PKN ORLEN to produce innovative biofuel component

The Polish company will construct the HVO unit at the Production Plant in Płock, where it will deploy the innovative technology to hydrotreat rapeseed oil.

PKN ORLEN will implement a modern technology for making hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) at Production Plant in Płock. This will solidify the ORLEN Group’s position on the biofuel market.

The move is also ORLEN’s response to the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ package, which includes a set of new challenges for the oil refining industry to reduce transport fuel emissions. The project, with an estimated value of approximately PLN 600m, is to be carried out in mid-2024.

“We can see a growing role of renewables in transport. The fuel market is largely being shaped by the RED II provisions, which seek to achieve more widespread use of biofuels, and by the ‘Fit for 55’ package adopted by the European Commission in July. As set out in our strategy, over the coming decade we want to be a leading regional producer of biofuels, including advanced second-generation products,” said Daniel Obajtek, CEO and President of the PKN ORLEN Management Board.

PKN ORLEN will construct the HVO unit at the Production Plant in Płock, where it will deploy the innovative technology to hydrotreat rapeseed oil, used cooking oil or their mixture on an industrial scale. The end product will be used as an additive to diesel oil or JET aviation fuel. The HVO unit’s annual capacity could reach approximately 300,000 tonnes, an amount that would satisfy the plant’s needs.

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