LISBON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Portugal's Galp Energia anticipates to start producing biodiesel and biojet fuel from waste in an industrial-scale unit it is building at its Sines refinery in 2026, the business, which is mostly an oil producer and refiner, said on Thursday.

Last year Galp got in into a 75%-25% joint endeavor 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 annually.

It will transform waste products, such as utilized cooking oils, into sustainable biodiesel and biojet fuel, likewise referred to as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), utilizing green hydrogen produced by an electrolyser powered by wind or solar power.

Galp said in a statement it received on Wednesday the 3 reactors to process biofuels, which will permit the HVO unit to "produce SAF and biodiesel in 2026 ... placing Galp at the forefront of developing low-carbon options necessary for the energy shift".

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