UK government awards £80m in funding for greener heat projects
A PROJECT to heat homes with sewer water and the UK’s largest high-temperature water source heat ...
News - Industry
Hinkley Point C could go £28bn over budget as EDF predicts further delays
EDF SAYS its Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant could be delayed to as late as 2031, with costs ...
Shell sells Nigerian onshore oil business in deal worth US$2.4bn
SHELL has agreed to sell its Nigerian onshore subsidiary, The Shell Petroleum Development Company...
Tata Steel puts 2,800 jobs at risk with Port Talbot blast furnace closures
INDIAN-OWNED Tata Steel has confirmed plans to close two of the UK’s few remaining blast furnaces...
Stanlow refinery hydrogen plans given greenlight
PLANS for large-scale blue hydrogen production at the Stanlow refinery in northwest England have ...
UK declares biggest nuclear revival in 70 years with plans for new reactors and fuel production
THE UK government wants to build a new large-scale nuclear plant and will invest £310m (US$394m) ...
BP wins approval to convert Kwinana into a biorefinery
BP has been granted approval to produce biofuels as its former Kwinana refining site in Australia.
Alcoa set to end 60 years of production at Kwinana alumina refinery, impacting 1,000 workers
ALUMINIUM producer Alcoa will fully curtail production at its 2.2m t/y alumina refinery in the Kw...
Australia selects six projects to kickstart green hydrogen industry
AUSTRALIA has shortlisted six large-scale electrolysis projects under a A$2bn (US$1.34bn) scheme ...
UK publishes a “blueprint” for becoming a carbon capture leader
THE UK government’s CCUS Vision is a “blueprint to deliver a world-leading UK carbon capture indu...
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 announces £400m hydrogen support measures
THE UK government has announced support for 11 commercial green hydrogen projects which will see ...
UK’s Redcar ‘hydrogen village’ trial cancelled due to insufficient feedstock supply
THE UK government will not be proceeding with a controversial hydrogen trial in Redcar. Northern ...
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...
European Commission proposes EU-UK tariff delays on electric vehicles as it announces €3bn for battery manufacturing
MANUFACTURERS on both sides of the Channel are urging the EU to adopt a proposal from the Europea...
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