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Hinkley Point B nuclear power station closes
FRENCH-owned EDF Energy has formally switched off Hinkley Point B’s second reactor, a nuclear power station in the UK that has generated more electricity than any other during its 46 years of service.
Type: News
Make the move to New Zealand or Australia with Beca
Are you considering moving to New Zealand or Australia? Discover how the consultancy Beca can help
Type: Feature
UK government announces £400m hydrogen support measures
THE UK government has announced support for 11 commercial green hydrogen projects which will see more than £400m (US$510m) of private capital invested in the UK green economy.
Type: News
QEPrize launches podcast to explore engineering and its impact
THE Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) has launched a new podcast series, Create the Future, which explores the “skill, creativity, and innovation that comprises engineering”, and highlights how engineers impact everyday lives.
Type: News
Customer Viewpoint: IChemE Forms of Contract
IChemE’s The Blue Book provides a standard reference point for the engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) contracting model. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Hannah Smith and Vanessa Medina explain why it could not have come at a better time
Type: Feature
UK unveils clean power plan to tackle ‘volatile’ fossil fuel market
THE UK has committed £40bn (US$50.5bn) to an ambitious clean energy plan to curb its “over-reliance” on fossil fuels.
Type: News
Honey, I Shrunk the Antimicrobial Resistance
An engineer’s role in rejuvenating a naturally-inspired antimicrobial
Type: Feature
India power station blast kills 26, injures 80
AN explosion at the Unchahar power station in Utter Pradesh, India has killed 26 people and injured more than 80 more.
Type: News
Finalists announced in AkzoNobel Imagine Chemistry challenge
THE 20 finalists for the 2018 Imagine Chemistry challenge have been announced, with winners due to be selected in June.
Type: News
RAEng launches competition for schoolchildren
THE Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has launched a new competition, Engineers in the Making, for schoolchildren aged 7–14 across the UK. The academy is looking for budding engineers to take on the challenges and show off their creativity, imagination, and problem-solving skills.
Type: News
LSBU encourages black and minority women to consider engineering
LONDON South Bank University (LSBU), UK, is today hosting an event which aims to inspire the next generation of black and minority ethnic women to consider a career in engineering.
Type: News
Innova to manufacture rapid Covid-19 tests in UK
INNOVA Medical Group has announced plans to manufacture its rapid Covid-19 tests in the UK through a partnership with Sharp Packaging.
Type: News
A single to Nigel Hirst, please. Travelling on the Engineering Icons Tube
Type: Feature
Webinar: discover how BASF is analysing data to improve yield
ON 18 June, The Chemical Engineer will host a webinar looking at how chemicals major BASF has used data to improve operations and increase yield.
Type: Feature
Veolia to build Africa’s largest seawater desalination project
FRENCH utilities giant Veolia has struck a deal to develop Africa’s largest seawater desalination project, expected to provide water to nearly 9.3m people.
Type: News
NAO: UK CCS competition ‘not value for money’
BEIS must learn lessons from two failed CCS attempts
Type: News
Hybrid Airship: No Roads, No Problem
MORE than two-thirds of the world’s land area and more than half the world’s population have no direct access to paved roads. This lack of infrastructure presents incredible challenges for the resource extraction industries and has left many identified deposits undeveloped, including the Ambler region of Alaska, deposits in sub-Saharan Africa, and regions in the Andes.
Type: Feature
Nigel Hirst talks about celebrating excellence, Jonathan Seville calls to members to sign up for our circular economy webinar series and readers voice Natech concerns
Type: News
Amec Foster Wheeler leads new nuclear project
THE UK government has appointed Amec Foster Wheeler to lead a new £2.9m (US$3.8m) nuclear research programme which will use virtual engineering to design reactors.
Type: News
Amec Foster Wheeler wins Donges upgrade FEED
AMEC FOSTER WHEELER has been awarded a FEED contract to help upgrade Total’s Donges refinery in France.
Type: News
