据烃加工网站5月3日报道 西方石油公司的低碳部门周二表示，计划建设和运营一个试点工厂，使用人造二氧化碳（而非碳氢化合物原料）生产生物乙烯。
该试验工厂将由西方石油的风险投资公司西方石油低碳合资有限公司和生物工程初创公司Cemvita Factory联合开发。预计2022年开始运行。
生物乙烯目前是由甘蔗制成的生物乙醇制备。
Cemvita首席执行官Moji Karimi表示，这项新技术利用二氧化碳、水和光生产生物乙烯，有助于降低成本和碳排放。
乙烯广泛应用于化工行业，是从塑料薄膜到聚氯乙烯管道 和冷却剂等产品的组成部分。
近年来，人们对低碳倡议的兴趣与日俱增，从寻求抵消其气候影响的公司到担心国际减排协议进展缓慢的政府官员。
2019年，西方石油低碳合资有限公司投资Cemvita，为西方石油的化工部门寻找生物制造业。
王磊 摘译自 烃加工
原文如下：
Occidental unit to build low-carbon bio-ethylene plant
Occidental Petroleum's low-carbon unit said on Tuesday it plans to construct and operate a pilot plant that would use human-made carbon dioxide, instead of hydrocarbon-sourced feedstocks, to produce bio-ethylene.
The pilot plant will be jointly developed by Occidental's venture capital arm, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures LLC, and bio-engineering startup, Cemvita Factory. It is expected to start functioning in 2022.
Bio-ethylene is currently made from bio-ethanol, which is made from sugarcane.
The new technology produces bio-ethylene from carbon dioxide, water and light, which helps lower costs and carbon emissions, Cemvita's Chief Executive Officer Moji Karimi said.
Ethylene, widely used in the chemical industry, is a component of products ranging from plastic films to PVC piping and coolants.
Interest in low-carbon initiatives has grown in recent years, ranging from companies seeking to offset their climate impact to public officials worried about the slow pace of international agreements to cut emissions.
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures in 2019 had invested in Cemvita to look at bio-manufacturing for Occidental's chemical unit.
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