In Spain, leading automaker Ford is expanding its slate of biobased materials used in car parts to olive tree waste such as branches and leaves. The work is part of the COMPOlive project, which is working to find alternative uses for Andalusia’s olive grove waste. The region is one of the largest olive-growing regions in […]
In Spain, Spanish company Genia Bioenergy has signed the construction of a biogas plant for the municipality of Seleuș, in western Romania. The purpose of this plant is to offer a sustainable solution to the management of 60,000 tons of livestock and agricultural waste per year through the generation of renewable energy from which both […]
In Spain, Interempresas reported that Alfa, an initiative funded by the European Union that aims to establish and accelerate biogas solutions in the livestock sector, has announced an open and free call to provide comprehensive support to projects that want to implement biogas technologies in Spain. This call offers ranchers, associations and energy communities the […]
In Spain, Residuos Profesional reported that Bioenergy Ibérica, a company specialized in the construction of renewable energy projects and waste management, has built a biogas plant in the facilities of the Queizuar cheese factory, in the town of Bama, in A Coruña region. The plant, which will be inaugurated in early 2024, will generate 3,000,000 […]
In Spain, Europa Press reports Bioenergia Ibérica has built a biogas plant in the facilities of the Queizuar cheese factory, in the town of Bama, in A Coruña. Specifically, the plant, which will be inaugurated in early 2024, will generate 3,000,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of clean energy per year, avoiding the emission of more than […]
In Spain, Repsol launched 176 collection points for used cooking oil at its service stations in the Autonomous Region of Galicia in northwestern Spain. This initiative, which is carried out in collaboration with the regional government in Galicia (Xunta de Galicia), is an example of circular economy as it allows the sustainable management of this […]
In Spain, Repsol announced that it has begun supplying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Atlas Air for use in all its flights with its customer Inditex from Zaragoza Airport (Spain). Beginning in November, Atlas Air is initially incorporating 5% SAF in all its flights. The agreement makes New York-based Atlas Air the first cargo airline […]
In Spain, Biorig, the biomethane division of Solarig, has announced a 250 million euros investment for the development, construction, and operation of 10 biomethane production facilities in the Castilla y León region. The collective plants will produce clean energy equivalent to 20% of the total annual gas consumption in the region. The new facilities will […]
In Spain, Aimplas is coordinating an effort to convert brewers spent grain leftover from beer production into bioplastics. Dubbed BioSupPack, the project’s goal is to develop sustainable alternatives for packaging for food, cosmetics, and other consumer goods, and also evaluate the feasibility of a recycling process. BSG makes up most of brewing waste and can […]
In Spain, Cepsa, Maersk, and Renfe have successfully completed the first test in Spain of renewable fuels in rail transport. For 15 weeks, Renfe’s locomotives used more than 130 tons of HVO (renewable diesel) to complete 100 journeys between Algeciras and Cordoba, a section of the corridor linking Algeciras and Madrid that is not electrified. […]
