Overview:
A yet2 client is seeking suppliers and/or technologies who can provide one or a range of chemicals where the sources are derived from a sustainable origin material/feedstock. The desired chemical should ideally consist of carbon and hydrogen only, although oxygenated molecules will be considered. The sustainable/green chemicals will be an alternative to current specific fossil-based hydrocarbons (see example list below).
Potential Solutions:
Potential sustainable/renewable feedstocks and approaches could include:
- Bio-based chemicals – non-food crops (2nd generation), examples can include but should not be limited to agricultural or forestry residues or waste, algae, lignocellulosic biomass (including sustainable forest biomass).
- Biocomponents from food crops can be regarded as a sustainable component only if they have already fulfilled their food purpose (e.g. waste vegetable oil)
- Novel extraction/conversion platform technology
- Bio-refinery / Bio-foundry
- Synthetic Biology / biotechnology
All of the above may need an additional step (e.g., hydrotreatment) to produce hydrocarbons.
Example Alternative Hydrocarbons/chemical families include:
List of types of chemicals ranging between C3 – C12
- Naphthenates <C8
- Mixed Aromatics
- Alcohols C3 to C5
- Branched paraffins <C12
- Olefins <C10
- Highly branched paraffins
Constraints:
Components must:
- Be derived from a sustainable/renewable feedstock
- Be commercially available or have the potential to be supplied in such quantities in the near term <2yrs.
- Be liquid at ambient conditions and have a boiling point below 200°C.
Desired outcome of the solution:
Looking for partners to manufacture and/or supply sustainably made chemicals in the long term.
Related Tech Needs:
- Seeking: Bio-based Alternatives to Post-harvest Fungicides
- Seeking: Biological Approaches to Solidify Saturated Soils
- Seeking: Sustainable Processes & Feedstocks for Terpene Production