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Apr 2014
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Renewable Chemicals and Energy
Polymers and Plastics

Municipal Solid Waste: Using Our Refuse

This report characterizes the sources and current dispositions of MSW and trends, reviews policy and economic trends that are affecting the composition of the waste stream globally, and explores waste management strategies that will reduce the dependence on traditional landfilling and incineration. This report describes and analyzes the technologies and economics of recovering various material and energy resources from mixed MSW stream. It also looks at utilizing MSW fractions (such as food waste, paper and plastic) for producing energy, biofuels, and renewable chemicals, in a variety of key ways.
Dec 2013
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Renewable Chemicals and Energy
Petrochemicals
Oil, Gas and Refined Products

Bio-Naphtha: Missing Link to the Green Chemicals Value Chain

Overall techno-economic feasibility of commercial bio-naphtha production and steam cracking is investigated in this report. Various biofeedstocks and potential locations have been incorporated into the technological and production cost analyses of the leading process technologies within the study. Global production, consumption, and trade patterns of the major steam cracker products are included.
Nov 2013
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Renewable Chemicals and Energy
Petrochemicals

Biobutanol and Downstream Markets: Will You Be Buying Bio?

This report analyzes the production of butanol from renewable sources and associated downstream markets.  Technical, commercial, and economic aspects of producing biobutanol by different process technologies are compared and discussed. The various alternatives to convert biobutanols into chemical and polymer products, as well as supplying the large existing markets, are also examined.
Oct 2013
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Renewable Chemicals and Energy

Next Generation Biofeedstocks: Resources for Renewables

The purpose of this report is to analyze biofeedstocks as a source of renewables. Biofeedstocks can be converted into a number of chemical and polymer products through technologies such as fermentation, gasification, pyrolysis, catalysis, among others. This study assesses the technical, commercial, and economic aspects of producing biofeedstocks as well as providing supply estimates.
Mar 2013
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Renewable Chemicals and Energy

Cellulosic Sugars: Unlocking Biomass' Potential

The report analyzes the conventional carbohydrate crops against cellulosic biomass from a number of sources, exploring the opportunities for cellulosics to replace conventional carbohydrate crops as feedstocks for chemicals and fuels from renewable sources.
Feb 2013
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Renewable Chemicals and Energy

From Diapers to Paints - Is Bio-Acrylic Acid on the Way?

This study assesses developing technologies for acrylic acid production using bio-based and new petroleum-based feedstocks. It provides an economic analysis of the cash cost of production to produce acrylic acid via renewable sources versus petrochemical sources.
Dec 2012
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Petrochemicals
Polymers and Plastics
Renewable Chemicals and Energy

Global Cost Competitiveness in the Petrochemical Industry

This report assesses the cost competitiveness of ethylene, on-purpose propylene, HDPE/LDPE/LLDPE, PP, VCM/PVC, EO/EG, Bz, SM, PX, PTA, MeOH and EtOH for USGC, Brazil, North Western and Eastern Europe, Middle East, Japan, Korea, Thailand, China, India, Singapore, and Canada.
Jul 2012
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Renewable Chemicals and Energy

Is Bio-Butanediol Here to Stay?

This report analyzes developing technologies for the production of butanediol via renewable feedstocks, investigates renewable feedstocks and conventional sources, and provides an economic comparison of renewable and conventional routes to butanediol.
Jan 2012
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Petrochemicals
Renewable Chemicals and Energy

Evolving Propylene Sources - Solution to Supply Shortages?

Propylene was historically available as a co-product of naphtha cracking. The switch to lighter feedstocks from shale gas resulted in a decline in cracker propylene co-production. This report examines the process technologies and economics for the propylene production.
Jan 2012
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Renewable Chemicals and Energy

Bio-Based Chemicals: Going Commercial

This study catalogues and assesses global progress of the sector comprised of companies commercializing renewable chemicals production, considering a wide range of chemicals, including drop-in, identical substitutes for incumbent petrochemicals, and new types of molecules that can substitute for the incumbents.

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