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Aerial view of the Serranova plant in Villasbuenas de Gata, Sierra de Gata
Major retail

More than 6% of Spain’s pellet output will come out of Sierra de Gata.

Everything your buying department will ask: terms, industry standards and secured supply from the Villasbuenas de Gata plant.

5–10 days

Standard lead time

10–15 days

Lead time in peak season

≈ 25 t

Recommended minimum order

4,000 t

Stock target (3,000–4,000 t of finished goods)

The project

We are not just a
pellet brand.

Serranova is the visible part of a plant. Behind it sit committed industrial investment, an environmental permit, European engineering and seven years of prior work.

Biomasa Sierra de Gata (BSG) is the industrial company behind the project; Serranovais its brand in the market. The plant is in Villasbuenas de Gata, Cáceres, on the EX-205 road.

40,000Tonnes a year of capacity
192 GWhAnnual energy equivalent
€13M+Industrial investment
6%+Of Spain’s total output
Inside the Serranova plant: a 15 kg bag on the bagging line and freshly produced pellet
Much more than a pellet

What you’re buying when you buy Serranova.

Six reasons a new SKU earns its metre of shelf.

Our own plant

Capacity

40,000 tonnes a year of our own production, not bought in from third parties.

Woodlands of Sierra de Gata

Origin

Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) from sawmills and woodland within a 100 km radius, with batch-by-batch control.

6 mm pellet

Product

100% natural maritime pine wood, 6 mm, with no chemical additives or synthetic binders.

Stock and reserved capacity

Supply

A 3,000–4,000 t stock target, reserved capacity and season-by-season forecasting.

Major retail shelf

Shelf-ready

10 and 15 kg, a handle on the small bag, copy in four languages and GS1/EDI standards.

Spanish market and export

Track record

A consolidated domestic market and packaging built for export.

Timeline

Before the first bag,
seven years in the making.

Thirteen million euros invested and distribution agreements signed before the first dispatch.

2019

Project starts

Seeger Engineering

2022

Licence

Environmental and planning

2023

Extremadura Avante

Institutional agreement

2024

Dunas Absolute Impact

Private debt fund

2024

Knoblinger

Pelletising equipment

2025

Stela · Termosun

Dryer and boiler

2025

Santander Smart

Structured finance

Nov 2025

Construction begins

Plant construction

2026

Production and sales

Start-up in August

A pallet of Serranova 15 kg bags on a superstore shelf

Ready for your supply chain

A finished-goods stock target of at least 3,000 to 4,000 tonnes: working stock sized by season, plus reserved capacity with shared forecasting for strategic customers.

Member of AECOC (GS1 Spain) — EAN, GTIN, GS1 and SSCC standards
EDI integration with your platform
Transport is included, with logistics providers already in place
Delivery to distribution centre or warehouse, or collection ex works
ENplus® A1, PEFC and SURE going through validation — values checked on every batch
It also covers long-term supply agreements with installers and operators in the heating-equipment sector
Traction

Agreements already signed, in Spain and beyond.

A village in Sierra de Gata
Agreements signed

National distribution

National distributors and regional specialists.

A Serranova lorry on the road
Agreements signed

United Kingdom, Italy and Ireland

Export signed. Negotiations under way for other European markets.

Woodland in Sierra de Gata
170,000 t a year

Supply secured

Raw material from Sierra de Gata and Las Hurdes (LiDAR survey), all within a 100 km radius.

Domestic market

Extremadura, Andalusia, Castile and León, Castile-La Mancha and Madrid. The location serves areas with little industrial coverage nearby, and sits well against the logistics hubs of western Iberia.

Built for Europe

The packaging is export-ready from the first bag: the legal copy runs in Spanish, English, Italian and French.

Backing

Financial, institutional and industrial backing.

An impact fund, a public agency and five industrial partners examined this project before putting capital or technology into it.

Extremadura Avante

The Regional Government of Extremadura’s agency for industrial investment, rural employment and economic development in Sierra de Gata.

Santander

The project’s finance partner, backing the construction and commissioning of the Villasbuenas de Gata plant.

Dunas Capital

Spanish sustainable fund manager. The project is backed by Dunas Absolute Impact FCR, classified under SFDR Article 9.

Knoblinger

A family-owned mechanical engineering firm based in Ried im Innkreis, Austria, specialising in bulk materials handling, conveying and processing systems.

Stela

A German family business and a world leader in the design and manufacture of industrial drying systems and technology.

Termosun

Spanish biomass engineering firm and official distributor of HERZ boilers, with offices across Spain and Portugal.

Boga Técnica

A Spanish firm specialising in the design, consultancy, supply and installation of automatic bagging and palletising lines for bulk solids.

Seeger Engineering

A German leader in turnkey pellet plants, responsible for the design and industrial engineering of the Villasbuenas de Gata plant.

Questions

What a buying department asks

Terms, standards and backing, in short answers.

Serranova, the brand of Biomasa Sierra de Gata, produces 40,000 tonnes a year in Villasbuenas de Gata, Cáceres, more than 6 % of Spain’s output. According to AVEBIOM, Spain has 73 pellet plants and a production of around 680,000 tonnes. The plant is sized to supply major retail with its own SKU and shrink-hooded pallets.
The standard lead time is 5 to 10 days, and 10 to 15 at the height of the heating season. The recommended minimum order is around 25 tonnes, and transport is included, with logistics providers already in place. Delivery is to a distribution centre or warehouse, or collection ex works.
Yes. Biomasa Sierra de Gata is a member of AECOC, which represents GS1 in Spain, and works to EAN, GTIN, GS1 and SSCC standards. There is EDI integration with the customer’s platform, and every SKU ships with its shelf-ready coding.
The target is a finished-goods stock of 3,000 to 4,000 tonnes: working stock sized by season, plus reserved capacity with shared forecasting for strategic customers. Raw material is secured at 170,000 tonnes a year within a 100 km radius, measured by a LiDAR survey.
From local sawmills and from forest biomass in Sierra de Gata and Las Hurdes, all maritime pine and all within a 100 km radius. Taking that biomass out of the woodland reduces the fuel load and the risk of fire, and keeps the woodland managed.
The ENplus® A1, PEFC and SURE certifications are going through validation. In the meantime every batch is checked before dispatch against measurable parameters: 6 mm diameter, ash at or below 0.70 %, net calorific value at or above 4.6 kWh/kg and moisture under 10 %, with control of the origin of the raw material.
The project is backed by the Dunas Absolute Impact FCR impact fund, classified under SFDR Article 9, by the Santander Smart fund and by Extremadura Avante, the Regional Government of Extremadura’s agency. The engineering is by Seeger Engineering, Knoblinger, Stela, Termosun and Boga Técnica.
The Spanish market, through national distributors and regional specialists, and major retail with a distinct SKU. In export there are agreements signed for the United Kingdom, Italy and Ireland, and negotiations under way for other European markets.

Shall we talk volumes?

To assess fit, logistics terms and the supplier-approval process with your chain.