Técnicas Reunidas will carry out the engineering services to develop one of Europe’s largest green methanol plant

• The Spanish company REOLUM, specialized in innovative energy transition solutions, has awarded a consortium formed by Técnicas Reunidas and Siemens Energy to carry out the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) of the project as a preliminary step to its future material execution in La Robla, a Spanish municipality located in the province of León.
• The facility, with a production capacity of 140,000 tons per year, will combine biogenic carbon from a biomass cogeneration plant with renewable hydrogen to produce renewable methanol.
• The project is at the forefront of the e-methanol production technologies. E-methanol is a product that will play a key role in the decarbonization of shipping in its direct use as a fuel and as a feedstock for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). 
• In addition to Reolum, the project brings together the services, knowledge and capabilities of four large companies with strong specialization in decarbonization: Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Johnson Matthey and Técnicas Reunidas.
• This project, which combines engineering services for various low-emission technologies, is part of track, Técnicas Reunidas’ strategy for decarbonization, one of the strategic pillars of SALTA, the strategic program that Técnicas Reunidas launched last May. 

REOLUM, a Spanish company specialized in innovative solutions for decarbonization and energy transition, has awarded a consortium formed by Técnicas Reunidas and Siemens Energy the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) of the La Robla Green project, which aims to develop what will be one of Europe’s largest renewable methanol plants in the municipality of La Robla, in the Spanish province of León.

The facility, with a production capacity of 140,000 tons per year, will combine biogenic carbon from a biomass cogeneration plant with renewable hydrogen to produce e-methanol. 

The project is at the forefront of the e-methanol production technologies. E-methanol is a product that will play a very important role in the decarbonization of maritime transport in its direct use as a fuel and as a raw material for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Furthermore, methanol produced from low-emission feedstocks and technologies is a key product to facilitate the decarbonization of industrial sectors that currently have high levels of emissions, such as the chemical industry or air and maritime transport.

In addition to Reolum, the project brings together the services, knowledge and capabilities of four large companies with strong specialization in decarbonization: Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Johnson Matthey and Técnicas Reunidas. 

According to the scope of the contract, Siemens Energy’s work will focus on the renewable hydrogen unit and Técnicas Reunidas’ work will focus on the biogenic carbon capture and e-methanol production units. In turn, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. will be the CO2 capture licensor and Johnson Matthey the supplier of a proprietary technology, called eMERALD™, which makes possible the direct hydrogenation of captured CO₂ to methanol.

This project is part of track, Técnicas Reunidas’ strategy for decarbonization, one of the main pillars of SALTA, the strategic program that Técnicas Reunidas launched last May. 

The development of this engineering phase will be the previous step for the material execution of the plant, which will be carried out through an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract.

On last February 21, the Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge allocated 180 million euros to the project, from NextGenerationEU funds, in the provisional resolution of the call for aids to create seven large renewable hydrogen clusters, located in the territories of Aragon, Andalusia, Castile and Leon, Catalonia and Galicia, which make up the H2 Valles Program.

About REOLUM

Reolum conceives and develops innovative projects to promote decarbonization and to advance in the energy transition, from the generation of renewable energies, green hydrogen and green e-methanol, to CO2 capture, cogeneration with biomass, both electric power and heat, as well as the supply of biomass itself. 

About Técnicas Reunidas

Técnicas Reunidas is a global engineering company with a presence in 25 countries and a track record that totals more than 1,000 industrial plants over its more than 60 years of experience. 

It is specialized in the design and construction of large industrial plants mainly focused on the production of clean fuels, natural gas and chemical products. 

The company is also at the forefront of technologies and solutions related to the energy transition, the circular economy and the decarbonization of facilities. These solutions encompass technologies such as renewable hydrogen and its derivatives, biofuels and biochemicals, and carbon capture.

The development of these solutions has been strongly boosted following the launch last year of track, the company’s new strategy to maximize its opportunities and accelerate its implementation in the low-carbon economy. The main activities included in it are engineering services for the early stages of decarbonization projects or for their full development, as well as carbon and methane management.

With a workforce of more than 11,000 employees, most of whom are highly qualified engineers, Técnicas Reunidas’ headquarters in Spain is an important center of engineering excellence.