Kinetics Technology (KT) – part of the Maire Tecnimont Group – has been awarded a US$400M project to develop a hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) complex in Hamburg, Germany, for HOLBORN Europa Raffinerie.
Situated inside HOLBORN’s existing refinery in Hamburg, once completed, the plant would produce approximately 220,000 tonnes/year of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from waste and residues feedstocks, biomasses and agribusiness industry residues, as well as low carbon hydrogen, MAIRE announced on 18 June.
The plant was due to be operational in early 2027, including the pre-treatment and HVO units, the company said.
Delivered by KT, MAIRE said the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project would also involve the use of technology by NEXTCHEM, one of its other divisions.
“This [project] confirms the MAIRE Group’s ability to take on the decarbonisation challenges in hard-to-abate sectors,” MAIRE Group CEO Alessandro Bernini said.
Italian technology and engineering group MAIRE is active in the nitrogen fertiliser, hydrogen, circular carbon, fuel, chemical and polymer sectors.
The HOLBORN Europa Raffinerie oil refinery processes up to 5M tonnes of crude oil/year into gasoline, diesel, heating oil and feedstock for the chemical industry and supplies Hamburg and northern Germany with fuels and heating oil.
