Repsol S A : collects used cooking oil at its service stations in Galicia to produce renewable fuel

Zero net emissions fuels

To decarbonize mobility, Repsol is committed to an energy model that combines electrification, renewable fuels, and hydrogen. All energy solutions must be considered to guarantee supply and reduce emissions as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Renewable fuels are zero net emissions and are therefore a fast, inclusive, and cost-efficient solution for transport decarbonization in the short term. Moreover, they are fully compatible with the existing fleet and with existing distribution and refueling infrastructures, so no additional investment is required for their use.

For more than two decades, Repsol has been processing alternative raw materials, such as vegetable oils and used cooking oils, in its industrial complexes to produce renewable fuels. Renewable fuels are already present in all service stations in Spain, since, in accordance with current legislation, conventional fuels incorporate more than 10% biofuels.

The company's industrial complex in A Coruña has also been producing biofuels for decades. In October 2021, 500 tons of waste, specifically used cooking oil, were processed for the first time to make renewable diesel. In 2022, the industrial complex in A Coruña used more than 195,000 tons of bio feedstock of different types to make biofuels, and this year it plans to increase the bio feedstock used by 30% to 265,000 tons. In addition, this summer a new infrastructure was put into operation at the complex in A Coruña, which allows the continuous reception of this lipid waste by means of tanker trucks, which until now could only be received by ship.

Repsol has allied with leading companies in the heavy road transport sector in Spain and Portugal, such as Sesé, XPO, Serveto, Havi, Joanca, Carreras, Rhenus, and Luis Simoes, with end customers such as Coca Cola, Freixenet, and Seat; with companies in the passenger transport sector in Spain, such as Alsa and Avanza; with airlines such as Iberia, Ryanair, and Vueling; and it also collaborates with Navantia, to decarbonize maritime transport; as well as with institutions and regional governments such as the Autonomous regions of Madrid, Murcia, Castile-La Mancha, and Aragon, as well as the province of Granada (Andalusia) to promote the use of renewable fuels in mobility.