LISBON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Portugal’s Galp Energia anticipates to begin producing biodiesel and biojet fuel from waste in an industrial-scale system it is building at its Sines refinery in 2026, the company, which is primarily an oil manufacturer and refiner, said on Thursday.

In 2015 Galp participated in a 75%-25% joint venture with Japan’s Mitsui to invest 400 million euros ($415 million) in the Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO) plant, which will have a production capacity of 270,000 metric heaps each year.

It will transform waste materials, such as used cooking oils, into sustainable biodiesel and biojet fuel, also called sustainable air travel fuel (SAF), using green hydrogen produced by an electrolyser powered by wind or solar power.

Galp stated in a declaration it got on Wednesday the three reactors to process biofuels, which will enable the HVO system to “produce SAF and biodiesel in 2026 … positioning Galp at the leading edge of establishing low-carbon services important for the energy transition”.

Galp is likewise investing 250 million euros in a 100 megawatt (MW) electrolyser system to produce green hydrogen to power the refinery in Sines. ($1 = 0.9637 euros) ( by Sergio Goncalves