[Press Release] Malteurop inaugurates a new biomass plant in Seville: A major step in its decarbonisation strategy
After a year of construction works, on Monday 19 May 2025, Intermalta-Malteurop, one of the world’s biggest producers of malt for the brewing industry, inaugurated a biomass power plant in Seville (Spain), representing a total investment of €40 million. The commissioning of this facility will reduce the malting plant’s greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 75%.
This large-scale project, which is the product of technological applicability screening that began in 2022, is part of Malteurop’s global decarbonisation strategy, whose aim is to identify the best decarbonisation solutions for each site, based on their specific challenges, location and context. The CSR strategy, Link by Malteurop, is consistent with VIVESCIA Group’s sustainable performance strategy from an economic, environmental and societal standpoint.
In Seville, the chosen energy model relies on biomass as the primary fuel, enabling the production of thermal and electrical energy with a reduced carbon footprint. The plant will be powered by wood chips, olive stones and almond shells, as part of a virtuous cycle that typifies the company’s pioneering position in the transition to renewable energies.
This biomass technology will enable Intermalta-Malteurop to reduce the carbon footprint of the value chain while maintaining malt quality standards.
Olivier Hautin, Managing Director of Malteurop, said: “The Seville biomass plant marks an important first step in the plan to decarbonise all our malting plants. After Seville, other projects will soon be rolled out, with a view to reducing Malteurop’s greenhouse gas emissions by 42% by 2030 (compared to the benchmark year of 2021) across the company’s industrial scope (scopes 1 and 2)*. Our commitment is not limited to our direct scope, however, as we are also working with our barley suppliers on every aspect of sustainable development. Malteurop intends to be a key sustainability partner for the barley/malt/beer industry, by providing relevant, concrete solutions, and we are proud to contribute to the Group’s carbon trajectory, which is approved by SBTi**.”
* Scope 1: Direct emissions from fixed and mobile sources, and direct fugitive emissions.
Scope 2: Indirect emissions related to the production of purchased electricity, heat or steam.
** Created following the Paris Agreement, and a product of a collaboration between several institutions around the world, including the UN, the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) is now the benchmark in terms of companies’ carbon trajectories. https://sciencebasedtargets.org/
