Facing supply fluctuations, integrated biorefineries are emerging as an effective industrial solution, combining diverse feedstocks to optimize operating costs and secure renewable fuel supplies, crucial to achieving carbon neutrality goals.
Enilive has started producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its biorefinery in Gela, Sicily, with an annual capacity of 400,000 tons, meeting nearly a third of Europe's projected demand for 2025.
Petron Scientech will integrate 320 MW of Verdagy electrolyzers into its biorefinery to produce sustainable fuels, e-methanol, and biochemicals, aiming for a reduction of 2 megatons of CO₂ per year.
Italian hydrocarbon giant Eni saw its second-quarter net profit jump 125% to €661 million, against a backdrop of rising oil prices.
These results beat expectations and reflect strong growth in renewable energy production and biorefining.
Euglena, Petronas and Eni have approved a $1.3 billion investment in a biorefinery in Malaysia, to be operational in 2028, to produce sustainable biofuels.
BP receives approval from the Australian government to invest AUD 580 million in converting its Kwinana site into a biorefinery, producing sustainable aviation fuel and hydrotreated vegetable oil.
The strike at the La Mède biorefinery and at the Marseille-Fos oil terminals has been lifted, allowing fuel shipments to resume, although new movements are possible in the coming days.
