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MARKETS AND BUSINESS Catalysts market to reach $40 bn by 2022, globally According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, "Catalysts Market by Type, and by Application: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2014-2022'' the catalysts market is expected to reach $40 bn by 2022 up from $28.6 bn in 2015, with a CAGR of 4.8% from 2016 to 2022. Environmental and chemical synthesis applications are expected to grow at a relatively fast rate in terms of revenue with CAGR of 7.4 and 3.8%, respectively.
Original Source: Allied Market Research, 2017. Found on PR Newswire, 25 Jan 2017, (Website: http://www.prnewswire.com).
Alternative feedstock and process technology overview The role of alternative feedstock in the US biodiesel sector has grown stably over the past 10 years. Alternative feedstocks account for around 39% of the feedstocks consumed in US biodiesel production over the period 20102016, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). During the same period, yellow grease (YG) and crude corn oil (CCO) were the primary alternative feedstocks used. YG has been the most common alternative feedstock since late 1990s. In 2015, 62% of all YG generated in the US was incorporated into biodiesel production. The volume of biodiesel generated from CCO extracted from ethanol plant stillage has increased by 800% since 2010. According to ICM Inc, less than 10% of ethanol facilities in operation do not use corn oil extraction. No facilities in the US are using the 100% brown grease, a low-cost feedstock. Pacific Biodiesel's Big Island Biodiesel plant is using blend of brown grease and other feedstock such as YG, with the capacity to utilize up to 50% brown grease in its feedstock mix. In 2015, REG bought the former 75 M gal/ y Dynamic Fuels renewable diesel facility. Several smaller units in the 3-30 M gal/y range are approaching commercial production. Diamond Green Diesel, the largest renewable diesel unit, announced an expansion from 160 M gal/y 275 M gal/y. Some of the pretreatment and post-treatment technologies being used in the biodiesel industry are described. Biodiesel distillation is a posttreatment approach that has increased its popularity, from being almost rare to a process
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that is now being added in over 350 M gal/y of US plant capacity. A graph shows the trend of alternative feedstock use from 2010 to 2016.
Original Source: Biodiesel Magazine, Jan 2017, 14 (1), 24-28 (Website: http://www. biodieselmagazine.com) © BBI International 2017.
Fruit & vegetable processing enzymes market worth $41.39 bn by 2022 The report "Fruit & Vegetable Processing Enzymes Market by Application (Fruits and Vegetables), Form (Liquid and Powder), Source (Bacteria and Fungi), Type (Amylase, Pectinase, Protease, and Cellulase), Product Type, and Region - Global Forecast to 2022'', published by MarketsandMarkets, projects that the market will reach a value of $41.39 bn by 2022 at a CAGR of 6.7%.
Original Source: MarketsandMarkets, 2017. Found on PR Newswire, 19 Jan 2017, (Website: http://www.prnewswire.com).
Green solvents and resin from lignocellulosic biomass GreenSolRes, a new European innovation project in which Henkel, VITO, and GFBiochemicals are among the members, will use lignocellulosic feedstock to generate chemical building blocks and high added value products. The project will concentrate on the production of levulinic acid (LVA) from lignocellulosic wastes and residues from the agricultural and forestry sectors using new catalytic methods. The chemicals will be used to produce solvents and resin monomers for the generation of high added value adhesives and consumer products. The successful completion of the project will lead to the commercial production of LVA and its derivatives, promoting a rapid production volume increase of bio-based products. These products will have a greenhouse gas (GHS) avoidance of at least 70% versus its fossilbased counterparts. GFBiochemicals Italy, which has a demonstration scale biomassbased LVA plant in Caserta, Southern Italy, will lead the project. Other partners of the project are located in Belgium; Netherlands, and Germany. The demonstration project is financed under the Bio-based Industries Innovation within the Horizon 2020 and will last for 48 months beginning Sep 2016.
Original Source: Pitture e Vernici - European Coatings, Jan 2017, 93 (1), 16-18 (Website: http://www.pittureevernici.it) © Pitture e Vernici, 2017.
Bio-based’ chemicals sector attracted close to $6 bn in venture capital investments since 2010 As reported by Lux Research, synthetic biology start-ups have raised $5.8 bn for bio-based materials and chemicals (BBMC) since 2010, with $300 M (53%) generated in 2016 alone. Among sub-sectors, fermentation and catalysis
accounted for 20% and 16% of the overall investments, respectively. A total of $430 M was generated by the top 5 investors, namely Bolt Threads, Elevance Renewable Science, Gingko Bioworks, Twist Bioscience and Zymergen. Major players in the spider silk segment include AMSilk, Araknitek, Bolt Threads and Spiber Technologies. Funding share of the improved products segment rose from 46% during 20102015 to nearly 80% in 2016.
Original Source: Chemical Weekly, 3 Jan 2017, 180 (Website: http://www.chemicalweekly.com) © Sevak Publications; Chemical Weekly Database P Ltd 2017.
Hydrogen Council launched in Davos as 13 major companies join to promote hydrogen At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 13 companies have launched the Hydrogen Council, an international initiative to promote the use of hydrogen in sustainable energy production. Members of the council aim to boost their funding for the fuel cell and hydrogen sectors from the present EUR 1.4 bn/ y to EUR 10 bn/y in the succeeding five years. Toyota, Total, Alstom, Air Liquide, The Linde Group, Honda, Anglo American, Royal Dutch Shell, BMW, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Daimler, Hyundai and Engie are the council's inaugural members. In total, these members have EUR 1.07 trillion of revenues and employ 1.72 M people around the globe.
Original Source: Fuel Cells Bulletin, Jan 2017, 1 (Website: http://www.elsevierscitech.com/nl/ fcb/home.asp) © Elsevier Ltd 2017
COMPANY NEWS Nanoparticles will reduce smog By optimizing titanium dioxide nanoparticles, researchers aim to improve the efficiency of catalysts used for cleaning off-gases from engines, industry, and power plants by 30%. This will significantly enhance companies' ability to meet strict environmental regulations. Haldor Topsoe is part of ProNOx, a new four-year, $4 M research programme to improve selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts by designing an optimal nanomaterial. Currently, the most effective catalyst for removing toxic nitrogen oxides (NOx) consist of titanium oxide crystals covered with highly dispersed vanadium oxides. ProNOx researchers aim to identify an industrially viable nano-design of the vanadium covered titanium oxides that will improve the catalyst's performance by 30%. SCR catalysts remove NOx from flue gases from engines, boilers and other industrial combustion. NOx causes smog, acid rain, and forms a wide variety of toxic products when it is released into the atmosphere. The programme will utilize the most recent research on how to control materials synthesis at the atomic scale by closely integrating synthesis, characterization,
March 2017
MARKETS AND BUSINESS Catalysts market to reach $40 bn by 2022, globally According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, "Catalysts Market by Type, and by Application: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2014-2022'' the catalysts market is expected to reach $40 bn by 2022 up from $28.6 bn in 2015, with a CAGR of 4.8% from 2016 to 2022. Environmental and chemical synthesis applications are expected to grow at a relatively fast rate in terms of revenue with CAGR of 7.4 and 3.8%, respectively.
Original Source: Allied Market Research, 2017. Found on PR Newswire, 25 Jan 2017, (Website: http://www.prnewswire.com).
Alternative feedstock and process technology overview The role of alternative feedstock in the US biodiesel sector has grown stably over the past 10 years. Alternative feedstocks account for around 39% of the feedstocks consumed in US biodiesel production over the period 20102016, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). During the same period, yellow grease (YG) and crude corn oil (CCO) were the primary alternative feedstocks used. YG has been the most common alternative feedstock since late 1990s. In 2015, 62% of all YG generated in the US was incorporated into biodiesel production. The volume of biodiesel generated from CCO extracted from ethanol plant stillage has increased by 800% since 2010. According to ICM Inc, less than 10% of ethanol facilities in operation do not use corn oil extraction. No facilities in the US are using the 100% brown grease, a low-cost feedstock. Pacific Biodiesel's Big Island Biodiesel plant is using blend of brown grease and other feedstock such as YG, with the capacity to utilize up to 50% brown grease in its feedstock mix. In 2015, REG bought the former 75 M gal/ y Dynamic Fuels renewable diesel facility. Several smaller units in the 3-30 M gal/y range are approaching commercial production. Diamond Green Diesel, the largest renewable diesel unit, announced an expansion from 160 M gal/y 275 M gal/y. Some of the pretreatment and post-treatment technologies being used in the biodiesel industry are described. Biodiesel distillation is a posttreatment approach that has increased its popularity, from being almost rare to a process
2
ON
C ATA LY S T S
that is now being added in over 350 M gal/y of US plant capacity. A graph shows the trend of alternative feedstock use from 2010 to 2016.
Original Source: Biodiesel Magazine, Jan 2017, 14 (1), 24-28 (Website: http://www. biodieselmagazine.com) © BBI International 2017.
Fruit & vegetable processing enzymes market worth $41.39 bn by 2022 The report "Fruit & Vegetable Processing Enzymes Market by Application (Fruits and Vegetables), Form (Liquid and Powder), Source (Bacteria and Fungi), Type (Amylase, Pectinase, Protease, and Cellulase), Product Type, and Region - Global Forecast to 2022'', published by MarketsandMarkets, projects that the market will reach a value of $41.39 bn by 2022 at a CAGR of 6.7%.
Original Source: MarketsandMarkets, 2017. Found on PR Newswire, 19 Jan 2017, (Website: http://www.prnewswire.com).
Green solvents and resin from lignocellulosic biomass GreenSolRes, a new European innovation project in which Henkel, VITO, and GFBiochemicals are among the members, will use lignocellulosic feedstock to generate chemical building blocks and high added value products. The project will concentrate on the production of levulinic acid (LVA) from lignocellulosic wastes and residues from the agricultural and forestry sectors using new catalytic methods. The chemicals will be used to produce solvents and resin monomers for the generation of high added value adhesives and consumer products. The successful completion of the project will lead to the commercial production of LVA and its derivatives, promoting a rapid production volume increase of bio-based products. These products will have a greenhouse gas (GHS) avoidance of at least 70% versus its fossilbased counterparts. GFBiochemicals Italy, which has a demonstration scale biomassbased LVA plant in Caserta, Southern Italy, will lead the project. Other partners of the project are located in Belgium; Netherlands, and Germany. The demonstration project is financed under the Bio-based Industries Innovation within the Horizon 2020 and will last for 48 months beginning Sep 2016.
Original Source: Pitture e Vernici - European Coatings, Jan 2017, 93 (1), 16-18 (Website: http://www.pittureevernici.it) © Pitture e Vernici, 2017.
Bio-based’ chemicals sector attracted close to $6 bn in venture capital investments since 2010 As reported by Lux Research, synthetic biology start-ups have raised $5.8 bn for bio-based materials and chemicals (BBMC) since 2010, with $300 M (53%) generated in 2016 alone. Among sub-sectors, fermentation and catalysis
accounted for 20% and 16% of the overall investments, respectively. A total of $430 M was generated by the top 5 investors, namely Bolt Threads, Elevance Renewable Science, Gingko Bioworks, Twist Bioscience and Zymergen. Major players in the spider silk segment include AMSilk, Araknitek, Bolt Threads and Spiber Technologies. Funding share of the improved products segment rose from 46% during 20102015 to nearly 80% in 2016.
Original Source: Chemical Weekly, 3 Jan 2017, 180 (Website: http://www.chemicalweekly.com) © Sevak Publications; Chemical Weekly Database P Ltd 2017.
Hydrogen Council launched in Davos as 13 major companies join to promote hydrogen At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 13 companies have launched the Hydrogen Council, an international initiative to promote the use of hydrogen in sustainable energy production. Members of the council aim to boost their funding for the fuel cell and hydrogen sectors from the present EUR 1.4 bn/ y to EUR 10 bn/y in the succeeding five years. Toyota, Total, Alstom, Air Liquide, The Linde Group, Honda, Anglo American, Royal Dutch Shell, BMW, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Daimler, Hyundai and Engie are the council's inaugural members. In total, these members have EUR 1.07 trillion of revenues and employ 1.72 M people around the globe.
Original Source: Fuel Cells Bulletin, Jan 2017, 1 (Website: http://www.elsevierscitech.com/nl/ fcb/home.asp) © Elsevier Ltd 2017
COMPANY NEWS Nanoparticles will reduce smog By optimizing titanium dioxide nanoparticles, researchers aim to improve the efficiency of catalysts used for cleaning off-gases from engines, industry, and power plants by 30%. This will significantly enhance companies' ability to meet strict environmental regulations. Haldor Topsoe is part of ProNOx, a new four-year, $4 M research programme to improve selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts by designing an optimal nanomaterial. Currently, the most effective catalyst for removing toxic nitrogen oxides (NOx) consist of titanium oxide crystals covered with highly dispersed vanadium oxides. ProNOx researchers aim to identify an industrially viable nano-design of the vanadium covered titanium oxides that will improve the catalyst's performance by 30%. SCR catalysts remove NOx from flue gases from engines, boilers and other industrial combustion. NOx causes smog, acid rain, and forms a wide variety of toxic products when it is released into the atmosphere. The programme will utilize the most recent research on how to control materials synthesis at the atomic scale by closely integrating synthesis, characterization,
March 2017