Portugal's Galp Plans to Start Producing Biofuels In 2025
LISBON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Portugal's Galp Energia anticipates to begin producing biodiesel and biojet fuel from waste in an industrial-scale system it is developing at its Sines refinery in 2026, the business, which is mostly an oil manufacturer and refiner, said on Thursday.
In 2015 Galp participated in a 75%-25% joint venture with Japan's Mitsui to invest 400 million euros ($415 million) in the Hydrogenated Grease (HVO) plant, which will have a production capacity of 270,000 metric tons each year.
It will transform waste products, such as utilized oils, into renewable biodiesel and biojet fuel, likewise called sustainable air travel fuel (SAF), using green hydrogen produced by an electrolyser powered by wind or solar power.
Galp stated in a declaration it got on Wednesday the 3 reactors to process biofuels, which will allow the HVO system to "produce SAF and biodiesel in 2026 ... positioning Galp at the leading edge of establishing low-carbon options vital for the energy transition".
Galp is also investing 250 million euros in a 100 megawatt (MW) electrolyser system to produce green hydrogen to power the refinery in Sines. ($1 = 0.9637 euros) (Reporting by Sergio Goncalves;-RRB-