Fertinagro Biotech's plant in Palos de la Frontera will replace part of its natural gas with biomass with an investment of €2.36 million. The boiler will cover 70% of the thermal consumption of the granulation line.
The Fertinagro Biotech plant in Palos de la Frontera will replace part of the natural gas used in fertiliser production with biomass. The investment amounts to €2.36 million and will allow renewable energy to cover around 70% of the thermal consumption of the granulation line.
The project, as reported by Huelva Información, will be carried out by Greenvalis Energy, which will install a biomass boiler to provide the necessary heat during the drying of the fertilisers. The initiative has an incentive of €732,000 from the Andalusian Energy Agency, about 31% of the investment.
The centrepiece will be a 10,000 kW biomass combustion furnace, which will displace a substantial part of the current gas consumption in one of the processes that require the most heat. This measure will reduce the factory's energy costs and its exposure to natural gas, as well as lower its carbon footprint.
The aid is part of the Industrial Value Chains programme, within the Integrated Competitiveness and Energy Incentives (INCEA), co-financed with FEDER funds 2021-2027. The Huelva project is part of a package of five initiatives in Almería, Cádiz, Huelva, and Seville that total €9.17 million in incentives and mobilise €26.5 million in investment.
Overall, the new facilities will prevent the emission of more than 27,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year, which the Junta equates to removing about 12,000 vehicles from circulation. The largest investment in the package corresponds to Molino del Guadalquivir, in Lebrija (Seville), with nearly €12.9 million for a biomass plant that will generate steam for drying pomace.
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