The Sardinian Re-Tyre CO2 project has been awarded European Innovation Funding to build a pyrolysis plant in Cagliari
The Re-Tyre CO2 project co-ordinated by Saras SPA Raffinerie Sarde. Saras SPA is a company involved in refining and renewable energy. Raffinerie Sarde is the company’s oil processing plant in Sardinia with a 15 million tonnes annual capacity.
The European Innovation Fund has awarded the company 9,309,027 Euros. The funding is for two years, and production is anticipated to start in 2029.
The new plant will be designed to create sustainable aviation fuel from recycled tyres.
Based in Cagliari, Sardinia, the plant is expected to process around 10,000 tonnes of tyres per annum once in production.
Italian regulations have been so strict that tyre pyrolysis had not made great inroads in the country. This is a sign that the door may be opening to pyrolysis, creating an opportunity to recoup the markets lost by the ban on crumb rubber infill.
The capacity of this project is not going to make a huge difference to the overall picture, but it is opening a door, and it may be the prelude to much larger projects in the future.
