27 Oct 2022 --- Avantium has partnered with software company Sphera to perform an LCA on plant-based mono propylene glycol (plantMPG), produced with Avantium’s Ray Technology from sucrose derived from Dutch sugar beet. PlantMPG is a chemical intermediate used in various applications, including in functional fluids and unsaturated polyester resins. The ISO-certified LCA for plantMPG shows a significant improvement of up to 81% greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions over the full life cycle when compared to its incumbents. The LCA takes into account wastewater treatment as the end-of-life for plantMPG. Avantium’s plantMPG is compared to current MPG production routes from fossil raw materials (naphtha and shale-derived PP) and renewable raw materials (soy and rapeseed-derived glycerine).
