Repsol & Spanish Air Force partner for sustainable air mobility

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AEROSPACE & DEFENCE

Energy company Repsol and the Spanish Air Force have signed an agreement seeking to promote sustainable mobility in the air sector.

The CEO of Repsol, Josu Jon Imaz, and the Chief of Staff of the Spanish Air Force, Air General Javier Salto Martínez-Avial, have signed a collaboration agreement within the scope of the Connected, Sustainable and Intelligent Air Base (BACSI) project.

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The aim is to promote the development and consumption of new fuels with low environmental impact, such as low-carbon fuels, and the implementation of joint R&D&I actions.

The BACSI project launched by Spanish Air Force aims at increasing the effectiveness, productivity, efficiency and sustainability of airbases. Therefore, the alliance with Repsol, a leading company in multi-energy supply in Spain, will allow the development of systems that align with several of the objectives of the Air Force BACSI project, mainly in the functional areas of sustainability 4.0, global connectivity, and energy efficiency, and environmental sustainability.

Repsol has made progress in the production of fuels with a low carbon footprint for the aviation sector, where alternatives such as electrification are not viable at this time, producing in 2020 and 2021 the first three batches of biojet in the Spanish market at its industrial centres in Puertollano, Tarragona, and Petronor.

In addition, Repsol leads the multi-energy supply in Spain, providing solutions that improve efficiency and increase the weight of low-emission energies.

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For this reason, Repsol has already launched various initiatives such as the construction in Cartagena of the first advanced biofuels plant in Spain, and one of the largest synthetic fuel plants in the world, in the vicinity of the Petronor refinery, using renewable hydrogen and CO2 as the only raw materials. These facilities will be commissioned in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

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