Braskem Siam Company Limited, a joint venture of bio-based polyethylene supplier Braskem and Thailand's SCG Chemicals, has appointed Japanese plant engineering firm Toyo Engineering to conduct the front end engineering and design (FEED) for a 200,000-tonnes/year bioethanol-to-ethylene plant in Map-ta-Phut, Rayong Province. The ethylene plant will utilize the EtE EverGreen process licensed by Braskem and plant engineering firm Lummus. FEED is the final design phase and represents an important step in the final investment decision (FID) of the project.
Using this ethylene plant, the derivative product, I'm green™ bio-polyethylene, will be produced from renewable feedstocks such as ethanol derived from sugarcane, rather than from fossil feedstocks (such as petroleum-derived naphtha).
According to MLT Analytics's groundbreaking bio-based polyolefins report first published in 2022 and most recently updated in April 2024, demand for bio-based polyolefins will grow by almost 30% per annum between 2022 and 2032, reaching over 2.6 million tonnes.
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