Enilive begins SAF manufacturing at its plant in Gela (Sicily), able to assembly one third of Europe’s demand
Gela (CL, Italy), 22 January 2025 – Enilive proclaims the commissioning of its first plant to supply Sustainable Aviation Gas (SAF) on the Gela biorefinery, in Sicily.
Manufacturing has began on the plant, which has a capability of 400,000 tonnes per yr, representing nearly a 3rd of the anticipated European SAF demand in 2025*, following the implementation of the ReFuelEU Aviation regulation. Regulation (EU) 2023/2405 requires aviation gas suppliers to make sure that jet gas equipped to plane operators at every airport within the European Union accommodates a proportion of SAF. The required proportion of SAF will enhance over 5 yr increments from a minimal 2% from 1 January 2025 to six% from 2030, 20% from 2035, 34% from 2040, 42 % from 2045, till reaching 70% from 2050.
Since September 2022, Enilive has signed agreements with a number of airways for the provision of SAF, because of the preliminary manufacturing achieved by synergies between the Gela Enilive biorefinery and different Eni amenities, utilizing waste-based feedstocks. Enilive goals to extend its biorefining capability to over 5 million tonnes per yr by 2030 and improve its optionality for SAF manufacturing to 1 million tonnes per yr by 2026, with additional potential to double manufacturing by 2030. These targets will probably be supported by ongoing initiatives on the Venice biorefinery and the development of recent biorefineries in Malaysia and South Korea.
The Gela biorefinery has the capability to course of 736,000 tonnes of biomass per yr, which is primarily derived from waste and residual feedstocks equivalent to used cooking oils, animal fats and by-products from vegetable oil processing. The revolutionary SAF manufacturing in Gela has been made attainable by plant modifications, specifically to the isomerisation unit, which has been geared up with a reactor and a product separation part, in addition to upgrades to the tank farm and logistics infrastructure. Investments to enhance the feedstock pretreatment part, together with the development of a 3rd degumming line, are nearing completion. These enhancements will additional allow the diversification of waste and residues feedstocks that may be transformed into HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) biofuels.
Stefano Ballista, Enilive’s Chief Government Officer, stated:
The vegetation and applied sciences that we’re creating place Enilive as a frontrunner within the manufacturing of HVO biofuels and confirms the corporate’s technique, distinguished by a powerful development in providing more and more sustainable merchandise,
“Eni began investing on this subject over a decade in the past and Enilive will probably be among the many first corporations on this planet to supply vital portions of SAF. By 2026, the SAF plant in Porto Marghera, within the Venice biorefinery, can even be operational, and by 2030 different vegetation will probably be commissioned in Italy and overseas.”
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Enilive begins SAF manufacturing at its plant in Gela (Sicily), able to assembly one third of Europe’s demand, supply
