Ence Huelva obtains the Sure certificate for biomass sustainability

The Ence energy complex in Huelva has completed the audit process of the Sure certification standard, which guarantees the sustainability of its own biomass and direct purchases consumed at the company's Huelva facilities , mainly composed of local fruit trees, byproducts from olive grove agriculture, pruning of surrounding parks and gardens, and remains of the agricultural activity of almonds, cotton and remains of fruit trees.

In this way, the company's renewable energy plants with biomass in Huelva have been adapted, as a pioneer in the sector, to the sustainability requirements of the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (REDII), a European regulation that establishes various criteria that must be met by all biomasses used in the bioenergy sector, focused on guaranteeing their sustainability, a correct mass balance, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency.

Ence's biofactories in Pontevedra and Navia and the company's biomass energy generation plants in Mérida, Jaén and Ciudad Real, have previously obtained this certification, making Ence the first company in Europe to begin verification of the sustainability of your biomass energy production process through this standard .

CEGANOR has been the entity responsible for auditing the process, since it is the only Spanish company recognized and authorized by the Sure scheme to perform this service. The development of the certification audits had the express recognition of the verifier, which highlighted the high degree of implementation of the reference standard by Ence Huelva, the ability of the energy complex to anticipate the new European Directive, even meeting some requirements before its publication, and the sector leadership developed by Ence throughout the process.

Certification of the entire chain of suppliers in the province
Having already reached the milestone of certifying its own biomass and direct purchase, the company has begun to deploy an Advisory and Collaboration Plan with all the suppliers of the Energy Complex of the province and adjacent areas, with the objective of ensuring that all agricultural, forestry and industrial biomasses that supply plants acquire this certification. To this end, work is already underway to launch training, implementation and certification tasks for the entire chain of collaborators.

The adaptation to Ence Huelva's Sure standard represents another step in the company's plans to complete the certification of all its own biomass and direct purchases consumed in its facilities before the end of the second half of the year.