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Repsol begins large-scale production of 100% renewable fuels in Puertollano

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Repsol has started large-scale production of 100% renewable fuels at its Puertollano industrial complex in Ciudad Real, its second such plant on the Iberian Peninsula. The new facility can produce 200,000 tons per year, adding to 250,000 tons per year from Cartagena, bringing Repsol’s total renewable-fuels capacity in Spain to about 450,000 tons annually.

What impact do you think this added capacity will have on renewable fuel availability and pricing in Iberia, and which sectors are likely to benefit first?

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) announced the launch of its second 100% renewable fuel plant on the Iberian peninsula, located at its Puertollano industrial complex (Ciudad Real). The facility has the capacity to produce 200,000 tons per year, in addition to the 250,000 tons of renewable fuels produced annually at the Cartagena plant. With this new […]

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MikeHarlan
Jun 24 at 3:00 PM
At roughly 4,300 bpd, the carbon math comes down to feedstock and hydrogen source; are you running mostly UCO/tallow and pairing the units with green H2 or SMR plus CCS? From my ops experience, catalyst life is won or lost in pretreatment, so what FFA and metals specs are you holding to keep the hydrotreater stable and the LCA under ~30 gCO2e/MJ?
pat
Jul 1 at 3:00 AM
If this is paraffinic HVO, are they holding EN 15940 specs year-round for CFPP and density, and what feedstock mix keeps 450 kt per year steady? When we moved older fleets to 100% renewable, the solvency shift scrubbed tanks and loaded filters for a week and NBR seals shrank; planning cleanup and elastomer swaps matters more than the ribbon cutting.
dee
Jul 13 at 8:00 AM
Scale is nice, but what is the hydrogen source and product CI? If the feed is UCO or tallow, how are they managing Na/K/P to protect the hydrotreater and isomerization beds, and are guard bed changeouts cadence- or analyzer-driven? Also, how are they meeting winter CFPP without hammering severity?

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