One pride, three engines.
From fruit to oil, from effluent to energy, and from oil to biodiesel: this is how the virtuous cycle of GRUPO COINSU works.
Extraction leader in Honduras.
COINSU is a Honduran company dedicated to producing crude palm oil, palm kernel oil and palm kernel meal, from Non GMO oil palm harvested on our associated farms. We were born as a pilot project of our founding families and, thanks to technology pioneering in Latin America, we remain the national leaders in extraction and milling. We are now expanding our plant from 30 to 45 tonnes of fruit per hour.
What we produce, within the scope of our QMS.
Crude palm oil (CPO)
Obtained by milling the fruit of Elaeis guineensis. Non GMO, from certified seed, deep orange in colour and semi-solid at room temperature.
Palm kernel oil
Extracted from the kernel of the palm fruit. High saponification value and excellent stability; semi-solid at room temperature.
Palm kernel meal
A by-product of the kernel, widely used in the diet of dairy ruminants, poultry and other farm animals for its nutritional content.
By-products and supporting activities.
Empty fruit bunches
The receptacle of the fruit bunches, used for combustion in industrial boilers and for energy generation within the Group.
Ash
Potassium from bunches and empty fruit bunches is incinerated into ash: an organic fertiliser that returns to the plantations and reduces the use of chemicals.
Our own nursery
Seedlings from certified Non GMO seed, treated organically until they are ready for planting in 8 to 9 months.
Bioenergy in a closed loop.
We produce bioenergy from the treatment of effluent generated by the oil extraction of our sister division COINSU. We add value to by-products in a closed-loop process that mitigates our impact on the environment.
Biogas
Process effluent goes straight into huge digesters. With the resulting biogas we run every division of GRUPO COINSU — and by capturing methane, we avoid greenhouse gases.
Electricity
We have generated electricity from biogas since 2014. Today we have over 2 MW installed and are expanding energy sales to third parties and to the national grid (ENEE).
Biolubricants and biodiesel.
We turn Honduran palm oil into clean energy and clean lubrication: distilled B100 biodiesel with over 96 % ester purity and a line of renewable-based food-grade biolubricants, free of MOSH and MOAH, formulated to meet NSF H1 and ISO 21469.
Food-grade biolubricants
Four families in development: hydraulic fluids (ISO VG 32/46/68), gear oils (320/460), high-temperature chain oil (220) and NLGI 2 greases.
Line in development
Distilled B100 biodiesel
Palm oil FAME purified by vacuum distillation: over 96 % esters, sulphur free and blendable from B5 to B100 with no engine modification. Capacity of 10 t/day.
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