Roquette Green Chemistry Symposium Day 1
Compilation of live tweets from Roquette University’s Green Chemistry and Fermentation Symposium held on May 22-23 in Geneva, Illinois, USA
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At LGA waiting to board. On my way to cover #RoquetteUniv #GreenChemistry Symposium in Geneva, Illinois, today and tomorrow. #Excited
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#RoquetteUniv #GreenChemistry symposium will start at 1p feat. DuPont, Mitsubishi, OPX, Roquette… roquetteuniversity.com/green/index.ht…
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Why Attend Roquette University Green Chemistry & Fermentation Symposium
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#RoquetteUniv #GreenChemistry Symposium about to start. The room is packed! pic.twitter.com/ryDQ9y9A6J -
First speaker is Steve Slome of Nexant talking about Food vs Fuel #RoquetteUniv #GreenChemistry pic.twitter.com/ErKqwZuPBO -
Nexant: Biofeedstock types are carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids/genetic materials. Cellulose largest volume #RoquetteUniv
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Nexant: Sugarcane has come under fire for deforestation in the rainforest. In response, cellulosics under way #RoquetteUniv
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Nexant: Proterro uses cyanobacteria to produce sucrose. BAL (Bioarchitecture Lab) uses seaweed to produce sucrose #RoquetteUniv
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Nexant: The debate on food-based feedstock vs fuel is not much on oils but mostly on starch #RoquetteUniv
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Nexant: THe debate on food-based feedstock vs fuel has shifted to fuel AND chemicals. Generally, oilcrops given a free pass #RoquetteUniv
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Nexant: Corn use has diversified but supply ample. Ethanol is the largest end-use but exports and feedgrain haven’t suffered #RoquetteUniv
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Nexant: Corn production increases because of higher yields not vastly increased plantings. #RoquetteUniv
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Nexant: Population up, food demand up leading to increase in food and energy production. Big impact on biofuels, also biochem #RoquetteUniv
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Nexant says it is skeptical of Food vs Fuel debate but overall, Food won. Food spike is more bec. of oil price issues #RoquetteUniv
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Nexant: Public wants feedstock diversification. Next gen feedstock are not available, few are approaching commercialization #RoquetteUniv
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Nexant: Ex. of companies in the path toward cellulosics: BASF/Renmatix, M&G/Chemtex/Beta Renewables #RoquetteUniv
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Nexant: Cellulosic hydrolysis tech allow markets to be accessed w/o competition w/ food. Ex. Abengoa, Agrivida, API… #RoquetteUniv
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Nexant: The future is biomass using cellulosic hydrolysis, photosynthetic sugars, thermochemical to get carbohydrates #RoquetteUniv
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Nexant: Selling biobased chems at premium can’t hold long-term even if brand owners are profiting from PR marketing #RoquetteUniv
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#RoquetteUniv Symposium having a great debate on whether renewable chems w/ premiums turn away investors. What do you think?
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Speaking now is Camille Burel of Roquette on crops for chemicals #RoquetteUniv #GreenChemistry pic.twitter.com/QnXDgZlEvk -
Roquette: Our customers question us if we are competing w/ food when producing plant-based chems #RoquetteUniv #Greenchemistry
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Roquette: The question is if current global production is sufficient to feed 7bn people. Problem is access to food not supply #RoquetteUniv
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Roquette: From starch, we extract 70% for food (incl. animal feed) and 30% for chems/materials. #RoquetteUniv
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Roquette: We are looking to develop new monomers, new platforms that will bring addl properties, new functionalities #RoquetteUniv
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@DGreenblogger Pleased to learn that Roquette plans to expand their biochem activity; would them give details ?
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@oru2day No details today, hopefully tomorrow #RoquetteUniv
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Roquette: Today, plant-based chemistry uses 30m tons of crops worldwide (0.5% of arable land) #RoquetteUniv
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Roquette says fuels will be able to get cellulosic materials by 2020, chems/materials by 2030. It will take a lot of time. #RoquetteUniv
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Roquette: Making chems, fuel out of ag feedstock helps the ag industry to be more productive #RoquetteUniv
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Speaking is Dina Singh of BIO (@IAmBiotech) on impact of industrial biotech processes in Bioeconomy #RoquetteUniv pic.twitter.com/dTozznNxul -
BIO: Synthetic Biology is key green tech. Metabolic Eng’g – redesigning microbes to produce the desired chems #RoquetteUniv
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RT @DGreenblogger: BIO: In 2011, DOE report says US has 1bn tons of biomass available w/o impacting agriculture (excl. algae) #RoquetteUniv
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BIO: This 1bn tons of biomass can replace 30% of petro-based chems. We are looking at potential $60bn/yr annual revenue #RoquetteUniv
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BIO: A barrel of crude oil only gives 3% of chems, the rest for fuel. Renewable chems offer significant value #RoquetteUniv
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BIO: Last year, a National Bioeconomy Blueprint was rolled out 1.usa.gov/I45iQO #RoquetteUniv
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BIO: Coca-Cola is interested in biochems – PX price continues to rise. Less aromatics as US moves to lighter crude feedstock #RoquetteUniv
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BIO: Enzymes are extremely important to industrial biotech. Very important in converting biomass to sustainable sugars #RoquetteUniv
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BIO: Synthetic Bio designing microbes using GHG carbon leading to products such as thermoplastics #RoquetteUniv
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REVISED TWEET: BIO: Over 25 companies have renewable chem facilities under construction or operating in the US. #RoquetteUniv
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BIO: We need intervention from the government to continue generating renewable chem companies going public e.g. BioAmber #RoquetteUniv
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RT @DGreenblogger: BIO: USDA @BioPreferred program a good example of gov’t help to promote bioeconomy #RoquetteUniv #biobased
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BIO: We made headway last year on key biochem federal policies. Production Tax Credit, Investment Tax Credit, R&D Tax Credit #RoquetteUniv
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BIO: The senate has introduced for the first time a Farm Bill proposal that include renewable chem policies #RoquetteUniv
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BIO: Production Tax Credit attracts investors for small start-ups. In process of being introduced in both chambers #RoquetteUniv
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Speaking is Dr. Ramani Narayan of Michigan State University on plant biomass feedstock for bioplastic #RoquetteUniv pic.twitter.com/PwRgxad1Gs -
MSU: FTC Guide says the word renewable is so broad and diffused. Caution on its use. Also problem in the word “Biodegrade” #RoquetteUniv
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MSU: You can’t just throw carbon away, it has to be absorbed somewhere. Old carbon (fossil resources) causing imbalance #RoquetteUniv
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MSU: Why are petro products not being asked to show their LCAs compared to biobased chems? #RoquetteUniv
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MSU: There is 40 years of process optimization for petro-based chems, you can’t compare to green chems just out of the lab #RoquetteUniv
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MSU: Coca-Cola’s PlantBottle has 20% biobased carbon content, 31.25% by weight of plant biomass #RoquetteUniv
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MSU: There is value proposition on plant-based chemicals, the industry has to have the stomach to continue despite challenges #RoquetteUniv
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MSU: Competitive LCA is not necessary for biobased products because you can’t compare it with petro-based chems #RoquetteUniv
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MSU: LCA should be primarily used to provide improvements in environmental impact from base line but don’t use as mkting tool #RoquetteUniv
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MSU: Complexities of LCA put biobased chems at disadvantage. It is not showing the best value proposition of biobased chems #RoquetteUniv
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@oru2day No details today, hopefully tomorrow #RoquetteUniv
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RT @oru2day: @DGreenblogger Pleased to learn that Roquette plans to expand their biochem activity; would them give details? #RoquetteUniv
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Interesting roundtable. Everybody has to participate in the discussion. For our group it’s about Food vs Fuel #RoquetteUniv
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Food vs Fuel is an emotional topic. Industry is always on the defensive. Need to be more offensive and change public opinion #RoquetteUniv
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What is the cost and value of using waste as feedstock? Wheatstraw, bagasse are being burned not for energy but for disposal #RoquetteUniv
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There are a number of bioplastic companies trying to break bond from biofuel because of the Food vs Fuel debate #RoquetteUniv
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USe of corn is not demand driven but supply/cost driven #RoquetteUniv
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Re: Food vs fuel. Biobased chems should not be separated from bioethanol/biofuel. We are all in this together #RoquetteUniv
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National security is another driver to go towards biofuel/biochems. Very unstable supply source of oil. #RoquetteUniv
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China has stopped any usage of corn for ethanol. Chinese govt doesn’t want food-based materials for fuel and industrial use #RoquetteUniv
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Question remains: Should biobased chems disassociate itself from biofuel so it won’t get dragged on fuel vs food debate? #RoquetteUniv
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Societal impact (reviving rural areas) from bioeconomy should be included in the LCA computation. But how do you put a number? #RoquetteUniv
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Thanks for the RTs and mentions! @BodyMindNatural @DuPont_ability @CosmeticsTrends @NeilABurns @opxbio @biopolymers @6RSupply @SusChem
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