Polyurethane industry is eyeing the "dual carbon" market cake

Ten years ago, the field of building insulation was regarded as the biggest cake in the polyurethane industry
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While many chemical industries are suffering from the limitation of "double high" projects and the tightening of "dual control" indicators, the polyurethane industry is focusing on how to use materials to empower downstream industries to reduce carbon emissions and help achieve the "dual carbon goal.
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Fancy dual-carbon market

According to Wei Wei, deputy dean of the Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the "dual carbon goal" will inevitably bring about tremendous changes in China's energy structure, industrial layout and social development
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The chemical industry is also facing huge emission reduction challenges
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"To achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, that is, emissions and negative carbon or carbon sinks
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To achieve the "dual carbon goal", the primary task is to save energy, which is precisely the most important application field of polyurethane materials
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"Today, one ton of steel produced in China basically produces two tons of carbon dioxide.
Polyurethane can be made into composite materials, which can play some alternative roles in this regard
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　　As one of the first global polyurethane companies to conduct business in China, Huntsman obviously will not miss the "dual carbon" market opportunity
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　　Large energy-saving building space

　　Facing the carbon emission reduction market, the polyurethane industry pays more attention to the growth potential of building insulation materials
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　　“China’s building volume is particularly large.
The materials used in the entire building are mainly made of cement and steel.
The production of one ton of cement will emit 65 tons of carbon
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In the future, it is necessary to replace these traditional building materials with better materials.
Performance improvement and carbon emission reduction
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Especially for building insulation materials, in some super large cities, the market for heat and cold preservation is very large
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" Wei Wei said
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　　Pan Lumin also said that in terms of per capita polyurethane consumption, China is still far lower than some developed countries, especially in terms of energy-saving insulation polyurethane consumption
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According to foreign experience, with economic development, more polyurethane products will be used in building energy saving in the future.
This is also an important topic for China's carbon peak and carbon neutrality in the future
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"I believe that the building insulation polyurethane market will definitely maintain double-digit growth in the future
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　　According to estimates, if all the doors and windows of existing buildings and new buildings that need to be renovated in China are replaced with the European standard polyurethane energy-saving door and window system, 420 million tons of standard coal can be saved each year, equivalent to 20% of China's total annual coal output
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　　In 2016, Huntsman developed a large-diameter full-water foaming pipe system for the Taikoo heating project from Shanxi’s Gujiao to Taiyuan to ensure remote high-efficiency heating
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The heating pipeline has a total length of 38 kilometers.
After it is put into operation, it has replaced 5,000 chimneys in Taiyuan
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This project is still praised by the industry
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　　Su Bingli, China Business Director of Huntsman Polyurethane Division, believes that there is a lot of room for development of polyurethane in terms of cold insulation, not only in the traditional civilian cold chain, but also in the field of industrial cold chain and new energy
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For example, in terms of clean energy, the storage temperature of LNG is minus 161 degrees Celsius, and the storage temperature of liquid hydrogen is minus 252 degrees Celsius.
With the expansion of LNG and hydrogen energy applications, the cold storage market has a lot of space
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　　We must first find out the family background

　　To achieve the "dual carbon" goal, it is very important to understand the family background, and the indispensable link is carbon emission statistics and accounting
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　　"We must first understand the carbon footprint of the product, describe it quantitatively, and incorporate it into the national development system before we know the future focus
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" Wei Wei said
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　　In terms of carbon measurement, Huntsman has pioneered the industry
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On June 23, Huntsman and the Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study of the Chinese Academy of Sciences formally signed a carbon neutral strategic cooperation agreement to carry out life cycle carbon footprint evaluation based on the production and downstream applications of polyurethane products
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　　Pan Lumin said that as an energy-saving insulation material with excellent performance, carbon measurement will help highlight the carbon reduction benefits of polyurethane and drive downstream industries to achieve energy saving and carbon reduction
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This carbon neutral strategic cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences will help Huntsman improve the carbon emission management system for the full life cycle of polyurethane products
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　　The carbon accounting cooperation between Huntsman and the Shanghai Institutes for Advanced Study of the Chinese Academy of Sciences will follow the production footprint of Huntsman polyurethane materials, fully cover production companies in Shanghai, Tianjin and other places, and establish a set of foundations based on corporate and product carbon footprint evaluation Database, and carry out life cycle carbon footprint evaluation around typical application scenarios of polyurethane materials, analyze the key factors and links that affect carbon footprint, and provide directional support for the carbon reduction technology of Huntsman polyurethane products
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In addition, the project will also evaluate the energy-saving and emission-reduction potential of polyurethane products, and help the entire range of polyurethane upstream production and downstream applications move towards low-carbon
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　　"The production of polyurethane will have carbon emissions, but in the full life cycle of the product, because the use of polyurethane can greatly reduce other carbon emissions
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I look forward to seeing the obvious reduction and modification benefits of polyurethane materials through carbon accounting
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For the growth space of China's polyurethane industry, And to play an important role in helping the realization of the'Double Carbon Goal', I have great confidence
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" Pan Lumin told reporters
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