Extracte Lur will retrofit a former biodiesel plant to produce renewable diesel in Spain
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
According to Navarra Capital, the company
Extracte Lur has acquired the biodiesel plant that Acciona had in Caparroso
(Navarra, Spain) and has signed a strategic agreement with a major oil company
(the name has not been disclosed) for the production of HVO
(also called renewable diesel) in that facility. Extract Lur has taken control
of the Acciona plant, which remained closed since 2013 due to the convulsions
of the biodiesel market and the existing uncertainties about the future of
automotive fuels, with the aim of converting it into a modern biorefinery. In
Spain, both Cepsa and Repsol have been producing hydrobiodiesel in several of
their refineries for years. But, this would be the first biorefinery dedicated specifically
to the production of renewable diesel.
News: “Extracte
Lur producirá en Caparroso biocarburantes ecológicos avanzados”, 6/4/2019.
Related posts: HVO.
Extract Lur is owned by Oleofat (company located in the Ciudad
Agroalimentaria de Tudela, specialized in the management and treatment of oleic
waste and its subsequent recovery for the chemical industry) and other
entrepreneurs in the olive sector. Currently, Extracte Lur is the only company
in Spain that produces pharmaceutical grade vegetable glycerin. So far, it has
already committed all its production and the firm is even studying an expansion
project.
Figure 1. Former biodiesel plant of Acciona in
Caparroso. Extracte Lur will retrofit it to produce renewable diesel.
These are the first available data about the
biorefinery:
Location
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Caparroso (Navarre, Spain).
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Investiment
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2.5 M€ (retrofitting
of the existing facilities).
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Feedstocks
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Frying
oils and vegetable oils with high acidity.
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Product and production capacity
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36,000 tons/year of HVO.
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Employment effect
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The
start-up of the new biorefinery has led to the creation of 18 jobs, although,
according to the promoters estimate, it will reach a figure of 25 jobs
distributed in the different areas of the plant.
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