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ABENGOA BIOENERGY
Co2 Abengoa Bioenergy of Illinois, Abengoa Bioenergy of Indiana and Abengoa Bioenergy Trading US.
2010 Annual Report
Activities Report
Table of Contents
Letter from the CEO ............................................................................................................................................ 2
Sustainability ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
Our Business ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
History ................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Global Presence .................................................................................................................................................. 9
Production plants ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Key Figures ....................................................................................................................................................... 11
Our Products ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
Bioethanol ........................................................................................................................................................ 14
Biodiesel ........................................................................................................................................................... 15
DGS.................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Sugar ............................................................................................................................................................... 16
Electricity and CO2 ............................................................................................................................................ 17
New Technologies ............................................................................................................................................ 17
Our Activities ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
Main Achievements .......................................................................................................................................... 25
Production Europe ............................................................................................................................................ 27
Production United States .................................................................................................................................. 34
Production Brazil .............................................................................................................................................. 44
Trading, Logistics, and Raw Materials Origination ............................................................................................. 47
Trading Europe ................................................................................................................................................. 47
Ecoagrícola ....................................................................................................................................................... 49
Trading United States ....................................................................................................................................... 51
Trading Brazil ................................................................................................................................................... 52
New Technologies ............................................................................................................................................ 54
Guaranty of Activities ....................................................................................................................................... 63
Our Stakeholders .............................................................................................................................................. 66
Our Stakeholders .............................................................................................................................................. 66
Our Employees ................................................................................................................................................. 67
Our Clients ....................................................................................................................................................... 70
Our Providers .................................................................................................................................................... 71
Community ...................................................................................................................................................... 73
Board of Directors ............................................................................................................................................. 78
Board of directors ............................................................................................................................................. 78
Board Committees ............................................................................................................................................ 80
Management Structure .................................................................................................................................... 83
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Letter from the CEO
Letter from the CEO
Letter from the CEO
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Letter from the CEO
Javier Salgado Leirado
Abengoa Bioenergy´s President and CEO
Climate change is an unquestionable fact. The rise in temperatures, caused mainly by the continual emission of
greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, is causing an increasing loss of natural habitats and biodiversity, as well
as to climate catastrophes unparalleled in recent history. These emissions are caused to a large extent by the use
of fossil fuels, non-renewable energy sources which moreover contribute to atmospheric pollution and toxic rain.
In the search for alternative energy sources for transport, biofuels are the main and most viable alternative to oil
products in the short and long term.
Abengoa Bioenergy currently has a biofuel production capacity of more than 820 Mgal, distributed across 14
plants in Europe and North and South America. Export volumes, which currently comprises many countries in the
Northern hemisphere, has considerably been increased. R&D investment has also grown compared to the
previous period, upholding the company’s bet on new technologies for the generation of ecological fuels and its
commitment to sustainability in all activities and products.
Business evolution in 2010
2009 was a difficult year for the industry in general, and biofuels were no exception. Nonetheless, 2010 was a
year in which this trend slightly improved, as did the expectations of sector companies, which once again brought
into operation the plants which had been halted from the beginning of the crisis. As in the previous year, in 2010
the company has applied a strict policy of cost control, expense reduction and margin management, business
coverage and risks, which has mainly affected cash management. As a result, Abengoa Bioenergy has grown
much stronger in 2010, consolidating our main role as a leading global company.
This year we reached significant landmarks in all geographical areas where the company operates. The
production targets established for 2010 have been reached, and marketing activities have increased, following
the company strategic plan. R+D investment have yielded results, and the viability of second-generation biofuels
has now become a reality.
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Company production capacity has significantly increased since the beginning of the year. We then had two new
bioethanol plants in Indiana and Illinois, which doubled our US production. Over the course of the year, however,
we have also started operations in one of the largest bioethanol plants in the world, with over a 125 Mgal
capacity, located in the Rotterdam Europoort. Due to its technical characteristics, production capacity and
strategic location, this plant is crucial for the company objective of establishing itself as the main bioethanol
producer and trader in Europe, and one of the main ones in the world. In addition, operations have started in
Spain, at full capacity, at the biodiesel plant in the province of Cádiz. In Brazil, in the month of July, we have
completed the expansion project which almost doubles our cane bioethanol production, increasing our weight in
the country and our global potential. Moreover, following the model of our European plants, bagasse
cogeneration systems have been installed in the existing facilities, which further increase operations sustainability
and the total performance of our activities.
For years now, the company has been devoting a large part of its resources to the analysis and sustainability of all
activities and final products. Society and governments have started to act likewise on a global scale, which only
proves that the path taken by Abengoa Bioenergy in this field is the one that many other companies and
industries will have to follow in the near future.
Sustainability, the keystone of the company’s strategic plan, on which all short-, mid-, and long-term activities
and objectives are based, has reached unprecedented relevance on a global scale. We at Abengoa Bioenergy can
see how sustainability guides our efforts in our various R&D projects, such as second-generation bioethanol,
hybrid cereal and biomass plants, and biorefining. The commercial-scale biomass plant project continues to
provide significant technological improvements, which we will soon be able to implement in a total production
process, once we start building the hybrid plant in collaboration with the US Department of Energy. This will be
the largest commercial biomass-based bioethanol production plant to date.
It is a fact that, from 2011 on, with the approval of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), a system of
sustainability certificates will be implanted that will measure production impacts of this type of energies,
including biofuels. Abengoa Bioenergy has responded to the European Union proposal to the renewable energy
sector, presenting the first Voluntary Standard which will come into force on December 31st 2010. This standard
establishes requirements for fulfillment of RED criteria throughout the production chain, from agricultural
production to the final consumer on a global scale. In the US and Brazil, advances are also being made in this
field, and similar initiatives already exist which will soon provide the basis for relevant legislation.
On the other hand, marketing activities have grown considerably in 2010. To the company’s already established
products, bioethanol and animal feed, we must add the increase in sugar production and exports, derived from
the production of sugarcane bioethanol, and biodiesel and glycerin sales, consolidating in the San Roque plant.
This year, ethanol sales have significantly increased, and thus we can say that over 600 Mgal of bioethanol and
biodiesel, 1,450 Mt of animal feed (DGS), approximately 350,000 t of sugar and y 830,000 MWh have been
marketed, which made our sales rocket above 1.5 billion €, over the course of the year. We continue to explore
new markets, and so this year, for the first time in the history of the company, exports have been made to Asia,
which we hope will increase in number and volume. In addition to bioethanol marketing, in 2010 we have
worked on the development of an e85 supply network, which will be crucial for the growth of bioethanol in
Europe, mainly in Spain and Germany, with over twenty service stations directly supplied in each country. We will
continue to make efforts for these figures to grow every year.
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2011 Strategy and Objectives
Our objectives for 2011 remain unaltered with respect to previous years, with the sustainability of our products
remaining the main objective. The consolidation of production, marketing, and research activities will be crucial,
and remains present in the company strategic plan. The company will continue to devote all necessary resources
to perform all activities in compliance with best practices, optimizing all processes as much as possible in order to
have the least social and environmental impact possible.
From the beginning of 2010, we have reached critical mass with the start of production in the new plants, and
thus have become established as one of the main global actors in the field of biofuels. In 2011we will use all this
potential and our outstanding position to become stronger and to remain the leading company in the biofuel
sector which we have become. We will continue to provide society with sustainable solutions to climate change,
offering our ecological and renewable products. We are currently going through one of the best periods in the
history of the company, and we will take advantage of this momentum to increase our sales and exports, and to
optimize and consolidate all our operations, within our strategic plan.
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Sustainability
Sustainability
Sustainability
· Mission, Vision, Values
· Sustainable Development Policy
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Sustainability
Mission
To contribute to the sustainable development of the vehicle fuels market and the bio-based chemicals
products market by utilizing renewable energy (biofuels) and environmentally friendly technologies that
reduce carbon emissions.
To develop innovative technological solutions through continuous investment in research and development,
resulting in more efficient production processes and distinctive and high-value feed coproducts.
To create value for our shareholders.
To contribute to the professional and personal development of our employees by providing continuous
training, and by establishing and monitoring individualized goals and development plans.
Vision
To be recognized as a world-wide leader in the production and commercialization of bioethanol from biorenewable resources.
To be recognized as a world leader in research and development, known for technological innovation in the
conversion of biomass to bioethanol.
To provide a superior work environment in order to attract the best possible employees and to maintain
excellence in operations.
To attract the interest and respect of the financial community by means of sustained growth and
technological innovation.
Values
Honesty in relationships with clients, shareholders, associates and co-workers.
Respect for all people under all circumstances.
Focus on teamwork by utilizing corporate tools that favor the sharing of information.
Promote flexibility and mental attitude necessary to adapt to continuous change.
Protection, defense and improvement of the environment.
Sustainable Development Policy
In Abengoa Bioenergy we hold as our primary objective to become a reference as a world leader in the production
of biofuels, and the development of innovative technological solutions that contribute to the sustainability of the
transportation sector and in the production of bio-based chemicals. The only possible way to attain such a goal is
to carry out all our activities strictly following the basic foundations of sustainability:
Respect towards the environment
Social development
Economical benefit
To comply with the above principles, within Abengoa Bioenergy we define these sustainability indexes in our
Mission, Vision, and Values, which cover and rule all our activities:
Creation of Value
Raw materials certification
Reduction of GHG emissions
Personal and Professional development of all employees
Efficient use of natural resources.
Uso eficiente de los recursos naturales.
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Our Business
Our Business
Our Business
· History
· Global Pressence
· Production Plants
· Financial Figures
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Our Business
History
Abengoa Bioenergy is the holding company. The Business Unit is dedicated to the production and development
of biofuels for transport, bioethanol and biodiesel, among others, which employ biomass (cereal, cellulosic
biomass, sugarcane, and oleaginous seeds) as raw materials. Biofuels are used for ETBE production (gasoline
additive), or for direct blending with gasoline or diesel. Being renewable energy sources, biofuels reduce CO 2
emissions, and contribute to the security and diversification of the energy supply, while reducing the
dependency on fossil fuels in the transportation and helping towards compliance with the Kyoto Protocol.
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Global Presence
With biomasa... we produce ecological biofuels, renewable energy,
sugar, and animal feed.
Abengoa Bioenergy is Europe’s largest biofuel producer (400 Mgal production capacity), and one of the largest in
the US (370 Mgal), and Brasil (50 Mgal), with a total of 820 Mgal production installed capacity annually,
distributed among 14 plants, in five different countries from three different continents.
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Production plants
Ecocarburantes Españoles
Bioethanol:
40
DGS:
110,000
Electricity:
135,000
Bioetanol Galicia
Bioethanol:
50
DGS:
130,000
Electricity:
165,000
Biocarburantes de Castilla y León
Bioethanol:
55
DGS:
120,000
Electricity:
140,000
Abengoa Bioenergía San Roque
Biodiesel:
60
Gliceryne:
18,500
Abengoa Bioenergy France
Bioethanol:
65
DGS:
145,000
Abengoa Bioenergy Netherlands
Bioethanol:
125
DGS:
360,000
Electricity:
400,000
Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation Colwich
Bioethanol:
25
DGS:
70,000
Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation Portales
Bioethanol:
30
DGS:
75,000
Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation York
Bioethanol:
55
DGS:
145,000
Abengoa Bioenergy of Nebraska
Bioethanol:
90
DGS:
230,000
Abengoa Bioenergy of Illinois
Bioethanol:
90
DGS:
230,000
Abengoa Bioenergy of Indiana
Bioethanol:
90
DGS:
230,000
Abengoa Bioenergia São Luiz
Bioethanol:
20
Sugar:
285,000
Electricity:
230,000
Abengoa Bioenergia São João
Bioethanol:
35
Sugar:
360,000
Electricity:
300,000
Abengoa Bioenergy
Bioethanol:
Biodiesel:
DGS:
Sugar:
Gliceryne:
Electricity:
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60
1,845,000
645,000
18,500
1,370,000
Mgal
t
MWh
Mgal
t
MWh
Mgal
t
MWh
Mgal
t
Mgal
t
Mgal
t
MWh
Mgal
t
Mgal
t
Mgal
t
Mgal
t
Mgal
t
Mgal
t
Mgal
t
MWh
Mgal
t
MWh
Mgal
Mgal
t
t
t
MWh
Note: Approximate figures. 1. Abengoa Bioenergy
New Technologies pilot plants not included.
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Key Figures
1,575.2 M€
Income
1500
Abengoa Bioenergy’s income has increased significantly
mainly due to the operations startup of the plants in Indiana,
Illinois and Rotterdam, the expansion of the plant in São João
and São Luiz, and the greater volume of marketing and
trading activities.
1000
1,575
500
(1M = 1,000,000)
1,010
830
0
2008
EBITDA
250
By means of geographical and raw materials diversification and
in spite of the world economic crisis, our risks management
policy, and the successful operation of our assets, Abengoa
Bioenergy has been able to obtain an EBITDA over 212 M€.
200
2009
2010
212 M€
150
212,0
100
50
131,5
90,7
0
2008
Technological Investment
2009
2010
29.5 M€
Along with the US DOE (Department of Energy), the Spanish
Ministry of Industry and, the 7th European Union Framework,
Abengoa Bioenergy further advances towards the
commercialization of cellulosic ethanol, and the development
of new technologies.
30
20
10
21.4
25.5
29.5
0
2008
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GHG Emissions Reduction
2.64 Mt CO2-eq
3
The use of over 600 Mgal of bioethanol traded by Abengoa
Bioenergy reduces CO2-equivalent emissions by
approximately 2.64 Mt, equivalent to the annual emissions
of approximately 700,000 vehicles.
2
2.64
(1 Mgal = 1 million gallons)
(1 Mt = 1 million tons)
1
1.45
Sources:
1.Well-To-Wheels Analysis of future automotive fuels and powertrains in
the European context
2. European Parliament and Commission directive relative to the promotion
of the use of energy from renewable sources.
0
Installed Capacity
1.000
Our capacity to produce biofuels soars to 820 Mgal total
per year, distributed through Europe, USA, and Brazil (New
Technologies biomass plants not included), after the
operations startup in the new plant located in Rotterdam,
and the consolidation of the operations in Brazil.
(1 Mgal/y = 1 million gallons per year)
(1 Ml/y = 1 million liters per year)
2008
1.82
2009
2010
820 Mgal/y = 3,140 ML/y
800
600
820
400
200
675
450
0
2008
Training
2009
2010
206,100 h
200
150
X 1000
One of the biggest assets of the business unit is its
employees. For this reason, the company applies a great
effort to assure their professional and personal development.
This year the employees received a total of 206,100 hours of
training.
100
196
206
2009
2010
136
50
0
2008
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Our Products
Our Products
Our Products
· Bioethanol
· Biodiesel
· DGS
· Sugar
· Electricity and CO2
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Technologies
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Our Products
Bioethanol
Bioethanol is obtained on an industrial scale from cereal fermentation, prior enzyme hydrolysis and after a
distillation process which eliminates volatile impurities generated during the process, followed by another
dehydration process which helps eliminate excess water from distillation. Under these conditions, bioethanol is
directly mixed with petrol in an 85% proportion (e85) and becomes a renewable substitute for petrol.
Abengoa Bioenergy Brazil obtains bioethanol from sugar cane juice fermentation collected after sugar cane
grinding and subsequent distillation. Bagasse, the fuel of the power generation system, is separated during
grinding; and vinasse, used as fertilizer in sugar cane plantations, is separated during fermentation.
Distilled bioethanol is the fuel used in "flex" engines, which run on both gas and bioethanol, or any blend of
both. Its main advantages compared to fossil fuels are the following:
Renewable origin.
Biodegradable.
Higher dependency on oil imports; its use contributes
to increase energy autonomy and diversification.
Cleaner fuel in polluting emissions such as sulphur
oxide and particles.
Contribution to local economies growth and income
distribution, generating jobs in rural areas.
Reduction of GHG emissions that overheat the surface
of the earth and accelerate climate change.
Easy to obtain and store.
Biodiesel
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel formed by long-chain fatty acid methyl or ethyl esters. If the esters making up diesel
are methylic, they are called FAME (Fatty acid methyl ester). It is obtained through the chemical reaction of
methanol (or bioethanol) with vegetable oils (rape, sunflower, soy, palm). It does not contain sulfur and, in
relation to diesel derived from oil, greenhouse gas emissions are reduced (including CO 2), as well as carbon
monoxide (CO) emissions, and emissions of particles and other polluting products.
Advantages:
It is a clean source of fuel, renewable and for household use.
It helps reduce dependence on oil.
It can be used in all diesel engine vehicles, without any conversion, adjustment or special modification
needed.
It is easy to produce and store.
It emits between 40% and 80% less GHG than fossil fuels.
It increases engine lubricity and the fire point, the risk of explosion due to gas emissions being reduced.
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Other environmental advantages are:
It is biodegradable and non-toxic.
It improves the air quality in urban areas.
It does not pollute water.
It reduces the production of waste.
The production of biodiesel creates new opportunities for sustainable rural development within the framework
of a farming policy more directed at the market, since it promotes the development of energy crops and the
creation of farming industries, helping maintain employment and income standards in the rural world.
DGS
DGS or Distillers Grains Solubles is the co-product resulting from obtaining bioethanol by converting cereals
starch through fermentation into bioethanol and its subsequent extraction through distillation. The
abovementioned co-product is a source of vegetable protein, energy, fiber and vitamins, used as animal feed.
Aware of its implications, the DGS undergoes strict quality controls that guarantee both its nutritional properties
and those derived from enforcing current Food Safety legislation. As a result of this, Bureau Veritas certified
DGS against an internal reference, covering all food quality and safety requirements in force in Europe. Work is
also being conducted to obtain a European specification for the product.
DGS - Distillers Grains with Solubles
Sugar
Abengoa Bioenergia Brasil obtains sugar from sugar cane grinding.
Liquid is separated from bagasse during grinding. This sugar cane juice undergoes necessary filtration and
chemical processes to neutralize its pH. The product in its solid state (crystal sugar) is obtained through
distillation and subsequent centrifugation.
Currently, Abengoa Bioenergy Brazil has an estimated 645,000 t of crystal sugar production destined to export
and trade in the domestic market.
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Our Products
Electricity and CO2
The configuration of some process plants includes cogeneration units that make them self-sufficient in terms of
electricity, and allow them to export any surplus. This is the case with the plants located in Spain, which have a
total installed power of 70MW. Electricity is generated through a natural gas turbine. In Spain, this electricity
replaces marginally the electric power produced in coal and fuel plants, which, according to the values obtained
through the Ciemat ACV calculation method, which basically translates into 350,000 t CO2 emissions annual
savings (according to data from the Joint Research Centre-Eucar-Concawe, JEC 2007).
A similar situation occurs in the Netherlands. Likewise, in the facilities located in Abengoa Bioenergía Brasil
electricity is generated from the combustion of the sugarcane “bagasse”, obtained after the milling process. It is
fed to the burners which generate steam for its use in the production process and in generating electricity.
The operations of two cogeneration projects fed with "bagasse"have started, with 70 MW of capacity each
possibly increasing one of them up to 140 MW. In this case, the emissions associated with combustion will be
non-existent because the CO2 emitted is the same amount captured during the sugarcane plant growth,
obtaining clean and renewable energy.
The production of bioethanol obtained through fermentation involves CO 2 emissions. Globally, this CO2 is rated
as zero because it will be in turn absorbed by the vegetable plant for its growth. Therefore, any use or collection
of this CO2 involves a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and so it helps reduce global warming.
Currently CO2 is supplied to gas companies. In the United States CO2 is captured from production operations at
two Abengoa Bioenergy facilities located in York, Nebraska, and Colwich, Kansas, and sold to third parties who
further process the gas and sell it for use in the beverage and flash freezing industry. For the project in The
Netherlands, studies have been carried out for the possibility of supplying all the CO 2 production to greenhouses.
In the US the company will be part of PCOR, Plains CO2 Reduction, an organization led by the North Dakota
University, focused on the search and development of solutions to capture CO 2 on an industrial scale.
New Technologies
Abengoa Bioenergía has the aim to develop innovative technological solutions through ongoing investment in
R&D, seeking more efficient production processes and animal feed co-products, unique and with high value to
be recognized as world leaders in the production of biofuels and the development of innovative technological
solutions that contribute to sustainability of the transport sector and in manufacturing biochemical products.
Therefore, our R&D activities are included in technological lines that cover the fundamental aspects to achieve
the development of new ways of producing biofuels and bioproducts, for which purpose we have teams of
engineers and technologists highly specialized in process development and biochemistry with the capacity to
improve enzyme producing organisms and optimizing fermentation processes.
Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies, the company through which Abengoa Bioenergía manages its R&D
activities, has a series of technologies on which it focuses all its effort and which give rise to products in different
areas that can be used by the company or licensed to third parties:
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Enzymatic hydrolysis
The technology of enzymatic hydrolysis is one of the basic lines on which Abengoa Bioenergía is focusing its
technological development efforts in order to diversify the raw materials that biofuels and bioproducts can be
produced with. The main objective sought is to be able to produce bioethanol from lignocellulosic raw material,
essentially straw from different cereals and herbaceous crops.
As a result of the effort made, we have our own second-generation alcohol producing technology which has
been developed on a pilot scale in York (Nebraska, US) and demonstrated in our BCyL plant (Salamanca, Spain),
where we have the largest demonstration facilities in existence in the world to produce this type of secondgeneration biofuel.
BCyL demonstration plant has operated over 4,000 hours continuously, achieving conversion yields above those
of the design and showing its flexibility for using different biomasses.
The company is currently developing the Hugoton project, (Kansas, US) where a first commercial plant is going
to be built to produce 100 million liters per year of bioethanol from corn sugar and switchgrass (secondgeneration bioethanol). These facilities will undoubtedly be a global milestone and Abengoa Bioenergía will
have, thanks to this effort, a unique technology that will be internationally operated and licensed to third parties
to contribute to sustainability of the transport sector.
Gasification and Catalysis
This is the second route on which Abengoa Bioenergía focuses its efforts to develop a technology to produce
biofuels from lignocellulosic raw material, and for this purpose we are working on the development of catalysts
and synthesis systems capable of producing bioethanol and other alcohols from a gas obtained via biomass
gasification.
As a result of our effort we have patented five catalysts with conversions and selectivities superior to any others
patented to date, catalysts that are being tested in a bench plant designed and built in collaboration with the
University of Seville and which have demonstrated their operating capacity by working continuously. We also
have a well-defined and evaluated design process, which is the basis for our subsequent developments.
Enzymes
Abengoa Bioenergía has a license from Dyadic for the use and modification of an organism that produces
enzymes necessary for conversion of cellulose in sugars and which, therefore, control a critical and necessary
step in enzymatic hydrolysis technology.
Abengoa Bioenergía has a highly qualified team of engineers, chemist and biochemists who are working on the
development of this technology tackling both the aspects regarding adaptation of the organism to the
production of the optimum enzymatic cocktail and the necessary fermentation process in order to be able to
obtain it industrially. The pilot facilities of York and BCyL demonstration plant are critical for the development of
enzymes and allow Abengoa Bioenergía to have a test base unique on a global level.
With this technology, Abengoa Bioenergía has a product necessary for enzymatic hydrolysis technology and
which will be used both in its facilities and in plants belonging to third parties that use this process for
bioethanol.
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Bioproducts
Abengoa Bioenergía has a unique platform to produce sugar in its current facilities and in the second-generation
facilities it is promoting. Bioproduct production both via fermentation and catalysis is one of the objectives of
this development program that will enable obtaining much greater added value from our plants and having
products that should, in the coming years, replace a large part of the oil derivatives in a sustainable manner.
Our R&D capacities, both in the process area and biochemistry area, have demonstrated their capacity for
developing new technologies and represent a solid base for the success of this program.
Algae
In 2009, Abengoa Bioenergía started the development of its algae program and within this effort a pilot plant is
being built in Cartagena where we will test various process configurations and it will be critical for the
applicability of this technology for CO2 capture of fermentation which is generated in bioethanol production,
allowing additional savings of greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector.
Sustainability
Abengoa Bioenergía is developing specific technological solutions to trace our product, from raw material to
final user, allowing its labeling, the assessment and verification of its environmental benefits and guaranteeing
the global sustainability of its production. This effort has been embodied in a complete management system that
is in use within the company and can be licensed to third parties.
This entire system is being incorporated in a unique information platform that includes the raw material
management applications, productions, calculations of life cycle analysis, GIS-based systems, process data, ...
and which allows us to have a product applicable to management of sustainability of highly varied processed,
being especially interesting for biofuels.
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Our Activities
Our Activities
Our Activities
Nuestras Actividades
· Raw Materials Origination
· Production
· Bioethanol Origination
· Bioethanol, DGS, and Sugar Trading
· New Technologies
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· Guaranty of our Activities
Our Activities
Introduction
Abengoa Bioenergy is a benchmark company in the development of new technologies geared towards the
production of biofuels and the sustainability of raw materials, channeling to such end a tremendous amount of
resources into research. The presence of a trading division means that the company is also a service provider
capable of offering global solutions, with impressive capacity for marketing and managing commodities, reliably
backed by its global production and raw material procurement capacities and highly efficient operations –
cornerstones that afford reliability and critical mass, which are key to optimum business development.
The combination of international trading and cellulosic bioethanol technology capacities of Abengoa Bioenergía,
along with the agricultural, productive and local trading capacities gives rise to very important synergies that will
make it possible to achieve significant growths in the bioethanol global market and have the technology that will
enable obtaining lower costs per liter of ethanol.
Abengoa Bioenergy contributes to sustainable development by marketing fuel compounds obtained from
renewable sources (biofuels) through the use of environmentally-friendly technologies that help bring about a net
reduction in polluting emissions, for use in both public transportation and private vehicles.
The company develops innovative technological solutions through continuous R&D investment. These solutions
are put into practice in production processes, allowing the company to enjoy the same production costs as for
conventional fossil fuels, while affording our DGS coproduct a distinct competitive edge.
Abengoa Bioenergy honors its commitment to creating value for shareholders and contributes to the personal
and professional development of its employees through continuous training and by setting up and overseeing
individualized plans.
Abengoa Bioenergy creates new opportunities for sustainable rural development by providing incentives for
energy crops and the creation of farming industries, thus helping to maintain employment and income levels in
rural areas.
Bioethanol and biodiesel are renewable and clean energy sources which, for some time now, have proved to be a
reliable and effective replacement for gasoline and diesel fuel in vehicle engines, while also helping to diversify
and improve the security of the energy supply. Their use, either in a pure state or blended with fossil fuels,
reduces CO2 emissions, slows down climate change, and reduces the emission of polluting agents into the
environment.
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The business unit covers the management of the following companies:
Spain
Abengoa Bioenergía, S.A.
Abengoa Bioenergía Inversiones, S.A.
Abengoa Bioenergía Nuevas Tecnologías, S.A.
Abengoa Bioenergía San Roque, S.A.
Biocarburantes de Castilla y León, S.A.
Bioetanol Galicia Novas Tecnoloxias, S.A.
Bioetanol Galicia, S.A.
Ecoagrícola, S.A.
Ecocarburantes Españoles, S.A.
Europe
AB Bioenergy Hannover GmbH
Abengoa Bioenergy France, S.A.
Abengoa Bioenergy Germany GmbH
Abengoa Bioenergy Netherlands, B.V.
Abengoa Bioenergy Trading Europe, B.V.
Abengoa Bioenergy UK, Ltd
ASA Bioenergy Holding A,G
United States
Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation
ABC Issuing Company, Inc.
Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy Engineering & Construction, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy Funding, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy Hybrid of Kansas, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy Maple, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy Meramec Renewable, Inc.
Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies, Inc.
Abengoa Bioenergy of Illinois, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy of Indiana, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy of Kansas, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy of Nebraska, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy Operations, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy Outsourcing, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy Renewable Power US, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy Technology Holding, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy Trading U.S., LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy U.S. Holding, Inc.
Brasil
Abengoa Bioenergia Brasil S.A.
Abengoa Bioenergia Agroindústria Ltda.
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The company’s activities can be grouped in 5 major areas:
Grain Procurement
Bioethanol Origination
Production
Bioethanol, DGS, and sugar Trading
New Technologies
Grain Procurement
A key element in the good results of the activities developed by the Bioenergy business group is the acquisition of
cereal grain as raw material.
Currently, the most important grain cereal for the production of bioethanol in Abengoa Bioenergy’s plants are
wheat, barley, corn and sorghum, not only for the alcohol yield, but also for their great proteic proportion, highly
valued in the feedstock sector (DGS). As for biodiesel production, the most used oils are soy and palm.
Throughout its brief history, Abengoa Bioenergy has managed to acquire great experience, both in important
purchases of grain in the market, and in the making of contracts directly with farmers, thus ensuring that the
group’s plants have the amount of cereals they need. Similarly, the company’s experts have great knowledge of
the applicable regulations to operate in the European Union and within the American Government.
In Abengoa Bioenergy Brazil the company grows sugarcane while maintaining sustainable rural development
methods, biodiversity, and regional economic growth. Through the subsidiary company Abengoa Bioenergy
Agricola, production plants supply is assured, both establishing contracts with land owners, carrying out the
necessary tasks for a combined use of the land, and with farmers, providing the necessary resources and advice
for best performance.
Bioethanol Origination
In addition to Abengoa Bioenergy’s own bioethanol production capacity, which is marketed by the trading
subsidiaries, bioethanol origination from third party producers is also a large part of the business, adding the
additional capacity to a common pool, which allows for a greater flexibility and competitiveness towards the
clients portfolio.
Production
Bioethanol, is produced in plants in Europe and the US, and more recently in Brazil. Bioethanol is obtained from
cereal grain, through chemical processes and treatment, to produce either ETBE (a component of all types of
gasoline), or for direct blending with gasoline, obtaining biofuels, mainly e85 (a mixture of 15% gasoline and
85% bioethanol), but also as e10 (90% gasoline and 10% bioethanol). The DGS co-product is obtained during
the bioethanol production process. This is a compound with a high protein content resulting from the extraction
of the starch in cereals, and it is ideal for the production of animal feed.
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The production of bioethanol from sugar cane also returns sugar as a co-product. This sugar is processed to make
it suitable for human consumption, and for further use in producing other food products.
Currently, Abengoa Bioenergy owes 14 bioethanol and DGS producing plants distributed throughout Europe,
the United States, and Brazil, which provide a total installed production capacity of 820 Mgal per year,
approximately. Additionally, the company also has two plants under construction or in project, in Europe and the
US.
Bioethanol, DGS, and Sugar Trading
Abengoa Bioenergy has established offices in key places for global bioethanol trading, in Rotterdam, The
Netherlands, with immediate access to Europoort and exports; in St. Louis, USA, in the heart of the main cereal
production and cattle breeding area in the country; and in São Paulo, Brazil, the birthplace of the bioethanolfrom-sugarcane production. From all these Abengoa Bioenergy meets the demand for bioethanol, DGS, and
sugar from European, American, and Brazilian markets.
Market fluctuations, political conditions in the different geographical areas and other factors affecting
company’s activities, both in terms of acquisition of raw materials, and in production of marketed products, are
carefully analyzed from the global point of view, in order to obtain a better vision of global markets. Meticulous
analysis and risk management yield a greater performance of the production processes, always within the scope
of sustainable development, respecting the environment, human rights and the community, as one of its
principles. Abengoa Bioenergy offers its clients the option of selecting the solution that best meets their needs,
providing the necessary reliability and flexibility in the different bioethanol supplies carried out.
New Technologies
Abengoa Bioenergía aims to establish a leadership position in the Bioenergy industry and develop sustainable
solutions for the transport sector and biomass-derived bioproducts.
Our activities are focused on developing biofuel production technologies from lignocellulosic biomass, especially
bioethanol via enzymatic hydrolysis and gasification and catalytic synthesis of alcohols in the production of high
added value bioproducts.
For this purpose, we have pilot facilities (0.11 million galons per year capacity) in York (Nebraska, US), and
demonstration facilities (1.32 million galons per year capacity) in BCyL (Salamanca, Spain), biochemistry
laboratories in BCyL and Seville, and a laboratory with bench scale plants in the University of Seville for testing
and improving catalysts.
Furthermore, we are developing the first commercial project for second-generation ethanol production in
Hugoton (Kansas, US), which will have a capacity of 26,455,000 galons per year and that has received
considerable support from the US Department of Energy for its development.
In Europe, our activities are supported by European Commission aid within the framework programs (Abengoa
Bioenergía Nuevas Tecnologías is the sixteenth company that has received most support in the 7th Framework
Program), from the Government of Spain in several programs and from different local organizations. This
support demonstrates the quality of the company’s R&D programs, since they must be assessed by third parties
and the results obtained are excellent.
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Main Achievements
This has been a year of consolidation and growth for Abengoa Bioenergy, in the US, Europe, and Brazil.
Contrary to expectations, due the the global crisis, which has influenced all company’s activities, 2010 has been
a year full of successes.
Europe
The most significant milestones achieved in Europe during 2010 have been:
Start-up of a plant at the Europoort in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, capable of producing 127 Mgal (480
ML) of bioethanol and 360,000 t of DGS per year.
Operaciones en la planta de biomasa de Babilafuente, Salamanca, permitiendo mejoras de procedimientos
de producción e identificación de nuevas enzimas.
Production of 210 Mgal of bioethanol.
Production of 600,000 t of DGS (corn, wheat and barley).
Purchases of 2,900 t of biomass (wheat straw) for the BCyL bioethanol plant.
Start-up of the grain intake system from the jetty, including the 600 m conveyor belt of Abengoa Bioenergy
Netherlands in Europoort.
Promotion and expansion of the networks of direct blending biofuels (e5, e10 and e85) service stations,
with 30 supply points and 198,000 gallons distributed.
Modification of the loading bays in the CLH logistical system (dedicated to storage, transportation and
distribution of fuels) that makes it possible to make gasoline and bioethanol blends.
Sourcing of more than 40 Mgal of bioethanol from third parties.
Start-up of the Lignocellulosic Ethanol Demonstration (LED) project, funded by the European Commission
and developed by a consortium of five companies from four different countries headed by Abengoa
Bioenergy.
€13.6 M subsidy granted by the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation as part of the CENIT program
for the Sustainable Biorefinery Project.
Involvement in the incorporation of the new ePure European renewable ethanol association.
265 Mgal of bioethanol distributed in the European market, an increase of 21% compared to 2009.
Consolidation of the bioethanol exports pool, managing a volume of 142 Mgal, 43% above the volume of
the 2009 pool.
Implementation of procedures for the acquisition of raw material (cereals and vegetable oils) certified
according to the sustainability requirements established in the Renewable Energy Directive.
Supply of the first quantities of certified cereal to the bioethanol plants.
100% bioethanol deliveries providing the sustainability certification according to the proprietary system
developed by Abengoa Bioenergía as per the legal requirements in force and the contractual conditions of
our clients during 2010.
Staging of the IX World Biofuels Conference.
Abengoa Bioenergía San Roque secures ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification.
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United States
For Abengoa Bioenergía, this has been a year of consolidation and growth in the United States.
During 2010, the company reached the following achievements in the United States market:
Commissioning with total loading of a plant in Mount Vernon, Indiana, capable of producing 88 Mgal (335
Commissioning with total loading of a plant in Madison, Illinois, capable of producing 88 Mgal (335 ML) of
bioethanol and 230,000 t of DGS per year.
Lease of a new 2.6 Mgal (10 ML) capacity storage terminal in Houston by Abengoa Bioenergy Trading US.
Abengoa Bioenergy initiates ethanol and DGS export activity by barge along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Implementation of the STOP program, resulting in improvements to on-site work safety and staff
performance.
Southwestern Illinois award presented to Abengoa Bioenergy of Illinois.
Economic development award (EDIE) presented to Abengoa Bioenergy of Illinois.
Abengoa Bioenergy Operations receives the Chemical Safety Excellence Award for the second year running.
Finalización de la auditoría ISO inicial de las sociedades Abengoa Bioenergy of Illinois, Abengoa Bioenergy of
Indiana y Abengoa Bioenergy Trading US.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved 15% ethanol blends (E15)
Producción de 326 Mgal de bioetanol.
Producción y venta de 825,000 t de DGS.
Brazil
Commencement of operations of two cogeneration plants in Brazil, the São João and São Luiz plants, with a
total installed capacity of 140 MW.
Expansion of the production capacity of sugar and ethanol of the São João plant in Brazil in more than 50%.
Previously, ethanol production reached 13 Mgal per year and it currently exceeds 34 Mgal per year.
Incorporation of Abengoa Bioenergía Trading Brasil for the specific management of the marketing of
bioethanol and sugar produced in Brazil.
Production of 41 Mgal of bioethanol.
Production and sale of 352,000 t of sugar.
Organization of the first Environment Week (in Spanish, SIMA) in Brazil.
2010 Operating Results
bioethanol
Mgal
biodiesel
Mgal
Europe
209
44
United States
325
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41
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Brazil
Total
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t
sugar
t
glycerine
t
electricity
MWh
606.520
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18.287
707.650
825.716
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352.037
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1.432.236
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Production Europe
Abengoa Bioenergy is the European leader in the production of bioethanol as a biofuel, and it currently operates
three plants in Spain: Ecocarburantes Españoles, in Cartagena (Murcia); Bioetanol Galicia, in Teixeiro (La Coruña);
and Biocarburantes Castilla y León (Babilafuente), with a total installed capacity of 40, 52 and 53 Mgal a year,
respectively. Furthermore it currently operates a plant of biodiesel, Abengoa Bioenergía San Roque, with an anual
installed capacity of 200,000 t.
Additionally, Abengoa Bioenergy, through Abengoa Bioenergy France, has consolidated its operations in its
fourth plant in Europe, with a production capacity of 65 Mgal a year.
Abengoa Bioenergy Netherlands has started up its plant at the Europoort, Rotterdam, Europe’s largest bioethanol
plant and one of the largest in the world, with a projected annual grain-to-bioethanol production capacity of 127
Mgal (480 ML). Apart from bioethanol, the Europoort plant has an annual DGS (distiller’s grains and solubles)
and high-quality CO2 production capacity of 360,000 t and 300,000 t, respectively. The CO2 is transported
through pipelines to the various greenhouses in the region and is used to help grow crops, thus reducing reliance
on natural gas, enhancing sustainability and cutting total GHG emissions.
The facility also features a grain loading system, which includes a 600 m conveyor belt to transport the grain
from the jetty to the plant. This system allows the company to unload small vessels, ranging from 1,000 t, to
600,000 t Panamax-type ships. ABN has a capacity of over 55,000 t at its own grain silos, enabling it to store a
grand total of 1.2 Mt of grain per year.
Additionaly, throughout 2010, Abengoa Bioenergía has managed the operation of the second generation
bioethanol plant, in Babilafuente, Salamanca, capable of producing 1.3 Mgal (5 ML) of bioethanol a year from
biomass. It is the world’s first plant to utilize this kind of technology on such a scale.
From the operation of said plant throughout 2010, results are being obtained that will serve for the testing of
commercial and proprietary enzymes and improve the operating procedures. The plant has been in operation for
2,900 hours and the conversion yield reached exceeds that modeled in the commercial plant over the theoretical.
Main Achievements
In addition to marketing bioethanol, Abengoa Bioenergy continued work over 2010 on a bioethanol supply
network in Europe, primarily in Spain and Germany, with over 30 directly supplied points in each country. This
network is key to expanding the reach of bioethanol, and although the project is still in its early stages, it
promises to become an undisputed reality within the next few years, capable of supplying biofuels to consumers
across Europe.
Abengoa Bioenergy secured a €13.6 M subsidy for its Sustainable Biorefinery Project from the Spanish Ministry
for Science and Innovation as part of the CENIT program. The BioSos project aims to tackle the entire biomass
value chain, ranging from generation of the initial resource to final market-ready products, with special attention
paid to production, primary transformations into intermediate products and transformation of these intermediate
products into final market-ready products. It also attaches particular importance to developing studies and
honing the tools needed to ensure the sustainability of the developed solutions.
March 2010 witnessed the start of the Lignocellulosic Ethanol Demonstration (LED) project, funded by the
European Commission within the context of the Seventh Framework Program. The project is being developed by
a consortium of five companies from four different countries and has Abengoa Bioenergy at the helm.
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It not only envisages the design and construction of a biorefinery to produce second generation bioethanol from
cereal straw, but also the use of such fuel in public vehicle fleets and use of the lignin contained in the raw
material to produce high value added products. The project marks an important step forward in terms of the
technology required to market and sell second generation bioethanol successfully.
Furthermore, Abengoa Bioenergy is one of the chosen members of the first Executive Committee of ePure
launched in November 2010. ePure is the association of European renewable ethanol producers and is essentially
a fusion of two former European bioethanol associations, namely UEPA and eBIO. As with eBIO, ePURE is an
industrial association run by bioethanol producers, but while eBIO focused solely on bioethanol as a biofuel, the
work of ePure, and UEPA for that matter, extends to all bioethanol uses, including not only biofuels, but also
beverages and industrial applications.
Abengoa Bioenergía has developed the sustainability certification standard known as RED Bioenergy Sustainability
Assurance Scheme that establishes requirements for compliance with the Renewable Energy Directive
2009/28/EC (RED) throughout the whole supply chain, from agricultural production to the end consumer, with a
global geographic scope.
The RBSA standard is currently under approval phase by the European Commission, becoming an ideal tool to
put into practice the initiatives that Abengoa Bioenergía has been encouraging during recent years in the
sustainability scope.
In May 2010, the IX World Biofuels Conference was held in Seville, bringing together representatives from the
main biofuel producer associations in the United States, Brazil and the European Union. The conference tackled
numerous pressing issues, with highlights including the sustainability of biofuel life cycles and the associated raw
material procurement process, along with the necessary verification mechanisms for ensuring this sustainability;
the globalization of biofuel markets; raw materials and the current state of existing conversion technologies to
bring second generation biofuels further into the fold.
Over 2010, Abengoa Bioenergía San Roque was awarded the corresponding ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS
18001 standards of quality following implementation of its Integrated Management System (IMS). The company
has therefore reiterated its commitment to quality, the environment and occupational risk prevention. The
existence of these certificates not only heightens customer loyalty, but also the loyalty and trust of its employees,
thereby improving the working environment and speeding up the flow of information and decision-making
throughout all levels of the organization, part of the company’s move towards continuous and sustainable
improvement of its processes.
Industry
During last year, in domestic and international marketing activities and due to the experience gained in the
business, Abengoa Bioenergy has managed to consolidate its position as one of the main bioethanol managers
and suppliers on the whole continent of Europe. The company has managed to successfully distribute over
258 Mgal.
Most bioethanol is produced in four plants in Spain and France, but additionally over 43 Mgal are obtained from
third party suppliers, which increase procurement capacity, business control at continental level, and a clear
international projection in terms of the company’s potential.
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In addition to bioethanol marketing, in 2010 work has been done to develop a e85 supply network (bioethanol
85% - gasoline 15%) in Europe. This network is a key element in the expansion of bioethanol and, although it is
still in its initial stages, it promises to become in the next few years a de facto reality which will provide
consumers with biofuels throughout Spain and Europe.
Legislative Advances
On June 25, 2009, two new European laws came into effect to consolidate and stimulate the biofuels market for
the next decade. The Renewable Energy Directive (2008/28/EC) requires that by the year 2020 at least 10% of
transport fuel in all countries of the European Union be made from renewable energy. This would be equivalent
to a volume between 30 and 35 million tons of oil per year (or 50 million tones of ethanol). This obligation is
backed up by a requirement for national indicative targets that progressively increase renewable transport fuel
consumption from today’s level to at least 10% more.
The member states have presented their National Action Plans for Renewable Energies to the EC during 2010,
where detailed provisions are included - year, type and consumption of renewable energy - to show how each
Member State will achieve its binding objective in 2010 – at least 10% - of renewable energy quota in the final
energy consumption in the transportation sector; the estimates included in these Plans foresee that the
bioethanol demand in the EU will develop from 2,700 ktep in 2010 to almost 6,500 ktep in 2020. The standard
includes a special incentive for the lignocellulosic ethanol, by allowing the volume consumption to count double
in achieving this objective.
Also by 2020, 20% of all the energy consumed in the European Union has to be supplied from renewable
sources. This colossal demand for green energy will also be supplied by renewable electricity and renewable
heating and cooling. However, the law offers the prospect that biofuel demand will be significantly higher than
that minimum 10% of transportation fuels.
The revision of the Directive on Fuel Quality (2009/30/EC) includes a further incentive to consume biofuels by
introducing a mandatory reduction of 6% in the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in gasoline and diesel life
cycles between 2011 and 2020.
In order to meet this mandatory demand expansion, by the end of 2010 the 5% maximum limit is to be doubled
to 10% throughout the Union. In addition, this legislation includes a special exemption that allows the increased
volatility of gasoline when it is blended with small concentrations of ethanol. This exemption will significantly
lower the costs of producing ethanol and gasoline blends, without affecting vehicle performance or safety at any
time. Another feature of the new legislation is that, from 2010, a certification system will come into operation
guaranteeing the sustainability of the biofuels sold in the European markets. These certificates will incorporate a
series of strict social and environmental criteria that biofuels must comply with, including a minimum 35%
saving of greenhouse gases compared to the average gasoline and diesel emissions. Abengoa Bioenergía has
been preparing assiduously to ensure that it complies with these sustainability certificates, as soon they are rolled
out.
Combined, these two directives ensure the future of the current biofuel production plants and those under
construction in Europe. At the same time, they provide a long-term growth path for the biofuel industry with the
existing commercial technology. Likewise, they provide special incentives and support for the development of the
next generation of lignocellulose technology. Summing up, they assume the market platform and the vision for
the next decade that the industry has been expecting.
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Production Plants
Ecocarburantes Españoles
Owned by Abengoa Bioenergy (95 %) and IDAE (5 %).
Annual installed bioethanol capacity of 40 Mgal (150 ML).
Annual DGS production capacity of 110,000 t.
Annual electricity production capacity of 135,000 MWh.
Annual grain consumption of 300,000 t.
The company Ecocarburantes Españoles SA owns a bioethanol production plant in Valle de Escombreras in
Cartagena, Spain. Abengoa Bioenergía SA owns 95 % of the company, while IDEA, the Spanish Institute for
Energy Diversification and Savings, owns the remaining 5 %.
Part of the CO2 produced during the grain-to-ethanol transformation process is sold to facilities close to the
plant, thereby eliminating the need for these companies to produce their own additional CO2 and, therefore,
making the bioethanol production process even more efficient and curbing carbon dioxide emissions into the
atmosphere.
Similarly, electricity is generated during the production process, which provides power for the entire plant, with
the surplus fed to the national power grid. The plant employs currently 79 professionals.
Bioetanol Galicia
Owned by Abengoa Bioenergy (90 %) and Xes Galicia (10
%).
Annual installed bioethanol capacity of 52 Mgal (196 ML).
Annual electrical power production capacity of
165,000 MWh.
Estimated annual consumption of wine and sundry
alcohol of roughly, 13 Mgal.
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The plant, which is owned by Bioetanol Galicia SA, is currently in operation in Teixeiro (A Coruña) and boasts a
yearly bioethanol production capacity of 52 Mgal (196 ML). The company is 90 % owned by Abengoa Bioenergy
and 10 % by Xes Galicia. The plant employs currently 82 professionals.
The surplus electricity generated during the bioethanol production process, which greatly outstrips actual plant
consumption, is fed to the national power grid and accounts for part of the profits from the process.
Biocarburantes de Castilla y León
Fully owned by Abengoa Bioenergy.
Annual installed bioethanol capacity of 53 Mgal
(200 ML).
140,000 MWh.
alcohol of roughly 7 Mgal.
The plant, owned by the company Biocombustibles de Castilla y Leon SA, is located in Babilafuente, Salamanca,
and has a yearly production capacity of 53 Mgal (200 ML). In September 2009, Abengoa Bioenergy acquired the
remaining 50 % of the company Biocarburantes de Castilla y León, previously owned by Ebro Puleva.
As with the other Spanish plants and in accordance with applicable law, plant-generated electricity that is not
employed in bioethanol production is fed to the power grid. The plant employs currently 110 professionals.
Abengoa Bioenergy France
Owned by Abengoa Bioenergy (69 %) and Oceol
(31 %).
Final installed bioethanol capacity of 66 Mgal (250 ML)
per year.
Annual DGS production of approximately 145,000 t.
Estimated annual grain (corn) consumption of roughly
500,000 t.
alcohol of approximately 13 Mgal (50 ML).
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Abengoa Bioenergy France owns Abengoa Bioenergy’s fourth ethanol production plant in Europe (the first
outside Spain). It is 69 % owned by Abengoa Bioenergy and 31 % owned by Oceol, an association of the
region’s main agricultural cooperatives and industries.
This plant employs corn and low-quality vegetable alcohols as raw materials and is located at the Petrochemical
Platform at Lacq, Pyrénées-Atlantiques (France). Projected total annual bioethanol production capacity amounts
to 66 Mgal (250 ML), broken down into 53 Mgal (200 ML) using corn as the raw material, and 13 Mgal (50 ML)
produced from the distillation of lower-quality vegetable alcohols. The plant employs currently 73 professionals.
Abengoa Bioenergy Netherlands
Annual bioethanol production capacity of 127
Mgal (480 ML).
400,000 MWh.
Annual grain consumption of 1.2 Mt.
Abengoa Bioenergy Netherlands is the owner company of the fifth plant of Abengoa Bioenergía in Europe for
the production of ethanol, with a 100% stake in Abengoa Bioenergía, S.A. This plant started operations in the
second quarter of 2010 reaching the nominal operating regime throughout the third quarter of this same year.
The total annual production capacity is of 480 ML (127 Mgal)and it has 84 highly qualified employees.
Planta de Biomasa
Annual bioethanol production capacity of 1.3 Mgal
(5 ML).
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Managed by Abengoa Bioenergía Nuevas Tecnologías, the purpose of the plant is to produce biofuels from
lignocellulosic biomass. It is the first plant in the world to operate this kind of technology for commercial ends.
The plant is located within the Biocombustibles de Castilla y Leon plant, meaning that both facilities share
common services and process chains. The plant is currently operating continuously, using wheat straw as its raw
material. The ethanol it produces is distilled to 42 % and then concentrated and dehydrated.
The facility is being used to improve the design of commercial plants to be constructed in years to come, gauge
operational costs, identify bottlenecks and streamline operations.
Abengoa Bioenergía San Roque
Annual biodiesel production capacity of 59 Mgal
(225 ML).
Annual crude glycerin production capacity of 18,500 t.
Estimated annual vegetable oil consumption of
205,000 t.
Abengoa Bioenergy’s San Roque plant is located on a site annexed to the Gibraltar Refinery on the Palmones de
San Roque industrial estate (Cadiz, Spain). It was started up in February 2009 and started supplying the refinery
in March.
It has been designed to operate with different kinds of vegetable oil - soybean, rapeseed and palm - and does
not therefore depend on just one supply source. The plant produces 205,000 t of biodiesel, which is utilized in 5
% blends with diesel at the Cepsa refinery. The plant also produces 18,500 t of glycerin with 85 % purity. The
plant provides direct employment to 55 highly qualified workers.
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Production United States
Abengoa Bioenergy is one of the largest bioethanol producers in the United States. The company currently has
an installed annual production capacity of approximately 370 Mgal, at six plants in Nebraska, Kansas, New
Mexico, Indiana and Illinois. Abengoa Bioenergy is similarly one of the largest traders of ethanol and DGS for
animal feed and its customer base includes the likes of Shell, Exxon-Mobil, Total, Valero and BP. Most of the
ethanol is marketed in the form of e10, although sales in e85 have been increasing steadily and growth is
expected through the e15 after its recent approval by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). During 2010,
the commissioning and operation of the Madison, Illinois and Mt. Vernon, Indiana plants became consolidated
as well as plants with a similar capacity and technology to that of Ravenna, Nebraska of 90 Mgal per year
respectively. With the two new plants, the potential and capacity of response upon demand consolidates.
The group’s three longest standing plants continue to operate under the control of Abengoa Bioenergy
Corporation in Colwich, Kansas; in Portales, New Mexico; and in York, Nebraska. However, different companies
have been incorporated for new projects, including the new plants in Indiana and Illinois, the now operational
plant in Ravenna, Nebraska, and the future commercial biomass plant in Hugoton, Kansas. Similarly, separate
companies have been created for marketing and new technologies.
The company strives to implement the best practices in order to streamline all its processes, improve
performance and minimize risk within the production, marketing and R&D areas. Illustrating the success in this
field is the official recognition that the different North American group companies received in 2010.
Main Achievements
The Indiana bioethanol plant has already entered into operation. The plant is located near to Evansville, Indiana,
in the so-called Corn Belt and next to the Ohio River, one of the country’s main river routes. The bioethanol and
DGS produced on-site can be transported by truck, train or boat to supply the markets on the eastern side of the
United States, or exported to other markets. The plant currently employs 56 workers and produces 90 Mgal (341
The Abengoa Bioenergy Illinois plant in Madison is sited next to the Mississippi River, one of the main
communication and transport arteries running through the US Midwest. The plant was brought online at the
start of the year. The facility gets through 825,000 t of cereal grain per year as raw material and produces 90
Mgal (341 ML) of bioethanol and also 230,000 t of highly durable DGS, thanks to its cutting-edge pelletizing
systems. It currently employs 55 permanent workers.
Abengoa Bioenergy Trading US has leased a new storage terminal with an approximate capacity of 2.6 Mgal (10
ML). Located on the Houston Ship Channel, the terminal allows for loading and unloading to or from train,
truck, barge and ship, while also providing direct access to international waters, thus opening up imports and
exports to and from the United States. It also complements the company’s bioenergy hubs in two other major
international ports, namely Rotterdam in Europe and Santos in Brazil.
The year 2010 also saw Abengoa Bioenergy start up maritime exports of bioethanol. Additionally, the company
has initiated DGS export activity by barge along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, both in pellets and in DGS. In this
sense, Abengoa Bioenergy Trading has positioned itself with specific strategic terminals in different areas of the
United States among which the terminal of the Gulf of Mexico needs to be highlighted.
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CSX Transportation, one of the leading US transportation firms, providing rail and intermodal services for the
transportation of goods, awarded the company Abengoa Bioenergy Operations the annual Chemical Safety
Excellence award for its operating facilities, an accolade that reflects the company’s commitment to maintaining
and promoting the safety of motor vehicles and its continuous safety processes when loading tank cars.
The US Environmental Protection Agency has approved the possibilities of having gasoline and ethanol sales of up
to 15% for specific vehicles. This new authorization assumes a new important step in the reduction of oil
dependence and indirectly of a future possibility of an additional increase in demand of 7 billion gallons of
ethanol approximately.
The company has continued with the implementation of the STOP Safety Program in every plant, which has
contributed not only to an improvement in the work safety environment but also an improvement in plant
efficiency.
The “Salute to Southwestern Illinois” is given each year to individuals or organizations in Southwestern Illinois
that display outstanding leadership and achievement. Abengoa Bioenergy of Illinois was specifically recognized
as a leader in sustainable biofuels technology and production capacity and acknowledged for building its new
state of the art facility which provides jobs, and takes “one more significant step in our nation’s quest to achieve
energy independence while benefiting the environment”.
The EDIE award is given annually in various categories for significant economic development projects completed
within the prior year, and Abengoa Bioenergy of Illinois was chosen to be the award recipient in the “Energy”
category. The company was specifically recognized for significant capital investment in a project that creates new
jobs and boosts the state economy.
All the plants of Abengoa Bioenergy in North America, save for the new facilities in Indiana and Illinois, which are
currently undergoing official certification processes, have integrated OHSAS with ISO 9001:2000, 14001:2004
and 18001:2001 standards, reflecting the unflinching commitment of Abengoa Bioenergy Operations to quality,
safety and the environment. This set of rules is a verifiable health and safety system and was sought to reflect the
company’s desire to have a standardized occupational health and safety system in place that can be used for the
purposes of certification and registration. With the initial audits now finished, the companies operating the plants
in Indiana and Illinois and the trading company have now met the necessary requirements to secure ISO 9001,
ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification. All US plants are now registered under these standards.
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Legislative Advances
2010 U.S. Legislative and Regulatory Actions
The 2010 U.S. congressional elections are expected to result in a loss of several Democratic seats to Republican
control. While this is not unusual in a mid-term election immediately following a strong shift of power from a
previous election, this will result in a more narrow majority to whichever party ends up in control of either house
of Congress. Regardless of whether the Democrats retain control of both houses with a smaller margin, or if
Republicans take the majority of seats in one or both houses, the ability of Congress as a whole to pass
legislation will be affected, and it is generally agreed that complex initiatives that could impact the biofuels
industry, such as climate change or energy legislation, will be more difficult to complete.
Federal Legislation
Economic Stimulus
The Economic Stimulus legislation that was passed by Congress in early 2009 is still being implemented. While it
does contain provisions potentially supportive of biofuels development (such as loans and grants for rural
businesses through the Business and Industry loan guarantee program; loan guarantees for commercial
renewable energy systems both for renewable electric power generation and for biofuels used as transportation
fuels; and specific funding for biomass programs related to renewable fuels), the implementation of these
provisions has been slower than many in the industry would have liked.
Climate Change:
Climate change legislation was a key topic of discussion for Congress during both 2009 and 2010. On June 27,
2009 the House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), which was their
version of a climate change bill. The overall goal of this legislation was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
(GHG) in the manufacturing and transportation fuels sectors by up to 20% over the next 10 years, and to
establish a cap and trade system for the regulation of these emissions. This legislation generally acknowledged
the environmental benefits of agriculture and ethanol specifically, and acknowledged that greenhouse gas
emissions from the combustion or fermentation of plant based feedstocks used to make ethanol would be
excluded from regulation under the cap and trade provisions of the bill on the theory that growing crops absorb
CO2 to offset the subsequent release of that same CO2.
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However, the Senate failed to pass any climate change or energy legislation during this congressional session,
even though several proposals were introduced. Since 2010 was the second year of this 111th Congress, all
unfinished legislation (including the House passed ACES) lapses and both houses will have to start from the
beginning to pass any legislation in the 112th Congress starting in January of 2011.
Regulaciones Administrativas
Renewable Fuel Standard Regulations:
Congress previously adopted an enhanced Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) as a part of the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007, requiring the increased use of ethanol (from 9 to 36 billion gallons per year) by 2022.
This legislation continues to be the main driver for growth of the ethanol industry, and regulations implementing
the RFS were finalized by the EPA and became effective effective July 1, 2010 after a record number of public
comments were received to draft rules published in 2009. Overall the law and the regulations as revised and
implemented are very favorable for the ethanol industry. Even though the required volumes for cellulosic ethanol
were reduced both for 2010 and prospectively for 2011 (due to lack of availability of adequate cellulosic ethanol
volumes), EPA has maintained the overall total volume requirement for the RFS for both years as scheduled in the
law itself. Significant changes made to the final rules that were beneficial to the ethanol industry (benefitting the
greenhouse gas lifecycle analysis, or LCA, for ethanol facilities) include:
Indirect land use change penalties (ILUC) were reduced significantly from the initially published draft rules.
This issue was perhaps the most controversial of the issues addressed because it is based upon uncertain and
disputed scientific theories. Even though direct land use effects (primarily from nitrogen fertilizer use) were
increased slightly, the net impact of the final rule is LCA improvement for all types of ethanol production.
Calculated benefit of DDG feed products for corn ethanol was improved, further improving LCA impact.
EPA has now agreed to allow plants to do individual LCA analysis rather than category analysis only as
proposed in draft rule, so plants with unique structures, and those willing to invest capital in greenhouse
reduction technologies, can benefit.
Assumption that if crop acres stay constant all corn will come from existing cropland so source records for
individual bushels of grain do not have to be tracked.
The net result is that EPA’s calculations contained in the final rules now show that on average, ethanol produced
from grain starch (such as corn) will meet the 20% LCA reduction compared to baseline gasoline to qualify as a
conventional Renewable Biofuels under the RFS, and that sugarcane ethanol will easily meet the 50% reduction
requirements for “Advanced Biofuel” status. It is also important to note that virtually all ethanol plants in
operation during 2009, as well as Abengoa Bioenergy’s two new facilities recently completed in Indiana and
Illinois, will be exempt from this requirement, and will automatically qualify for the benefits of the RFS as
conventional Renewable Biofuels.
e10 Waiver Request:
Another regulatory issue important to the ethanol industry is the request pending before the EPA to grant a
waiver allowing the use of higher ethanol blends. On March 6, 2009 several ethanol groups filed a formal 211(f)
waiver request with EPA to allow increased ethanol blends in gasoline “up to e15”. This is important because
the only ethanol blends currently certified for use as transportation fuels are e10 (10% ethanol blended with
90% gasoline) and e85 (85% ethanol blended with 15% gasoline). Since e85 is only certified for use in specially
produced Flex Fuel Vehicles (FFVs), as the total ethanol consumption in the U.S. approaches this 10% level,
additional volumes can only be sold as e85 until some other interim blend greater than 10% is certified. EPA
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delayed its ruling well beyond the 270 days provided by law in order to conduct additional studies and obtain
data on the potential impact of e15 use in the existing vehicle fleet. Significant testing has been completed, and
although some testing is still being performed, testing completed to date indicates that there are no significant
changes in emissions, catalyst and exhaust temperatures, materials compatibility and overall performance when
increasing blends from e10 through e15 and up to e20. In October of 2010, EPA granted the waiver allowing
the use of ethanol blends up to 15% (e15) in the existing vehicle fleet for model years 2007 and newer (about
30% of the fleet). EPA has indicated that when remaining ongoing tests are completed in November they will
make a further announcement, which is expected to allow e15 use in model year 2001 and newer vehicles
(approximately 66% of the existing US vehicle fleet). This action is a first step in significantly expanding ethanol
markets within the Unites States.
Other EPA Regulatory Actions:
While Congress failed to pass climate change legislation to regulate GHG emissions, the EPA is moving forward
to further regulate GHG emissions independently of congressional legislation under regulatory authority granted
by the Clean Air Act of 1990. Steps announced by EPA during 2010 to accomplish this goal include:
On April 1, 2010 EPA announced that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from passenger vehicles and light
trucks will be restricted by about 5% each year beginning with 2012 model years.
On May 13, 2010 EPA issued its “tailoring rule” for GHG emissions. This rule requires any new (or expanded)
industrial facility emitting more than 75,000 tons per year of CO 2 to obtain construction and operating
permits that would require Best Available Control Technologies (BACT), and energy efficient measures to limit
GHG emissions. This would include ethanol production facilities.
Beginning January 1, 2011 facilities subject to New Source Review permits will be required to include GHG
emissions in their permits if they emit at least 75,000 tons of CO 2 per year.
On July 1, 2011 this requirement will extend to operating permits for new construction projects and existing
facilities that increase their emissions by 75,000 tons per year.
After excluding biogenic carbon emissions (both from combustion and fermentation) from GHG regulation in its
draft rules, it was surprising to most that EPA decided to include those emissions in their final rule, despite the
fact that most other countries consider such biogenic emissions to be net neutral for climate change purposes.
Since the carbon that is released has been removed from the atmosphere by the growing plants utilized in the
process, most of the world excludes those emissions from regulation and penalties under GHG emissions rules.
EPA has received numerous objections, and lawsuits have been filed by various business interests to prohibit EPA
from regulating carbon emissions in this manner. In response, EPA has asked for additional comment even
though the rule is technically final, and strong objections have been received. Many believe that EPA will
reconsider the application and implementation of this rule as a result of comments submitted.
State Legislation
The most important piece of state legislation for the ethanol industry is still the implementation by California of
its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Legislation. On April 23, 2009 California adopted its draft plan to reduce
emissions under a LCFS which is being implemented pursuant to a 2007 Executive Order and supporting state
legislation. The goal is to reduce emissions from California’s transportation fuels by at least 10% by 2020.
California, like the EPA in its proposed rules implementing the Federal RFS, has attributed to ethanol use an
impact factor for ILUC emissions. Although both California and the EPA acknowledge ethanol’s GHG emissions
to be significantly lower than gasoline when only direct factors are considered, the addition of ILUC emissions as
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improperly calculated by CARB, results in the conclusion that ethanol’s total GHG emissions are not significantly
better than gasoline, and in some specific cases could be worse.
The ethanol industry continues to negotiate with and offer technical support to California to establish that
California has improperly attributed these ILUC emissions to ethanol alone and that indirect effects are not
calculated or attributed to gasoline or any other fuels. If rules proposed to implement this legislation are not
revised, Midwest corn ethanol will have little benefit to California gasoline retailers in achieving their GHG
reduction goals under the LCFS when it goes into effect January of 2011, and ethanol produced in California or
even in Brazil will likely have somewhat higher values within the state of California. The California Air Resources
Board (CARB) did appoint an Expert Work Group to continue to evaluate these carbon intensity numbers, but
they have not yet made any significant modifications to the rules despite the volume of contradicting evidence
submitted during 2010. There is significant opposition to implementation of the LCFS within California from the
petroleum industry and the citizens of that state, based on the concern that the LCFS will cause a significant rise
in California fuel pricing. The citizens of California will vote in November on a proposition that would prohibit
the state from implementing the LCFS until unemployment in the state drops significantly. The Major concern of
the ethanol industry, in addition to the size of the California market, is the fact that as many as 20 other states
have indicated that they may copy whatever model California ultimately adopts as a basis for LCF legislation in
their own states.
In addition to negotiation with the state to revise the ILUC provisions of the LCFS, several members of the
ethanol industry filed a lawsuit against the California to prohibit the state from implementing the LCFS in its
current form on the basis that it violates the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution by restricting
manufacturing processes outside the states borders without tying that restriction to emissions that actually occur
within the state. A decision on this lawsuit could be reached as early as the second quarter of 2011.
If good science prevails and ILUC impacts are evaluated on proven scientific analyses rather than assumptions,
LCF programs have the potential to be extremely beneficial for the ethanol industry as they recognize ethanol’s
significant benefits in reducing direct GHG emissions when compared to conventional petroleum based fuels.
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Production Plants
Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation – Colwich
Fully owned by Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation.
Annual installed bioethanol production capacity of 25
Mgal (95 ML).
Annual installed DGS production capacity of 70,000 t.
Combined annual consumption of corn and sorghum
of 240,000 t.
This is one of the three operational plants fully owned by Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation in North America. The
plant currently operates at 100 % capacity and continues to report excellent efficiency and consistent
operations. Production capacity amounts to 25 Mgal/ year (95 ML/year), achieved through continuous batch
cooking and fermentation processes. The CO2 generated is captured and refined by an on-site client. The plant
currently employs 44 highly qualified workers.
It is one of the oldest dry mill bioethanol facilities in the United States, having been operating non-stop for the
last 25 years. The DGS it produces is not dried in the process and 100 % of the coproduct is sold in its natural
state. The plant can process corn and sorghum at the same time and 50 % of its energy requirements are
covered with methane from a municipal solid waste landfill.
Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation – Portales
Annual installed bioethanol production capacity of 30
Mgal (115 ML).
Annual installed DGS production capacity of 75,000 t.
Annual sorghum consumption of 260,000 t.
Expansion work was completed in 2006 to double production capacity by utilizing batch cooking and
fermentation processes, with two separate distillation and dehydration stages. The DGS it generates is not dried
in the process and 100 % of the coproduct is sold in its natural state. The plant can operate with corn and
sorghum simultaneously. Annual installed bioethanol production capacity of 30 Mgal (115 ML). The fully
operational plant employs 48 highly qualified workers.
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Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation - York
Annual installed bioethanol production capacity of
56 Mgal (210 ML).
Annual installed DGS production capacity of
145,000 t.
Annual corn consumption of 520,000 t.
The plant currently operates at 100 % capacity and continues to report excellent efficiency and consistent
operations. More than 50 % of the produced CO2 is captured and refined by an on-site client. The facilities also
provide services and logistical support to Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies’ adjacent pilot biomass plant.
Annual production capacity amounts to 56 Mgal (210 ML), achieved through continuous batch cooking and
fermentation processes. The plant currently employs 55 highly qualified workers.
Abengoa Bioenergy of Nebraska
90 Mgal (340 ML).
230,000 t.
The subsidiary Abengoa Bioenergy of Nebraska, wholly owned by Abengoa Bioenergy, is responsible for
operating the Ravenna plant in Nebraska. Construction on the plant got underway in 2005 and was completed
in 2007. The plant is currently operating at 100 % capacity according to specifications and boasts an installed
bioethanol capacity of 90 Mgal per year (340 ML), achieved through continuous fermentation. It employs 55
highly qualified workers. The facility is the first in North America to utilize continuous fermentation technology.
The project includes a double railway circuit for simultaneous loading and shipment of 2.6 Mgal (10 ML) of
bioethanol in 95 tank cars. The plant is designed to recycle all process water, which is then treated and made
ready for reuse. The plant therefore consumes less water, produces minimal pollution and therefore has the
minimum possible impact on the ecosystem.
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Abengoa Bioenergy of Indiana
90 Mgal (340 ML).
230,000 t.
The plant is located near Evansville, Indiana, in the so-called Corn Belt and next to the Ohio River, one of the
country’s main river routes. The bioethanol and DGS produced on-site can be transported by truck, train or boat
to supply the markets on the eastern side of the United States, or exported to other markets.
The Indiana plant currently employs 56 workers. When operating at full capacity, it consumes 825,000 t of corn,
and produces 90 Mgal (340 ML) of bioethanol and 230,000 t of DGS per year.
Abengoa Bioenergy of Illinois
90 Mgal (340 ML).
230,000 t.
The Abengoa Bioenergy plant in Madison, Illinois, is sited next to the Mississippi River, one of the main
communication and transport arteries running through the US Midwest. The facility generates bioethanol and
DGS from corn and gets through 825,000 t of cereal grain per year as raw material. It produces 90 Mgal (340
ML) of bioethanol and 230,000 t of DGS per year and provides employment to 55 workers.
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New Plants
Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas
Annual biomass-to-bioethanol production capacity
of 25 Mgal (100 ML).
Daily biomass consumption of 930 t.
The aim of the Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas project is to construct a plant capable of producing 25
Mgal (100 ML) of cellulosic ethanol and 120 MW of renewable energy from biomass (mix of agricultural waste,
wood waste and non-food energy crops). The plant will be located to the west of Hugoton, Kansas, and will
create 170 permanent jobs.
The Hugoton project is scheduled to be commissioned towards the end of 2011.
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Production Brazil
Brazil is one of the world’s largest markets for bioethanol, and bioethanol production is expected to continue
growing sharply thanks to the success of flex-fuel vehicles, which currently account for nearly 90 % of vehicles
sold in Brazil and which can run on either gasoline or bioethanol.
Abengoa Bioenergy is the only company worldwide that operates in the world’s three largest bioethanol markets:
Europe, the United States and Brazil. Having streamlined operations in Brazil, the company is reporting sharp
growth in production throughout all its existing plants. It is also weighing up the merits of constructing a new
plant and is marketing its production overseas more effectively, thanks to the sales networks the company has in
place. Moreover, the company is making technological advances and improving sugarcane bagasse to cellulosic
ethanol technology so as to increase production in the mid-term and cut costs efficiently.
The company currently operates three plants: two sugarcane-to-bioethanol plants, with an annual installed
capacity of approximately 53 Mgal (200 ML) of ethanol and 645,000 t of sugar, and one plant that produces
30,000 t of sugar.
Main Achievements
Abengoa Bioenergía Brasil, with head offices in the city of São Paulo, started exporting bioethanol from Brazil to
Europe and the United States in 2009, and has been steadily stepping this up over 2010. This important step
forward, which is being coordinated alongside Abengoa Bioenergy Trading Europe and Abengoa Bioenergy
Trading US, has allowed the company to arbitrage bioethanol sales between its main markets, and also localize
new markets and opportunities. This move strengthens the company’s standing worldwide, with production
facilities and trading presence in the world’s top three bioethanol markets.
As part of its drive towards sustainable development, Abengoa Bioenergía Brasil has completed construction on
two state-of-the-art power cogeneration facilities with an installed capacity of 70 MW, one of which can be
upgraded to 140 MW. The raw material for these two plants is sugarcane bagasse, which is fed into the boilers
to produce steam. The steam is then used to generate electricity in order to feed the production processes. The
cogeneration plants are located in the state of São Paulo, one at the São Luiz plant in the city of Pirassununga,
and the other at the São João plant in the city of São João da Boa Vista.
In the month of July, Abengoa Bioenergia Brasil has started the expansion of the plant in Fazenda São João,
increasing the production capacity of sugar and ethanol. This project forms part of the strategic plan for the
expansion and development of business in Brazil, which has the final objective of increasing the production of
sugar and ethanol and managing the new bioelectricity cogeneration plant. As part of the same project, the
sugar cane milling systems have been expanded, going from the initial 2.4 million tons per year to the current 3.5
million tons, approximately. The evaporation, broth treatment, fermentation and distillery systems have also been
expanded; previously, they produced 13 Mgal of ethanol per year and they now exceed 34 Mgal per year. Finally,
it has deployed a new electrical and instrumentation system with a distributed control system (DCS).
The company is striving to incorporate best sustainability practices, and to reflect this, Abengoa Bioenergía Brasil
has staged the first Environment Week (SIMA) in Brazil. The event, which involved 1,500 collaborators from both
industry and agriculture, took place during the second week of June and was intended to raise workers’
awareness of the need to protect the environment.
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SIMA was also attended by numerous companies and public bodies. The week included various entertaining
activities related to environmental protection, rounds of interactive questions and answers with the collaborators
and informative talks on the environmental goals of Abengoa Bioenergy, and on how society and local
communities can help to preserve the environment.
Production Plants
Abengoa Bioenergia Brasil – Pirassununga
(70 ML).
Annual sugar production of roughly 285,000 t.
230,000 MWh.
Annual sugarcane consumption of 3 Mt.
During 2010, operation of a 70 MW cogeneration plant started, using sugarcane bagasse as raw material. The
plant is annexed to the existing ethanol and sugar production plant.
With this plant in operation, Abengoa Bioenergía Brasil adds a third important product, energy, to the sustainable
development of its bioenergy businesses in Brazil.
Abengoa Bioenergia Brasil - São João
(130 ML).
300,000 MWh.
Annual sugarcane consumption of 3,5 Mt.
During 2010, operation of a 70 MW cogeneration plant started, using sugarcane bagasse as raw material. The
plant is annexed to the existing ethanol and sugar production plant.
With this plant in operation, Abengoa Bioenergia Brasil adds a third important product, energy, to the sustainable
development of its bioenergy businesses in Brazil.
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Abengoa Bioenergia Brasil -Santo Antônio de Posse
Annual sugarcane consumption of 380,000 t.
This particular sugar and molasses production plant only accounts for business and sales within Brazil, albeit to a
lesser extent than the other plants operating in the country. The company is currently streamlining processes to
up operational performance.
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Trading, Logistics, and Raw Materials Origination
Abengoa Bioenergy provides solutions for its customers’ bioethanol and grain marketing requirements. It uses its
experience and alliances to maximize profit margins, minimizing operational risks through a combination of short
and long-term contracts, and price differential estimate structures. Based on the years of production experience,
the company experts have gained detailed knowledge of bioethanol and the raw materials market and
developed relationships with the major oil companies, and the major trade and raw-materials-logistics
multinational companies.
Regarding raw materials, all necessary tools and contractual agreements with providers have been implemented,
in order to certify all raw materials consume by the company’s plants, according to the sustainability criteria in
the European policies, and in accordance with the demanded requisites by the bioethanol clients.
In its aim of offering maximum quality and nutritional safety, the company’s DGS experts provide assistance to
the animal feed production market, for a greater optimization of DGS use in products meant for animal feed for
cattle, pig, and poultry. Acknowledged logistics personnel assist in ensuring the products are transported as
efficiently as possible and at the lowest cost.
Abengoa Bioenergy offers its clients industry summaries, based on the cereal, ethanol, and DGS market
fluctuations, with an objective perspective of future trends. The company places great emphasis on maintaining
its customers informed on the ethanol market. It constantly publishes market reports, logistic cost estimates, and
sales offers, in an attempt to increase transparency and enable customers to operate their plants in the most
profitable manner.
Abengoa Bioenergy stands apart from other ethanol supplies in the large number of added value services it
offers. It provides industrial summaries to its customers, which are based on the cereal, bioethanol, and DGS
market fluctuations and on market reports with an objective perspective of future trends.
Trading Europe
Abengoa Bioenergy Trading Europe is a subsidiary of Abengoa Bioenergy that provides added value to the
company, optimizing efficiency by concentrating supplies, logistics and commercial effort, creating a unique
brand name in the market.
Products and Services
Abengoa Bioenergy Trading Europe provides the following services and activities:
Promotion of bioethanol produced by various European manufacturers by means of the “pool” concept
(sum of volumes), which contributes flexibility, security and potential in operations.
Management of supplies and assesses costs.
Search for sources of bioethanol and other alcohols to process at Abengoa Bioenergy’s plants.
Bioethanol management control and logistics coordination, including shipping, handling and storage.
Guaranty of supply contract fulfillment, optimizing bioethanol distribution and logistics
Clients after-sales services
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The company provides producers with the possibility of accessing global bioethanol markets, incorporating the
production capacity of a joint sum that trades with the main oil companies and with ETBE producers in Europe.
It deploys a logistics network to comply with maximum reliability and flexibility in the supply of commercial
ethanol. Moreover, Abengoa Bioenergy Trading Europe provides the various parties with access to accumulated
production, which guarantees flexibility, quality and reliability in bioethanol supplies.
Through national and international marketing activities in 2010, and based on experience acquired in this
business, Abengoa Bioenergy has been able to establish itself as one of the main managers and providers of
bioethanol throughout the European continent. It has managed to satisfactorily distribute over 264 Mgal.
From the total marketed and distributed amount this year by Abengoa Bioenergy, 15% have been originated in
third party producers to complete its own production and possess greater response capabilities towards its
clients generated demand in Europe. This sourcing capability will be strengthened by the coordination existing
between the three Trading companies of Abengoa Bioenergía, in Europe, Brazil and the USA, in order to
streamline global arbitration and the opportunities to distribute bioethanol flows to higher value added markets.
In addition to the bioethanol marketing, in 2010 the company has also worked on the development of a
European e85 (85% bioethanol and 15% gasoline) supply network, mainly in Spain where it already has a 30
service stations network with public access and several supply points for fleets, having reached more than
750,000 liters of e85 traded.
Market Overview
In 2010, the price of bioethanol fell in the first six months, due to lower demand for gasoline and the drop in the
price of crude oil. However, the strength in bioethanol demand and the very low level of imports from third
countries had led to a considerable increase in prices during the second six months, reaching a rise of up to 25%
at the end of the year, with respect to market prices at the start of the period.
Similarly, gasoline, crude oil and sugar, the commodities related to bioethanol, have risen considerably, with the
forecast for the coming year being at levels much higher than in 2010.
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Ecoagricola
Within the Bioenergy business group, Ecoagrícola is the company responsible for the comprehensive
management of buying raw materials (cereals, oleaginous seeds, and vegetable oils) required for the Abengoa
Bioenergy bioethanol and biodiesel plants, together with the marketing of associated coproducts, DGS, acting as
raw material receiver, and marketing the coproduct. Its activity is centered on plants owned by Abengoa
Bioenergy (Ecocarburantes Españoles, Bioetanol Galicia, and Biocarburantes Castilla y León,Abengoa Bioenergy
France, Abengoa Bioenergy Netherlands , Abengoa Bioenergía San Roque). Recently it has also been asigned
the task of acquisition of biomass for the commercial scale production plant inaugurated within the Babilafuente
facilities, in Salamanca.
Raw Materials Market Situation in 2010
Cereals
The situation of the grain market has suffered an important price increase since the month of July 2010, mainly
due to several aspects:
Decrease in the production of traditional exporting countries such as Russia and Ukraine, led by a long
drought period, prohibiting grain exports from Russia and restricting it in Ukraine. This situation has given the
opportunity to competitor sources such as USA and the EU-27, of supplying to these exporting countries
sources, affecting the balances of supply and demand of grains in Russia.
Shortages of spring wheat in traditional exporting countries of Northern Europe such as Germany, due to the
quality loss suffered after nonstop rains during the last period of the crop.
All this is stimulating the need to resort to alternative countries in search for spring wheat, such as Spain or
the UK, in order to cover the existing shortage even in Northern Europe.
Said main factors along with the downturn of economic markets have again fostered the entry of non-operating
funds in future grain markets, both of USA and Europe, causing an important volatility in the markets.
Currently, the market is waiting to know with more certainty the progress of sowings in the 2011/12 season that
will determine the productions of the new harvest. This forecast, the winter climate evolution, the fluctuations of
the demand and other macroeconomic aspects will determine the price movements in 2011.
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Vegetables oils
The vegetable oils market, as that of grains, has suffered an important price increase during the last six months
of the year. In the months of July and August, the prices of oils followed the upward trends of the grain market,
mainly wheat. Oil fundamentals did not show upward symptoms since there were record soy harvests in the USA
and cycles of higher palm oil production in Malaysia and Indonesia began.
During the third quarter, the oil market remained influenced by the upward pressure of grains, which added to
the strong increases of crude since August to November, maintained the values of vegetable oils at the highest
of the last two years.
Prices in the short term are expected to maintain upward pressures influenced by the uncertainty itself about the
development of the soy crops in Brazil and Argentina. In these countries, harvesting begins in February and
finishes in early April; therefore, if weather conditions are adverse, prices in the soy complex will increase. On the
other hand, China maintains a strong import program of soybeans from USA, which forecasts that the final
provisions of soy in USA will be reduced gradually during the current season.
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Trading United States
In the United States, Abengoa Bioenergy operates 6 ethanol biorefineries. Our production assets in Nebraska,
Kansas, and New Mexico have direct access to the western US marketplace via the BNSF and UP railroads and
tanker trucks. Our production assets in Illinois and Indiana give us access to the eastern US markets via the CSX,
NS, CN, and KCS railroads, tanker trucks, and river barges.
Abengoa Bioenergy is also a leader in Sustainability and 2nd generation biofuels. All of our production assets
meet UN Global Compact guidelines for human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption and we are
continually working to lower the carbon footprint of our biorefineries. Abengoa Bioenergy is also developing a
commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Kansas that, when completed, will provide ethanol to the US
marketplace with significantly lower emissions than gasoline and even 1st generation ethanol. Abengoa already
owns and operates a cellulosic ethanol pilot plant in Nebraska and a demonstration plant in Spain.
Abengoa Bioenergy Trading U.S., LLC was formed to manage the critical functions of grain procurement,
ethanol and DGS co-product marketing, and hedging and risk management for all commodities, including
energy needs. The concentration of these functions into one specialized entity for all U.S. operations is critical to
achieve the company’s goals of consistency, efficiency, and identification of one common brand throughout U.S.
Abengoa Bioenergy operations.
Abengoa Bioenergy Trading US provides its customers with services that cover all commercial ethanol aspects,
from obtaining raw material, signing agreements with farmers and cooperatives, to the sale of bioethanol and
DGS on national and export markets. These are the services provided to customers, among others:
Ethanol Marketing
Logistics, including rail fleet leases and management
Grain Procurement and back-office accounting
Distillers Grains Marketing and back-office accounting
Natural Gas/Landfill Gas Procurement and basis pricing
Denaturant Procurement
Corn Oil marketing
Hedging and Risk Management (for corn, ethanol, distillers grains, natural gas and denaturant) including
writing and executing Strategies that encompass exchange-traded futures and options, OTC swaps and
options, cash market procurement and marketing, basis targets for both corn and natural gas
Commodity pricing for ABUS facility Budgets and Forecasting
Assistance in developing marketing and logistics plans for Maple projects
Abengoa Bioenergy Trading US also engaged in the following trading activities for its own account in 2010:
Ethanol Buy-Sell transactions
Ethanol Logistical Swap transactions
Commodity Trading
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Market Overview
Bioethanol
In 2010, the ethanol market started off very similar to 2009 which saw an industry with excess capacity and
margins running at minimal levels to maintain production. As we moved through 2010 we began to see some
better balance in supply and demand. This can be credited to seasonally strong demand as we approached the
summer with the continued ramp up of blending to 10% on a statewide basis in the US, and the strength in the
export market. Ethanol, prior to 2010, had primarily been imported in the US albeit in relatively small amounts
in 2008 and 2009. However, in 2010 the US will have exported nearly 400 million gallons to Asia, SE Asia, Latin
America, and Europe. These developments have gone a long way to bringing better supply and demand balance
in the US ethanol market.
Looking forward into 2011 we still face challenges and we also have a lot of opportunity. Our primary challenge
is on the regulatory front and the need to extend the blender's credit for ethanol. On December 31st 2010 the
VEETC blender's credit is set to expire with several versions of an extension on the table currently. Our
opportunities lie heavily in the trading areas of ethanol, grain, and co-products. Within Abengoa Bioenergy US,
we have a very diverse set of assets throughout the US with multiple modes of transportation. This creates
opportunities that we really only started to develop in 2010 as the new assets in Illinois and Indiana came online
and matured.
Our view of 2011 and beyond is very optimistic for several reasons. We continue to see support in the US via
the RFS2 escalation of blending rates through 2022 up to 36 billion gallons. Steps have taken place to phase in
the utilization of e15 in 2010 with the approval for blending in 2007 model cars and newer. We anticipate
more approvals for e15 in 2011 with effects in demand primarily occurring in 2012 and beyond. In addition to
higher domestic use for ethanol, we continue to see the US taking a strong position in global ethanol trade as
Brazil's production focuses more and more domestically. The US export trade of ethanol can easily reach 500
million gallons in 2011 which equates to nearly half of all global ethanol trade. We also see continued growth in
global protein demand which has equated to substantial growth in the US DDGS market for export. In 2010,
the US exported nearly 9 million metric tons of DDGS with a total production of 33 million metric tons. In 2011,
the export figure is expected to grow to 10 million metric tons given growth in China and the Mediterranean
Basin particularly. This growth has DDGS surpassing soybean meal in MT's exported in 2011 and demonstrates
its importance in global feed and protein trade.
Trading Brazil
Two types of ethanol are consumed for fuel in Brazil: anhydrous ethanol, used for blending with gasoline, and
hydrated ethanol, for direct use as fuel.
The Brazilian government promotes the use of ethanol by making it compulsory to blend 25% anhydrous
ethanol in gasoline. This obligation is set down in the Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture no. 143 of June 27th,
2007 and approved in the official bulletin of June 29 th, 2007 (Portaria MAPA No. 143, DE 27.6.2007 - DOU
29.6.2007). This compulsory blend may vary between 20% and 25% depending on product availability. It is
foreseen that this obligation will exist during the coming years. In addition to this, Brazil has already developed
an entire industry for the direct consumption of hydrated ethanol as fuel, so that all car manufacturers produce
models called Flex (they can consume pure ethanol, gasoline or any mixture of the two) and the fuel distribution
systems are fully adapted for this purpose, so that all gas stations have hydrated ethanol gas pumps.
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The Brazilian industry uses sugar cane as a raw material to produce ethanol and sugar. Hence, most producers
provide both products. If the year 2009 has been characterized by the influence of the climatic effect known as
"El Niño", “La Niña” is affecting the year 2010. In the first case, there was excessive rain hindering the
agricultural tasks and directly affecting sugar cane quality, and this year we are undergoing a drought which,
although it benefits the quality of sugar cane (higher concentration of sugars in the cane), it has affected the
agricultural performance resulting in less sugar cane in the area planted.
The ethanol market is mainly influenced by local supply and demand, with a small volume allocated for exports
and the non-existence of imports. Thus, the demand is largely marked by hydrated ethanol consumption by Flex
vehicles, growing at a rate of around 3.2 million vehicles per year, adding on to a fleet of some 12,5 million flex
vehicles estimated for the end of 2010. This fleet, together with that of vehicles using gasoline mixed with
anhydrous ethanol, has a total planned consumption of 6,350 million gallons of ethanol during 2010, compared
to an estimated production of 6,878 million gallons, therefore having a direct effect on prices, taking them to a
new level. The outlook for this market is also promising, as it is estimated that in the coming years the sale of
flex cars shall maintain their growth level until now, with an expected demand of 61.5 billion litters (16.2 billion
gallons) of ethanol for 2017, according to information from the Brazilian government. To cover this demand,
Brazil has a very important challenge as it has to commission 25 factories per year until that date.
The case of sugar is different since it is a completely globalized market, where price fixing is given by the global
supply and demand balance. As Brazil is the world’s largest sugar producer and exporter, it is the country
providing the current supply deficit. Even so, Brazil cannot cover that estimated global deficit of 5 million tons
for 2009 and that has been offset in 2010, with the production growth of India. However, the replenishing of
the stocks consumed in deficit years will not be seen and it is not estimated that the installed capacity will grow
at the rate that the growth of supply needs, which, in the case of ethanol, is taking the price of sugar to
maximum historic levels. The global supply and demand forecasted by the International Sugar Organization until
2020 show a continued destruction of stock, which backs the price vision at a new level above the last years.
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New Technologies
Abengoa Bioenergía Nuevas Tecnologías began its operations in 2003 with the purpose of positioning Abengoa
Bioenergía as the leading innovator in the Bioenergy industry. The mission is to develop leading edge
technological processes for the production of bioethanol and co-products.
The team of engineers and scientists, together with other R&D centers, universities and industrial partners,
develops innovative processes in order to increase the bioethanol yield in dry mills, improve the quality of coproducts, develop new co-products and develop the biomass technology for the production of ethanol and coproducts. Likewise, it leads the conceptual design and regulatory surveillance in terms of sustainability of the
three geographic locations of Abengoa Bioenergía.
As part of the business strategy, Abengoa Bioenergía Nuevas Tecnologías will develop and register the
Intellectual Property to provide technology to third parties under management agreements.
The mission of Abengoa Bioenergía Nuevas Tecnologías consists of developing and demonstrating sustainable
technological solutions through science and innovation, in order to meet Abengoa Bioenergia’s strategy plan
targets, which include the following:
Developing and marketing biomass technologies at competitive prices.
Increasing the added value of the existing co-products and develop new co-products.
Improving the current dry milling technology.
Defining management systems (technological procedures and solutions) that ensure the compliance with the
sustainability requirements of biofuels.
Promoting the development of energy crops.
Developing the biomass market.
Developing end-use programs for biofuels.
Develop and improve new enzymes for cellulose breakdown.
Develop CO2 capture technologies using microalgae.
Efforts are being focused in the processes of enzymatic hydrolysis, gasification and catalysis for the use of new
raw materials as carbon sources.
Regarding enzymatic hydrolysis technology, extensive work has been made at the pilot plant in York, Nebraska,
where knowledge has been acquired regarding the process and the operation; and the Babilafuente
demonstration facility of 5 million second-generation bioethanol liters has been commissioned. This information
is critical in order to develop the design of the first industrial facility in its category, now being implemented as
part of a project funded by the DOE (US Department of Energy).
In the field of gasification and catalysis, during this year the company continued its ambitious program to
develop heterogeneous catalysts for converting synthesis gas into bioethanol, having filed applications for two
Spanish patents over innovative catalysts that have exceeded the prior art. Likewise, we have continued to
develop technical and economic models and analyses of various configurations of thermochemical conversion of
biomass, and to explore alternatives for introducing biomass gasification technologies.
In constant evolution, pilot plants have developed improvements in the starch-based production process, thus
obtaining an increase in the ethanol / grain yield. At the same time, the company is experimenting with new
enzymes in order to assess the potential improvements in performance and impact reductions. Thus, major
improvements in production yield in terms of liters of bioethanol per ton of grain have been made.
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Moreover, Abengoa Bioenergía has worked on the development, evaluation and validation of new processes to
recover value from the co-products obtained in the cereal-based bioethanol production, specifically focusing on
improving the co-product consistency, enhancing the digestibility and concentration of proteins, and developing
pig and free-range poultry feed.
In the Sustainability and Strategic Consultancy area, a highlight has been the design, development, and
subsequent application for approval from the European Commission, of Abengoa Bioenergia’s own Voluntary
Scheme (RBSA Scheme) with which it was possible to demonstrate compliance with statutory requirements
under the Renewable Energy Directive 2008/29/EC. In addition, the company continues working on projects for
the definition and improvement of systems for sustainability management, strategic development and support in
the interaction with stakeholders.
According to the data produced by the Joint Research Center, raw materials account for 60 to 70 % of the
production cost of biofuels, and 30 to 40 % of greenhouse gas emissions over biofuel life cycles. Abengoa
Bioenergía is working on four differentiated projects in the field of raw materials: analysis and identification of
the most sustainable raw materials at the global level, assessment of the potential supply of biomass around
Abengoa Bioenergia’s facilities in Europe, development of a technological solution capable of tracking and
allocating GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions and verifying other sustainability criteria for the raw materials used in
the biofuel production process, and selection of the most suitable species for the production by both first and
second generation technologies.
Aware of the environmental benefits of using biofuels, the company is undertaking e85 and e95 use
demonstration programs and studies on the ethanol-diesel blends aimed at developing stable blends that comply
with the requirements of gasoline and diesel engines. These programs demonstrating new applications of
bioethanol as an end product have focused on the implementation of ethanol-diesel (or e-diesel) blends in
captive fleets of heavy vehicles: buses and construction machinery. Fuel analysis has been strategically addressed
to obtain knowledge on blend stability, engine performance and engine components durability when using ediesel. The various studies and demonstrations carried out with e-diesel have shown a reduction of up to 70 %
in visible smoke, up to 40 % in particles, and up to 30 and 6 %, respectively, in CO and NOx.
Another concept on which to focus the efforts is Biorefinery, with which products with a market value will be
obtained from biomass. The company working on the development of integrated concepts that combine firstand second-generation technologies, on the identification and selection of high value-added products to
produce from biomass, and integration of enzyme production and microalgae-based carbon capture facilities in
bioethanol production plants.
The importance of biocatalysts, or enzymes, in the biochemical route of ethanol production from biomass is such
that a specific line of research has been created in order to develop more effective optimized enzymes to reduce
consumption and thus the economic impact in the process. The lines being worked on are the isolation and
expression of the genes corresponding to enzymatic activities, isolation and improvement of producer
microorganisms, characterization and optimization of the enzymatic mixtures, optimization of the operating
conditions and increase in productivity. All this will lead to a reduction in production costs and reduction in
enzyme dosage.
After preliminary assessment of the potential of capturing CO2, generated in the current production processes
through microalgae growth, the company has implemented an ambitious development program, with the main
objectives of: isolation, improvement and selection of microorganisms for CO2 capture and biofuel production,
development of laboratory-scale techniques to cultivate and process these microorganisms to biofuel,
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optimization of the production systems to achieve feasibility, development of transformation processes after
cultivation to convert them into target products, and, finally, integration of the productive process in industries.
DOE Project
The U.S. Department of Energy and Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies have signed a 4-year, $35.5 million
(U.S.) contract in 2003 to develop the technology for Advanced Biorefining of Distillers Grain and Corn Stover
Blends: Pre-Commercialization of Biomass-derived Process Technologies.
Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies, and various partners and subcontractors (companies, research
institutions and universities), have carried out numerous R&D activities at laboratory and pilot plant scale to
develop novel biomass-derived process technology and improve cereal ethanol processes. The new technologies
and improvements will enable a more economical, sustainable industry, reduce fossil fuel consumption per
gallon of ethanol produced, and increase the availability of ethanol.
In short, the project will create a successful system of utilizing the entire plant, grain plus biomass, for the
production of valuable ethanol.
It will also demonstrate at bench- and pilot-scale viable processes for integrating lignocellulosic biomass ethanol
with cereal ethanol production to achieve best overall economic results. Bench-scale and small pilot-scale process
analysis will undergo Stage-Gate economic evaluation for advancement into large pilot-scale integration. The
project involves residual starch and fiber conversion and biomass conversion.
The first phase of this project, which has been completed at pilot plant testing phase, successfully demonstrates
residual starch conversion and improved co-products. We are currently testing this new technology at one of our
commercial facility. The 1.5 metric ton/day biomass refinery pilot plant; which has been in operation since
September 2007, is being used for process optimization, generating engineering data for scaling up to
commercial plant, and to generate large quantities of various co-products for further development and
evaluation.
BCyL Biomass Plant
The BCyL biomass plant is the first demonstration plant at a commercial scale in the world, continuously
producing ethanol as from biomass through the enzymatic hydrolysis technology designed by Abengoa
Bioenergía.
Abengoa Bioenergía has built the first biomass demonstration plant of the world to verify and optimize the
technology to convert biomass into ethanol. The construction of the Biomass Plant was completed in 2008 and,
in 2009, the plant began its operation reaching 1.525operating hours. During 2010, four different tests were
conducted to try different process conditions and different enzymes, making up for 2.400 operating hours.
The operation of the biomass plant has allowed us to demonstrate that this technique is feasible technically y
economically and to optimize technology. With the operation of the BCyL biomass plant, Abengoa Bioenergía
shows its worldwide leadership in technology and business development of this important and continuously
growing market. This second-generation technology sets the foundations for the development of alternative
technologies for the production of chemical products from renewable sources such as the agricultural resides
(cereal straw, corn cob residues, etc.), through the Biorefinery concept.
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Abengoa Bioenergía Nuevas Tecnologías (ABNT) has formed part of the development of this project from the
beginning, first with the process engineering or basic engineering, providing its patented process technology, as
well as the design of the process engineering of the BCyL biomass plant. Once the construction of the plant is
completed, Abengoa Bioenergía Nuevas Tecnologías coordinates the operation of the plant and the optimization
of the process.
The main steps of the plant process are the following: Storage and preparation of the raw material, pretreatment, cellulose hydrolysis, fermentation of ethanol and ethanol recovery. The lignocellulosic raw material,
such as barley and wheat straw, is first milled and cleaned and then pre-treated. The pretreated biomass is
digested by enzymes to release sugar molecules, which will be further fermented by yeast giving rise to ethanol
and carbon dioxide. Ethanol is recovered in the distillation process and marks the initiation of the
commercialization of ethanol from biomass that will lead to a sustainable growth and benefit the environment.
The operation of the plant is generating a wide knowledge in several fields: data of chemical consumptions and
auxiliary services is analyzed, process bottlenecks are detected, operating conditions of the different stages are
optimized, different process configurations are tested to improve the yield and reduce consumptions. The
knowledge acquired is being used in the design of lignocellulosic ethanol plants at a commercial scale that
Abengoa Bioenergía will construct in the next years, allowing the reduction of investment and having a success
guarantee in the operation of commercial plants. The operation of the BCyL biomass plant is being used as a
springboard for the development and launching of competitive technologies for biomass conversion that assure
the company a sustainable and long-term growth.
Hybrid Project
Abengoa Bioenergy Nuevas Tecnologías is leading the execution of this project. The main objective is to design,
build and operate the commercial 95-million liter hybrid biomass to ethanol plant.
The specific objectives in this project are:
Demonstrating the commercial viability of the biomass to ethanol conversion process.
Verifying that the technologies developed can be adapted to current and future plants.
The subsidiary ABNT has been chosen to design, build and operate the large biofinery demonstration plant for
the DOE, whose subsidy will partially fund the project. The biorefinery plant will be located in Hugoton, Kansas,
USA.
The biorefinery plant will have a minimum conversion capacity of 700 t/day emplying an enzymatic hydrolysis
process that will convert the biomass into ethanol, lignin and animal feed.
Achieved milestones:
Received an award from the DOE.
Staff hired and offices contracted for the project.
Land and water contracts signed.
NEPA process completed.
Nearly 100% of needed biomass under contract.
The simulation model for enzymatic hydrolysis and gasification completed
Process Engineering Package completed.
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Engineering contract awarded to Abener / Teyma joint venture.
Air permit drafted and under review by the EPA.
Cenit I+DEA Project
Abengoa Bioenergía New Technologies is leading the “Ethanol Research and Development for Transportation”
(I+DEA) project, subsidised by the Centre for Industrial Technological Development as Cenit project.
The purpose of this project is to position the Spanish industry as a leader in the fields of technology, production
and use of bioehtanol as biofuel. The introduction of bioethanol into the Spanish fuel market will thus be
fostered, becoming a key step to meeting the objectives established by the European Commission in its Directive
2003/30/CE of 8 May 2003, and later in the directive for the promotion of renewable energy sources.
The project gathers 25 companies and 27 research centres, with a total budget of 28.2 million euros. The group
was created following scientific excellence, multi-sector and multi-regional criteria. These members come from
the agricultural and seed production, biotechnological, energy, automobile and transport industries. Both the
participants and the research centres involved are distributed throughout the national territory, making up a
network of scientific and technological excellence.
The Cenit I+DEA Project (2007-2010) ends with the fulfillment of the objectives established at the beginning.
SOST-CO2 Cenit Project
The project SOST CO2, New Industrial and Sustainable Uses of CO2, is a project financed by the Cenit program
of the CDTI with the purpose of developing sustainable industrial applications for the use of the carbon dioxide
generate din the industry. The solutions being dealt with include all the areas of the current industry: chemical,
energy, renewable energies, food, services, etc.
The project is coordinated by Carburos Metálicos and the public private mixed center (Carburos Metálicos, CSIC,
UAB) Matgas, and the consortium made up of 16 companies formed by some of the main national companies
such as Repsol, Iberdrola, Agbar or Ros Roca, as well as many small technology-based businesses. The number of
research groups that collaborate reaches 28. The total budget for the project is of 26 M€.
The activity of Abengoa Bioenergía within the project SOST-CO2 is focused on two main areas aimed at
transforming the CO2 generated in the fermentation processes: develop technology for the production of
bioethanol as from the CO2 in different catalytic processes; and transformation of CO2 biomimetically into
microalgae to produce biofuels and other value added products.
Cenit BioSos Project
The objective of the Cenit project BioSos (Sustainable Biorefinery) is to cover the entire biomass value chain, from
the generation of the resource to the final market products, with special attention to the development of studies
and tools to assure the sustainability of the developed solutions.
Cenit BioSos, with a total budget of 27,6 M€, is divided into 5 activities: raw materials, transformation processes
based on sugars, and on gasses, production of bioproducts and, finally, horizontal analysis of sustainability.
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The objective is the development of technology that allows the design of innovative and integrated biorefinery
processes, both for energy production and synthesis of bioproducts, including the analysis of the economic,
environmental and social impacts of the alternatives proposed.
Besides Abengoa Bioenergía Nuevas Tecnologías, a company that centralizes the development research actions
of Abengoa Bioenergía, also participate large group companies or large companies such as Ecocarburantes
Españoles, Acciona, Azvi, Guascor, Green Source (Sniace), Carburos Metálicos, Técnicas Reunidas, small
technology-based or highly specialized companies that provide a high technical level to the group such as
Neuron, Solintel and Biópolis, Gairesa, Industrias Omar and Kraft.
Special Strategic Projects
Energy crops are rapid growth plantations specifically set up with the specific purpose of producing energy in
some of its typologies: thermal, electric or through its transformation into biofuels. Abengoa Bioenergía intends
to obtain ethanol as from crops produced in Spain to this end, whether alternative raw materials with a high
starch content or other lignocellulosic biomasses.
To this purpose, Abengoa Bioenergía Nuevas Tecnologías (ABNT collaborates in different projects to foster the
development of energy crops, among which it includes its participation in Strategic Special Projects (PSE),
financed by the Ministry of Science and Innovation through the European Regional Development Fund.
Collaborating in the production and characterization of energy crops biomass, supply logistics and certification
of the biomasses. In particular, in the traceability and certification of biomasses for the production of secondgeneration bioethanol.
These projects have a high impact on boosting new energy crops, improvement of traditional crops that would
optimize bioethanol production and the development of the energy crops market in sustainable conditions.
Biosynergy project
The Biosynergy Project is an Integrated Project financed by the VI European Commission Framework Program
aimed at using biomass for the synthesis of bioproducts – chemicals and/or materials – together with the
production of secondary energy carriers – transportation fuels, power and/or CHP –through the development of
biorefinery. The research is focused on the advanced and innovative development of fractionation and
conversion processes, combining both biochemical and thermochemical pathways, and process development
from lab scale to pilot plant scale.
ECN is the project coordinator and the Consortium is formed by companies such as Dow Europa, VTT,
Biorefinery.de, CRES, Aston and Delft Universities, etc.
The purpose of ABNT’s activities is to develop the conceptual design of a biorefinery plant that converts
lignocellulosic biomass into ethanol and high value added co-products, based on the biomass-based ethanol
plant that Abengoa Bioenergía has in Salamanca (BCyL). The project also includes the generation of the data
necessary to evaluate different biomass physical or chemical fractioning options.
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Bioref-integ
The Bioref-integ project is a project financed by the 7th Framework Program of the European Commission
focused on the study and development of biorefinery concepts as from existing industrial fuel producing
complexes in order to increase their competitiveness by co-producing new products. Within the project, different
market sectors are analyzed: bioethanol, biodiesel, pulp/paper, oil refining, energy production, the food industry
and the agricultural sector. Evaluation of the biorefining concepts developed under the project includes the
assessment of technology, as well as an economic analysis and study of emissions.
The coordinator of the project is ECN and the Consortium is formed by companies such as AFSG, VTT, ETC,
REPSOL, University of Gent, University of Aston, etc.
The objective of Abengoa Bioenergía’s activities is to provide support for projects to identify industrial complexes
in the bioethanol sector and potential products that could be co-produced along with this one, as well as to
develop biorefining simulation models integrated into the bioethanol sector.
The Project concluded successfully in June 2010 and allowed the identification of new opportunities for the
development of ethanol within the biorefinery area.
Integrated Biorefinery
Various studies have shown that it is feasible to transform lignocellulosic biomass into heat, energy and
transportation fuels or even chemical products. The two main biomass conversion pathways are based on
biological (enzymatic) or thermochemical processes. Our company is involved in many research and development
programs for the improvement of both lignocellulosic biomass transformation pathways. ABNT has built a pilotscale Biorefinery able to process one ton/day of agricultural residues by enzymatic hydrolysis, and a commercial
scale demonstration plant, capable of treating of 70 ton/day of agricultural biomass. In the thermochemical
processes field, ABNT has initiated research for the catalytic synthesis of ethanol as from syngas.
In the near future, ABNT expects to carry out the construction and operation of an Integrated Biorefinery, which
will demonstrate at a larger scale the joint production of fuels, chemical products, heat and power as from
biomass.
The refinery will be designed to be able to use mixtures of lignocellulosic material in different proportions: corn
stover, wheat straw, grasses, wood residues, and other locally available residues. This will contribute to a better
operational flexibility, and will make the plant to be easily replicable in other geographical areas. The total
biomass used in the test plant will exceed 700 dry metric tons per day. Most of the biomass will be used for the
enzymatic production of ethanol, along with the production of the co-product and biomass line. The rest of the
biomass material will be used in the thermochemical conversion for the production of gas. The gas produced will
be used to generate steam for the process and eventually electricity and it will have a suitable quality for its
further optimization and utilization in chemical synthesis. The biorefinery will share a space with a starch ethanol
plant. This will allow the development of a hybrid complex, with the integration of both production plants.
Besides, many logistic and process operations will be shared between both facilities, and the production of heat
and energy of the biorefinery will create opportunities to export energy to the starch plant. The integration of
various biomass uses and processes will contribute to the economic success of the project and the development
of the biorefinery of the future. La parent company, Abengoa Bioenergía, is itself one of the largest ethanol
producers in the US and has a genuine interest in developing the technologies to reach this goal and bringing
them to the market.
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FP7 LED Project
The Lignocellulosic Ethanol Demonstration (LED) project, financed by the 7th European Commission Framework
Program, aims at the design and construction of a biorefinery for the production of second-generation
bioethanol as from cereal straw and its used in public fleets, as well as the development of enzymes for cellulose
hydrolysis and the exploitation of lignin content in the raw material in high value added products.
This project is coordinated by Abengoa Bioenergía Nuevas Tecnologías and other 4 companies of different
countries take part in it: Green Value, of Switzerland, TNO, of Holland, Communauté d'Agglomération of the
Pau-Pyrenées (CDAPP) and Communauté de Communes of Lacq (CCL) of France.
The LED project assumes the continuity in the technological development necessary to develop commercially the
industrial production of second-generation ethanol. In this path, Abengoa Bioenergía has covered milestones as
important as the construction of a demonstration plant with a production capacity of 5 MMl/year located in
Babilafuente (Salamanca, Spain) and that was already supported by the Commission within its V PM.
FP7 BIOFAT Project
The BIOfuel From Algae Technology (BIOFAT) project was recently granted in the call for the VII framework
program and is in the negotiation stage. The purpose of the BIOFAT project is to demonstrate the feasibility at
an industrial scale (10 ha) of biofuel production as from algae. The concept of Biorefinery will be used, assessing
the fractions of algae biomass as biodiesel and bioethanol. This project will be coordinated by Abengoa
Bioenergía Nuevas Tecnologías and other eight partners participate in it.
DemoE2 Project
The overall purpose of the project is to establish the foundations to allow the transition to the second-generation
technologies for the production of ethanol through the operation of the demonstration plant of Babilafuente
(Salamanca), with a capacity to produce 5 million liters of bioethanol as from barley and wheat straw.
Specifically, the project has the following technological objectives:
Demonstration of the lignocellulosic ethanol production technology at a commercial scale
Production of enzymes at an industrial scale for their use in the ethanol plant
Execution of development activities related to the process implemented in the plant of Babilafuente
(Salamanca) to reduce the operating costs and process capital through:
- Optimization of the conditions of the enzymatic hydrolysis stage
- Reduction of the severity of the thermochemical treatment of biomass through the partial or total
replacement with a biological treatment
- Development of sugar fermenting microorganism C5 and C6, thus eliminating the need of some
fractionation stages
The DemoE2 (2009-2010) project concludes successfully allowing the validation of the enzymatic hydrolysis
technology at an industrial scale, as well as the study of possible process improvements.
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BIOCAT2ndOL Project
The purpose of the project “High-performance biocatalysts for second-generation bioethanol (BIOCAT2ndOL)” is
to develop high-efficiency biocatalysts in the lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysis in order to optimize the process
for the production of second-generation bioethanol. Specifically, it is intended to reduce the cost of the
biocatalyst from the current 0,40 € per liter of ethanol to the range of 0,10 €/liter.
BIOCAT2ndOL deals with the project during the period 2010-2011 through three main research areas:
Development of biocatalysts.
Development of the production of biocatalysts.
Enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol production.
The project is conducted with the collaboration of different research centers and the companies, coordinated by
ABNT. The partners are Institute of Catalysis (ICP-CSIC), the Centre of Biological Research (CIB-CSIC), Biópolis
S.L., and Neurón Biopharma.
SORGOSWEET Project
The objective of the project “Initiative for the development of the sweet sorghum crop with bioenergetic
purposes (SorgoSweet)” is to determine the potential for the implementation of Sweet Sorghum (Sorghum
bicolor (L.) Monech), as an energy crop in the agricultural sites close to the plant of Ecocarburantes Españoles in
the area of Cartagena, Murcia, Spain. The idea is to study in detail the potential adaptability of the crop to the
agroclimatic conditions of the area and optimize the extraction techniques prior to fermentation.
This collaborative project groups 2 companies and 2 research centers, guided by ABNT, distributed in different
provinces of the national territory, promoting labor and economic development thereof.
ECOALGA Project
The objective of the project “Initiative for the development of microalgae production systems with bioenergetic
and CO2 capture purposes (ECOALGA)” is the design and construction of a pilot plant for the evaluation of the
cyanobacteria and microalgae production technology as raw material for the production of biofuels and animal
feed, as well as for the fixation of CO2 coming from the fermentation in the ethanol production.
The project will be developed in lands owned by Ecocarburantes Españoles next to the ethanol plant, which CO2
coming from cereal fermentation for the production of ethanol will be the carbon source for the production of
algae.
The following different research centers / University take part in the project:
The Renewable Energy National Centre (Biomass Department)
The Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena
The Department of Animal Production of the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Murcia
The ECOALGA project (2010-2011) is undergoing the engineering stage, having provided for the construction
and commissioning during 2011.
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Guaranty of Activities
The call to serve, a sign of identity in the development of all activities, has led the company to implement the
Integrated Management System (S.G.I.) throughout the business group companies. This overall quality,
environmental and health and safety approach covers and guarantees concerns and demands of all interest
groups: investors, partners, clients, employees, suppliers and the community.
Quality
Quality at Abengoa Bioenergy is a basic management pillar for sustainability. Therefore, a process-by-process
approach has been implemented, including the entire value chain, from raw material supply, through processing
and the client, to end consumer. These aspects have been developed in order to have the capacity to achieve
quality standards in end products, higher than those demanded by clients and current legislation. This is possible
thanks to the continuous improvement of processes, resulting from the implementation, among others, of the
Six Sigma methodology.
As operation standardization and management guarantee, business group companies are certified under the
ISO-9001:2000 international standard; in addition, the company has began the implementation of the EFQM
Excellence Model throughout the business group companies to continue improving.
Environment
From an environmental point of view, Abengoa Bioenergy contributes to society mainly through biofuels. They
are a renewable source of fuels, which, bearing in mind their life cycle, imply saving greenhouse effect gas
emissions and favor, therefore, global warming reduction. In addition, the company conducts a strict
environmental control on the development of its activities, not only based on emissions control, but on all
possible impacts of environmental externalities. Therefore, facilities are designed from the beginning of the
projects addressing the effect of the location on biodiversity, conducting the corresponding environmental
impact assessments and optimizing the use of natural resources and energy. During its life, productive centers
are furnished with facilities that enable strict control, cleaning and dumping reduction, the latter being the focus
of most of the efforts on achieving maximum reutilization of natural resources.
To ensure the environmental management system, companies are certified under the ISO 4001:2004 standard,
maintaining an open and transparent communication with local authorities.
Health & Safety
Abengoa Bioenergy employees play an essential role in the development of the business group and as such,
employees’ health and safety are of paramount importance. Following this, the OHSAS 18001, and
AS/NZS4801:2001 management Systems have been implemented.
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Improvement Initiatives
Corporate Social Responsability Report complying with GRI A+
Abengoa Bioenergía ha reforzado su compromiso con la responsabilidad social, el medioambiente y los derechos
humanos, a través del desarrollo e implementación de sus políticas de sostenibilidad y ampliando su implicación y
la de sus clientes y proveedores en pro del desarrollo global sostenible. De tal modo, para el ejercicio 2010 se ha
elaborado un Informe de Responsabilidad Social Corporativa conforme a los principios del GRI (Global Reporting
Initiative) en su versión G3, obteniendo el grado máximo de satisfacción (A+). El informe ha sido revisado por
verificadores externos según una metodología definida de acuerdo con lo establecido por la norma ISAE 3000
(International Standard for Assurance Engagements). Del mismo modo, se han incorporado y desarrollado los
principios de elaboración de informes de RSC según la norma AA1000 AS (Accountability Assurance Standard).
Abengoa Bioenergy has strengthened its commitment to social responsibility and human rights, through the
development and implementation of its sustainability policies and expanding this involvement and the
involvement of its customers and suppliers for sustainable global development. Therefore, in 2010 a Corporate
Social Responsibility Report was developed following GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) version G3 standards,
which obtained the highest dgree of certification, A+. The report has been reviewed by external verifiers as per
a methodology defined in accordance with the terms of the standard ISAE 3000 (International Standard for
Assurance Engagements). Likewise, the elaboration principles of RSC reports have been incorporated and
developed according to the standard AA1000 AS (Accountability Assurance Standard).
The company wants its stakeholders and the rest of the society to acknowledge the performance and objectives
for the forthcoming years, complying with strict sustainability and efficience standards. Therefore, this report
incorporates the impacts of Abengoa Bioenergy’s activities in the communities where the company operates and
in the stakeholders, which reflect cualitative- and quantitatively the company’s interaction with the community
and the enrironment, following the methodology developed by GRI.
Abengoa Bioenergy will also elaborate a Corporate Social Responsibility Report which will also be externally
audited, as part of the commitment the company has acquired with transparency and rigour.
Competitiveness Plan in Brazil
Abengoa Bioenergia Brasil acquired the production activities from the Dedini-gro group in 2007, which allow the
company to initiate trading activities in the brazilian market. One of the measures adopted after the acquisition
was the activation of a Competitiveness Plan with the aim to become a reference in the market. This plan,
which began in 2009, has these main objectives:
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Implementation of a Human Resources Development Policy.
Professionalization of the structure.
Subcontracting of services.
Restructuring of relationships with partners and sugar cane providers. 5. Standardization of procedures.
Reduction of costs.
To increase efficiency by adopting the best business practices.
Investment in expansion and upgrading of the industries of the existing plants.
Investment in the construction of two electric energy cogeneration projects using bagasse at the existing
plants.
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Costs control
As a measure against the economic crisis, in 2008 Abengoa Bioenergy started a rigorous expenses control plan to
avoid and prevent possible financial risks situations as occurred in 2009, where large companies from the
competence have gone bankrupt.
Abengoa Bioenergy has been able to apply a strict expenses control and reduction policy, as well as wage
contention and margins management, coverage and business risks, prioritizing cash flow management, thus
avoiding the effects of the economic and financial scenario. Abengoa Bioenergy has outcomed highly
strengthened from 2010, consolidating its main role as a global leader.
Efforts Towards Sustainability
As a leader in the development of sustainable solutions for transport, and according to the company’s Mission,
Vision and Values, Abengoa Bioenergy is making a huge effort to find and develop more sustainable solutions
for the transport sector. Since its creation, the company has focused its strategy on the development of
technologies that may contribute to Sustainable Development, including:
Production of biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass.
Development of alternative renewable electric energy generation technologies.
Development of lignocellulosic biomass production systems under sustainable schemes, avoiding
deforestation and the use of rich biodiversity areas.
Demonstration projects for hybrid production systems to take the technology to commercial scale.
Improvement of the facilities and productive processes life cycle, increasing CO 2 emissions saving in the
transport sector.
The main objective is to become a referent as world leader in biofuels production, developing innovative
solutions and improving the biorefining technology, all of which should be based on the respect to the
environment, social development and economic sustainability.
Implementation and Adjustment of GHG Emissions Control Systems
Abengoa Bioenergy advocates for the use of biofuels in the transport sector, which may imply up to an 85%
reduction of GHG emissions, compared to fossil fuels. Therefore, biofuels are clearly beneficial for the
environment given their lower level of GHG emissions.
In order to thoroughly assess the reduction of emissions, improve products sustainability and meter all GHG
emissions associated to the company’s global activities, pursuant to Abengoa’s strategy, an ambitious emissions
control plan has been implemented, related to each aspect of the products and raw material employed and
manufactured throughout all the plants and offices in the world.
Therefore, specific teams and leaders have been appointed to coordinate and implement the adaptation of the
accounting and financial systems to this new requirement; and important conciliation work is being done so that
all suppliers, with no exception, incorporate to their deliveries a GHG emissions report associated to their
products. This report should not only include energy consumption of the different sources used to manufacture
the product, but employed raw material, distance covered and means of transport used from production to
delivery.
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· Our Shareholders
· Our Employees
· Our Clients
· Our Suppliers
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On September 19, 2002, the General Shareholders Meeting unanimously agreed upon the transformation of the
company from a Corporation into a Limited Liability Company. Later, Abengoa, S.A. decided to group all the
investments related to biofuels under the company name of Abengoa Bioenergía, to which end:
On December 16, 2002, the capital stock was increased by 119,756,050.00 Euros by means of a non-monetary
contribution consisting of shares which Abengoa, S.A. held in different companies. Sociedad Inversora en
Energía y Medio Ambiente, S.A. did not subscribe in this rights issue, which was fully taken up by Abengoa, S.A
On December 31, 2002, the capital stock was again increased by 29,705,550.00 Euros through a non-monetary
contribution consisting in shares which Sociedad Inversora en Energía y Medio Ambiente, S.A. held in different
companies. Abengoa, S.A. did not subscribe in this rights issue, which was thus fully taken up by Sociedad
Inversora en Energía y Medio Ambiente, S.A.
On January 1, 2004, the General Shareholders Meeting unanimously agreed upon the transformation of the
company from a Limited Liability Company into a Corporation, agreement that was registered in the Mercantile
Register Office of Seville on October 7, 2004, from when it has kept the name of Abengoa Bioenergía, S.A.
The communication with shareholders takes place regularly within the context of Abengoa S.A.'s actions and
through the information channels established for this purpose.
The corporate website (www.abengoabioenergy.com), published in Spanish, English and Portuguese, is an
excellent tool to communicate with all stakeholders, including shareholders. With its constant updating, it
gathers all the relevant information in order to keep shareholders and other stakeholders fully informed at all
times.
Our Employees
Professional Development
One of the most important assets of the business group is its employees. Therefore, the company has made
great efforts to ensure employee development, both professionally and in a personally. To this aim, it has
implement ambitious training plans in accordance with the implemented competence plan. The program put
into place at Abengoa Bioenergy for 2008 is structured in four segments, depending on the nature of the
presented material and the desired result:
Corporate training, meaning: communicating Abengoa’s corporate culture, its internal rules, its strategy, its
financial models, corporate identity, and the values it represents.
General training, employed to attain professional excellence through awareness of new working tools,
techniques, management topics, among other curricula.
Language training, the international growth demands the company to offer this training and ensure
employees are prepared to undertake international current and future projects.
Occupational risk prevention training which involves, not only safety professionals, but also all levels in the
organization, safety training is a priority within the work place.
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This year, the company has surpassed the established objectives, producing a complete training activity that is
balanced in attention to the company’s strategic objectives.
In 2010, at Abengoa Bioenergy, the company staff was formed by 5.187 employees, distributed in three
geographical areas where it operates, USA, Europe, and Brazil.
2010 Average Staff
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United States
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Brazil
4.187
Total
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Code of Conduct
As an Abengoa subsidiary, at Abengoa Bioenergy abides by the same code of conduct as its parent company (see
http://www.abengoa.com). This code’s principles are based on:
The highest standards of honor and good judgment of employees, management and directors.
Full, just, precise, punctual and intelligible communication in the periodic reports that Abengoa Bioenergy
has to present to the administration and its Abengoa parent company.
Compliance with applicable laws, standards and regulations.
Tackling actual or possible conflicts of interests.
Provide orientation so that employees, management and directors notify Abengoa Bioenergy of such
conflicts.
The demand for maximum level of confidentiality and just treatment inside and outside Abengoa Bioenergy.
The corporate culture and in the common management systems.
Service vocation in the performance of our activities.
Involvement in the projects we develop.
Professional responsibility in our actions.
Quality assurance in actions, both internal and external.
Doing things with awareness, common sense, rigor, order and responsibility.
Information confidentiality, exclusively for compliance with the Abengoa Bioenergy business objectives.
Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational health and safety is essential for the development of activities. According to the company, in
addition to legal provisions pursuant to Article 19 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the creation and
development of a culture and awareness on this matter is crucial, and therefore a specific chapter on
occupational health and safety is included in the training plans, providing for both general and specialized
courses.
The first ones include Basic Occupational Health and Safety for all people managers within productive centers and
general First Aid, aimed at obtaining applicable knowledge on risk prevention both at legal and practical level
with the first one; and basic knowledge on how to act in case of an accident with the second one.
The latter includes courses that offer a high level of qualification in prevention and which, though not
mandatory, are considered necessary due to the nature of the company’s activity.
Among them, the Fire Brigade course should be highlighted, offering first and second intervention staff sufficient
skills and knowledge in case of emergency.
As part of the skills development process, workers are trained to help Occupational Health and Safety teams in
emergency situations, first aid, firefighting, risk analysis and prevention by teaching competent and conscious
professionals. The great challenge is to teach a large number of workers with little training and high levels of
illiteracy on the idea that prevention is everyone's responsibility.
Abengoa Bioenergia Brasil is implementing an Integrated Quality, Environmental and Occupational Health and
Safety Management System (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001). The company aims to reduce and to
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eliminate, if possible, the number of accidents and their severity and develop continuous improvement actions on
prevention by implementing such system, together with the workers' training process.
Acquired knowledge is systematically recycled to maintain and strengthen this occupational health and safety
philosophy.
In addition, internal safety measures are transferred to all the companies working in Abengoa's centers, pursuant
to Article 24 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Our Clients
Information Surveys
The call to serve is of paramount importance to Abengoa Bioenergy. Direct communication channels are,
therefore, set up between the technical and commercial departments and the clients to establish a close
relationship and, thus, receive comments and suggestions they may consider relevant.
In its desire to improve and build customer loyalty, Abengoa Bioenergy has begun to conduct customer
satisfaction surveys to adjust as much as possible to the real needs of these stakeholders. As a result, customers
are highly appraising the effort on continuous improvement of quality perception level developed since the
origins of the business group. As a consequence of this response, the capacity to serve urgent orders of ethanol
has also been improved, reaching such operating performance levels that enable the production of ethanol with
different technical specifications within very short periods always observing delivery times.
Another highly valued point by customers is the products’ quality, derived from the strict controls applied to raw
material prior to its arrival to the plant, in terms of thorough compliance of the required quality parameters
pursuant to current standards during process control, stored products, and finally batches to be delivered. All the
above, plus serious observance of contracts, makes Abengoa Bioenergy a synonym of thorough guarantee.
Aspects such as the recent Change of Corporate Image in Brazil, improvements in Customer Service, a strategic
training plan geared to company professionals development and highly competitive prices (as ethanol producers
and distributors) are determining factors that enable the company to attract an important number of customers
in all points of sale.
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Clients List
Bioethanol Europe
BP, Agroetanol, Prio, Lyondell, Total Feyzin, Meroil, Stasco, Petronor, Repsol, Cepsa, Shell, Greenergy, Total
Germany, Alcodis, BP España, Galp, NEOT, Spot ES, Spot, vdS, Neste, MS, Cargill, Statoil, Nidera
Mabanaft, Ecofuel, Saras, Petrofina, Conoco, Disa, Repsol Pool, Total France, Petrofina ABF, Lyondell, FR, Picoty,
SCA, Petrovex, Distrydin, Siplec, Carfuel, Dyneff, T&D, Ginouves, Esso, BP France, Agip France, Shell France
DGS Europe
Nutreco, Nuter Feed, Arkady Feeds, Sanders, Cefusa, Sud Ouest Aliment, Piensos Unzúe, Cefetra, Avigase,
Delagro.
Glycerin Europe
Mercados y Comercios Asiáticos, Nutreco, Cegeco, SAT Alia, EDF&Man, Juan Jiménez, Acorex, Covap, Cereales
Macob, Dialgasa.
Bioethanol United States
BP, Shell, Valero, Chevron, Marathon, PPC, Exxon, Flint Hills, JP Morgan.
DGS United States
Cargill, Gavilon, DeBruce, Scoular, Adams Land and Cattle, ADM, The Rice Co., Delta Oil Mill, CGB.
Bioethanol Brazil
Petrobrás, Ipiranga, Shell, Esso y Alesat, todas del Sindicom además de varias otras distribuidoras regionales de
los grupos llamados de Emergentes.
Sugar Brazil
VHP: Sucden, Bunge, ED&F MAN y Noble.
Our Providers
Five basic guidelines define the relationship with suppliers and reinforce the Procurement strategy:
Outsourcing
Leadership
Globalization
Local development
Integration
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Outsourcing
The outsourcing of the services identified as supplementary to production guarantees the maximum optimization
of operations. Outsourcing allows the company to concentrate on improving the knowledge in key activities,
increasing the performance of the business, incorporating the most professional service through the direct
involvement of the supplier in day-to-day operations. Services such as labor specialized in the different areas of
maintenance and utilities, as well as the supplies and application of critical products, are among the sectors
subjected to outsourcing due to the specific experience, technology and training required.
Leadership
The continuous quest and the contracting of the leading suppliers in their sector guarantees innovative
improvement solutions with an important technological component, which allows maintaining competitiveness
and quality. The supply of critical products and the maintenance of essential units draw on suppliers of wellknown success and proven experience.
Globalization
All purchases are subject to globalization. The contracting of shared suppliers in the different production centers
allows incorporating the most developed and homogeneous service with standardized scopes that offer a
corporate procedure and a balanced growth across the various production plants. These synergies facilitate the
application of global solutions, which result in a cost optimization both in management and in the development
of the service and supplies.
Local development
In turn, the fact of focusing on the development and involvement of local suppliers guarantees the coverage of
the most elementary and basic needs, with the consequent flexibility in the consumption volumes and response
times thus having a positive impact on commercial and industrial growth in the geographical areas of operation,
guaranteeing a close and social relationship.
Integration
The integration of suppliers' improvement proposals allows the continuous enhancement of productivity and
performance. Result-based pricing is a fundamental principle of business commitment. This commitment will also
include the integration in the Environmental Safety Policy, the respect for Human Rights and the business ethics.
Social responsibility and sustainability
Since June 2008, Abengoa Bioenergy, as part of the sustainability policy of Abengoa and all its business groups,
requires its suppliers, including raw material suppliers, to sign a Code of Social Responsibility (CSR) based on
international standard SA 8000, made up of 11 clauses. Through adhesion to this CSR, Abengoa Bioenergy
promotes among its suppliers the observance and compliance with the established social and environmental
regulations and compliance with all aspects of social responsibility set forth in the Global Compact, covering the
company's entire productive processes, and thereby imposing an obligation on suppliers to sign up to said code
in writing.
Abengoa has implemented an inventory of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions, therefore we request our clients to
submit the emissions derived from the products / services acquired / contracted. Day by day we continue focusing
on the continuous improvement in the sustainability field, thus, we still require from our suppliers their
commitment in this sense.
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Community
Abengoa Bioenergy benefits the communities where it operates both economically and socially. However, such
benefits would both be useless if they do not respect the environment. In its desire to protect the environment,
Abengoa Bioenergy works to minimize the environmental impact of its industrial activities chiefly in three areas:
Natural resources.
Controlling and reducing generated emissions and waste.
Protecting the biodiversity of the areas where it operates.
The company optimizes the use of chemicals in process to reduce consumption without affecting its output. For
example, the use of chemicals in processes is managed by the continuous improvement Six Sigma tool to limit it
to the minimum essential level; or along these lines, water consumption, a scarce resource, is managed through
hydro-efficiency committees to achieve “zero discharge”. As to energy, processes have been optimized to reduce
power consumption and, therefore, minimize greenhouse effect gas (GHG) emissions.
The emissions of all production centers are controlled to minimize them as much as possible, observing the limits
set forth by current legislation in the areas of operation far beyond their scope.
As a final result, and guaranteed by the ISO 14001 certification, the company counts on environmentally-friendly
facilities that protect the biodiversity of the areas where it operates, always based on environmental impact
studies that ensure minimization of the potential impact of production plants on the environment.
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Conferencies
In the month of May, for the ninth consecutive year, “The World Biofuels 2010” Conference has taken place, at
the Hospital de los Venerables, the headquarters of the Focus-Abengoa Foundation in Seville
The sustainability of the life cycle of biofuels and the process of procuring raw materials to produce them; the
mechanisms for verifying their sustainability; the globalization of the biofuels markets; the raw materials and the
current situation of the conversion technologies used to produce second generation biofuels were the main
issues that were tackled in this new edition of the World Biofuels
The conference analyzed the sustainability of biofuels in terms of reducing greenhouse gases; changes in the use
of cultivation land recently approved in the USA and the European Union; as well as the level of definition and
implementation of the accounting and verification systems for these emissions, and the certification systems for
raw materials. The source and the cultivation of raw materials for biofuels has become one of the determining
factors in their sustainability. During the course of the conference, the availability of agricultural resources (new
land and the increase in crop yields) and water resources will also be analyzed – neither of which should lead to
deforestation or loss of biodiversity. The debate will also look at how to ensure that the effects of indirect land
use change (iLUC) on greenhouse gas emissions become a requirement for sustainability, once the scientific and
technical community reaches a consensus on the methods for comprehensively, reliably and verifiably measuring
these effects.
In addition, representatives from the main biofuels producers’ associations in the USA, Brazil and the European
Union will analyze the evolution of the bioethanol and biodiesel markets in 2009, in which demand has
continued to grow at high rates. The second half of 2008, when the raw material prices significantly fell despite
the high consumption of biofuels, showed that growth in this market had no effect on the prices of cereals and
oil seeds, which remained stable in 2009, and in some cases even declined by a considerable amount.
Cellulose biomass (agricultural, forestry and urban by-products, and new crops and dedicated tree species) are
seen as one of the raw materials of the future for the introduction of second generation biofuels in the market.
Representatives from the most important companies in the sector will report on their experiences using these
materials and the technology costs for converting biomass (cereal straw and maize by-products) into cellulose
bioethanol, based on the experiences of the pilot plants in Spain and the USA, as well as their vision of the
industrial and commercial viability of these technologies and their implementation periods in the market.
The conference ended with an analysis of the use of biofuels obtained from algae as fuel for the aviation
industry, as well as the expected time horizon for their commercial implementation.
World Biofuels 2010 forms part of the Focus-Abengoa Forum on Energy and Climate Change, which aims to
promote, through public discussions, a genuine open platform for the research, presentation and debate of ideas
and results through those actions that it believes are relevant at any given time based on the nature of the issues
to be analysed.
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9ª World Biofuels Conference
Community Interaction
Abengoa Bioenergy promotes and carries out general interest activities and actions centered on educational,
cultural and scientific work. Abengoa Bioenergy believes in an innovative company as a necessary and effective
tool to make headway toward a society committed to sustainable development. On the other hand, the company
participates in actions promoted by Abengoa mainly through its Focus Foundation.
All these actions are aimed at contributing to improve not only the economic, but also the social and
environmental surroundings and, therefore, the interest and wellbeing not only of the people working in the
company but people in general, organizations and communities around it.
Europe
Abengoa Bioenergy companies abide by the values of corporate social responsibility in their daily operations
naturally integrated into the company's strategy, culture and organization. For that purpose, they foster and
contribute to the development of the following activities:
Contribution to the organization of training courses.
Cooperation with universities.
Support to environmental awareness initiatives.
Endorsement to cultural associations, participation in exhibitions and conferences.
Support to associations’ activities.
Support in the organization of neighborhood community parties.
Sponsorship to obtain youth and local sports teams equipment and gear.
Improvement of service maintenance onsite plants.
Collaboration with the "Handi'réseau" association that works for the integration and employment of
disabled workers.
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Sponsorship of the “International Conference on Lignocellulosic Ethanol; from demonstration to market
deployment”. The Conference addressed issues related to the lignocellulosic ethanol, such as: pre-treatment
of raw materials, enzymes and yeasts, large-scale demonstration plants, and economic and environmental
aspects related with bioethanol.
United States
A number of activities have been conducted in the United States to promote the company’s good name and
make the society acknowledge it through different activities. These efforts include contributions to civic and
charity organizations, involvement with local schools and universities, participation in events, improvement of
safety and appearance of production plants and environmental awareness.
Some of the developed activities include:
Monetary donations to renowned organizations, such as the American Cancer Society, the American Red
Cross, among others.
Participation and promotion of civic organizations, such as Chambers of Commerce, Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts, youth sports teams, fire department, elderly associations, or support to schools promoting company
employees involvement in these activities.
Brazil
Abengoa Bioenergy Brazil has planned a number of corporate social responsibility-based activities to integrate the
company to the local communities. These actions are aimed at contributing to improve the economic, social and
environmental surroundings, as well as the interest and wellbeing of both company employees and the rest of
the community.
Below are some of the significant projects launched during this year:
Donations to institutions for the promotion of projects dedicated to human development.
Donations to institutions for the promotion of social projects.
Human Rights
As Abengoa’s subsidiary, Abengoa Bioenergy (signatory of the World Pact since September 2002) works to
ensure that the 10 basic principles developed in the abovementioned Pact are observed.
These 10 principles stem from universal declarations and conventions: two on human rights based on the
Universal Declaration on Human Rights; four on labor inspired on the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles
and Rights at work, three on the environment supported by the Rio Declaration on the Environment and
Development, and one on the fight against corruption, based on the United Nations Convention against
Corruption.
The respect of the fundamental rights of people and their environment being the main pillar of all its activities,
Abengoa Bioenergy and all its subsidiaries:
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Support and respect internationally recognized fundamental human rights protection, within its scope of
action.
Ensure companies are not accomplices to the violation of human rights.
Support freedom of association and effective acknowledgment of the right to collective bargaining.
Support the elimination of all forms of forced labor or compulsory labor.
Support the eradication of child labor.
Support the abolition of discrimination practices at work.
Maintain a preventive approach that favors the environment.
Foster initiatives that promote further environmental responsibility.
Favor the development and promotion of environmentally-friendly technologies.
Work against all forms of corruption, including extortion and bribery.
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Board of directors
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
· Appointments and Remunerations Committee
· Audit Committee
· New Technologies Committee
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Board of directors
The current Board of Directors was constituted in July 2007. As of December 31 st, 2010, it is formed
by twelve members, eleven Board Members, and one Non-Board Member Secretary, which provide a
diversified composition.
President
Álvaro Fernández de Villaverde, Duque de San Carlos
Counselor
Audit Committee
Charles Wellesley, Lord Douro
Counselor
Appointments and Remunerations Committee
Ricardo Martínez Rico
Counselor
Audit Committee
New Technologies Committee
Ramón de Miguel Egea
Consejero vocal
Audit Committee
Amando Sánchez Falcón
Counselor
Santiago Seage Medela
Counselor
Carlos Sebastián Gascón
Counselor
Luis Solana Madariaga
Counselor
Cándido Velázquez-Gastelu Ruiz
Counselor
Daniel Villalba Vila
Counselor
Audit Committee
Salvador Martos Barrionuevo
Secretary non-member
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Board Committees
Board Committees
Appointments and remunerations committee
Audit committee
New Technologies committee
The Board Committees shall meet as often as necessary to cover these duties, at least twice a year, and on all
occasions when convened by the Chairman, at its own initiative or at the request of any of its members.
Meetings of the Committees will also be valid when, all members being present, they agree to hold a session.
The Board Committees shall be considered validly constituted when the majority of the members are present.
Attendance can be delegated to another Board member. The resolutions shall be validly adopted when the
majority of the members present in the Committee vote in its favor.
The Board Committees are formed by three Non-executive Board Members designated by the Board of Directors,
for a maximum period of four years, renewable for maximum periods of the same duration. The Secretary of the
Board of Directors acts as Committee Secretary
Charles Wellesley (Chairman)
The functions and competences of the Appointments and Remunerations Committee are the following:
Report to the Board of Directors about new appointments, reelection, end of activity of any of the Board
members and their position, as well as the general policy of remunerations and incentives for the members
and the senior management.
Provide a preliminary report on all proposals to be presented by the Board of Directors to the Shareholders
for the appointment or end of activity or resignation of Board members, even in the event of co-opting by
the Board of Directors itself.
Draw-up an annual report on the activities of the Appointments and remunerations committee.
Assess the competences, knowledge and experience of the Board members, define the abilities and skills that
candidates need to have in order to fill the vacant positions, as well as evaluate the time and dedication
needed for an appropriate performance of their tasks.
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Report the new appointments and end of activity of the senior managers proposed by the Chairman to the
Board of Directors.
Report the Board of Directors on miscellaneous matters.
Report the Board of Directors of the remuneration policy of directors and senior managers.
Inform the Board of Directors about the individual remuneration of the Board members and the approval of
Contracts that the company enters into with each counselor.
Ensure the compliance with the remuneration policy established by the company.
Seek for the Chairman or CEO advice, especially in matters related to the executive directors and senior
managers.
Analyze the requests that any Board member may formulate for the consideration of potential candidates to
fill the vacant positions in the Board, as well as the vacant positions in the Company.
Audit Committee
Ricardo Martínez Rico (Chairman)
Álvaro Fernández de Villaverde
Audit Committee
The functions and competences of the Audit Committee are the following:
Provide a report of the Annual Accounts as well as quarter and half-year financial statements, to be
submitted to the parent company, shareholders, financial institutions, public and private organizations,
etc., mentioning the internal control systems, supervision of compliance through internal audits, and, if
applicable, the accounting criteria applied.
Report to the Board on any change in the accounting criteria and on-balance sheet risks and off-balance
sheet risks.
Inform at the General Shareholders Meeting about the matters raised by the shareholders with respect to
their competence.
Propose the appointment of external auditors to the Board of Directors so as to be presented at the
General Shareholders Meeting.
Supervise the internal audits. The Committee will have full involvement in the internal audit. It will also
report during the process of selection, appointment, removal and reappointment of the Director and
approval of his/her remuneration, and will have to inform the budget of the Department.
Be aware of the process of financial reporting and the internal control systems of the company.
Meet with the external auditors in order to receive information about those matters that may imply a risk
to their independent judgment and any other matter related to the auditing process.
Summon the Counselors deemed appropriate to the meetings of the Committee, so that they inform on
the agreements being taken by the Audit Committee itself.
Elaborate an annual report on the activities of the Audit Committee, which should be included in the
management report.
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Board of directors
New Techonologies Committee
Luis Solana Madariaga (Chairman)
Ricardo Martínez Rico
The functions and competences of the New Technologies Committee are the following:
Report to the Board of Directors about the status of the new technological developments regarding
biofuels.
Report in advance, all the proposals that the Board of Directors may submit to the General Meeting for
the adoption of agreements corresponding to the new technologies applicable.
Inform and give advice on the investment policy in new technologies.
Prepare an annual report on the activities of the New Technologies Committee and related progress.
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Address
Telephone Fax
16150 Main Circle Drive, Suite 300
Chesterfield, St. Louis, MO 63017
Estados Unidos
Pº de la Castellana, nº 31 - 3Plta.
28046 Madrid, España
+1 636 728 0508
+1 636 728 1148
+34 91 319 7070
+34 91 308 5242
Abengoa Bionergía, S.A.
Corporate
• President & Chief Executive Officer
• Chief Financial Officer
• Corporate Development Director.
• IT Corporate Director
Ignacio García Alvear
Joaquín Alarcón de Lastra
Juan José Lallave García
Ecocarburantes Españoles,S.A.
• President
• Chief Executive Officer
• Plant Manager
Eduardo Sánchez-Almohalla Serrano Crta. N-343, Km 7,5,
Antonio Vallespir de Gregorio
Valle de Escombreras
David Galindo Cascales
30350 Cartagena , España
+34 968 16 7708
+34 968 16 7070
Bioetanol Galicia, S.A.
• President
• Plant Manager
José B. Terceiro
Tomás Blanco Parra
+34 981 77 7570
+34 981 78 5131
+34 923 28 4163
+34 923 28 4143
+34 91 354 2712
+34 95 669 9122
Rocade Sud d'Arance
+33 559 14 0990
Plateforme Induslacq, Porte d'Abidos
64300 Arance, Francia
+33 559 14 0991
Merwedeweg 10
Haven 5629, 3198 LH Europoort,
Holanda
+34 91 319 7070
+34 91 308 5242
Pº de la Castellana, nº 31 - 3Plta.
28046 Madrid, España
+34 91 319 7070
+34 91 308 5242
Weena 294, Weena 200 Building,
Tower B, Floor 12th, Rotterdam,
Holanda
+31 10 271 0111
+31 10 271 0119
+34 95 493 7000
+34 95 493 7012
+34 95 493 7000
+34 95 493 7012
Polígono Industrial Teixeiro
Ctra. Nacional 634, Km. 664,3
15310 Teixeiro-Curtis, La Coruña,
España
Biocarburantes de Castilla y León, S.A.
• President
Ginés de Mula González de Riancho Crta. de Encinas a Cantalapiedra,
Km. 5,2
• Plant Manager
Gonzalo Curiel Fernández
37330 Babilafuente, Salamanca,
España
Abengoa Bioenergía San Roque, S.A.
Cortijo Santa Rosa s/n,
• Plant Manager
Juan Carlos Muñoz
Ctra.Nacional 351
11360 San Roque, Cádiz, España
Abengoa Bioenergy France, S.A.
• Plant Manager
Fabrice Orecchioni
Abengoa Bioenergy Netherlands, B.V.
• Plant Manager
Darrell Hampshire
Abengoa Bioenergy UK, Ltd.
• Plant Manager
Darrell Hampshire
Abengoa Bioenergy Trading Europe, B.V.
• Executive Vice President
Pedro Carrillo Donaire
Ecoagrícola, S.A.
• President
Antonio Navarro Velasco
Calle Energía Solar nº 1,
Ginés de Mula González de Riancho Campus Palmas Altas
41014 Sevilla, España
Abengoa Bioenergía Nuevas Tecnologías, S.A.
Gerson Santos-León
Calle Energía Solar nº 1,
• Program Director
Ricardo Arjona Antolín
Campus Palmas Altas
41014 Sevilla, España
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• Institutional Relationships &
Governmental Affairs
Executive Vice President
• General Counsel
• Executive Vice President &
Chief Operations Officer
• Colwich Plant Manager
Christopher Standlee
Tim Frasher
Scott Johnson
• York Plant Manager
Mitch Stuhr
Abengoa Bioenergy Indiana, LLC
• Executive Vice President & Chief
Operations Officer
• Plant Manager
Abengoa Bioenergy Illinois, LLC
Operations Officer
• Interim Plant Manager
Adam Hass
Darrell Sanford
Fax
Estados Unidos
+1 636 728 0508
+1 636 728 1148
523 East Union Ave
+1 316 796 1234
+1 316 796 1523
Colwich, KS 67030, Estados Unidos
1827 Industrial Dr.
+1 505 356 3555
Portales, NM 88130, Estados Unidos
1414 Road O
+1 402 362 2285
York, NE 68467, Estados Unidos
35955 Navaho Rd.
Ravenna, NE 68869,
Estados Unidos
+1 636 728 0508
+1 505 539 1060
+1 402 362 7041
+1 636 728 1148
8999 West Franklin Rd.
Mount Vernon, IN 47620,
Estados Unidos
+1 812 985 9982 +1 812 985 9983
395 Bissell St.
Madison, IL 63060, Estados Unidos
+1 618 451 8617 +1 618 451 8618
David Henderson
Abengoa Bioenergy Engineering & Construction, LLC
Abengoa Bioenergy Trading US, LLC
Brian Burke
Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies, Inc.
Gerson Santos-León
Abengoa Bioenergia Brasil, S.A.
• Economical & Financial Director
• Commercial Director
Telephone
Jeff Jones
• Portales Operations Manager
Abengoa Bioenergy Nebraska, LLC
Operations Officer
• Plant Manager
Address
Juan Taín Varela
Hernán Tálamo
Alberto Carmona Bosch
Estados Unidos
+1 636 728 0508
+1 636 728 1148
Estados Unidos
+1 636 728 0508
+1 636 728 1148
Estados Unidos
+1 636 728 0508
+1 636 728 1148
Rua Funchal, 418 - 36° andar ,
Vila Olimpia, São Paulo - S.P.
CEP 04551-060, Brasil
Fazenda São Luiz
Pirassununga-SP, CEP: 13630-970
Brasil
+55 11 2111 6500 +55 11 2111 6512
+55 19 3565 5555 +55 19 3565 5502
www.abengoabioenergy.com
[email protected]
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