Magnon Green Energy, the Ence Group’s renewable energy subsidiary in Mérida, has renewed the Sure certificate, initially awarded in 2021, which guarantees the sustainability of the biomass consumed at this facility.
This milestone highlights the company’s robust sustainable biomass management system, which is not only limited to the supply of all its power plants, but extends to the supply of sustainable biomass to third parties, thus ensuring that all biomass managed by the company meets all the sustainability requirements of the European Union.
Magnon Mérida was the first plant in Europe to endorse the sustainability of its biomass through this scheme. The Sure certificate is one of the tools developed to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (REDII), a European regulation that establishes various criteria that all biomasses used in the bioenergy sector must meet, focused on guaranteeing their sustainability, a correct mass balance, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency.
For Magnon, the sustainability of its activity is the central pillar of its management. The company is at the forefront of the sustainability of biomass as a renewable energy source, an example of circular economy. The responsible use of agricultural and forestry biomass, always under environmental sustainability criteria, is not only a viable and necessary alternative in the energy transition, but also promotes decarbonisation, generates employment and contributes significantly to rural development.
The Mérida plant generates renewable energy from agricultural and forestry biomass from the Extremadura area, giving a new life to these remains that can otherwise pose an environmental problem in the Extremadura countryside, due to the uncontrolled burning that sometimes occurs. Furthermore, its activity positively benefits the local economy as, with an installed capacity of 20MW, it manages to generate 500 direct, indirect and induced jobs in the area, according to data provided by the Association of Renewable Energy Companies (APPA).
