Development of new products and new technologies
CPC implements management activities to maintain customer rights and interests and ensure product safety based on the concepts “full participation, quality improvement, and customer satisfaction,” in order to provide products and services of the best quality. In addition to continuous understanding of customer needs, we constantly improve and reduce the defect rate and prevent the occurrence of problems to improve product quality and safety, protect customer rights and interests and enhance customer satisfaction.
Smart & Innovative CPC Projects
“CPC has been conducting R&D in environmental protection, energy saving, circular economy, promoting the commercialization of patents, and presenting the results of research and development in the form of user-friendly products in the hope of integrating with people's lives.”
Highlights - Solar Power Technology Development
In 2020, CPC invested NT$82,728,000 in R&D of solar power technology. By the end of 2020, CPC had completed the installation of 10.9 MW and had more than 210 PV sites throughout Taiwan and the outlying islands. The installation includes gas station rooftops, oil supply centers, refinery and petrochemical plants, and office building rooftops. It is estimated that the installed capacity will reach 13.38 MW by the end of 2021. In addition, in order to comply with the "High Energy User Clause" of the Renewable Energy Development Act, CPC is actively evaluating potential sites for the installation of PV systems, with a total installed capacity of 20.2 MW by 2023. In 2020, CPC generated 9.215 million kWh of renewable energy from solar power stations, mainly for sale to TPC. CPC has obtained 18 renewable energy site certifications and 885 renewable energy certificates.
Highlights - Smart & Green e-Stations
In response to the government's policies of green energy transformation and energy saving and carbon reduction, CPC has upgraded and transformed traditional gas stations into Smart & Green e-Stations. These stations provide diversified services such as "energy production", "energy storage", "energy utilization" and "intelligence". In addition to Tainan Qianfeng and Chiayi Xinyi Smart Green Energy Gas Station, CPC expanded its green energy footprint in 2020 by upgrading the Taoyuan Jiadong Station and Hualien Guangfu Station to Smart & Green e-Stations and developing mobile energy storage systems with intelligent power regulation functions. It fully demonstrating CPC's R&D capabilities in the hope that public can enjoy the convenience brought by the integration of green energy technology in gas stations.
Highlights - High-value Materials
In response to the demand for high frequency, high speed or high-power efficiency in 5G generation, CPC is committed to develop dicyclopentadiene derivatives for application and use the by-products of ethylene production to develop materials with high value and technicality. Currently, CPC has successfully developed two types of high-frequency substrate resin materials, and the substrates made in cooperation with ITRI can be applied to the future high-frequency circuit board material field without changing the current manufacturing process. Since the resin materials commonly used in substrates have to be imported from abroad and exclusively supplied, the risk of supply chain disconnection can easily arise. The risk can be avoided if the materials developed by CPC are introduced. This type of research and development is attractive for the sustainable development of the panel industry in Taiwan. Another future star product developed by CPC is light diffusing particles, which are mainly used in the display and lighting field. With its high durability, high uniformity and high transmittance characteristics, the patent has cooperated with BASF Taiwan to develop the eye-protection and energy-saving lighting fixture "Chen Kuang Tsai". It has the three characteristics of suppressing blue light by more than 50%, high color rendering and low energy consumption. This eye-protection product not only makes the color presentation more realistic and more energy-saving, but also effectively protects the eyes.
Circular CPC
CPC considers waste as resources, which is why the company re-examines existing waste and tries to find new values through Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Renew strategies. By pursuing a zero-waste goal and ensuring reasonable and effective use of resources, CPC hopes to address the dilemma between economic development and environmental impact.
In order to meet the goals of circular economy and high value petrochemicals, CPC has continued its research on petroleum refining. CPC has successfully developed the high-value energy storage soft carbon materials by using heavy oil that used to be used as fuel. Such energy storage soft carbon materials are suitable for use as "anode material for lithium battery" for electric motorcycles and was introduced to China Motor Corporation fast-charging motorcycle batteries for commercial applications in July 2020.
Taiwan lacks natural resources and relies on imported natural gas supply. The international transportation of natural gas across the sea is first compressed into LNG at -162 degrees Celsius to facilitate storage and reduce transportation costs. After being transported to Taiwan by special ships, the LNG is exchanged with seawater for temperature exchange and then provided to the public. The large amount of cold energy released in the process of LNG gasification is a rare energy source that can be utilized. Therefore, CPC has secured this precious resource and utilized it properly in its related business.
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As the leader of Taiwan's petrochemical energy industries, CPC has regarded the promotion of efficient use of energy resources as its responsibility. CPC has also actively formed energy resource integration links with enterprises in industrial areas, so that raw materials such as steam, hydrogen and other industrial gases can be obtained from other enterprises without the need to purchase or invest in energy resources for production. Thus, it reduces the overall cost and environmental burden of the entire industrial area. At the same time, CPC also further improves and refines the efficiency of energy use in the manufacturing process.
Highlights - Established Advanced Catalysis Center to Lead the Upgrading and Transformation of Domestic Industries and Create a Circular Economy
With the global energy-saving and carbon-reduction policies, the production of gasoline and diesel fuel will be reduced in the future. CPC is actively developing in the direction of refining structure upgrade, chemical value addition, and carbon capture and reuse. The “Advanced Catalysis Center” will be established in 2021 and will join hands with Academia Sinica to hold a “Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony for an Advanced Catalyst Research and Development Exchange Platform”. CPC invite important domestic and foreign companies to establish clusters in Taiwan in an attempt to reinforce the overall development of the circular industry and achieve the goal of catalyst nationalization. In addition, the Advanced Catalysis Center is positioned as a demonstration base for new generation of smart production, introducing digitalization and AI technology, and build a smart plant environment to realize the goal of "Industry 4.0" in petrochemical industry. The establishment of the Advanced Catalysis Center is a key step in the transformation of CPC. In the future, CPC will play a leading role in the domestic industry to create a circular economy and drive technological innovation and industrial upgrading.