St1 awards ÅF Pöyry with engineering services for its renewable diesel plant in Gothenburg
Type of post: NEWS.
St1 has awarded ÅF Pöyry
with engineering assignment for its new renewable fuel production unit. The plant
will be built in Gothenburg (Sweden) and is the largest single investment in
St1's history. ÅF Pöyry’s services includes all engineering disciplines,
procurement and scheduling services.
Press release: “ÅF Pöyry selected as St1’s
engineering partner in a new renewable fuel production unit investment project
in Gothenburg, Sweden”,
04/11/2019.
Figure 1. Petrol station St1 in Jyväskylä (Credits:
Tiia Monto)
St1's vision is to be a leading producer and
seller of CO2-aware energy. To achieve this vision, the company
strives to develop and commercialize functional and environmentally sustainable
solutions to replace fossil energy with renewable energy. The objective of its
renewable fuels strategy is to meet the ambitious 2030 climate targets in its
home markets of Finland, Sweden and Norway. A key area for St1 is significantly
reducing the CO2 emissions of transportation fuels from own
production.
The St1 Refinery in Gothenburg, which is one of
most energy efficient in the world, plays a key role in realizing the aforementioned
vision and fulfilling long-term advanced renewable fuels strategy. In this
sense, as the Blog reported in September, St1 has decided to construct a
hydrogen manufacturing unit with the goal of starting the production of
renewable diesel at the refinery.
Related post: “St1
to build a biorefinery to produce renewable diesel and jet fuel in Sweden”,
26/9/2019.
St1 has licensed the UOP’s Ecofining™ renewable
fuels technology to produce 4,000 barrels per day (200,000 tons/year) of diesel
and jet fuel. Basic engineering design for the project has already been
completed.
Press release: “St1
Nordic Licenses Honeywell Ecofining Technology in Sweden”, 18/9/2019.