Google buys fusion power
GOOGLE has agreed to buy half the power from what could be the world’s first grid-scale fusion en...
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Plastics recycling facility launched in Cornwall to process microfibres from laundry
A “WORLD-FIRST” recycling centre has been launched in Cornwall, UK which will recycle plastics ex...
With Lindsey refinery on brink, UK government will review compensating refineries for high power costs
THE UK refining industry has welcomed news that the government is reviewing potential compensatio...
Carbon Clean and MODEC strike landmark deal for offshore carbon capture
UK CARBON capture technology developer Carbon Clean has entered a long-term commercial partnershi...
Food giants announce plans to eliminate synthetic dyes from US products by 2028
FOUR food manufacturers have pledged to eliminate synthetic dyes from products sold in the US by ...
Lindsey refinery insolvency puts hundreds of UK jobs at risk
AROUND 400 jobs are at risk after the Lindsey oil refinery on Humberside, UK was placed into inso...
ABF begins closure process of UK’s largest bioethanol plant amid uncertain government support
ASSOCIATED British Foods (ABF) has today started formal preparations to permanently close the UK’...
Industry welcomes UK government’s industrial strategy with cautious optimism
INDUSTRY leaders have cautiously welcomed the UK government’s new industrial strategy, which outl...
Arla Foods and DMK Group secure board approval for dairy merger
DAIRY cooperatives Arla Foods and DMK Group have had their proposed merger approved by both board...
Second UK bioethanol plant announces risk of ‘imminent’ closure
A SECOND UK bioethanol plant has said this week it faces “imminent closure” following the US-UK t...
Drones to monitor methane leaks from UK oil and gas facilities
OIL AND GAS giants Shell, Ithaca Energy and Equinor will use drones to measure methane emissions ...
Ineos to close world’s second largest phenol plant, blaming European energy costs and carbon tax
INEOS has announced it intends to close its phenol and acetone manufacturing plant in Gladbeck, G...
UK bioethanol plant closure delayed ten days after government talks
VIVERGO Fuels has extended the deadline to close its bioethanol plant in Hull, UK, pending govern...
UK government commits £200m for Acorn CCS cluster in Scotland
THE ACORN carbon capture and storage (CCS) cluster across Scotland will receive £200m (US$271m) o...
Wood awarded US$100m contract to reduce gas flaring in Iraqi oil fields
OIL AND GAS engineering consultancy Wood has been awarded US$100m worth of contracts to design ga...
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