The ground-breaking ceremony held at Neste’s renewable product refinery in Rotterdam marked the beginning of construction for the world’s first Bio LPG production facility.
The EUR 60 million facility will start production of Bio LPG at the end of 2016, the company informed in a statement.
SHV Energy will market and sell Bio LPG to be produced at Neste’s Rotterdam refinery.
The new facility will have a production capacity of 40,000 tonnes per year of Bio LPG for the European market. SHV Energy will be the exclusive distributor, supplying the 160,000 tonnes over four years.
The UK Department for Transport has issued Renewable Transport Fuel Certificates for Bio LPG under their Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation accreditation, and SHV Energy is working with customers and policy makers in France, Germany, the Benelux countries, Scandinavia, and Ireland on similar schemes, as policy makers push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Neste’s Rotterdam refinery primarily produces NEXBTL renewable diesel from various waste, residues and vegetable oils.
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has designed the Bio LPG production process.