Repsol begins large-scale production of 100% renewable fuels in Puertollano.

Repsol has launched its second 100% renewable fuel plant on the Iberian Peninsula, located at its industrial complex in Puertollano, Ciudad Real. The plant has the capacity to produce 200,000 tons per year of renewable fuel for transportation, using oils and other waste as feedstock, in addition to the 250,000 tons of renewable fuels produced annually at the Cartagena plant. Furthermore, the new unit will use renewable hydrogen to further reduce the carbon footprint of the diesel produced. The renewable hydrogen will be produced at the industrial complex by replacing natural gas with a biogas produced from waste.

To take this project forward in Puertollano, Repsol has invested 130 million euros in transforming, for the first time on the Iberian Peninsula, a refinery unit that processed fossil-based feedstock into a facility capable of processing used cooking oil and other waste from the agri-food industry. The use of 100% renewable fuels will prevent the emission of around 700,000 tons of CO2 per year, considering the product’s entire life cycle, compared to the conventional fuels they replace.

Source: Repsol