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Making Wind Power More Sustainable
Designed to withstand decades of strong winds and harsh weather conditions, wind turbine blades a...
Current thinking: PFAS alternatives for semiconductors
The semiconductor industry has long been reliant on PFAS but that could be set to change thanks t...
Plastic Feedstocks: From Plants and Emissions
Kerry Hebden speaks to researchers exploring novel routes to greener plastics
CO2 Capture: Putting the Sea into CCS
Amanda Jasi and Kerry Hebden talk to companies developing technologies to capture CO2 from the ocean
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Kerry Hebden speaks to innovators who have developed processes to artificially age whisky
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Biobatteries: Harnessing the Power of Nature
Kerry Hebden speaks to researchers who are developing novel batteries for military and environmen...
Iron Plan: Working Towards Emissions-Free Reduction
Kerry Hebden speaks to innovators piloting green steel production in Sweden, and a second team wo...
IChemE releases ChERD Centenary Special
In a centenary special issue of the journal Chemical Engineering Research and Design, experts off...
Materials: Decarbonising Cement
Kerry Hebden talks to the researchers and companies aiming for greener concrete processes
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Xampla and 2M awarded Innovate grant to scale up production of biodegradable materials
XAMPLA, a company specialising in natural, biodegradable materials, has been awarded the Innovate...
IChemE opens bursary applications for catalysis summer school
ICHEME is inviting bursary applications for the ‘Catalysis fundamentals and practice’ summer school.
Chesapeake set to become largest player in upstream US gas supply after acquiring Southwestern
AMERICAN exploration and production company Chesapeake has agreed to buy Southwestern Energy in a...
ExxonMobil to build CCS pilot plant using carbonate fuel cell technology
ESSO Nederland, an affiliate of ExxonMobil, plans to build a pilot carbon capture plant at its Ro...
All-UK partnership to deliver landmark commercial scale direct lithium extraction plant
THREE companies from the north of England – Northern Lithium, Evove, and Sheers – have signed an ...
Sumitomo Chemical CO2-to-methanol pilot plant now operational
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL has completed the construction of a pilot facility which uses CO2 generated fro...
Coolbrook successfully cracks naphtha in its electric steam cracking pilot plant
COOLBROOK has successfully demonstrated electric steam cracking of naphtha in its large-scale pil...
Shell to sell stake in German Schwedt refinery to UK's Prax Group
SHELL has agreed to sell its 37.5% stake in the PCK Schwedt oil refinery, one of the largest crud...
Harbour Energy agrees US$11.2bn deal for Wintershall Dea assets
UK OIL producer Harbour Energy has reached an agreement to acquire German rival Wintershall Dea f...
US Steel to be bought by Japan's Nippon in US$15bn deal
NIPPON, the fourth-largest steelmaker in the world, has agreed to buy US Steel for US$14.9bn. The...
Huge blast at oil terminal in Guinea's capital kills at least 18 people
AT LEAST 18 people are dead and 178 have been injured following a huge explosion, and subsequent ...
Safety issues to the fore at IChemE-hosted roundtable on battery energy storage systems
SAFETY concerns surrounding lithium-ion batteries dominated a recent IChemE-hosted roundtable dis...
UK government publishes battery strategy
THE UK government’s ambition to have a globally competitive battery supply chain by 2030 has been...
Engineering employers must support neurodivergent people to make sector more inclusive, report says
A REPORT published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) says that there is an u...
LyondellBasell to build industrial-scale advanced recycling plant in Germany
MULTINATIONAL LyondellBasell is set to build the company's first industrial-scale catalytic advan...
Octopus Energy launches £3bn offshore wind fund with Tokyo Gas
OCTOPUS ENERGY has launched its first dedicated offshore wind fund aimed at boosting energy secur...
UK government lays out national vision for engineering biology industry
THE UK government has said it will invest £2bn (US$2.5bn) over the next ten years in engineering ...
OSHA says worker death at factory in Massachusetts, US, could have been prevented
AN EXPLOSION that killed a worker at a pharmaceutical plant in Newburyport, Massachusetts, US, co...
IChemE Fellow Andrew Livingston awarded Honorary Professor title
ICHEME Fellow Andrew Livingston has been awarded an Honorary Professor title for his contribution...
EU lawmakers adopt position on Net-Zero Industry Act
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT has adopted its position on the proposed Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), wh...
University of Birmingham launches EvoPhase, an AI-powered design approach for industrial processing equipment
UNIVERSITY of Birmingham Enterprise has launched EvoPhase, AI-led technology that optimises the d...
UK government’s targeted approach proposal for UK REACH, ‘a step in the right direction’
THE UK government is planning to introduce an alternative transitional registration model (ATRm) ...
US unveils up to US$3.5bn funding to expand domestic battery manufacturing
THE White House has announced up to US$3.5bn in funding to strengthen domestic battery manufactur...
Birmingham precious metal experts to work together in 3D printing
UNIVERSITY of Birmingham researchers are teaming up with Cooksongold Additive Manufacturing to de...
TfS white paper explores new approaches to counting carbon in chemical sector
A WHITE paper released by global chemical initiative Together for Sustainability (TfS) has i...
Solar-powered dryers and greener electric car batteries among £1m Earthshot winners
A BATTERY that uses a water-soluble binding composite to make it easy to recycle, and solar techn...
Mura Technology’s flagship advanced plastics recycling plant opens in Teesside
MURA Technology’s first site, ReNew ELP, which turns 'unrecyclable' plastics that would usually b...
46 miners killed in methane gas explosion at ArcelorMittal mine in Kazakhstan
A METHANE explosion at a mine in Kazakhstan run by ArcelorMittal Temirtau has killed 46 workers. ...
R.M. Palmer fined US$44,000 for lack of evacuation before blast killed seven
R.M. PALMER, the owner of a chocolate factory which exploded in March killing seven people, has b...
Heriot-Watt students launch Global Sustainability Week ahead of COP28
TO CELEBRATE and promote sustainability, students at Heriot-Watt University are leading a series ...
Petronas Chemicals Group to build Asia’s 'largest advanced chemical recycling plant'
PETRONAS CHEMICALS GROUP (PCG) has unveiled plans to build what it claims to be Asia’s largest ad...
Amgen buys Horizon Therapeutics for US$27.8bn
US BIOTECH company Amgen has completed its US$27.8bn acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics after a ...
Chevron to buy Hess in US$53bn all-stock deal
AMERICAN oil giant Chevron is buying oil and gas producer Hess in an all-stock deal worth US$53bn...
Welsh Water admits illegally spilling sewage at dozens of treatment plants for years
WELSH WATER has admitted to spilling untreated sewage at dozens of treatment plants for years. Da...
Lanxess to cut 870 jobs amid German chemical industry downturn
GERMAN speciality chemicals group Lanxess plans to cut 870 jobs worldwide. The firm has blamed a ...
US awards US$7bn for seven hydrogen hubs to boost clean energy economy
THE BIDEN administration has announced that seven hydrogen hub proposals are to receive US$7bn in...
New novel use of glycerol helps make renewable hydrogen and propane fuel gases
GLYCEROL, a naturally occurring alcohol made from the hydrolysis of fats and oils, is being used ...
US ammonia tanker spill kills five, injures seven
ANHYDROUS ammonia released from a tanker during a traffic incident in Teutopolis, US, is believed...
UK universities to partner in Global Centers for researching net zero innovations
A COLLABORATION involving partners in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia, will see a string of UK ...
Biotech pioneer appointed chair of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult
STEVE BAGSHAW has been appointed chair of the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult. Bagshaw, a...
Royal Society launches fellowship to support underrepresented black researchers
THE Royal Society is piloting a Career Development Fellowship (CDF) aimed at kickstarting the res...
Coolbrook primed for industry use after RotoDynamic Heater pilot tests reach over 1,000°C
COOLBROOK has successfully completed the first phase of largescale pilot testing for its RotoDyna...
Molycop to cease steel-making operations at Waratah, leading to 250 job losses
Almost half the 540-strong workforce at Molycop’s steel manufacturing plant in Newcastle, New Sou...
Worley awarded FEED work for huge Queensland renewable hydrogen project
WORLEY has been awarded the front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for what is said to be c...
UK government suffer angry backlash from industry over plan to delay climate pledges
RISHI SUNAK’s series of policy changes surrounding the UK government’s approach to net zero has d...
Tata Steel secures £500m in government “green” aid but job losses still feared
TATA STEEL has secured £500m (US$619m) in backing from the UK government to decarbonise its Welsh...
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners to team up with Swansea University on CO2 upcycling research
COCA-COLA Europacific Partners (CCEP) is teaming up with Swansea University to work on cutting-ed...
Plastic Energy commissions new chemical recycling pilot plant at Loughborough University
CHEMICAL recycling firm Plastic Energy has commissioned a new pilot plant to further develop and ...
Sika announces funding award for new concrete-recycling technology that stores carbon
SPECIALITY chemicals company, Sika, has announced that its reCO2ver technology is now receiving t...
Aquaporin partners with PUB to install its biomimetic membranes in NEWater facilities
WATER technology company Aquaporin has announced it is working with Singapore's National Water Ag...
‘Colossal relief’ as UK rejoins EU science research scheme Horizon
AFTER years of negotiations and uncertainty, the scientific and academic community now have cause...
Chemical engineers create bio-inspired leaf that generates more power than conventional solar panels
A NEW photovoltaic leaf (PV-leaf) technology by chemical engineers at Imperial College London cou...
BP completes feasibility study for green hydrogen hub in Australia, and invests in Advanced Ionics
BP HAS completed a concept development phase study into its large-scale green hydrogen hub, H2Kwi...
Neste forms partnerships to collaborate on renewable PET production
NESTE, an oil company that also produces renewable fuels and other sustainable products, is partn...
Researchers develop mussel-inspired coating that can extract rare earth elements
RESEARCHERS at Penn State University, US, have developed a mussel-inspired nanocellulose coating ...
Carbon Capture Scotland to capture biogenic CO2 from Whyte & Mackay whisky distillery
CARBON CAPTURE SCOTLAND has teamed up with Scottish whisky makers Whyte & Mackay to capture the b...
Dominican officials accuse plastics company of causing explosion that killed 31 people
AUTHORITIES in the Dominican Republic are pursuing a criminal case against a plastics company fol...
Queensland government invests A$24m in flow batteries to boost battery network
THE QUEENSLAND government is investing A$24m (US$15.4m) into iron and zinc flow batteries from lo...
Plans for nuclear waste facility in South Australia scrapped after traditional owners' court win
BARNGARLA traditional owners who fought to stop a nuclear waste facility planned for a site in Na...
Seabed watchdog accuses deep-sea miner of ignoring risk procedures after spill in Pacific
NAURA OCEAN RESOURCES (NORI), the company which sparked debate into deep sea mining in 2021, has ...
South Yorkshire named as first UK investment zone focused on advanced manufacturing
COMMUNITIES in Sheffield and Rotherham are set to benefit from £80m (US$101m) of investment as pa...
Planning for Carlton Power’s major £750m battery storage project in Manchester given green light
Planning permission for Carlton Power’s major £750m (US$953m) battery storage project that will s...
Denham and East Kimberley earmarked for green hydrogen facilities in Western Australia
WESTERN Australia’s push to become a major exporter of renewable hydrogen is rapidly gathering pa...
Rio Tinto and Giampaolo Group to partner on Matalco aluminium recycling venture
RIO TINTO and Giampaolo Group, one of North America's largest fully-integrated metal management b...
Heineken to pour £25m into low carbon heat system for Manchester brewery
HEINEKEN UK, the maker of Heineken, Birra Moretti, and Foster's, has said it will pour £25m (US$3...
Sunak to maximise oil and gas production despite backlash, and confirms two new CCUS clusters
THE UK government has unveiled plans for two new carbon capture, usage and storage (CCS) faciliti...
UK government announces £170m boost for Sizewell C nuclear project
THE UK government has confirmed it will provide £170m (US$219m) in additional funding to speed up...
RWE, Mitsui, and Port of Tilbury sign MoU on green hydrogen projects to decarbonise port operations
RWE, one of the UK’s largest power generators, along with global trading and investment company M...
Year 11 students’ sustainable flavonoid soap wins the Davidson Inventors Challenge 2023
FABNOIDS, a team of year 11 students from the Benenden School in Cranbrook, UK has won this year’...
Imerys and British Lithium to develop UK’s largest lithium deposit while Norway’s Norge Mining makes major phosphate discovery
FRENCH multinational firm, Imerys, has teamed up with extraction company British Lithium to becom...
UK government declares a 'nuclear revival' as a public body launches to support industry and boost energy security
THE UK government has announced that the newly launched Great British Nuclear (GBN) will drive a ...
Government rejects plans for Whitby 'hydrogen village' trial due to local opposition
WHITBY in Cheshire will no longer be considered as the location for the UK's first hydrogen villa...
Rio Tinto announces manufacturing research lab in Australia as it charges ahead with batteries push
RIO TINTO is building a battery manufacturing laboratory at its research facility in Bundoora, Me...
Compact Syngas Solutions receives £4m in funding for carbon capture project
COMPACT SYNGAS SOLUTIONS (CSS) in Deeside, Wales, a company that turns waste wood and unrecyclabl...
TotalEnergies and Petronas to collaborate on solar project to decarbonise Australia’s Gladstone LNG
FRENCH oil and gas giant, TotalEnergies and Gentari Renewables, a subsidiary of Petronas, are tea...
Eni and subsidiary Vår Energi to buy Neptune Energy for US$4.9bn
ITALIAN oil major Eni, and its Norwegian listed subsidiary, Vår Energi, have agreed to buy London...
IChemE journal bags the institution’s highest Impact Factor yet as its other journals also claim success
ICHEME’s Sustainable Production and Consumption journal has received the institution’s highest Im...
New Scottish R&D hub set to support manufacturing industry and catalyse economic growth
THE National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has opened a new, flagship facility designed...
David Bogle wins prestigious EFCE Jacques Villermaux Medal
DAVID BOGLE, IChemE’s past president, has been awarded the Jacques Villermaux Medal in recognitio...
McGagh, Sorensen and McBride-Wright honoured by the King
CHEMICAL engineers John McGagh, Eva Sorensen and Mark McBride-Wright have been recognised and cel...
Shell draws criticism as it commits to oil and gas
SHELL’S new boss, Wael Sawan, has come under fire from environmental groups after revealing that ...
RWE appoints Technip and GE Gas Power to study combining CCGT with CCS
GERMAN multinational energy company RWE has selected Technip Energies and its partner GE Gas Powe...
UKAEA awards £6.8m to develop fusion technologies
THE United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded £6.8m (US$8.6m) in contracts to se...
UK government extends Horizon Europe Guarantee scheme to end of September
THE support provided to UK Horizon Europe applicants while the UK is in the process of associatin...
Abandoned Santos gas wells off Western Australia coast leaking for a decade, environmental documents reveal
AN UNKOWN number of decommissioned gas wells at Santos’s Legendre gas field off the coast of West...
Fusion industry heavyweights team up to advance fusion technology
Fusion industry heavyweights are teaming up to advance fusion technology in a bid to further clea...
TotalEnergies and Tree Energy Solutions team up to develop a large-scale e-natural gas production unit in the US
FRENCH energy firm TotalEnergies and Tree Energy Solutions (TES), a Belgian energy start-up, are ...
Orsted and ESB to work together on Irish offshore wind portfolio
DANISH multinational energy company Orsted, and ESB, Ireland’s leading utility, have agreed to wo...
CNOOC commissions China’s first offshore CCS demo project
CHINESE oil and gas company CNOOC has announced that a carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstra...
Drax faced with UK biomass sustainability investigation and US pollution notice as Selby plant CCS consultation launches
OFGEM, the UK’s energy regulator has launched a formal investigation into power company Drax to d...
Jupiter Ionics announced as a finalist for the Spinoff Prize 2023
JUPITER Ionics, a spinoff from Monash University, Australia that aims to produce ammonia in a zer...
Neom Green Hydrogen Company’s ‘mega’ green hydrogen production facility secures US$8.4bn in investments
DUBBED the world’s largest by its founding partners, a “mega” green hydrogen production facility ...
Lummus Technologies acquires water and wastewater treatment technologies from Siemens Energy
LUMMUS Technologies has acquired water and wastewater treatment technologies from Siemens Energy ...
Major US steel producer and the US’ Purdue University consider using SMRs
HAS the time of small modular reactors (SMRs) finally come? With reported benefits such as increa...
Consortium to develop floating nuclear power plants
SAMSUNG Heavy Industries (SHI), Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), and Seaborg Technologies have...
Wood and Computer Modelling Group team up to advance carbon capture storage solutions
WOOD, the global engineering and consulting company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (Mo...
NCC advances UK-based composite cryogenic hydrogen programme with testing facility
THE National Composites Centre (NCC) has announced a UK-based test programme to assist the aerosp...
New partnership seeks to get STEM professionals on a career break back into the industry
CHEMICALS giant Johnson Matthey has formed a new partnership with STEM Returners, an organisation...
APPEA backs Climate Change Authority report on carbon capture technology
THE Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) is backing carbon capture t...
Rockwell Automation teams up with Cornish Lithium to develop the firm’s demonstration plant
LITHIUM exploration within Cornwall, UK has received a boost after Rockwell Automation announced ...
Worker found dead after an explosion at a pharmaceuticals plant in Massachusetts, US
A WORKER has been killed after a powerful explosion ripped through a pharmaceutical plant in Newb...
Liddell, Australia’s oldest coal-fired power plant, shuts down
AFTER more than five decades of operation, Australia’s oldest coal-fired power plant, Liddell, ha...
UK's first industrial scale lithium-ion battery recycling plant to open
UK-based mining company Technology Minerals has said that its battery recycling business, Recyclu...
IChemE Safety Centre Director appointed chair of Major Hazards Advisory Committee
TRISH KERIN, director of the IChemE Safety Centre, has been appointed chair of the Major Hazards ...
Five killed in chemical plant explosion in China
FIVE people have been killed, one is missing, and another is being treated for injuries in hospit...
Merck to acquire Prometheus Biosciences for US$10.8bn
MULTINATIONAL pharmaceutical company Merck will buy Prometheus Biosciences for about US$10.8bn, a...
UK battery projects awarded £30m in government funding
THREE cutting-edge businesses are set to benefit from a share of £30m (US$37m) in funding from th...
Mill owner accused of wilful violation of safety standards following worker’s death
THE US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has accused a mill owner of wilful vi...
Shell restarts North Sea Pierce field
SHELL has restarted operations at the Pierce field, following an upgrade to allow gas to be produ...
Heidelberg and Linde to build large-scale CCU facility
ONE OF the largest building materials companies in the world, Heidelberg Materials, has teamed up...
UK government unveils £14.6bn alternative to Horizon Europe funding programme
THE UK government has published its “Pioneer” programme, a long-term strategy to support research...
Sempra greenlights Port Arthur LNG project
SEMPRA Infrastructure has given the financial greenlight for the development, construction, and o...
Birmingham Uni and Innospec join forces to develop safe and responsible chemicals
THE University of Birmingham has teamed up with chemical company Innospec to accelerate research ...
Altilium Metals to accelerate development of the UK’s largest EV battery recycling plant
PLANS for Teesside to host the UK’s largest EV battery recycling plant are underway following the...
A green washout? Critics lambast the UK government’s Powering up Britain strategy as lacking ambition
LABELLED as a strategy that will “scale up affordable, clean, homegrown power” while building “th...
The University of Newcastle wins two Cygnet Awards
THE University of Newcastle has become the first university in Australia to be awarded two Scienc...
Major incident declared in UK’s Poole Harbour following oil leak
A CLEAN-UP operation is under way after about 200 bbls of reservoir fluid, including oil, leaked ...
Ofgem sets out proposals to transform UK energy system
THE UK’S energy regulator Ofgem has set out proposals to establish a "more decentralised, decarbo...
US moves to restrict PFAS chemicals in drinking water
IN WHAT is described as a major step forward in protecting public health, the US Environmental Pr...
NIA urges UK to be world leader in nuclear-derived synthetic fuels
A NEW report from the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) is urging the UK to take the lead in the...
US government approves huge Alaska oil and gas development
A CONTROVERSIAL Alaskan oil and gas project has been given final approval by the Biden Administra...
Ineos announces full chain CCS milestone as emissions are buried offshore
AN INEOS led consortium has for the first time, initiated a cross-border offshore CCS project whi...
US aims to create semiconductor manufacturing clusters by 2030
THE US is planning to create at least two manufacturing clusters for leading-edge semiconductors ...
London-based company ruled liable towards the victims of fatal Beirut blast
A BRITISH court has ruled that the London-based chemical company behind the shipment of the ammon...
Government announces new £370m Science and Technology Framework to boost UK innovation
THE UK government has announced a raft of measures to ‘cement the UK’s place as a science and tec...
GeoPura secures £36m investment to scale its green hydrogen business
GEOPURA has secured £36m (US$43m) of investment from big players in industry, manufacturing and f...
BrewDog partners with Budweiser China to extend reach into Asia
SCOTTISH craft beer group BrewDog has partnered with brewing giant Budweiser China to tap into a ...
Origin Energy may delay closing Eraring coal power station
ORIGIN Energy’s plans to close its Eraring coal power station seven years ahead of schedule, migh...
Britishvolt bought by Australian startup
AUSTRALIAN-based startup Recharge Industries has been confirmed as Britishvolt’s new owners after...
Freeport LNG receives approval for partial restart
THE US’s Freeport LNG has received regulatory approval to partially restart commercial operations...
British Steel coke ovens closure threatens 260 jobs
BRITISH Steel has said it is closing the coking ovens at its Scunthorpe works, threatening 260 jo...
UKWIR provides free access to hundreds of water sector research reports
UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) has launched MyLibrary, an online facility that provides easy ...
Hinkley Point C costs could rise to over £32bn
ENERGY group EDF has said that the cost of building Hinkley Point C, a nuclear power station on t...
New energy and net zero department created as BEIS dissolved
A SIGNIFICANT overhaul by UK prime minister Rishi Sunak will see the Department for Business, Ene...
Scientists produce green hydrogen from seawater
SCIENTISTS have developed a system that can produce green hydrogen directly from seawater without...
ExxonMobil and Equinor award FEED contracts for low carbon hydrogen projects
EXXONMOBIL has awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to Technip Energies for...
£27m to boost the UK’s battery industry
THE Faraday Battery Challenge has awarded £27.6m (US$33.2m) in funding to support 17 firms workin...
NSTA creates CCS development team
THE North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has set up a dedicated carbon transportation and storag...
UK government formally establishes ARIA as an independent body
THE UK government has announced the formal establishment of the Advanced Research and Invention A...
UAE to expand green energy projects in Europe and Africa
WITH plans to become a clean-energy powerhouse that will place the UAE at the forefront of the en...
UK to collaborate with Saudi Arabia on minerals, and UAE on green energy
The UK and Saudi Arabia have agreed to deepen collaboration and work together in areas including ...
Chemical engineers explore upcycling microfibres released from washing clothes
UNIVERSITY of Surrey and UK-based washing technology group, Xeros Technology, have teamed up to a...
Australia’s biggest polluters must cut emissions by nearly 5% a year from July
A REFORM to Australia’s climate safeguard mechanism means that more than 200 of the country’s hea...
Companies eye Britishvolt site in the wake of company collapse
UK battery firm Britishvolt has received interest from more than a dozen companies looking to buy...
Baker Hughes to supply key technology for Malaysia’s first CCS project
ENERGY technology company Baker Hughes is working with Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMH...
Scotland’s “renewables powerhouse” ambitions: strategy seeks rush from oil and gas
THE Scottish government has set out its vision of becoming a renewables powerhouse in its Draft E...
New integrated, net-negative system captures carbon and produces ethylene
FOCUSED on integrating technologies that capture and use CO2 in a closed loop carbon cycle, engin...
Deal to save Britishvolt could see its valuation drop by 90%
UK BATTERY firm Britishvolt has said it is in talks with “a consortium of investors” about a sale...
UK government announces £75m nuclear fuel fund
UNDER plans to encourage investment in new and robust nuclear fuel production capabilities in the...
Crown Estate awards first survey contracts for Celtic Sea floating wind farms
AMBITIOUS plans to deliver an initial 4GW of energy capacity in the Celtic Sea has taken a major ...
3M pledges to stop making and using “forever chemicals” by 2025
US manufacturing firm 3M has said it will stop making and using PFAS, a group of over 4700 indust...
Shell invests in used lubricants firm and buys Europe’s biggest biogas producer
SHELL has acquired a 49% interest in Blue Tide Environmental, a company specialising in the produ...
UK and US leaders announce new energy partnership
THE UK Government has announced that the US will increase gas exports to the UK as part of a new ...
UK Government commits nearly £500m for R&D to cover EU shortfall
THE UK Government has said it will provide a package of nearly £500m (US$614m) to provide immedia...
Harmony Energy debuts battery energy storage project
INVESTMENT firm Harmony Energy has announced that its huge battery energy storage project based a...
Earthshot Prize Winners 2022
PACKAGING solutions made from seaweed, and rocks that lock away CO2 are just two of this year’s E...
IBioIC increases funding for biotechnology innovation
THE Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has launched a new call for funded feasib...
Zenobē begins construction on battery storage projects in Scotland
EV FLEET and battery storage firm Zenobē has started construction on three battery storage projec...
Plastic Energy opens new R&D labs at Loughborough
RECYCLING technology firm Plastic Energy has opened new research and development labs and a dedic...
Solar farms in space demo could be ready by 2030
A PLAN to use satellites in Earth’s orbit to harvest the Sun’s energy from space and beam it down...
Net zero transition 'world's most ambitious engineering project'
SWITCHING from fossil fuel to low-carbon energy in less than 30 years in order to achieve net zer...
IChemE member is Australia’s first Chief Circular Engineer
ICHEME member Ali Abbas, one of Australia’s leading chemical engineers, has been announced as Aus...
New Solent Cluster to reduce emissions and produce hydrogen
THE University of Southampton, UK, Solent Local Enterprise Partnership, and ExxonMobil have teame...
UK Autumn statement offers boon to research but little news for industry
AMIDST tax rises and expenditure cutting amounting to around £50bn (US$60bn), funding for researc...
New online platform helps pinpoint GHG emission sources across the globe
HALF of the world’s 50 largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions across the world are oil and g...
Carbon-neutral Steelanol plant to start production within weeks
ARCELORMITTAL, BHP, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG) have signed a funding ag...
Cracks found in feedwater pumps at Finland’s OL3 nuclear plant
CRACKS of a few centimetres have been identified in all four of the feedwater pumps of the Olkilu...
Chemical engineer warns lawmakers about UK’s cyber weaknesses
THE UK is routinely targeted by cyber attackers, with China and Russia posing the greatest state-...
The RSC commits to 100% open access within five years
THE Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that it plans to make all of its fully RSC-own...
Prince William announces Earthshot Prize finalists
A CARBON-ZERO aggregate made from waste materials and by-products for use in construction, a curt...
NSTA scraps Cessation of Production reports
IN A BID to cut red tape and save money, UK regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has a...
Britishvolt secures short-term funding in wake of closure concerns
THE TROUBLED battery startup Britishvolt and its proposed UK gigafactory has been thrown a lifeli...
TerraPower and SCS install test facility to advance molten chloride fast reactor
NUCLEAR reactor developer TerraPower, and US utility Southern Company have completed the installa...
US DOE awards US$38m for nuclear recycling projects
THE US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding US$38m in funding to twelve projects aimed at recyc...
TRISO-X begins construction on commercial-scale advanced nuclear fuel facility
TRISO-X, a wholly-owned subsidiary of X-energy, has marked the start of construction at a site it...
NZTC reveals winners of its 2022 Open Innovation Programme
NET ZERO Technology Centre (NZTC), a UK-based innovation firm, has revealed the 20 game-changing ...
Final report into 2019 PES fire released
THE FINAL report into a massive fire and subsequent explosions that took place in June 2019 at th...
Exxon and CF Industries partner on large-scale CCS project
EXXONMOBIL and CF Industries have teamed up to capture and permanently store up to 2m t/y of CO2 ...
IChemE Safety Centre Director wins Leader of the Year Award
TRISH Kerin, Director of the IChemE Safety Centre (ISC), has won the Women In Safety Leader of th...
UK Government funds £50m for new industrial fuel switching technologies
THE UK Government has allocated £49.4m (US$55m) in funding to help British industry reduce energy...
Sweden reports a fourth Nord gas leak
ACCORDING to Sweden's coastguard, there are a total of four leaks from the twin Nord Stream gas p...
European Commission to spend €8bn on hydrogen projects
IN A BID to structurally transform its energy system, while ending its dependency on Russian foss...
UK Labour party to set up publicly-owned green energy company if elected
THE Labour party have in their annual meeting outlined plans for an industrial strategy, which in...
New RAEng Fellows includes three IChemE members
THE ROYAL Academy of Engineering has elected 72 leading UK and international figures in the field...
France and Sweden both launch ‘first of a kind’ hydrogen facilities
FRANCE has launched an offshore green hydrogen production platform at the country’s Port of Saint...
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels is launched
CARBON Tracker and Global Energy Monitor have launched The Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, a pub...
Green light given to Darwin Pipeline Duplication Project
OIL and gas producer Santos has said it is proceeding with the Darwin Pipeline Duplication Projec...
QEPrize 2023 “Create the Trophy” competition opens
THE Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation (QEPrize) has now opened its 2023 Create the...
Production at proposed gigafactory put on hold until 2025
BRITISHVOLT, a startup which says it intends to “create a world-class battery cell ecosystem” and...
IChemE pays tribute to Her Majesty The Queen
ICheme has issued a statement paying tribute to Her Majesty the Queen, who sadly passed away on 8...
Shell's CEO to step down next year
SHELL’S CEO, Ben van Beurden, is preparing to step down next year after nearly a decade as head o...
Partners push digitalisation for processes
IMPERIAL College London and China’s Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI) are ...
IChemE 2022 Global Awards finalists announced
IChemE has announced more than 100 finalist projects from 15 different countries that are in the ...
Centrica given the go-ahead for North Sea gas storage project
THE North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has granted Centrica the right to resume gas storage op...
Large fire breaks out at UK chemical storage unit
FIREFIGHTERS have responded to a large fire at a chemical storage unit in Staffordshire, UK after...
IChemE 2023 medals nominations open
IChemE has opened nominations for its 2023 medals and prizes programme, which aims to recognise t...
Short on sulfur: Is a potential resource crisis about to threaten food security and stifle green technology?
A NEW study by researchers at UCL suggests that supplies of sulfuric acid, a vital ingredient use...
CATL to build second European battery plant in Hungary
CHINESE battery firm CATL plans to build a new 100 GWh battery plant covering an area of 221 ha i...
Back in style: using enzymes to recycle PET from big brand clothing
FRENCH biotech firm Carbios has signed an agreement with On, Patagonia, Puma, and Salomon, to spe...
Round and round: Newcastle University and Wastefront team up to improve tyre recycling
NEWCASTLE University and rubber recycling firm Wastefront, will use a new UK tyre recycling plant...
US climate deal signed into law
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden signed into law on Tuesday, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, a b...
Researchers produce jet fuel from sunlight, CO2 and water
RESEARCHERS at ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, have successfully created a...
Ineos signs major petchem deals with Sinopec
GLOBAL chemicals firm Ineos has signed three back-to-back deals with Chinese chemical giant Sinop...
Hinkley Point B nuclear power station closes
FRENCH-owned EDF Energy has formally switched off Hinkley Point B’s second reactor, a nuclear pow...
Shell to start building Netherlands’ new green hydrogen plant
SHELL has announced it has taken the final investment decision to build a new green hydrogen fac...
Chemical campaigners warn against lagging UK restrictions
CONCERNS of a widening gap between the EU and UK on hazardous chemical regulation have emerged fo...
Curtin University to lead roadmap to decarbonise WA
CURTIN University’s School of Mines is leading the way in a campaign to decarbonise Western Austr...
UK energy security bill set to become law
THE LANDMARK bill announced as part of the Queen’s Speech in May, which puts into law measures to...
Ingenza awarded funding to develop carbon capture technology
BIOTECHNOLOGY company Ingenza is partnering with Johnson Matthey to produce formic acid from capt...
New Acland coalmine gets approval for expansion
THE Queensland Government has given the green light to stage three of the New Hope Group’s open-c...
New technology extracts more lithium from mining waste
Scientists at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) together with Li...
Taskforce suggests recommendations to digitally unite energy sectors
The Offshore Energy Data Strategy (OEDS) Taskforce has in a new report, set out a series of recom...
Reverend Richard Coles to host IChemE Global Awards 2022
Radio presenter, and Strictly Come Dancing TV show presenter Reverend Richard Coles has been sign...
IChemE’s SPC journal sees big jump in rankings
IChemE’s Sustainable Production and Consumption (SPC) journal has jumped up the rankings in two d...
UK HFCA calls for action on nuclear-enabled hydrogen
Following a push by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to accelerate cleaner hydrogen ...
Moderna to open mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in UK
The UK government has signed a deal with biotech company Moderna to build a state-of-the-art mRNA...
Largest industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant opens in UK
An industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant has been opened by Tata Chemicals Europe in No...
Dow and Shell's ‘e-cracker’ technology now operational
A JOINT experiment by materials science company Dow and Shell to electrically heat steam cracker ...
Dame Judith Hackitt to speak at Hazards 32
Former IChemE President Dame Judith Hackitt will reflect on the importance of cross-sector hazard...
TotalEnergies and AEL invest in green hydrogen
TotalEnergies has signed a deal to acquire a 25% stake in Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL), to...
Mark McBride-Wright wins Rooke Award
Campaigning chemical engineer Mark McBride-Wright is to receive one of the Royal Academy of Engin...
Freeport LNG to remain offline until September
Freeport LNG, which shut down after a fire earlier this month, has announced that its Texas, US p...
Six people missing following blast at Chinese pesticide site
At least eight people are injured, and six others are missing after an explosion at a chemical fa...
C-Capture to demonstrate new carbon capture solvents
CARBON dioxide removal firm C-Capture has announced the launch of a national project that capture...
MPI receives funding for green steel hydrogen pilot project
The Materials Processing Institute (MPI) has announced it is leading a national project to demons...
LanzaTech transforms captured carbon into plastic
Carbon recycling specialist LanzaTech, with the support of Danone, says it has found a way to pro...
Jacobs builds robot to sample Fukushima radioactive debris
ENGINEERING group Jacobs has designed and built a remotely-operated robot to collect debris at th...
UK invests £31m to reduce reliance on fossil fuels
The UK Government has announced it is investing more than £31 m (US$38.9m) to help industry cut c...
Cemex opens new non-fossil fuelled facility in UK
CEMEX has officially opened its new Climafuel facility at its Rugby, UK cement plant. The plant, ...
Drax to trial innovative carbon capture technology
RENEWABLE energy firm Drax is working with the University of Nottingham, UK and Promethean Partic...
GSK to buy biopharmaceutical company Affinivax
GLAXOSMITHKLINE (GSK) has announced it will buy biopharmaceutical company Affinivax, in a deal wo...
