Repsol will manufacture in Cartagena biofuel for Ryanair. The plant the oil company is building in Escombreras will process used cooking oils and other waste from the food industry to produce a sustainable fuel that will power the airline’s aircraft between 2018 and 2019. 2025 and 2030.
From the year 2024, when its facilities are finished, the facility will produce up to 250,000 tons of biofuel per year, converting 300,000 tons of waste per year advanced for the transportation industry
This new product is greatly Airlines, because air transport cannot use alternatives currently under development. It can be used in transportation by taking advantage of today’s existing infrastructure and technology and vehicle fleet without the need to change existing engines.
Repsol and Ryanair On Thursday, it announced an agreement to supply the airline with 155,000 tons of sustainable aviation biofuels in the last five years of the decade.
Equivalent to 28,000 Dublin-Madrid flights
This volume is equivalent to its consumption. 28,000 flights between Dublin and Madridas described in a joint statement by both companies.
They calculate that replacing the kerosene currently used by aircraft with sustainable fuel would allow “about 490,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions reductions.”
Cartagena factory to start Producing sustainable fuel from naturally sourced waste“The first for advanced biofuels in Spain”, reported by Repsol, which plans to build other similar factories.
The construction of the new plants, which represents an investment of over 200 million euros, will make it possible to produce advanced biofuels from different types of waste, such as used cooking oils and others from the agri-food industry.
sources reply They explained that “these renewable fuels are a sustainable solution for all mobility segments, especially for those who currently have no alternative to decarbonize their activities such as shipping, long-haul road transport or aviation.”
They add that using these next-generation products will enable “to have zero net emissions of travel compared to the traditional fuels they replace, by taking advantage of existing infrastructure and avoiding new technology development and fleet renewal.”
HE Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilsonstates that the airline’s goal is to use 12.5% sustainable aviation fuel by 2030.
“Achieving this requires multiple raw materials and different production methods, and we are encouraged by Repsol to work on different solutions. We look forward to further developing this collaboration as our group grows to carry 225 million passengers a year by 2026.”
Repsol claims its goal is to: “To reach 1.3 million tons of renewable fuel production capacity by 2025 and more than two million in 2030, thus leading this market in the Iberian Peninsula and moving decisively towards the target of zero net emissions by 2050”.
The Cartagena facility is currently in the final stages of construction., the step before ‘commissioning’, which consists of the inspection phase of the equipment and the tests before it is put into operation. More than 140 contractors participate in the project and mobilize an average of 550 workers from auxiliary firms, with a maximum of 800 employees.
“With this project, and using the circular economy as a conversion lever, it is possible to give a second life to transforming waste that would otherwise end up in a landfill into high value-added products,” the company says.
Company confirms new facility is “a pioneer in Spain”
Repsol confirms that the Cartagena plant dedicated to the production of renewable biofuels has made the company a “pioneer in Spain”. It claims that, with the production of such products in its industrial complexes, it “anticipates different measures established by community agencies to promote the use of sustainable aviation fuels.”
Repsol Customer General Manager Valero Marín points out that these new products “reply to aviation, which needs solutions such as sustainable fuels for a decarbonisation process as we are in. It also reinforces our position as a multi-energy company with the goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.” He added that the agreement with Ryanair “reinforces our commitment to the aviation industry.”
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