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World’s ‘smallest’ carbon capture technology launched
CARBON Clean, an industrial carbon capture company, has launched what it says is the world’s smallest industrial capture technology, overcoming a key barrier to widespread CCUS adoption and industrial decarbonisation.
Type: News
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 central Queensland’s largest renewable hydrogen project, dubbed CQ-H2.
Type: News
King’s speech draws fire from environmentalists as oil and gas claims branded “distraction tactics”
“IT SIMPLY won’t do what the prime minister claims,” said Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, after the king’s speech unveiled a planned bill to mandate annual oil and gas licensing in the North Sea.
Type: News
Profiles of an Electrochemical Engineer
Megan Jobson finds out from six electrochemical engineers and IChemE members what drew them to the field, the challenges they’re tackling today, and how their chemical engineering skills have helped them thrive in electrochemistry
Type: Feature
Closing the Chemical Industry Skills Gap
Jonathan Vincent, outgoing chair of ChemTalent, shares insights from the network’s first annual survey, revealing early-career views on the industry’s skills gap – and what industry, education and government should do about it
Type: Feature
Protecting Chemical Infrastructure: Navigating the Cyber-Threat Landscape
As cyber threats grow, engineers must integrate cybersecurity with process safety. To secure the future, chemical plants need a proactive, resilient approach. Black & Veatch’s Martine Chlela looks at what that entails
Type: Feature
Built Environment: A Plant-Based Alternative
What if autonomous vehicles could safely transport containers of raw materials around our production plants? John Barratt discusses how an established tracking system used in TV and movies is being adapted for the process industries.
Type: Feature
Sweden’s green steel pilot project a success with commercialisation now underway
ENGINEERS have declared that their attempts to produce fossil-free steel have been successful and their industrial consortium will now press ahead with commercialising the technology. The team behind the Hybrit project in Sweden have produced a report outlining what has been learned during six years of pilot trials in what could prove a revolutionary phase in the decarbonisation of steel production.
Type: News
Edinburgh launches world-first free online course on CCS
THE University of Edinburgh has launched the world’s first open online course about CCS and is offering it free of charge for those who want to learn about the promise of what could prove to be one of the largest industries created this century.
Type: News
Experts concerned about hydrogen plans form independent advisory group
A COALITION of volunteer engineers, concerned about the misapplication of hydrogen, have formed a new group to provide independent advice to governments about plans for the hydrogen economy. We spoke with Tom Baxter – one of the Hydrogen Science Coalition's founders – to understand why he feels the group is necessary and what it aims to achieve.
Type: Feature
A new gallery celebrating engineers opens at the Science Museum
AN exhibition called Engineers opened today at the Science Museum in London dedicated to world-changing engineering innovations and the diverse and fascinating people behind them. I caught up with the engineers featured in the gallery and those who created it to ask what they hope it will achieve.
Type: News
Process Safety Leadership Site Visits
Performed well, leadership visits play a vital role in supporting a positive safety culture at a site. Ashley Hynds introduces DNV’s toolkit which promotes effective engagement, helping leaders see what’s really happening on the frontline
Type: Feature
CO2 leaks: engineers join forces to understand the threat posed by greater use of CCS
ENGINEERING consultancy Ricardo has joined a partnership investigating what would happen if a large pipeline carrying captured CO2 were to fail. Known as Project Skylark, the research will help emergency responders prepare for leaks, and improve models used by industry.
Type: News
Demonstration plant for ground-breaking chemicals technology
PHOTANOL, a platform renewable chemicals company, is building a demonstration plant for what it claims is a “ground-breaking” chemicals technology which produces chemical building blocks from sunlight and CO2. The facility will be located at a site in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, owned by partnering chemicals company Nouryon.
Type: News
Applying chemical engineering in the construction industry
Bryden Wood is a technology and design company that designs residential, commercial, and process facilities. It recently hired Chartered Chemical Engineer Adrian La Porta. I met with him to discuss what a chemical engineer can contribute to the construction industry and how Bryden Wood is leading change in the industry.
Type: Feature
UK’s green jobs skills gap needs to be addressed, says report
A REPORT from the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee has expressed disappointment at the UK Government’s policy on green jobs. It pointed out that despite the Government’s pledges on creating green jobs, it has yet to even define what a green job is, let alone release detailed plans.
Type: News
Electric avenue: researchers use electric fields to catalyse chemical reactions
WHAT if you could one day catalyse your industrial reactions with electric fields rather than the chemical catalysts commonly used today? It might be closer than you think after chemists at Kings College London successfully demonstrated the technique inside a microfluidic reactor.
Type: News
Unlocking Trade for Low Carbon Technologies
WE often hear the adage that money talks. And this is certainly true when it comes to tackling climate change. Money can influence what is done and how, and this makes it essential that we effectively communicate all positives and negatives of climate mitigation strategies to a wide audience.
Type: Feature
IChemE Matters – September 2025
IChemE president Raffaella Ocone talks about what we can learn from China when it comes to green innovation, and Benjy Lee, an Australian energy policy and market experts, tells us about hosting IChemE's first Australian roundtable.
Type: News
UK urged to takes systems approach to help decarbonise dispersed manufacturers
WITH dispersed industrial sites producing around half of UK industry emissions, an energy systems think tank has urged the Government to take a whole systems approach and consider what role its selected industrial clusters can play in decarbonising the wider economy.
Type: News
