LG Chem and Enilive have broken ground on Korea’s first hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production plant in LG Chem’s Daesan Chemical Complex located in Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do.
The plant, 80km south-west of Seoul, will be built by the LG Chem and Enilive joint venture, LG-Eni BioRefining, and is scheduled for completion in 2027. It aims to process approximately 400,000 tonnes of renewable bio-feedstock annually.
HVO and SAF, whose demand is expected to surge driven by renewable fuel mandates, are made by hydrogenating more sustainable vegetable oils such as Used Cooking Oil (UCO) and other waste and residues through Ecofining, a technology developed by Eni in collaboration with Honeywell UOP.
Taking into account the entire product value chain, HVO and SAF greenhouse gas emissions are significantly reduced, compared with traditional fossil fuels.
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