Sustainability and Environment
Major SAF Plant on Tap for Spain
Global companies Apical and Cepsa have formed a joint venture to build a major biofuel plant in Spain.
Company executives from Cespa and Apical and local officials at the joint venture announcement
The new joint venture launch, announced at La Rábida Energy Park in Huelva, Spain was attended by executives of Cespa and Apical, as well as local elected officials. (Photo: Apical)

Global vegetable oil processor Apical is partnering with sustainable energy producer Cepsa to construct what will be the largest second-generation biofuel production facility in southern Europe. Second-generation fuels are those derived from plant wastes and byproducts rather than purpose-grown crops.

The plant, with a price tag of up to €1 billion, will be built at Cepsa’s La Rábida Energy Park in the Spanish province of Huelva. Scheduled to be operational in the first half of 2026, it will have a projected annual output of up to 500,000 tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and/or renewable diesel fuel.

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