{"id":36412,"date":"2016-08-02T07:29:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T05:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=36412"},"modified":"2016-08-01T13:54:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T11:54:52","slug":"tim-dummer-vp-rennovia-the-industry-will-migrate-to-widespread-adoption-of-bioproducts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/tim-dummer-vp-rennovia-the-industry-will-migrate-to-widespread-adoption-of-bioproducts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Dummer, VP Rennovia: The industry will migrate to widespread adoption of bioproducts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tim Dummer, VP Commercialization Rennovia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWith equivalent performance and equivalent costs we anticipate that the industry will migrate to widespread adoption of these bio-based products over time (similar to previous industry shifts to more competitive petro-derived processes)\u201d. To say it, in this exclusive interview with Il Bioeconomista, is Tim Dummer, VP Commercialization at Rennovia, a specialty chemical company focused on the creation of novel processes for the cost advantaged production of chemicals from renewable feedstocks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rennovia led by Robert Wedinger and based in Santa Clara, California, is developing processes for the production of biobased glucaric acid, adipic acid, 1,6-hexanediol, hexamethylenediamine (HMD), and other important building blocks for a wide range of functional materials. With Dummer we talk about Rennovia and the future of the chemical industry.<\/p>\n

Rennovia is developing adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine (HMD, or HMDA), two important building blocks for a wide range of functional materials including nylons and polyurethanes. What is the market value of these two building blocks in the world?<\/p>\n

Industry consensus estimates the global market for these 2 building blocks at $10+ B annually: adipic acid = $6+ B (3000+ kTA), HMD = $4+ B (1400+ kTA)<\/p>\n

What percentage of the market is your goal?<\/h3>\n

Global demand growth of 3 to 5% is projected for adipic acid and HMD over the next decade. Consumer demand for renewable products at competitive cost with petro-derived products will determine the share.<\/p>\n

From your point of view, can we consider the future of the chemical industry really bio-based?<\/h3>\n

Rennovia has specifically targeted large volume, high value chemicals where we expect to have cost competitive \u201cdrop-in\u201d bio-based chemicals that replace traditional petro-derived chemicals \u2013 based on our high efficiency catalysts and processes, and low cost sugar feedstocks (1,6-HDO, HMD, ADA etc). With equivalent performance and equivalent costs we anticipate that the industry will migrate to widespread adoption of these bio-based products over time (similar to previous industry shifts to more competitive petro-derived processes).<\/p>\n

You have recently announced a joint development and license agreement with Stora Enso to cooperate on bio-based chemicals development. What is precisely this agreement?<\/h3>\n

Stora Enso is a leading global pulp & paper company. It has publicly announced its strategy to transform into a bio-materials company. Rennovia has technologies and capabilities to help Stora Enso acheive their goals.<\/p>\n

How important is the Biopreferred program in the US to support the development of the bioeconomy?<\/h3>\n

Currently the USDA Bio-preferred program appears to be a minor factor in government purchasing, but is not widely known or understood by industry or consumers. More information and education is needed for widespread adoption.<\/p>\n

Bioeconomy and circular economy are two increasingly prevalent economic paradigms, but that public opinion still does not understand. How can stakeholders and authorities better communicate the benefits of bio-based products compared to those of fossil origin?<\/p>\n

Ideally the bio-economy will become a key enabler for the circular economy \u2013 resulting in true sustainability. Communication of the benefits of bio-based products need to focus on the following 3 elements (\u201cbeyond green\u201d): Performance = Equivalent or better performance vs petro; Cost = Competitive cost vs petro; Sustainability = Reduced environmental impact vs petro.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith equivalent performance and equivalent costs we anticipate that the industry will migrate to widespread adoption of these bio-based products over time (similar to previous industry shifts to more competitive petro-derived processes)\u201d. To say it, in this exclusive interview with Il Bioeconomista, is Tim Dummer, VP Commercialization at Rennovia, a specialty chemical company focused on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[6843,5838,10416,10408],"supplier":[4896,551],"class_list":["post-36412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biochemicals","tag-bioeconomy","tag-circulareconomy","tag-greenchemistry","supplier-rennovia","supplier-stora-enso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36412"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=36412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}