JBS Biodiesel expands operations with new biofuel plant in Santa Catarina
BS Biodiesel is expanding its operations with a new biodiesel plant in the city of Mafra, Santa Catarina. With an investment of R$ 180 million, the new plant doubled the biofuel production capacity of the company, a unit of JBS Novos Negócios. The new investment reinforces JBS' circular economy concept and is in line with the commitment to become Net Zero by 2040.
The new plant, the third in operation by JBS Biodiesel, has a total area of 76 thousand square meters and a production capacity of approximately 370 million liters per year. With the new plant in operation, JBS' total biodiesel production capacity jumped from 350 million to around 720 million liters per year, an amount that is equivalent to just over 10% of the 6.76 billion liters produced in 2021, according to data from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP).
“Biofuels play an important role in the Brazilian energy matrix, and biodiesel has great growth potential in the country. With this new investment, we reinforce the importance of the circular economy for our business and add value to the waste from our operations, contributing to sustainable development”, says Alexandre Pereira, Commercial Director of JBS Biodiesel.
The city of Mafra was chosen for having easy access to rail and road modes, proximity to the Presidente Getúlio Vargas Refinery (Repar), one of the main diesel mixing and distribution units in the country, and quick access to the port of Paranaguá, in Paraná, third largest in Brazil. The factory operation will generate up to 400 direct and indirect jobs, benefiting the economy of the west region of Santa Catarina.
To produce biodiesel in Mafra, JBS Biodiesel will use recovered frying oil and soybean oil from grain crushing as raw materials to produce bran that feeds poultry and swine. With this, the company strengthens the diversification of raw material sources, since it is currently the world's largest vertical producer of biodiesel from beef tallow.
JBS Biodiesel's choice to expand its presence in the biodiesel market is in line with JBS's Net Zero commitment, which aims to bring the balance of emissions related to its value chain to zero by 2040. In addition to Mafra, the company has a biofuel unit in Lins and another plant in Campo Verde.
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