The WWTP, in which
Its state-of-the-art units make it possible to reuse industrial water for different processes, while reducing the abstraction of fresh water to contribute to the sustainability of water resources in the regions where the company operates.
'From the refinery, we ratify
Progress in energy transition
This year, it will technologically improve the Moderate Hydrocracking Plant, with the purpose of delivering diesel of 10 parts per million (PPM) of sulfur in a sustained manner for the entire country and will implement new strategies to strengthen petrochemical production by taking advantage of its installed capacity.
In addition, it will continue to make progress in the diversification of the energy matrix through low-emission businesses as a lever for the decarbonisation of its processes, which is why it is working on the maturation of the following projects: 'La Iguana' solar farm: it will have a capacity of 26 MWp (Megawatts peak) with 43 thousand state-of-the-art panels, to achieve a reduction of 18 thousand tons of CO2. This reduction would only be achieved with the planting of 800,000 trees. It is expected to become operational in
Biomass Unit: with clean energy generation capacity up to 25 MW/h (Megawatt hours) that would potentially have a processing of vegetable waste to reduce 158 thousand tons of CO2 per year. The energy that this plant will produce could meet the household consumption of electricity for a city like Manizales.
Sustainable aviation fuel: a unit with a load capacity of 6,000 barrels per day will be designed to produce fuel from vegetable oils, with the alternative of incorporating biomass and other feedstocks later.
Hydrogen: two industrial-scale projects are maturing to enable the production of low-emission hydrogen with a focus on the refinery's own operations.
Circular propylene: since the end of 2023, small volumes of pyrolytic oil from recycled plastic have been incorporated into one of the refinery's cracking units, and in synergy with Esenttia, propylene and circular polypropylene are already being produced, used in the manufacture of flexible packaging that packages different food products.
In this way, the
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