The project will see the establishment of the first world-scale sustainable bio-polypropylene production process in North America. “The first plant will sequester about 1.2 MM tons of CO2 annually as solid polypropylene pellets, providing customers an impactful solution for reducing their carbon footprint and meeting their ESG goals,” said Kelly Knopp, principal and co-founder of Citroniq Chemicals.
The project will involve a projected investment of over US $5 billion and a combined PP annual capacity of over 3.5 billion pounds.
“Citroniq is prepared to execute a rapid expansion plan of its E2O process, to meet the market’s growing need for sustainable, carbon negative polypropylene at a competitive price,” said Mel Badheka, principal and co-founder of Citroniq Chemicals. “Located in the Midwest, Citroniq’s first plant is scheduled to start production in 2026 and provide identical, drop-in products that can be directly certified as biogenic through physical testing.”
Lummus Technology is a developer of process technologies with a focus on a more sustainable, low carbon future. The company is a master licensor of clean energy, petrochemical, refining, gas processing and renewable technologies, and a supplier of catalysts, proprietary equipment, digitalisation and related lifecycle services to customers worldwide.
Citroniq has developed technology to produce carbon negative materials at scale. Its platform for the chemical and plastics industries uses biogenic feedstocks and renewable energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Citroniq’s E2O process starts with processing corn into ethanol, sequestering the CO2 absorbed by the corn through photosynthesis in a liquid product. The ethanol is processed into PP, water and by-products. By recycling the products manufactured from this PP, the carbon can be prevented from returning to the atmosphere.
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