Greenergy invierte en un proyecto para producir combustibles renovables a partir de neumáticos usados

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Tipo de entrada: NOTICIA BREVE. 

Greenergy ha anunciado que está invirtiendo en un proyecto para producir combustibles de transporte bajos en carbono a partir de neumáticos usados, utilizando una combinación de tecnologías existentes (pirólisis e hidrotratamiento). 
Nota de prensa (Greenergy): “Greenergy invests in advanced biofuels project”, 18/01/2021. 

Figura 1. Greenergy invierte en un proyecto para producir combustibles renovables a partir de neumáticos usados

Ubicación

Thames Enterprise Park (cerca de Londres, Reino Unido).

Materias primas y capacidad de procesado

Hasta 300 toneladas de neumáticos triturados por día (1ª fase).

Productos

- Combustibles renovables: diésel y gasolina en la 1ª unidad de hidrotratamiento (1ª fase), combustible de aviación sostenible (SAF) en la 2ª unidad de hidrotratamiento.

- Negro de humo para producir neumáticos nuevos y otros productos industriales de caucho.

Tecnologías

- Tecnología de tratamiento térmico avanzado: thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions’

- Hidroprocesado (ambas unidades): Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex™.

Diseño conceptual

Desarrollado en Canadá por Green Tire Technology Ltd.

Puesta en marcha

Producción comercial en 2025.

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