Latvia opens first biodiesel plant
The first industrial biodiesel production plant in Latvia opened on 22 January.
The plant constructed by BDI – BioDiesel International is located in the port area of Ventspils with an annual production capacity of 100,000 tonnes.
The plant will use vegetable raw materials coming from the Baltic states, the Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. It is also capable of processing used cooking oils and free fatty acids (FFAs) on a pro-rata basis.
Around the production plant, customer Bioventa has established crop storages, an oil mill for processing raw materials, a fuelling station for trucks as well as a ship loading station with a total investment volume of approximately €85 million.
The manufactured biodiesel is mainly destined for export.
Latvia aims to increase the blending ratio of biofuels with a corresponding regulation. Presently the blending ratio only amounts to 0.3%.
BDI has also constructed a similar plant in the port of Klaipeda, Lithuania.
The plant constructed by BDI – BioDiesel International is located in the port area of Ventspils with an annual production capacity of 100,000 tonnes.
The plant will use vegetable raw materials coming from the Baltic states, the Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. It is also capable of processing used cooking oils and free fatty acids (FFAs) on a pro-rata basis.
Around the production plant, customer Bioventa has established crop storages, an oil mill for processing raw materials, a fuelling station for trucks as well as a ship loading station with a total investment volume of approximately €85 million.
The manufactured biodiesel is mainly destined for export.
Latvia aims to increase the blending ratio of biofuels with a corresponding regulation. Presently the blending ratio only amounts to 0.3%.
BDI has also constructed a similar plant in the port of Klaipeda, Lithuania.
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