Mestilla Invests 6M EUR in Used Cooking Oil Processing Project in Klaipeda
(The Baltic Course) Mestilla, a biodiesel manufacturer operating in the Klaipeda Free Economic Zone, plans to start making biofuel out of used cooking oil (UCO) collected in Lithuania, starting by the end of 2021. This is the company’s way to contribute towards a cleaner environment, circular economy, and the reduction of imported fossil fuel dependency. Around 6 mln EUR will be invested in the project.
In May, Mestilla started working towards accrediting an environmental impact evaluation with the goal of completing an expansion project involving used cooking oil processing and biodiesel production in their plant found in the territory of the Klaipeda FEZ, at Kretainio st. 5. The construction of new premises is expected to start in the beginning of 2021, with the production starting in the last quarter of the same year.
According to Arunas Zubas, CEO of Mestilla, the company which has been using rapeseed oil in its biofuel production since 2007, is planning to use a new material — used cooking oil that can be a problem for restaurants and sewage treatment plants.
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Mestilla oil refining process will take place in closed containers, pipes, and reactors, without interaction with environmental air. The project will be developed in the current Mestilla premises, containers for raw materials and end-products will need to be built. Mestilla expects to invest 6-7 million EUR into the project, creating six new job vacancies. Similar used vegetable oil recycling refineries are being operated by companies like Green Energy Biofuels (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), EcoMotion (Losning, Denmark; Montmelo, Spain; Lunen, Germany) and Argent Energy (Motherwell, the UK). READ MORE
