Eni is exploring the opportunity of building a new bio-refinery complex at its industrial site in Livorno, Italy.
Its feasibility study involves constructing three new plants to produce hydrogenated biofuel – a biogenic feedstock pre-treatment unit; a 500,000 tonne per year Ecofining plant; and a facility for production of hydrogen from methane gas.
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The new plants will be built in an industrial area that features fuel and lubricant production facilities.
Eni energy evolution chief operating officer Giuseppe Ricci said: “We are working to reach an important milestone in Eni’s decarbonisation strategy and the path we undertook many years ago, with the transformation of the first refinery in Venice into a bio-refinery back in 2014.
“The coexistence of bio and traditional plants has been successfully tested with the recent production of Eni Biojet in Livorno, the first SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) exclusively from waste raw materials, animal fats and used vegetable oils thanks to the synergy with Eni’s bio-refinery in Gela.
“Our goal is to increase the availability of decarbonized and sustainable products to our customers and to meet our scope 3 emission reduction targets.”
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By GlobalDataThe design of the three new plants at Livorno is expected to be finished by 2023 and construction could start by 2025.
Eni annually generates 1.1 million tonnes of biofuels and targets to raise the production to 2 million by 2025 and to 6 million over the next ten years.
Its other two biorefineries in Italy are located in Gela and Venice.
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Image: The design of the three new plants at Livorno is expected to be finished by 2023. Credit: Eni.
