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Ecoplanta

Enerkem’s Ecoplanta project (El Morell, Spain) has reached Final Investment Decision (FID) and plans to process ~400,000 tonnes/year of non-recyclable municipal waste into ~240,000 tonnes of methanol using Enerkem’s gasification + synthesis technology. The facility, which is co-developed with Repsol, is expected to start operations in 2029.

Type
Biobased Chemicals And Materials
Product
Renewable Methanol
Product capacity
240,000 Tonnes
Announced
Nov-2021
Overview

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Company:
Project name:
Ecoplanta
Project categories:
carbon_removal
City:
El Morell
County:
Tarragonès
State:
Catalonia
Country:
Spain
Region:
Europe
Type:
Bio-based chemicals & materials
CO₂ end use:
Utilization
Product:
Renewable methanol
Product capacity:
240,000 tonnes
Status:
In development
Date announced:
Nov-2021
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2025-01-29
Ecoplanta Receives Approval
2021-11-17
The Ecoplanta project, the only Spanish candidacy pre-selected by the European Commission Innovation Fund
2022-04-01
Ecoplanta signs grant agreement with the European Commission under the Innovation Fund
2021-04-27
Repsol to join Enerkem and Agbar to build a waste to chemicals plant in Tarragona