Acciona opens Spanish biodiesel plant
Operations have begun at Acciona Biocombustibles biodiesel plant in the Port of Bilbao at a cost of €25 million.
The plant is the second such facility owned by the company in Spain and will produce 200,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year, making a 27% contribution to the target figure for the production of biodiesel in Spain for 2009.
The plant is located at Zierbena on a site in the port of Bilbao belonging to the agribusiness and food company Bunge, which has a 20% stake in the capital of the development company.
It will produce biodiesel from previously refined first-use vegetable oils (soya, rapeseed or palm) mainly from Bunge's seed crushing plant.
The facility's production will contribute to fulfilling the objectives set by the Spanish government to encourage the penetration of biofuels in the market. Recent legislation sets a 3.4% target for the biofuel content of petrol and diesel fuel sold in Spain for transport in 2009 be from biofuels, and 5.83% in 2010. In Q1 2008 the target was 1.47%.
The legislation sets a minimum objective of 2.5% for 2009. This applies to both biodiesel in relation to conventional diesel, and bioethanol in relation to petrol, and the difference can be made up to a total of 3.4% with any of the two biofuels.
The plant is the second such facility owned by the company in Spain and will produce 200,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year, making a 27% contribution to the target figure for the production of biodiesel in Spain for 2009.
The plant is located at Zierbena on a site in the port of Bilbao belonging to the agribusiness and food company Bunge, which has a 20% stake in the capital of the development company.
It will produce biodiesel from previously refined first-use vegetable oils (soya, rapeseed or palm) mainly from Bunge's seed crushing plant.
The facility's production will contribute to fulfilling the objectives set by the Spanish government to encourage the penetration of biofuels in the market. Recent legislation sets a 3.4% target for the biofuel content of petrol and diesel fuel sold in Spain for transport in 2009 be from biofuels, and 5.83% in 2010. In Q1 2008 the target was 1.47%.
The legislation sets a minimum objective of 2.5% for 2009. This applies to both biodiesel in relation to conventional diesel, and bioethanol in relation to petrol, and the difference can be made up to a total of 3.4% with any of the two biofuels.
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