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Renewable energy from biomass.

• ACTIVITY: forest management and biomass.
• LOCATION: Calle Armental, 0 SN (33710) Navia (Asturias).
• CONSTITUTION DATE: 07/07/2009. 
• CATEGORY: Big company.
• CONTACT: (+34) 985 630 200.

• NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 58.
• INCOME: €15,650,221.
• GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
  • Comprehensive management of forestry surfaces and crops.
  • Electricity generation from biomass.
• BUSINESS LINES:
  • Eucalyptus pulp production.
  • Production of renewable energy with biomass.
  • Forest management. 
• INFRASTRUCTURE: 
  • Pulp production: 2 plants, one in Navia (Asturias) and another in Pontevedra.
  • Biomass: 8 production plants: two in Navia, two in Huelva, one in Pontevedra, one in Mérida, and the recently incorporated ones in Jaén and Ciudad Real. 
• DATA OF INTEREST:
  • The company follows internationally recognized sustainability and responsibility criteria.
  • Ence has a production capacity of 930,000 tons/year of eucalyptus pulp.
  • In renewable energy production they have a installed power of 254 MW of biomass. 

TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPLY/DEMAND:

• Forest level: improvement of forest species and their performance, to maximize self-sufficiency of wood and biomass.
• Energy level: technologies for energy generation from biomass.
• Pulp production level: improvement of manufacturing processes, of the products offered and adaptation to market needs.