en.Wedoany.com Reported - Poland's energy company ORLEN has commissioned a hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) plant, which will enhance Poland's fuel security. Ireneusz Fafara, President of the ORLEN Management Board and CEO, stated that the commissioning of the plant gives the company greater control over the biofuel market, increases internal production of advanced biofuels, improves cost efficiency, and reduces dependence on external fluctuations. He noted that this investment demonstrates how professional management can deliver tangible benefits for ORLEN, its shareholders, and suppliers, and that the company has corrected past mistakes, enabling the facility to help build a domestic value chain from raw materials to finished fuels while supporting the Polish economy.
The initial output from the HVO plant will be supplied directly to the domestic market. The facility can process rapeseed oil, used cooking oil, and mixed feedstocks to produce high-quality renewable components for road transport fuels. Compared to conventional fuels, HVO production can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 65% or more.
The commissioning of this plant brings ORLEN Group's total biofuel production capacity to approximately 700,000 tonnes per year, with plans to expand output to 1.1 million tonnes by 2030. This investment supports Poland's compliance with the national indicative target, set at 10% by 2026, while reducing the need to import biofuel components under the EU RED III regulatory framework.
The project is part of ORLEN's strategy to maximize the utilization of existing refining assets by processing bio-based feedstocks. The group has also upgraded two diesel hydrodesulfurization units in Plock for co-processing vegetable oils, including rapeseed oil and used cooking oil, thereby increasing annual processing capacity by over 100,000 tonnes.
ORLEN is implementing Poland's largest biofuel investment project to secure access to key biofuel blending components. Based on a localized model and domestic value chain creation, the group is developing its "Biofuel Cover Crops" program. This initiative brings together farmers, industrial partners, and technology providers to support the development of domestic feedstocks, particularly second-generation biofuels ultimately destined to supply the HVO plant. This is expected to strengthen supply security, support Polish agriculture, and reduce the carbon footprint of the entire production process.
ORLEN currently purchases approximately PLN 5 billion worth of feedstocks annually from Polish farmers for domestic biofuel production.
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