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Christmas Future: What Will Christmas be Like in 2073
Members of our reader panel envision how chemical engineering will shape the festive period in 50 years’ time
Type: Feature
Narrabri project receives environmental approval
SANTOS’ controversial A$3.6bn (US$2.64bn) Narrabri gas project has received environmental approval from the Australian Government, subject to conditions aimed at protecting regional biodiversity, groundwater, and local communities.
Type: News
SSE begins work with Siemens to integrate hydrogen production, storage and combustion
ENERGY firm SSE is developing plans to integrate hydrogen production, storage and power generation technologies at a project in the UK’s Humber region, in an effort to balance intermittent renewables and boost green energy use.
Type: News
A single to Nigel Hirst, please. Travelling on the Engineering Icons Tube
Type: Feature
ICHEME has launched its Knowledge Hub, which is a virtual library of thousands of resources for process engineers.
Type: News
Wine-making and pharmaceuticals will be topics at Chemeca 2018 conference
PLENARY speeches on topics of wine-making and pharmaceuticals have been announced for Australasia’s 47th Chemeca conference.
Type: News
IChemE announces Extraordinary General Meeting
ICHEME will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on 11 January in London, UK.
Type: News
Essar to buy Thornton Science Park from Chester Uni
ESSAR is buying Thornton Science Park from the University of Chester as part of plans to create an energy transition hub in Northwest England.
Type: News
Fire at Aussie power plant set to knock out unit for 12 months
A FIRE at the Callide coal-fired power plant in Queensland, Australia has caused blackouts across the state, and the operator says it expects the damaged unit to be offline for a year.
Type: News
UKAEA awards £3.5m to develop the sensors engineers need to operate fusion plants
TECHNOLOGISTS developing sensors to withstand the extreme conditions inside a fusion reactor – providing engineers with crucial operational and maintenance data – have received £3.5m (US$4.6m) to advance their work.
Type: News
Drax scraps plan for new gas-fired power plant
DRAX has decided to abandon a controversial plan to build Europe’s biggest gas-fired power plant, in North Yorkshire, UK.
Type: News
Why Bhopal Remains Toxic 40 Years on
40 years since the tragedy that killed thousands, the Indian government has moved forward plans to incinerate the packaged waste in Bhopal. Aniqah Majid talks to industry experts concerned that this will only lead to widespread contamination
Type: Feature
Ineos enters US oil and gas production with US$1.4bn purchase
INEOS Energy is acquiring oil and gas assets in south Texas for US$1.4bn and becoming, for the first time, an operator in the US onshore oil and gas market.
Type: News
Scotland approves ‘UK’s largest’ green hydrogen project
The UK’s first utility-scale green hydrogen plant is slated for construction, with developers Statera Energy saying it will be “the largest project of its kind” in Europe.
Type: News
UK confirms it will not align with EU chemicals agency
THE UK Government has said that it will not align with EU chemicals policy, instead bringing in its own controversial system.
Type: News
Book Review: Navigating the Engineering Organization: A New Engineer’s Guide
Robert M Santer; ISBN: 9781032102511; CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group; £34.39; 2023
Type: Feature
ISC report sets out safety roadmap
PROCESS safety incidents are not decreasing over time, and steps must be taken to reduce the repetition of previous failures – according to the IChemE Safety Centre (ISC).
Type: News
MORE oil could be recovered from wells by injecting a mixture of ‘nano-sand’ and a surfactant, according to researchers in Wales and Iran.
Type: News
Mark Yates charts the development of Apollo’s portable life support system
Type: Feature
Eni launches Europe’s ‘most powerful’ supercomputer to aid decarbonisation efforts
ITALIAN oil giant Eni has switched on its next generation supercomputer, ranked the most powerful in Europe, marking a “pivotal” step forward in the company’s decarbonisation strategy.
Type: News
