据烃加工在线10月17日消息称，北欧化工和Neste正在开展可再生聚丙烯(PP)生产的战略合作。这项合作将使北欧化工从2019年底开始，在其位于比利时卡洛和贝林根的工厂内，使用Neste公司拥有NEXBTLTM技术生产的100%可再生丙烷作为可再生原料。

Neste提供了生物基替代传统的化石基原料，用于聚合物和化学品的生产。Neste可再生产品年生产能力为300万吨。得益于其专有的NEXBTL技术，该公司几乎可以利用任何生物基油脂来作为原材料，包括低质量的废油和废油，来生产各种优质的可再生产品。北欧化工将在比利时的工厂使用鹿特丹生产的Neste可再生丙烷，来创建基于可再生聚丙烯的完整应用组合。这标志着北欧化工首次将生物基原料部分替代化石原料用于PP的商业化生产，也标志着可再生丙烷脱氢首次实现工业化规模。高品质的产品将提供与常规PP相同的优良产品性能，并且是完全可回收的。

北欧化工独特的丙烷脱氢（PDH）和PP工厂在卡洛建立，将使该公司能够开始提供生物基丙烯，从而提供生物基PP，其中生物基含量可以进行物理验证和测量。此外，北欧化工将继续在卡洛和贝林根的生产中采用质量平衡的方法，向客户提供可再生丙烯和可再生聚丙烯。该过程将通过ISCC Plus（国际可持续性与碳认证）认证，其完整的价值链范围可确保所使用的可再生原料经过认证的可再生、可持续生产并可追溯至原产地。

北欧化工聚烯烃、创新技术和循环经济解决方案公司执行副总裁Lucrèce Foufopoulos解释说：“使用主要由废物和残渣流产生的可再生原料，对减少我们依赖以化石燃料为基础的原料做出了重大贡献。通过与Neste的合作，我们可以为我们的客户和合作伙伴提供可再生PP解决方案的新产品组合，帮助他们提供更环保的产品。忠于我们的EverMinds TM方法，我们在帮助建立塑料循环经济方面处于领先地位。北欧化工不仅可以帮助保护环境，还可以建立一个适合未来的业务。”

Neste可再生聚合物和化学品执行副总裁Mercedes Alonso表示：“聚合物和化学工业将在应对气候变化中发挥重要作用。因此，非常令人满意的是，该行业开始向更可持续、更有利于气候变化的原料替代品转变。我们渴望帮助像北欧化工这样的先行者开始用可再生能源替代化石原料。这一新举措对为我们的孩子创造一个更健康的地球做出了有意义的贡献。”

曹海斌 摘译自 烃加工在线

原文如下：

Borealis and Neste cooperate to produce renewable polypropylene

Borealis and Neste are entering into strategic cooperation for the production of renewable polypropylene (PP). The cooperation will enable Borealis to start using Neste’s 100% renewable propane produced with its proprietary NEXBTLTM technology as renewable feedstock at its facilities in Kallo and Beringen, Belgium, starting end of 2019.

Neste offers bio-based alternatives to conventional fossil-based feedstock to be used in the production of polymers and chemicals. Neste has an annual production capacity of 3 million t of renewable products. Thanks to its proprietary NEXBTL technology, it can utilise nearly any bio-based oil or fat as raw material, including lower-quality waste and residue oils to produce various premium-quality renewable products. Borealis will use Neste’s renewable propane, produced in Rotterdam, at its facilities in Belgium to create an entire portfolio of applications based on renewable PP. This marks the first time that Borealis uses bio-based feedstock to partially replace fossil feedstock in commercial production of PP. It will also be the first time ever that renewable propane dehydrogenation is carried out at an industrial scale. The high-quality product will offer the same excellent product properties as conventional PP, and is fully recyclable.

Borealis’ unique propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and PP plant set-up in Kallo will enable the company to start offering bio-based propylene and consequently bio-based-PP in which bio-based content can be physically verified and measured. In addition, Borealis will continue to apply mass balance approach in its production at Kallo and Beringen to take a major step forward to provide both renewable propylene and renewable polypropylene to its customers. The process will be certified by the ISCC Plus (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification), whose full value chain scope ensures that the renewable feedstock used is certified renewable, sustainably produced and traceable to point of origin.

“Using renewable feedstocks produced primarily from waste and residue streams is a major contribution to reducing our reliance on fossil fuel based feedstocks,” explains Lucrèce Foufopoulos, Borealis Executive Vice President Polyolefins, Innovation & Technology and Circular Economy Solutions. “Through cooperation with Neste we can offer our customers and partners a new portfolio of renewable PP solutions, helping them to make their offering more climate friendly. True to our EverMindsTM approach, we are a frontrunner in helping build a circular economy for plastics. Borealis will not only help protect the environment, but also build a business fit for the future.”

“Polymers and chemicals industries will play a major role in the fight against climate change. It is, therefore, very satisfying to see the industry change starting to happen towards more sustainable, climate-friendlier feedstock alternatives. We are eager to help forerunner companies like Borealis to start replacing fossil-based feedstock with renewable ones. This new step is a meaningful contribution towards creating a healthier planet for our children,” says Mercedes Alonso, Executive Vice President, Renewable Polymers and Chemicals, Neste.