Repsol to exceed 600 service stations with renewable fuel in 2024

Renewable fuels are one of the main levers of Repsol's strategy to accelerate the reduction of emissions from transport and achieve the goal of becoming a net zero emissions company by 2050. The main advantage of their use is that they can be used in all current vehicles without the need for modifications to engines or existing distribution and refuelling infrastructures.

Repsol currently supplies 100% renewable fuel at more than 60 service stations in the main cities and transport corridors of the Iberian Peninsula. With 46 stations in Spain and 15 in Portugal, the multi-energy company has exceeded the target it set itself last May when it started supplying at the first three service stations in Madrid, Barcelona, and Lisbon, making it the first Spanish company to offer 100% renewable fuel to its customers.

In addition, Repsol is launching a new pilot project in three service stations in the city of Madrid to supply 100% renewable gasoline, with which it intends to expand its range of renewable products. The three service stations (Hipódromo, Arturo Soria, and Herrera Oria) are the first in Spain to supply both renewable gasoline and diesel.

The production of 100% renewable gasoline is a challenge because the industrial processes are still under development. The team of researchers at the Repsol Technology Lab has been designing racing gasoline for MotoGP for more than 20 years and has developed this new fuel by transferring the knowledge of high competition to the formulation of the commercial product. This new fuel is produced from waste from biomass, the agri-food industry and used cooking oils.

Repsol's renewable fuels are added to the wide range of mobility products (electric mobility, AutoGas, CNG/LNG, and Neotech fuels) that the company offers at its nearly 4000 service stations throughout the Iberian Peninsula.

Valero Marín, Repsol's Executive Managing Director of Client, said: "This new target of more than 600 service stations with renewable fuels demonstrates Repsol's commitment to increasing the range of sustainable technologies for mobility, which helps the customers choose the one that best suits their needs. Our service stations are prepared to offer our clients any type of energy they need for their mobility, and we want to continue to be their travel companion whether they use an electric car, a car that runs on renewable fuel, or a gas-powered car."

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