Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) has reached a final investment decision to build a large-scale biofuels facility at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The Rotterdam facility is designed to process 820,000 tonnes per annum of biofuels from wastes such as used cooking oil, animal fat and other residual products.
It will produce low-carbon fuels, which help to meet growing demand from the transport sector, including hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as heavy road transport and aviation.
The facility is planned to start production in 2024, initially processing certified sustainable vegetable oils as feedstock, until more sustainable waste feedstocks are widely available.
Shell has designed the facility to use advanced techniques for the manufacturing of fuels.
It is expected to capture carbon emissions from the manufacturing process and store them in an empty gas field beneath the North Sea, through the Porthos project.
Apart from helping Shell in meeting its own net-zero goal for 2050, the new facility will help the Netherlands and the rest of Europe to meet their targets for emissions reduction.
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