Renewable energy from biomass.
• General Characteristics
- ACTIVITY: forest management and biomass.
- LOCATION: Calle Armental, 0 S N (33710) Navia (Asturias).
- FOUNDING DATE: 07/07/2009.
- CATEGORY: large company.
- CONTACT: (+34) 985 630 200.
• Business Structure
- NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 58.
- REVENUE: 15,650,221 €.
- GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
- Comprehensive management of surfaces and forest crops.
- Electricity generation from biomass.
- BUSINESS LINES:
- Production of eucalyptus cellulose.
- Production of renewable energy from biomass.
- Forest management.
- INFRASTRUCTURE:
- Cellulose production: 2 plants, one in Navia (Asturias) and another in Pontevedra.
- Biomass: 8 production plants: two in Navia, two in Huelva, one in Pontevedra, one in Mérida, and the recently added ones in Jaén and Ciudad Real.
- INTERESTING DATA:
- The company follows internationally recognized sustainability and responsibility criteria.
- Ence has a production capacity of 930,000 tons/year of eucalyptus cellulose.
- In renewable energy production, they have an installed capacity of 254 MW of biomass.
• R&D Activities/Interests
TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER/DEMAND:
- Forest level: improvement of forest species and their yield, to maximize self-sufficiency in wood and biomass.
- Energy level: technologies for energy generation from biomass.
- Pulp production level: improvement of manufacturing processes, of the products offered, and adaptation to market needs.