Briefing for the ENVI delegation to the Porto Marghera refinery in Venice on 17-18 July 2017

The EU has set a target to replace 10% of transport fuel of every EU country by fuels from renewable sources by 2020. In 2015, 6.7% of final energy used in the EU-28 came from renewable sources. However, efforts will have to increase in order to meet the 10% renewable energy target in 2020.

ENI’s biorefinery in Venice is an innovative approach offering the conversion of different feedstock types to various products. However, refining would have to use second or third generation feedstocks to increase sustainability. Additionally, using the products from biorefining as biogenic inputs for the chemical industry might be more environmentally sensible than producing energy outputs.

There will be a EP delegation to the Porto Marghera refinery in Venice on 17-19 July 2017. An ENVI delegation is to visit the world’s first example of the conversion of a conventional refinery into a bio-refinery able to transform organic raw materials into high quality biofuels. The ENI's 'Green Refinery project' at Porto Marghera produces green diesel, green naphtha, LPG and potentially jet fuel. It is currently fed by palm oil, but the plan is also to use biomass.

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