By 2050, we will have transitioned to a circular and carbon neutral process industry. Together!

We believe that radical change can be achieved through technological innovation and cooperation. As an active and open innovation platform for sustainable process technology we connect stakeholders from different sectors and disciplines. At ISPT, industry, SMEs, scientists and governmental bodies find the inspirational and trusted environment where they can optimally work together to stimulate breakthrough innovations.

Our themes

ISPT Theme Circularity - KSI drum sieve©Omrin

Circularity

Circularity is the cornerstone of a sustainable future. In a circular economy, resources are kept in use for as long as possible while maximum value is obtained from their usage....

ISPT Theme Electrification - Wind turbines on sea - ©Shaun Dakin

Electrification

The use of sustainable electricity can significantly lower the CO₂-footprint of the Dutch process industry. And since this industry accounts for approximately one-third of total energy use in the Netherlands,...

ISPT Theme Food - Agricultural Greenhouse - ©Erwan Hesry

Food

In meeting the nutritional needs of an ever-growing world population, the food industry applies technology that is for a large part process technology. But with food processing come sustainability issues, in particular in energy and water...

ISPT Theme - Heat - Heatmatrix Project

Heat

Industry has a great need for heat, for example for elevated process temperatures, for drying, and for industrial hot water use. In fact, a large number of companies in the...

ISPT Theme - Hydrogen

Hydrogen

Green hydrogen, produced by electrolysis of water, is a crucial element in a large scale sustainable energy system. As an energy carrier, it enables the storage of renewable electricity produced by wind farms and solar plants. Green hydrogen...

ISPT Theme Industry 4.0 - Photo by Franck V

Industry 4.0

Industrial plants can benefit from current technological advances in communication, connectivity, computing and artificial intelligence. For instance, their equipment can be augmented with sensors that are wirelessly connected to a...

ISPT Theme People

People

At the Institute of Sustainable Process Technology, our core business concerns processes, technology, innovation, sustainability, transition and much more. Meaningful subjects as these are, one would not immediately assume that this is about people. At ISPT, we know better. It is all about people: ...

Water

Our planet runs on water and so do many industrial processes. However, clean fresh water is often not available where and when humans need it and in many parts of...

Latest news

October 16, 2020

Circularity in cellulose

Renewable raw material for the chemical industry For Recell’s Erik Pijlman there’s no doubt: cellulose extracted from waste streams is a valuable sustainable resource for the chemical industry. Thanks to...

Circular Plastics Initiative - Martine Brandsma of NTCP

October 15, 2020

“We need to get going towards application-driven recycling”

The National Test Centre Circular Plastics has state-of-the-art technology and facilities for sorting and separating plastic waste streams. With testing and research on an industrial scale, it contributes to closing...

plastic waste

October 1, 2020

Extended Producer Responsibility: does it also apply to plastic packaging?

Are producers responsible for the recycling of plastic packaging? This was the subject of the sixth online panel discussion held on 17 September 2020 as part of ISPT’s Industrie in...

ISPT projects

ENCORE – nExt geNeration COmpRession hEat pump

The ENCORE project, aims to significantly increase the uptake of heat pumps in the industry. To achieve this, the project will demonstrate enhancement of compression heat pump performance by using...

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DES-20-01 - Provides - Forest - Picture by Gustav-Gullstrand

Provides

Provides officially started in July 2015 with the aim of developing Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) to be used in a radically new, sustainable and techno-economically feasible pulping technology for wood and agro-based lignocellulose...

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Upcoming events

October 29 2020

Webinar: Moving electrolysers into the gigawatt scale

October 29, 13:30 – 16:30 We are pleased to invite you to a webinar organized together with the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) (under the Mission Innovation – Innovation Challenge...

November 3 2020

AI Tech in a Day

AI en andere technologieën in de praktijk binnen Energy & Industry 3 november, 9:00-11:30 Samen met de AI coalitie organiseert ISPT dit interactieve event waarin de deelnemer wordt meegenomen in...

NPS17 - Conference view

November 4–25 2020

NPS17 Online: The Netherlands Process Technology Symposium Webinars

Every Wednesday in November from 15:00 to 16:30 This year the Netherlands Process Technology Symposium was going to be held at TU Delft on 4-5 November 2020. Due to the...

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