Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical will build a pilot plant for ethanol production of propylene and plans to commercialize it in 2030

Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical has begun construction of a pilot plant to produce propylene directly from ethanol, a project supported by the New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO) Green Innovation Fund. Sumitomo will complete the construction of the pilot plant at the Sodegaura site in the first half of 2025, thereby accelerating the marketization of…