORT 2020 - know that other professions and sectors are less fortunate. In the remarkable year that lies behind us, we have managed to hold our Twence Holding B.V. ground in a world full of uncertainty. And we succeeded! Together with all the cooperation partners in the region, we have worked hard to create a fruitful base. A base from which partnerships thrive, projects can be given a solid foundation, and new initiatives can come to life. We have worked the land, sown, fed and seen the ‘crops’ grow. And as we continue to grow, some parts are ready to be harvested. Read more about the past year in this online annual report and discover what we are aiming for in 2021! This is the public annual report of Twence Holding B.V. When we mention ‘Twence’, we mean Twence Holding B.V., unless explicitly Our strategic partners from top to bottom, clockwise: stated otherwise. • Twence's Jeffrey Martinec: capturing CO2 and making renewable raw materials. • Grolsch's Koert van ‘t Hof: Hot water for CO2-reduction. Final editing: Communication Department Twence, Hengelo • Weblion's Bert Schipper: Heating for the region. Design & text: Saam Strategie & Concept, Oldenzaal • AVIA Weghorst's Niek Weghorst: From waste to raw material: the circle is complete. Photography: Geert Cox Fotografie & Design, Oldenzaal • POV's Linda Janssen: From waste to raw material: a 100% closed cycle. Reader's guide Reader's guide Annual report 2020 Sustainable future. 01 2020: The year of sowing 04 Facts & figures We have been in the news many times over the past year. Want to know more about a particular topic? Curious about Because of our beautiful projects, special collaborations and our emissions? Or are you interested in the financial results of notable events. We would like to tell you about the most the past year? We have a number of documents available that striking news items per month. In addition, we have visuali- will tell you more about our performance in 2020. You will also sed what has happened in our business operations over the find our Strategic Policy Plan for the coming years here. past year. You will find a visual representation of these even- ts in the chapter 'Twence in Figures'. • Strategic Policy plan 2020-2023 33 • Annual Financial report 33 • 2020 in a nutshell 07 • Environmental performance Twence 34 • Twence in figures 12 • Air emissions Waste-to-energy plant 35 • Air emissions from Biomass power plant 36 • Environment and regulations 36 02 Focus 2020-2023: what a fertile soil can lead to 05 Accountability We are making a significant contribution to the energy tran- sition. We are doing so together with our shareholders and With our shareholders, collaboration partners, and other partners. In the coming years, we will take steps to realise a stakeholders' trust, we can shape our sustainability ambiti- sustainable society. Click on one of the themes below and ons. We would like to introduce them to you. read more about our plans for the coming years. • Management & supervision 39 • Our strategy 15 • Shareholders 40 • Three development lines 16 • Cooperation partners 41 • Sustainable Development Goals 18 5 • Key values: the people 19 • Strategic projects 20 03 Strategic projects We will focus on two strategic lines in the coming years: making an active and substantial contribution to the sustainable regional energy supply and producing more valuable raw materials from waste and biomass. Specifically, we will focus on a number of strategic projects. These projects will make a difference for us and our environment. We will highlight a few of these projects. • Manure processing 21 • CO2-capturing 23 • Regional heat grid Twente 25 • Heat supply for Grolsch 27 • Biofuel LBG 29 4 Twence Holding B.V. | Annual public report 2020 5 2020 in a nutshell Solar park 't Rikkerink one step closer Twence has signed an agreement with ENGIE Services Noord to construct and maintain the 't Rikkerink solar park in Ambt Delden. Starting in the summer of 2021, this solar park will provide sustainable electricity for Fertile soil for JANUARY approximately 4,000 households. In this way, a former circularity. landfill will now become a sustainable energy supply that contributes to the energy transition. Twence supports Green Team Twente Who can drive the furthest using only hydrogen? That is the challenge students of the Green Team Twente FEBRUARY are taking up. They are working on the most fuel- efficient hydrogen-powered car in the world. It is a sus- tainable ambition that Twence is happy to support. 7 MARCH 01 Fertile soil: 2020 in a nutshell Nature is the most important resource of our planet. We should treat it with respect. That is why Twence is committed to a sustainable, Pilot installation extracts fatty acids from Coronavirus reaches the Netherlands circular and bio-based society. Thanks to innovation and new technology, we return more and more raw materials from waste to the cycle organic waste In the spring, the COVID-19 virus hits the Nether- Can fatty acids be extracted from fruit, vegetable and lands. Our highest priority is the health of our as well as increase the energy yield from waste, biomass, and the sun. In this way, we make an important contribution to the regional garden waste? It did work in the laboratory so now colleagues and their families. The continuity of busi- sustainability goals. Together, we are creating fertile soil that is useful for both sowing and harvesting. we are testing it on a larger scale in the Volatile pilot ness operations and the supply of energy and raw plant. Fatty acids are a raw material for bioplastics materials also has our undivided attention. Being and protein for the food industry. If we can extract an essential sector, we can continue to do our work Twence plays a connecting and active role in the development of the circular economy in the (EU)region and, together with its partners, these fatty acids from our organic waste, we can intro- following the guidelines of the RIVM and our (office) is investing in the transition to a sustainable society. Discover how fruitful our efforts were in 2020. We were able to sow aplenty and duce them back into the cycle. The test installation is employees work from home as much as possible. have even been able to carefully harvest as well. Want to stay informed about the latest developments? An extensive news overview can part of European research programme Volatile. Thanks to our passionate employees and all our customers and partners' cooperation, we can face be found on our website www.twence.nl. and overcome the coronavirus challenges. 6 Twence Holding B.V. | Annual public report 2020 7 2020 in a nutshell Together for an energy neutral Twente New silo for Empyro in use We want to use less natural gas and more sustainable At Empyro, we produce pyrolysis oil, green steam and energy in Twente. How we plan on doing so is presented electricity from pellets' screenings for wood-burn- by the region in the Regional Energy Strategy for Twen- ing stoves. To be able to use other raw materials in te (REST). Twence is making an important contribution the plant, we will install a new silo which allows us to the realisation of the agreements mentioned in this to optimise the process further. APRIL JUNE document. In cooperation with municipalities, we are looking for solutions such as electricity, biogas, and a regional heating network. We can only realise a sustai- nable, circular society if we work together. Read more about our strategic project Regional Heating Network Twente in chapter 3. Grolsch becomes more sustainable with heating from Twence First liquid CO2 residual waste delivered Twence will be supplying Grolsch with heating to horticulture generated entirely from green energy. As a result, In July, the first tanker truck with liquid CO2 from the CO2-emissions from natural gas at Grolsch will be Twence will drive to a rose nursery in the province reduced by 72% (5,500 tonnes) per year starting from of Zuid-Holland. The greenhouse farmer will use 2022. The construction of the heating pipeline for the CO2 as a fertiliser. In this pilot project, we are JULY Grolsch will start in 2021. Read more about our strate- gaining experience in the large-scale capture of CO2. gic project Heating Supply Grolsch in chapter 3. Ultimately, we want to build a system that captures 100,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. In this way, we can contribute to a reduction in greenhouse gas emis- sions, and we can close cycles by reusing the CO2. Read more about our CO2-capture strategic project in Chapter 3. Circular bicycle path opened Cyclists between Denekamp and Nordhorn now cycle on a path made of 100% reusable materials. Twee "R" 9 Recycling Group developed a new material from recy- cled rubble and bottom ash provided by Twence for the foundation of the path. The top layer consists of Ecofalt, an innovative alternative to asphalt. It is the MAY first circular bicycle path in Twente. AUGUST New director Innovation & Projects The circular economy and energy transition offer Twence many opportunities. Bert Frowijn, the new director of Innovation & Projects, will make even better use of the development potential of Twence Start of reconstruction of Composting & Fermentation plant and will accelerate the implementation in practice: After months of preparation, the reconstruction of our Composting & Fermentation plant has begun.