| Project Owner... |
Enerkem, SA (Agbar), Repsol
|
| Project name |
Ecoplanta Molecular Recycling Solutions
|
| Status |
planned
|
| Startup |
2026
|
| Country |
Spain
|
| City |
El Morell
|
| State |
Tarragona
|
| Type |
TRL 9 Commercial
|
| Technology |
Gasification
|
| Technology additional information |
Enerkem technology
|
| Raw Material |
organic residues and waste streams
|
| Input 1 |
feedstock forest residues and non-recyclable waste (375,000 t/y
)
|
| Output 1 |
methanol (265,000 t/y
)
|
| Total Investment |
EUR 250,000,000
|
| Partners |
Spain-headed oil, gas, and multi-energy major Repsol S.A. (Repsol) have announced that it will join the Ecoplanta Molecular Recycling Solutions (Ecoplanta) project, together with Canadian gasification technology developer Enerkem Inc and Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, SA (Agbar), a global expert in water and waste management, to build a waste-to-chemicals (WtC) plant in Tarragona, Spain.
|
| Technology Brief |
The plant will use Enerkem’s proprietary gasification technology to transform MSW into high value-added products such as methanol. This patented state-of-the-art technology is the first to be tested on an industrial scale, after a rigorous scale-up from pilot to demonstration to commercial scale that took place over a decade in Canada.
|
| Additional Information |
The plant, the first of its kind in the Iberian Peninsula, will be co-managed by Repsol and Agbar, whilst Enerkem will be the key technological partner. The plant is projected to be in operation in 2026
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Last Update: 2024-08-07 09:00:21