Repsol Joins Enerkem, Agbar to Build Waste-to-Methanol Plant in Tarragona, Spain
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) Spanish energy company Repsol is joining forces with Canadian firm Enerkem and Grupo Agbar, a Spain-based water and waste management business, to build a waste-to-chemicals plant in Tarragona, Spain. Under the joint venture Ecoplanta Molecular Recycling Solutions, the plant will process around 400,000 metric tons per year (tpy) of nonrecyclable municipal solid waste from the surrounding region and produce 220,000 tpy of methanol. Among numerous other uses, methanol is utilized in biodiesel production.
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The project has been selected to move into the second stage of the European Union Innovation Fund, which focuses on innovative technologies and big projects within Europe to enable significant emission reductions. READ MORE