Water & Energy

The Water & Energy service line cover services such as water, waste water treatment, industry, process, water energy techniques, sustainable energy – all of which are linked by the types of processes inherent to the work Grontmij does.

We invite you to explore some of our Water & Energy highlights...

Highlights
Environmental engineers deliver integrated solutions
Environmental engineers deliver integrated solutions - Rumania
Water and environmental engineers at Grontmij have developed integrated solutions for the Rumanian government to deal with water and soil pollution.


Renewable electricity from ultra deep geothermal energy
Renewable electricity from ultra deep geothermal energy - the Netherlands
Grontmij is involved in a study into the generation of electricity using ultra deep geothermal energy from a depth of between six and ten kilometres.


Two UK Water framework contracts
Two water framework contracts - United Kingdom 
Grontmij has won two five year water frameworks with Anglian Water and Wessex Water



water barrier 'eXtra'
Automatic rising water barrier 'eXtra' - the Netherlands 
The water barrier 'eXtra' is a versatile and sustainable solution to flooding developed by Grontmij.



Renewal framework Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Renewal framework Nuclear Decommissioning Authority - United Kingdom 
Grontmij has been successful in renewing a framework agreement to provide a range of technical support services to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) in the UK.


Clean drinking water for Dhaka, Bangladesh
Clean drinking water for Dhaka - Bangladesh
Grontmij will be supervising the renovation of the drinking water-supply system in Dhaka, Bangladesh for the next five years.



Construction supervisor's role in water infrastructure

Construction supervisor's role in water infrastructure - Cyprus
Grontmij works on the improvement of the water situation in drought-affected Cyprus.


Dutch dunes
First weak link in range of dunes at full strength - the Netherlands
The dikes and dunes on the Dutch North Sea coast are under pressure from the rising sea level. The country’s main line of defence against the rising water – the dunes – has to be reinforced in the very short term. Grontmij’s expertise was called in for one of those projects.

Bio Base Europe
Bio based products plant - Belgium
Grontmij Industry is to provide basic engineering for the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant in Ghent for bio based products and processes.



Renewable energy
Renewable energy - Norway
Based on our vast experience within energy, Grontmij has been entrusted with the engineering and project management of several district heating projects in Norway.


Renewable energy
Renewable energy for IKEA - Belgium
IKEA develops pilot projects in its sales and distribution centres in Belgium to assess various types of photovoltaic solar installations for worldwide future use. Grontmij's energy consultants advise on the best choice.

Training program
Training program aimed at developing countries - Sweden
For the third year in a row, Grontmij has been assigned by Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) to run a training program in electrical distribution management.


Wind turbines
Repowering of wind turbines - the Netherlands
The project ‘Wind Park A7’ is a very unique and sustainable project where existing wind turbines were repowered in order to produce more sustainable energy.


Solutia
Grontmij Industry assigned for new production line Saflex®
New safety foil production line makes Solutia the world's biggest producer of safety foil for glass. The foil is processed into the glass making it much stronger.

Gas transport network extension

Working on gas transport network extension - the Netherlands
The Netherlands strengthens its unique position as northwest Europe’s ‘Gas Junction’. The central location, the quality of the pipeline network and the geological conditions all combine to make our country ideally suited for that role.

Factory
From a fully operational factory to a grassy field - the Netherlands
Decommissioning of Akzo Nobel's MA/CC plant in Delfzijl was taken down at a lightning pace. Grontmij was involved in the project from beginning to end. 

Products
Pearl® - Phosphorus recovery from waste water
Pearl® - recovery phosphorus from waste water
Grontmij offers the new and unique Pearl® phosphorus recovery technology. The Pearl® technology effectively recovers phosphorus and nitrogen from waste water as a premium fertilizer product for agriculture and horticulture. Phosphorus recovery from waste water is a fast rising issue gaining more and more attention in society.


SHARON 
SHARON, nitrogen removal over nitrite: robust and reliable
As one of the possible answers to the issue of clean drinking water Grontmij developed the technology SHARON. In this part of the website you can find a further explanation of this concept and examples of realised waste water treatment plants as well as documentation of SHARON in (technical) journals.

DEMON sustainable nitrogen removal
DEMON, sustainable nitrogen removal   
The DEamMONification process for nitrogen removal is an energy-saving technology for ammonia removal from high strength wastewater. Significant savings are the result.