The vision of Vioneo as ‘fossil-free pioneers for the plastics industry, using green methanol to produce fossil-free polypropylene and polyethylene on a commercial scale\u2018 will be realised in China, not in Europe. Michael asks Alex why this is the case.<\/p>\n
Mandatory EU legislation (quotas, definitions, regulatory differentiation) is the single most important enabler for Vioneo \u2014 and similar companies \u2014 to invest in Europe. Without it, the market remains voluntary, price-driven, and commercially unviable for premium fossil-free products.<\/p>\n
As Europe is a more expensive production location than the US or Asia, the only way forward \u2013 as Alex Hogan makes clear \u2013 is to create clear, strong and lasting framework conditions in Europe to generate robust demand for renewable chemistry and plastics, as well as to build the infrastructure that makes production in the EU possible. These framework conditions are indeed being discussed and are planned, but it is not certain whether they will actually materialise, in what form, or when. But who invests in hopes and announcements?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The vision of Vioneo as ‘fossil-free pioneers for the plastics industry, using green methanol to produce fossil-free polypropylene and polyethylene on a commercial scale\u2018 will be realised in China, not in Europe. Michael asks Alex why this is the case.<\/p>\n
Mandatory EU legislation (quotas, definitions, regulatory differentiation) is the single most important enabler for Vioneo \u2014 and similar companies \u2014 to invest in Europe. Without it, the market remains voluntary, price-driven, and commercially unviable for premium fossil-free products.<\/p>\n
As Europe is a more expensive production location than the US or Asia, the only way forward \u2013 as Alex Hogan makes clear \u2013 is to create clear, strong and lasting framework conditions in Europe to generate robust demand for renewable chemistry and plastics, as well as to build the infrastructure that makes production in the EU possible. These framework conditions are indeed being discussed and are planned, but it is not certain whether they will actually materialise, in what form, or when. But who invests in hopes and announcements?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_uag_custom_page_level_css":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[47,48],"product_tag":[480],"renewable-carbon":[65],"publication-type":[70],"class_list":{"0":"post-395317","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-markets","6":"product_cat-policy","7":"product_tag-nova_280526","8":"renewable-carbon-co2-based","9":"publication-type-reports","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"downloadable","14":"virtual","15":"sold-individually","16":"product-type-simple"},"bundle_layout":"","bundled_by":[],"bundled_items":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"qubely_landscape":false,"qubely_portrait":false,"qubely_thumbnail":false,"mega-menu":false,"blog-teaser":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false,"sow-carousel-default":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Dominik Vogt","author_link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The vision of Vioneo as 'fossil-free pioneers for the plastics industry, using green methanol to produce fossil-free polypropylene and polyethylene on a commercial scale\u2018 will be realised in China, not in Europe. Michael asks Alex why this is the case. Mandatory EU legislation (quotas, definitions, regulatory differentiation) is the single most important enabler for Vioneo…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/395317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=395317"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=395317"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=395317"},{"taxonomy":"renewable-carbon","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/renewable-carbon?post=395317"},{"taxonomy":"publication-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication-type?post=395317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}