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Drax in talks to acquire Scottish Power assets
DRAX, the UK power company, has entered talks to discuss acquiring Scottish Power energy assets from Iberdrola, Scottish Power’s parent company. The potential purchase of a portfolio of UK energy assets is another step Drax has taken as it moves away from coal.
Type: News
Walt Disney’s safety manager to speak at Hazards 29 conference
MIKE Bell, worldwide safety and health manager at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, will deliver the Trevor Kletz Memorial Lecture at IChemE’s Hazards 29 conference in 2019.
Type: News
gigaCCS research centre opens in Norway to drive gigatonne-scale carbon capture
GIGATONNE-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) research will be the focus of a new facility in Trondheim, Norway which opened last week.
Type: News
COP27: Three Things I Would Revisit for COP28
David Simmonds suggests three ways that could help next year's COP28 deliver real results
Type: Feature
Queen of Perak presents IChemE Awards to outstanding young engineers
Her Royal Highness Zara Salim, Queen of Perak, presented two promising chemical engineers with trophies at the IChemE Malaysia Awards on 15 October.
Type: News
FLSmidth leads work to electrify calcination in bid to cut cement emissions
ENGINEERS are building a pilot plant to electrify production of a clinker replacement that would reduce emissions from cement production.
Type: News
South African engineers call for more renewables
THE South African Government has been urged to restart its renewable-energy procurement programme by the trade association Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA).
Type: News
Partnership forms Australia’s first biomethane-to-gas project
ENERGY infrastructure company Jemena has entered a partnership with Sydney Water to inject biomethane generated from wastewater treatment into the gas distribution network.
Type: News
CCS could fuel the fizz in UK lager
CARBON capture and storage (CCS) could fuel the fizz in UK lager and help guard against a future CO2 shortage after industry revealed talks are underway with a trade group for beer.
Type: News
Rules of Thumb: Pneumatic Conveying
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Type: Feature
Hack hits Chernobyl monitoring system
RADIATION monitoring systems at the Chernobyl nuclear plant have been put out of action by a ransomware attack that has hit companies around the world.
Type: News
Partnership to develop environmental decision-making platform for the fashion industry
GOOGLE and WWF Sweden are partnering to create a data-driven platform to enable the fashion industry to make more environmentally-responsible sourcing decisions and move towards more sustainable manufacturing processes.
Type: News
IChemE welcomes vaccine announcement but calls for engineering focus
ICHEME’s Covid-19 Response Team has welcomed the early results on the Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine and called on the Government to focus on the engineering needed to ensure the required number of courses of the vaccine can be delivered.
Type: News
Project for biomanufacturing with carbon capture gets £1.3m in funding
A PROJECT that aims to be the UK’s first-of-a-kind zero carbon loss biomanufacturing system has been awarded over £1.3m (US$1.8m) by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Type: News
Robots found to perform chemical research ‘faster’ than humans
AI-DRIVEN robots can carry out complex chemistry experiments “faster” than humans, according to a University of Liverpool study.
Type: News
Air Products quits Tees Valley gasification
Local MP will seek assurances a buyer will be sought
Type: News
Exxon and partner double algae oil output
EXXONMOBIL and biotech pioneer Synthetic Genomics have announced a breakthrough in biofuels research after modifying algae to double its oil output without inhibiting growth.
Type: News
UK plastic-to-hydrogen plant set for operation next year
A CONSORTIUM has announced it could invest up to £130m (US$160m) building 11 waste-to-hydrogen plants across the UK, with the first set for operation in Cheshire next year.
Type: News
Australian researchers use liquid metal catalysts to develop low-carbon ammonia
RESEARCHERS from a Melbourne university have developed a low-carbon method of making ammonia using liquid metal catalysts.
Type: News
