ECB Group Renewable Diesel Project in Latin America Uses Unique Hydrogen Integration Design
by Dan Szeezil (Renewable Fuels, Honeywell/Biofuels Digest) The first renewable diesel project in South America will be built in Paraguay. The Omega Green renewable fuel complex developed by ECB Group has an investment cost of more than $800 million and is the largest private investment in the country’s history. The facility will use a mix of feedstocks including soybean oil, pongamia oil, animal fats and used cooking oil to produce both renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel.
As demand increases for renewable diesel and jet fuel, it is common to see new projects popping up at locations around the world. The Omega Green project will incorporate a first-of-a-kind technology integration to further reduce the carbon intensity over the lifecycle of the finished fuel. Honeywell UOP is providing its Ecofining process technology for the conversion of oils and fats into renewable diesel and jet fuel. As part of this distinctive design, the hydrogen necessary for the treating of the oils and fats will be generated by converting the co-product naphtha and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) from the Ecofining process into renewable hydrogen.
Through an alliance with Wood Group, Wood’s hydrogen technology will be integrated with the Ecofining process to eliminate the need for an outside hydrogen source.
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The benefits of a program based on carbon intensity reduction include trackable greenhouse gas emission reductions and technology agnostic opportunities for all producers to deliver low carbon fuels to these regions.
The Omega Green project is expected to be a model development for facilities in the future as renewable fuel producers look to optimize fuel carbon intensity for a wide range of sustainable feedstocks. READ MORE