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Market Research Report
The Development and Use of Renewable Feedstocks in the Chinese Chemical Industry
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He-Ro Consulting Ltd |
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March, 2008 |
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64836 |
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162 Pages |
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The Development and Use of Renewable Feedstocks in the Chinese Chemical Industry published by He-Ro Consulting Ltd in March, 2008. This report consists of 162 Pages and the price starts from US $ 6746.
Abstract
The aim of this report by He-Ro Consulting Ltd., is to provide a clear
understanding of the situation in China regarding the use of renewable
feedstocks in the Chemical Industry, the factors leading to their
introduction; usage today; and possible future developments.
The 162 page report is broadly divided into three main sections:
In Section 1 we look at the Chinese government: the key role it has taken in
initiating the developments in the bio-resources area; the process by which
relevant central guidelines contained in the 5 Year Plans are transmitted via
the various layers of the government apparatus, and refined into concrete
action plans with clearly defined goals and timelines for academia and the
chemical industry.
We look at the specifics of government policy, for example the "2008 - 2009
biobase raw material high-tech industrialization project" announced by the
National Reform and Development Commission on 11 December 2007. This calls
specifically for biobase development - under detailed specified conditions -
of polylactic acid (PLA), bio-ethylene, poly-hydroxy fatty acid esters,
cellulose derivatives or monomer materials like 1,3-propanediol (PDO)
Butane-1,4-diol (BDO), furfural etc.
In Section 2 we look at the role of academia in research and development, and
examine the patent situation. While more companies are now investing in
in-house R&D, a glance at the registered patents (included in full summary in
the appendix) shows that few belong in the hands of manufacturing industry.
Thus while primary research and, perhaps increasingly, initial market
development is still largely the purlieu of academia, industrialized
development lays takes place in the industrial sector.
In Section 3 we examine the actual situation in the Chinese chemical industry
While Bio-fuels is the largest sector within the renewable feedstocks group,
by volume, value, and ' visibility' , it has been the subject of widespread
analysis. Accordingly, we cover this sector in brief, principally in how it
has influenced government policy in the feedstock use issue of food vs
energy/chemicals. Likewise, China has a very firmly established fermentation
sector in the chemical industry and this report does not cover products such
as Citric Acid, Monosodium Glutamate, Ascorbic Acid etc, where fermentation
has become the ' traditional' method of production. Instead, in Section 3 we
focus on those products identified within the government planning as the key
development items: PLA, bio-ethylene, PHBV 1,3 propanediol etc. We provide
details of the producers, routes of synthesis, announced production capacities.
In Section 4 we summarise and draw some conclusions from the preceding
chapters in respect of possible future developments within the industry.
Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Disclaimer
- Tables
- Figures
About the Publisher
- Foreword - The Scope of this Report
- Note on translation / romanization
- Exchange rate
Executive Summary
- The role of the Chinese Government
- The role of academia
- The industrial situation
- Corn issues arising
- Drivers for development of the renewables sector in China
- Challenges for the development of the renewables sector in China
- Abbreviations
Introduction
The role of the Chinese government in the development of renewable feedstocks
- Background
- A Brief Summary of Green Chemistry in China
- Green chemistry background
- Research directions of Green Chemistry in China
- A main research direction of Green Chemistry in China - the use of
renewable resources for synthesis of chemical products
- The development of China' s Biomass industry
- The use of food crops in the Biomass industry
- Fuel ethanol
- The development of “Food-ethanol” (ethanol made from food
grains)
- The effect of the development of the processing industries on the food
crop situation
“Food to energy” and related issues in China “Food to
energy” issue and National food security The government response - the
“Medium to Long Term Development Plan for Renewable Energy”
Additional government restrictions - export policy changes The development
of “non-food ethanol” (ethanol made from non-food crops) Biodiesel
The development of Biodiesel Government policy relating to the biodiesel
industry Solid Bio-fuel Bio-gas
Non-food / alternative renewable feedstocks in China' s Chemical Industry
- The Government position
- Main types of alternative crops for fuel ethanol, and their situation in
China
- Sugar cane
- Sweet sorghum
- Cassava
- Sweet potato
- Main types of Non-Food crops for biodiesel
- Jatropha curcas
- Pistacia Chinensis
- The exploitation and use of Chinese Renewable feedstocks
- The attitude of Chinese government towards the development of renewable
energy crops and related policy / planning
- Financial support for the non-food Bio-energy and Bio-chemical industries
- Demonstration Projects using Non-Food/Alternative Biomass
Product areas where the Government is interested to develop renewable feedstocks
- Related Policy and planning
- China “Bio-industries development 11th Five-year plan”
- “2008 - 2009 biobase raw material high-tech industrialization
project”
- Biobase synthetic polymeric material
- Natural biological polymeric material
- Biobase platform chemicals
- Related support and restriction issues
Research and its application - The position of Academia in relation to developing renewable feedstocks
- A brief introduction to Research Institutes and organizations in China
working in the field of renewable feedstocks
- Center for Renewable Energy Development, Energy Research Institute,
- National Development and Reform Commission
- Biomass Energy Research center, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences
- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- China Renewable Energy Society
- Other research organizations / units
- Chinese patents relating to renewable feedstock products
- Key areas for future research
- Products with economic and industrialized prospects
- The “863 Program”
- Bioethylene
- Lactic Acid/Poly Lactic Acid
- 1,3-propanediol
- PHBV
- Research projects approved under the 863 program
Key product areas where the Chinese chemical industry is developing renewable feedstocks to replace petroleum based raw materials
- Poly-lactic acid (PLA)
- PLA production technology
- Main PLA producers in China
- Other PLA producers in China
- PLA corn requirements
- Poly-hydroxybutyrate- valerate (PHBV)
- PHBV Manufacturer
- Restrictions on the bio-polymer industries' growth in China
- Bio-ethylene
- Main bio-ethylene producers in China
- Project for industrialization of bio-ethylene production from sweet
sorghum in Xinjiang
- Ethylene corn requirements
- Issues related to the future development of bio-ethylene
- 1,3-propanediol (PDO)
- The research situation of PDO in China
- The research situation in biological synthesis of PDO
- The industrialization of PDO in China
- PDO from biological synthesis - the main producers
- Ethylene Glycol (EG)
- The development of Biomass Ethylene Glycol (Bio-EG) in China
- Main Bio-Ethylene Glycol production facilities in China
- EG corn requirements
- 1,4-Butanediol (BDO)
- Significant related ' other' activity
Summary and Conclusions
- Appendix 1
- Patent Summaries
- Part 1: Lactic Acid and Poly Lactic Acid
- Part 2 Ethylene
- Part 3 Biological 1,3 Propanediol
- Part 4 Bio-Ethylene Glycol
- Appendix 2
- List of companies and addresses mentioned in this report
Tables
- Table 1 Summary overview of the historical development of Government plans
relating to China' s Biomass industries (Bio-energy and Biochemical)
- Table 2 The four designated fuel ethanol producers
- Table 3 Chinese Fuel ethanol production:
- Table 4 Planting area for main crops 2004 - 2007
- Table 5 Output of main crops 2004 - 2007
- Table 6 Demonstration Projects using Non-food / Alternative Biomass
- Table 7 Chinese registered patents relating to the use of renewable
feedstocks
- Table 8 4 key projects approved under the ' Bio-Refinery Technology for
Production of Bio-base Chemicals
- Table 9 PLA / L-lactic acid summary table
- Table 10 PHBV summary table
- Table 11 Physical properties of Bio-ethylene from FSBC
- Table 12 Summary : Bio-ethylene production
- Table 13 Physical property of PDO from ZMCC
- Table 14 PDO specification from ZMCC
- Table 15 Physical properties of PDO from HCBC
- Table 16 Quality index of PDO from ZMCC
- Table 17 PDO summary table
- Table 18 Ethylene Glycol producers and production capacities
- Table 19 Ethylene Glycol supply and demand
- Table 20 Bio-EG summary table
Figures
- Figure 1 Overview of the PRC State Structure
- Figure 2 Corn Production and Consumption 2001-2007
- Figure 3 Summary production flowchart for Lactic Acid ex-starch
- Figure 4 Summary production flowchart for Poly Lactic Acid
- Figure 5 Bio-ethylene summary production flowchart
- Figure 6 Bio-ethylene glycol summary production flowchart
List of companies mentioned in this report
- Anhui BBCA Biochemical Co., Ltd.
- Anhui BBCA Group Co., Ltd.
- BASF - YPC Co., Ltd.
- Changchun Institute of applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun Jiliang Tianyu Biology Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Chengdu Organic Chemicals Co., Ltd., Chinese Academy of Sciences
- China Grain Reserves Corporation.
- Chongqing Changlong Industrial (Group) Co., Ltd.
- Chongqing Bofei Bio-chemical Products Co., Ltd.
- China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC)
- CNOOC-Shell Petrochemicals Co. Ltd.
- China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)
- CNPC Fushun Petrochemicals Company
- CNPC Jilin Petrochemicals Company
- CNPC Liaoyang Petrochemical fibre Company
- CNPC Xinjiang Dushanzhi Petrochemicals Company
- COFCO Ltd.
- Fengyuan Suzhou Biochemical Co., Ltd.
- Fuyang Zhongya Seedlings Industries Co., Ltd.
- Global Biochem Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Guangdong Dahua Sugar Industry Co., Ltd.
- Guangxi Jianbang Agricultural Co., Ltd.
- Guizhou province Zhongshui Energy Development Co., Ltd.
- Harbin Weilida Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
- Heilongjiang Chenneng Bio-engineering Co., Ltd.
- Heilongjiang China Resources Alcohol Co., Ltd.
- Heilongjiang Provincial Electricity Power Development Company
- Heilongjiang Qingdong Enterprise Group
- Henan Tianguan Group Co., Ltd.
- Hunan Hainabaichuan Biological Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Hunan province Qiangsheng Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
- Jilin Fuel Alcohol Co., Ltd.
- Jilin Grain Group Co. Ltd.
- Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Science
- Nanjing LuTianYuan Biochemical Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Nantong Jiuding Biological Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Puyang City Sanan Chemical Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Newgenius Biotech Co., Ltd.,
- Shanghai Tong-jie-liang Bio-materials Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Invest Capital Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Yangpu Science and Technology Investal Co., Ltd.
- Sichuan Keyuan Agricultural High-Tech Co., Ltd.
- China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC)
- SINOPEC Beijing Eastern Petrochemical Co. Ltd.
- SINOPEC Beijing Yanshan Co.
- SINOPEC Maoming Company
- SINOPEC Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
- SINOPEC Tianjin Company
- SINOPEC Yangzi Petrochemicals Co., Ltd.
- SINOPEC Yizheng Chemical Fibre Co. Ltd.
- Taizhou City Jiaojiang Qu State-owned Asset Management Co., Ltd.
- Tianan Biologic Material Co., Ltd.
- Tongji University
- Tongji University Science Park
- Tongliao City Tongke Seed Industries Co., Ltd.
- Tsinghua University
- Yunnan Shenyu New energy Co., Ltd.
- Zhejiang Hisun Biomaterial Co., Ltd.
- Zoupin Mingxing Chemical Co., Ltd.
The Chinese Government is identified as the key driver in the development of renewable feedstocks.
April 21st, 2008
'Green chemistry', 'renewable feedstocks', 'sustainability', 'pollution control'... all buzzwords across the chemical industry. But for China, as a vast consumer of imported commodities, including oil; a rapidly growing 'middle class' with rising car ownership; and growth in many industries driving demand for basic petro-chemicals, the situation has particular resonance.
In its new report "The Development and Use of Renewable Feedstocks in the Chinese Chemical Industry", He-Ro Consulting Ltd examines the situation.
The Chinese Government is identified as the key driver in the development of renewable feedstocks. The report looks at the many detailed programs that have been introduced to stimulate the development of an industrialised biobase production of key chemical raw materials.
Diverting food-stuffs to industrial production raises the spectre of national food-security and so the Government response to the increasing industrial consumption of grain is also examined, along with the implications for the corn balance.
The report studies the important role of China's academia in the R&D challenges of this nascent sector and details 63 Chinese registered patents, mainly held by academic institutions, relating to chemical production from renewable feedstocks.
The report also looks at the situation in the chemical industry today to examine the industrial results of the above drivers. The producers of polylactic acid, PHBV, 1,3 propanediol, bio-ethylene, and bio-ethylene glycol who are developing biobase routes of production are listed, together with routes of manufacture, claimed product capacities etc.
The report concludes that the overall volume of chemicals produced from renewable instead of fossil feedstocks is still relatively small to-date. Bio-fuels aside, the sector is at a developmental stage. However given the Chinese chemical industry's formidable abilities in fermentation technology, which have given it world-leading production status in many chemical products, and the Chinese Government's clearly stated intention to develop renewables, this sector is set to experience potentially substantial growth.
He-Ro Consulting Ltd, based in Hong Kong with offices in China and India, is a specialist consultancy working in the Asian Chemical and related Industries.
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