Spanish renewable chemicals company Catalyxx is set to invest €120M (US$138M) in a new plant at Sines, Portugal.
The company’s first commercial-scale plant, the facility would produce butanol, hexanol and octanol from bioethanol for use as alternatives to conventional petrochemicals, Catalyxx said on 22 July.
Catalyxx said Sines was selected due to its established industrial infrastructure, deep-water port, logistics links and access to renewable energy.
Following trials of the company’s catalytic process under operating conditions at its demonstration facility in Sevilla, Spain, Catalyxx said it had developed the expertise to support industrial scale-up.
At the time of the statement, the Catalyxx Ibérica facility was entering its final development phase, with construction scheduled to begin by the fourth quarter of 2026.
“[The] facility represents the next step in Catalyxx’s mission to replace fossil-based chemicals with renewable alternatives that are chemically identical, fully compatible with existing industrial applications and significantly lower in carbon intensity,” said Joaquín Alarcón, CEO of Catalyxx.
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