Envien Group: producing biofuel from crops and used oil

Envien Group
Type of organisation or company
Country
Slovakia
Language for original content
Key Area
Scope
Submitted by
Technopolis
Ongoing
Yes
Description

Envien Group is a major company active in the production of biofuel.

It links up biofuel makers in Slovakia: one such company produces bioethanol from maize by fermentation, another makes biodiesel from rapeseed oil, used cooking oil and other oils using a transesterification process modified to FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester), while a third makes rapeseed oil.

It's an efficient system organised by a group with an eye to the circular economy and the reuse of waste. Each of the companies in the Envien Group produces a biofuel component, with waste used for specific purposes, such as manufacturing pelleted animal feed or as a co-substrate for biogas production. The biofuel components are blended to obtain conventional mixtures of diesel and gasoline.

Main activity field
Main results
  • Since 2007, the Envien Group has produced more than 1 million m3 of bioethanol, which has saved about 1 million tonnes of CO2 in comparison to petroleum
  • Side-streams from production are used mainly for animal feed (pelleted feed in the form of Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles), or as a co-substrate for biogas production in biogas plants (lecithin sludge).