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DECARBONISING ETHANOL
CF Industries and POET to pilot use of low-carbon

fertiliser in corn production

American fertiliser firm, CF Indus- corn grown using low-carbon ammonia track, validate and certify carbon inten-
tries and ethanol producer POET, have can reduce the carbon intensity of ethanol sity reduction originating from low-
announced a collaboration to pilot the up to 10%. carbon ammonia manufacturing at CF
use of low-carbon ammonia fertiliser to Industries’ Donaldsonville Complex in
reduce the carbon intensity of corn pro- The companies are targeting the Louisiana, through ethanol production
duction and ethanol. Demand for ethanol fall of 2024 for the first applications of at POET’s four locations in US.
with a lower carbon intensity is expected low-carbon ammonia with subsequent
to increase significantly to meet low- applications in spring of 2025, to pro- For the demonstration project’s fall
carbon fuel standards. duce a first crop to be harvested in the 2024 and spring 2025 low-carbon
fall of 2025. “This initiative not only ammonia applications, the companies will
Ammonia is commonly used as a gives producers a low-carbon ammonia leverage green ammonia produced at
direct application fertiliser for US corn option but also provides the oppor- CF Industries’ Donaldsonville Complex.
production, but conventional ammonia tunity to educate them on their farm’s Green ammonia refers to ammonia pro-
production is emissions intensive. As a carbon score and what that could mean duced with hydrogen sourced from an
result, ammonia production is a signi- for their grain value,” said Mr. Christian electrolysis-based production process
ficant contributor to the lifecycle carbon McIlvain, President of POET Grain. The that produces no carbon dioxide emis-
intensity of corn production and thus companies intend to jointly develop a sions but is otherwise identical to com-
ethanol production. Producing ethanol with low-carbon fertiliser supply chain to modity ammonia.
Guangzhou to host PCHi in February 2025

Event organiser, Reed Sinopharm
Exhibitions (RSE), has announced that
the 2025 edition of the Personal Care
and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) trade
event will be held from February 19-21,
2025 in Guangzhou, China.

The leading ingredients exhibition
will focus on the three pillars of Tech-
nology, Power, and Spirit.

Spanning nearly 60,000 square
metres, PCHi 2025 will bring together 800
cosmetic ingredient companies from
around the world to showcase their new
products and technologies. Apart from
the exhibition area, attendees can look
forward to a lineup of exhibitors and
features at the New Products Showcase
(NPS) and New Technology Sessions rence, a cornerstone of the exhibition, clinical dermatology, efficacy evaluation
(NTS), both of which will showcase will include a free-to-attend Plenary and testing, regulations, as well as mar-
the latest in products and technological Session and a mix of keynote and break- ket trends.The event will also feature the
advancement. out sessions. The conference presenta- ‘PCHi Fountain Awards’, which recog-
tions will cover topics like cutting-edge nise excellence in product innovation
The PCHi Annual Industry Confe- technologies, formulation development, and individual contributions.

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