IFIB 2015 Session biobased chemistry novamont s biorefinery as a model of circular economy

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1 IFIB 2015 Session biobased chemistry novamont s biorefinery as a model of circular economy Relatore: Giulia gregori LUOGO: auditorium banca popolare di lodi DATA:24/09/2015

2 Novamont: a knowledge-based industry MORE THAN 250 TRAINING PROGRAMMES SINCE 2000 HUMAN CAPITAL 25-YEAR R&D EXPERIENCE 7.2% OF TURNOVER PATENTS R&D RESEARCH CENTRE TURNOVER OF 145 MIO/ 412 PEOPLE EMPLOYED INDUSTRY

3 Transition from a product-based economy to a system-based economy DEVELOPMENT MODEL OF INTEGRATED BIOREFINERY PRODUCTS Biorefinery integrated in the local area: primarily dedicated to the production of chemicals and high added-value products different local raw materials (low-input crops, scraps, etc.) respect for local biodiversity use of marginal lands and re-industrialization of deindustrialized/no longer competitive sites integration of a wide and rising range of low-impact technologies and plants based on an interdisciplinary approach and interconnection with the world of farming, research, environment, consumers and with local institutions Innovative bioplastics and biochemicals based on renewable resources, which are biodegradable and compostable according to the most important international standards. Solutions economically and environmentally sustainable in specific application sectors with a view to rethinking the overall system.

4 Adressing societal challenges with bioplastics TOPSOIL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT SOURCE: JRC ORGANIC WASTE IN LANDFILL DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC WASTE SEPARATE COLLECTION SYSTEMS THROUGH BIOPLASTICS COMPOST AS DRIVER FOR SOILS FERTILITY Addressing the build-up of a third generation biorefinery for bioplastics and biochemicals UPSTREAM INTEGRATION

5 Mater-Bi : applications Tailor-made applications where biodegradability and compostability present added value

6 Network of sites related to the bioplastics and biochemicals value chain and based on Novamont technologies Mater-Biotech (100% Novamont) biobdo production Adria (RO) - Veneto Headquarters and research centre Novara - Piemonte Mater-Bi production and research on intermediates from RRM Terni - Umbria Matrìca (Versalis/Novamont 50:50 JV) Porto Torres (SS) Sardegna Biotechnological research centre Piana di Monte Verna (CE) Campania Mater-Biopolymer (78% Novamont) Polyesters production Patrica (FR)

7 Matrìca 50:50jv EniVersalis/Novamont Production Cycle From Oil to Chemicals THISTLE AND OTHER OLEAGINOUS CROPS Vegetable oil Chemicals and reagents Bio monomers Plant Intermediates for extensor oil Azelaic acid Glycerin Fatty acids blend C5-C9 acid blend Pelargonic Acid Polymers and rubber additives plant Esters plant Extensor oil Plasticizers C5-C9 esters Pelargonic acid esters Complex esters Note: simplified scheme market Esterification reagents BIOMONOMERS PLANT: VEGETABLE OIL FEEDSTOCK. PRODUCTION CAPACITY: 35,000 TON/Y ESTERS PLANT: PRODUCTS FOR SPECIALTY APPLICATIONS: 2 INDEPENDENT AND FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION LINES ADDIVES PLANT: ADDITIVES FOR RUBBERS AND POLYMERIC PLASTICIZERS

8 New Biochemicals: Sectors where Matrìca Products will Contribute to the Quality of the Environment BIOPLASTICS: PROPRIETARY MATER- BI OF THIRD GENERATION WITH AZELAIC ACID PLASTICIZERS FOR PVC AND OTHER POLYMERS AS REPLACEMENT OF PHTALATES BIOLUBRICANTS FOR AGRICULTURE, MARINE AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS HIGH LUBRICITY, BIODEGRADABILITY, LOW FLAMMABILITY WORLDWIDE PRODUCTION OF PHTALATES: 5.5 MIO TON EU PRODUCTION OF LUBRICANTS: 5.2 MIO TON HYDRAULIC FLUIDS: 0.7 MIO TON PALM OIL FREE COMPONENTS FOR COSMETICS OIL EXTENDERS FOR RUBBER EUROPEAN PRODUCTION: 0.5 MIO TON BIO-HERBICIDES FOR INTEGRATED AGRICULTURE

9 Promoting circular economy Italy Towards zero waste in landfill Through greater resource efficiency, and by turning waste into a resource, a new circular and interconnected model can have benefits for competitiveness, growth and employment, as well as the environment

10 FIRST2RUN Flagship demonstration of an integrated biorefinery for dry crops sustainable exploitation towards biobased materials production Horizon 2020 / BBI-JU; Call: H2020-BBI-PPP Topic: BBI.VC3.F1/ Type of action: BBI-IA-FLAG 6 partners from 4 different countries Duration: 48 months Starting date: 01/07/2015 Budget: , additional activities (around ,00 ) This project has received funding from the European Union s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

11 FIRST2RUN - scope The FIRST2RUN project aims at demonstrating the technical, economic, environmental and social sustainability at pre-industrial/large scale (TRL8) of a value chain in which low input and underutilized oil crops (i.e. cardoon) grown in arid and marginal lands and not in competition with food nor feed, are exploited for the extraction of vegetable oils to be further converted into bio-monomers (mainly pelargonic and azelaic acids) as building blocks for high added value bioproducts biolubricants, cosmetics, bioplastics, additives) through the integration of chemical and biotech processes. From cardoon a valuable stream of proteins and added value molecules is generated through an innovative process

12 Consortium SIP: Formulation and validation of biobased lubricant SOLIDQZ: Products recovery: Feasibility tests, standards and industrial scale evaluation NOVAMONT: Management and Coordination, Field management, Implementation of catalytic and bio-catalytic conversion of vegetable oil, Demonstration activities at the biorefinery site, Biobased materials formulation; Conversion of by and coproduct; Standardization and Dissemination & Exploitation MATRICA: Catalytic and bio-catalytic esterification processes of carboxylic acids with polyols, Demonstration of biobased monomers production up to 20,000 ton/year, Demonstration of biodegradable esters of pelargonic acid production up to 10,000 ton/year Recovery and valorisation of residual lignocellulosic biomass BIOPHIL: Formulation and validation of cosmetics biobased UNIV. di Bologna: Development of catalyst for oxidative cleavage

13 Bioeconomy: Taking Stock And Moving Forward The achievements under current policies and EU regulations have created a range of key opportunities for Bioeconomy focusing on Innovation, accelerating systemic changes connecting different sectors, pushing the creation of clusters The European Bioeconomy Strategy needs further efforts to : address the triple challenge of producing enough biomass without overexploitation and negative impact on the environment, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and ensuring economically viable production that benefits the whole value chain take advantage from the new sustainable productions to solve/face the six identified societal challenges or other specific local problems. The Third European Bioeconomy Conference helped to realize that: new products and technologies are available at EU level as well as many case studies of system based economy, which can become catalysts for a faster growth. Crisis at a certain extent is a result of our inability to change model. If policies will not be able to leverage from what achieved today the costs of inactivity will be dramatically high. a change of mindset is needed: Bioeconomy is not just dealing with renewable resources but with Territorial Regeneration and cultural change

14 The New Context We have to restart from the Bioeconomy Panel s two Issues Papers on Biomass Supply and market-making in Bioeconomy The Proposal on the Circular Economy Package to be relaunched in September 2015 The New Climate Change Protocol of Paris The PSR s programs The Juncker Investment Plan The New Strategy on Energy Union

15 Promoting the concept of Sustainable Regions as for «Covenant of Mayors» System including biomass supply Sustainable Regions Recovery of abandoned land for sustainable production Soil improvement Reindustrialization of deindustrialized/pollutted sites Rethink agricultural value chains not economically sustainable through new integrated technologies Connecting the dot between new innovating flagship and renewable energy (low carbon production) Adress issues such as: multiple use of local biomass, feed production, local use of bioproducts to reduce environmental impacts, cascading approach, CO2 reduction achieved along the value chain, adoption of PEF/GPP etc Launch of Integrated agro industrial projects along the value chain with involvement of retail sector Network of sustainable regions through Protocols able to connect complementary programs, using structural fund, PSR, and other financial meanings

16 Thanks for your attention! «The challenge of our millennium is in the balance between the technical means that humanity possesses and the wisdom in how we will make use of them» Umberto Colombo