In Hungary, biodiesel producer Rossi Biofuel Zrt, a subsidiary of Slovakia-headed biofuels major ENVIEN Group has held an official opening of a new multi-feedstock plant at its biodiesel facility in Komárom. With the new 60 000 tonnes per annum capacity unit, the total biodiesel production capacity at the facility is increased to 210 000 tonnes per annum.
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First commissioned in 2007, Rossi Biofuel Zrt. is a joint venture of the ENVIEN Group and MOL Group with ENVIEN as the majority shareholder. The greenfield Rossi Biofuel biodiesel plant is located at the site of MOL NYrt. in Komárom.
Using plant oil and used cooking oil (UCO), the plant has an annual production capacity of 150 000 tonnes per anum across three production lines.
Combined with the new multi-feedstock plant that uses Austria-headed BDI BioEnergy International GmbH’s (BDIs) patented Repeatable Catalyst Technology (RepCAT), officially inaugurated on March 11, 2022, the total annual production capacity has been increased by approximately 60 000 tonnes to 210 000 tonnes.
The BDI RepCAT process means we can use a high variety of feedstock, even the lowest-quality materials – such as trap grease or animal fats – to produce valuable, high-quality biodiesel. With this technology, we can make a valuable contribution to CO2 reduction, and the amount of biodiesel we will produce at this site will be enough for the climate-neutral operation of more than 70 000 cars, said Róbert Spišák at Rossi Biofuels.
EFSA approved process
According to BDI, with this innovative technology, even the lowest-quality feedstock with high levels of impurities can be effectively processed to standards-compliant biodiesel. The use of a recyclable catalyst further underlines the environmental sustainability of the process.
The essential step forward with the RepCAT process is its outstanding robustness towards different kinds of waste materials. It can handle a great diversity of waste oils and fats, for example, used cooking oil (UCO), fat from grease separators, or waste from plant-based oil production.
Not only is the RepCAT technology highly innovative, but it is also a highly eco-friendly biodiesel process, and was approved by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in April 2021 as a disposal process for high-risk waste fats.
By producing biofuels from low-quality waste materials, the new plant makes a significant contribution to reaching the targets set by the Hungarian government: to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55 percent by 2030 and to be climate neutral by 2050.
Being able to design and build this innovative plant for one of the biggest biofuel producers in Europe is one further big success for BDI in Europe. Once again, we have demonstrated our competence in design, engineering, and construction of chemical plants to make the world a little bit greener, commented Markus Dielacher at BDI.
