據烴加工4月27日消息，雷普索爾將加入Ecoplanta項目，與總部位于蒙特利爾的技術領先公司Enerkem和全球水和廢物管理專家Agbar一起，在西班牙塔拉戈納建設一座廢料化工廠。

　　根據合資企業Ecoplanta分子回收解決方案，該工廠將處理來自周邊地區的約40萬噸不可回收的城市固體垃圾，并生產22萬噸甲醇。

　　這種甲醇將被用作生產循環材料或先進生物燃料的原材料，有助于避免20萬噸二氧化碳的排放，并減少最終進入垃圾填埋場的廢物。這家多能源公司的目標是到2050年成為一家凈零排放公司，而此次聯盟則是朝著這個目標又邁進了一步。

　　該工廠是伊比利亞半島的首個此類工廠，將由雷普索爾和Agbar共同管理，而Enerkem將是關鍵技術合作伙伴。在2022年第一季度做出項目最終投資決定后，該工廠預計將于2025年投入運營。該項目已經獲得了地方政府《綜合環境授權書》和《環境影響報告書》的批準。

　　雷普索爾在塔拉戈納有一個領先的工業綜合體，這將有助于各設施之間的協同效應。這種石化工廠是西班牙同類企業中最重要的。在那里生產的許多類型的聚合物中，用于汽車領域的高度專業化的產品（例如高抗沖擊性聚合物）非常突出。

　　雷普索爾化學品執行董事Jose Luis Bernal表示:“我們很高興能與相關的廢物管理和創新技術合作伙伴共同努力，展示我們對循環經濟的承諾，并加強我們在2030年前回收20%聚烯烴生產的承諾。”

　　該工廠將利用氣化技術將城市固體廢物轉化為甲醇等高附加值產品，由于其異質性這是一個非常復雜的過程。Enerkem公司擁有這項最先進的專利技術，在其位于埃德蒙頓（加拿大艾伯塔省）的商業示范工廠經過十多年從試點到示范到商業規模的嚴格規模升級后，該技術首次在工業規模上進行了測試，并在瓦雷納斯（加拿大魁北克）正在建設的新設施。Enerkem首席執行官兼首席財務官Dominique Boies表示:“我們很榮幸地歡迎雷普索爾成為我們的合作伙伴，進一步支持我們在塔拉戈納的工廠。他們在該行業的強大專業知識，加上Agbar的專業知識，將使我們能夠利用我們獨特的技術，將廢物轉化為可再生塑料或先進生物燃料，帶來眾多好處。”

　　有了這一重大投資，該項目已被選為進入歐盟創新基金的第二階段，該階段側重于高度創新的技術和在歐洲實現顯著減排的大型旗艦項目。

　　裘寅 編譯自 烴加工

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　　Repsol partners to build waste to chemicals plant in Tarragona

　　Repsol will join the Ecoplanta project, together with the technology leader Montreal-based firm Enerkem and Agbar, a global expert in water and waste management, to build a waste to chemicals plant in Tarragona, Spain.

　　Under the joint venture Ecoplanta Molecular Recycling Solutions, the plant will process around 400,000 tons of non-recyclable municipal solid waste from its surrounding regions and produce 220,000 tons of methanol.

　　This methanol will be used as raw material to produce circular materials or advanced biofuels, contributing to avoid 200,000 tons of CO2 and reducing the waste that ends up in the landfill. This alliance is a further step towards the multi-energy company's ambition to become a net-zero emissions company by 2050.

　　The plant, the first of its kind in the Iberian Peninsula, will be co-managed by Repsol and Agbar, whilst Enerkem will be the key technological partner. The plant is projected to be in operation in 2025 after taking the project’s final investment decision by the first quarter of 2022. The project already obtained the Integrated Environmental Authorization and the approval of the Environmental Impact Statement from the local authorities.

　　Repsol has a leading industrial complex in Tarragona, a factor that will allow for synergies among the facilities. This petrochemical complex is the most important of its kind in Spain. Among the many types of polymers produced there, the range of highly specialized products for the automotive sector, such as high impact resistant polymers, stands out.

　　According to Jose Luis Bernal, Repsol’s Executive Director for Chemicals: “We are very pleased to join forces with relevant waste management and innovative technology partners, showing our commitment to circular economy and reinforcing our commitment to recycle 20% of our polyolefins production by 2030”.

　　The plant will use gasification technology to transform municipal solid waste, a very complex process due to its heterogeneous nature, into high value-added products such as methanol. Enerkem is the owner of this patented state-of-the-art technology, the first to be tested on an industrial scale, after a rigorous scaleup from pilot to demonstration to commercial scale that took place over a decade, in its commercial demonstration plant in operation in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), and a new facility under construction in Varennes (Québec, Canada). The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Enerkem, Dominique Boies, mentioned: “We are proud to welcome Repsol as a partner to further support our Tarragona facility. Their strong expertise of the industry, coupled with that of Agbar, will enable us to feature the numerous benefits associated with our unique disruptive technology, transforming waste into renewable plastics or advanced biofuels.”

　　With this significant investment, the project has been selected to move into stage 2 of the European Union Innovation Fund, which focuses on highly innovative technologies and big flagship projects within Europe to bring on significant emission reductions.