Antonio Vallespir is Chief Executive Officer at Vertex Bioenergy, a leading bioethanol and DDGS producer in Spain and France. He has more than 18 years' experience in the biofuels sector.

在世界乙醇和生物燃料会议上，我们有机会向安东尼奥讨论欧洲乙醇的政治态度及其对西班牙增长和整个大陆的期望。

“特别是在西班牙，我们相信我们有机会开始发展和实施E10。我认为明年可能是过渡年，但我们预计增加约30-40万升的乙醇需求。“

Q: What is your assessment of the political attitude towards ethanol in Europe at the moment?

Antonio Vallespir:I think that Europe is supportive of ethanol and I think that it is a proven, cost-effective tool in the mitigation, and reduction, of greenhouse gas emissions. I do think we have an opportunity to be more supportive to regulations across all member states to have only one speed developing E10 and higher blends across Europe. Today, I think there are some member states that are at high speeddeveloping E10, and some other member states that are in a low level of developing E10.

Q: How much growth do you expect to see in ethanol consumption across Europe and Spain during the 2020’s?

Vallespir:It is difficult to say, but we are expecting an increase of approximately 300-400 million litres across Europe because of a combination of regulation and an increase in gasoline consumption in several countries. In Spain particularly, we believe we have the opportunity to start developing and implementing. I think probably next year will be a transition year, but we expect an increase of about 30-40 million litres of ethanol demand.

Q: Vertex benefits from the EU’s double-counting system with its wine alcohol units. What is your perspective on double-counting?

Vallespir:对于我们双重计数乙醇方面是一个非常小的市场。我们没有太多的原材料可用。这是我们不认为的是解决运输部门的解决方案。我们将其视为对客户提供免费的东西。它不是乙醇方面的工具，以真正脱碳传输部门。

问：替代收入流是顶点的商业模式的重要性如何？

Vallespir:我认为这是非常重要的，因为重要的是使我们的投资组合多样化，这是让我们在市场上更具弹性的东西。此外，如您所知，欧洲的动物饲料是缺乏蛋白质的市场，我们的公司为我们提供了更好的突破。简而言之，您可以更具竞争力，您更能够多样化您的投资组合。

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