Business opportunities – future technologies
- PLA (bioplastics) production
- Bioplastics or organic plastics are a form of plastics derived from renewable biomass sources, such as corn starch, or microbiota, rather than fossil-fuel plastics which are derived from petroleum
- Demand is forecasted to stay at 20% growth for the next few years
- New materials (carbon fibres) production
- Materials science deals with the design and manufacture of materials, an area in which chemicals play a key role
- The demand for composite products is seeing double digit growth and is expected to continue
- Hydrogen
- Hydrogen powered Fuel-Cell-Hybrid Bus in 2010
- Fuel Cell Power Plant
- Combined Heat and Power (CHP), Runtime: 10 years, 97% availability
- 1-2 MW installed electrical power
- Technology: Hot-PEM Fuel Cells
- Solar silicon production
- The basic raw material for photovoltaic modules are silicon wafers, made of solar silicon ingots
- Estimated is an average growth of 30% per year for the next 10 years
Are you interessted in more information, press button ?
