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BASF begins installation of industrial heat pump to deliver net-zero steam at Ludwigshafen
CONSTRUCTION of an industrial-scale heat pump has begun at BASF’s sprawling Ludwigshafen chemicals complex in Germany, with the goal of producing net-zero steam in the company’s formic acid production line.
Type: News
Vaccine refrigeration and sewage treatment among winning projects in IChemE YEAIS
A SOLAR-POWERED refrigerator to make vaccines more accessible and a process to reduce the environmental footprint of a wastewater treatment works were among the winning projects in the 2025 IChemE Young Engineers Awards for Innovation and Sustainability (YEAIS), which were announced today.
Type: News
US firm championed for sustainable investment to fund gas-powered data centres
AN INVESTMENT firm once hailed for “taking down big oil” has partnered with US oil and gas giant Chevron to build gas-powered data centres to meet their surging energy demand.
Type: News
Rhyme time for research students
DOCTORAL students were challenged by the University of Bath, UK, to summarise their research in a limerick. The entries were all fantastic, and the winner was sustainable plastic.
Type: News
Lanxess to sell JV stake to Saudi Aramco
SPECIALTY chemicals group, Lanxess plans to sell its 50% share of Arlanxeo to its joint venture partner, Saudi Aramco.
Type: News
Evonik to build a new silicones plant
EVONIK, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is to build a new silicones plant at its Geesthacht site in Northern Germany, 30 km outside of Hamburg.
Type: News
Plastic Energy and Axens join forces to license circular plastics processes
PLASTIC ENERGY has partnered with engineering services firm Axens to license its plastics recycling technology.
Type: News
AkzoNobel and Microsoft work to fast-track development of new paints and coatings
AKZONOBEL has entered a collaboration with Microsoft to explore how quantum computing can fast-track the development of sustainable and high-performance paints and coatings.
Type: News
FluRefin technology wins impact award
A CARBON capture technology developed at the University of Sheffield by IChemE member Peter Styring has won an engineering impact award.
Type: News
Bristol Myers Squibb signs US$11bn deal to manufacture BioNTech lung cancer treatment
GERMAN drug developer BioNTech has signed an agreement with US pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) to manufacture a new cancer treatment, in a deal worth up to US$11bn.
Type: News
US$130m facility to expand Asia Pacific sterile filling capacity
SCIENCE company Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced plans to expand sterile filling capacity for therapies and vaccines in the Asia-Pacific region, with a US$130m facility in Singapore.
Type: News
World’s largest bioethanol CCS plant opens in US
THE WORLD’S largest bioethanol carbon capture and storage project has begun operation in Nebraska, US, and is set to transport more than 10m t/y of CO2.
Type: News
Advice to future Frank Morton committees from Swansea 2024
Frank Morton 2024, Swansea co-chairs Charlotte Todd and James Rees – both event first-timers – share insights and tips for the next wave of Frank Morton hosts
Type: Feature
Adam Duckett looks at promising energy storage options that could help balance the rise of renewables
Type: Feature
Predictive Tech Part 4: Closing the Loop
Rob Peeling, CTO at Britest, looks at energy, digital twins and the future of process industry circularity
Type: Feature
A long-term moral perspective to process safety is needed, says Marc Reid
Type: Feature
Distillation Improvement Opportunities Part 2: Improvements Through the Use of Dividing Wall Columns
Dividing wall columns promise significant energy and cost savings compared to multiple binary distillation columns. Robert Piszczek and colleagues from ExxonMobil look at the opportunities for process engineers
Type: Feature
Harbour Energy agrees US$11.2bn deal for Wintershall Dea assets
UK OIL producer Harbour Energy has reached an agreement to acquire German rival Wintershall Dea for US$11.2bn in a move expected to transform the firm into one of the world’s largest independent oil and gas companies.
Type: News
Shell, Equinor, and TotalEnergies to triple Norwegian CCS capacity with US$700m investment
NORTHERN Lights, a Norwegian joint venture between oil giants Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies, has agreed a 7.5bn NOK (US$710m) expansion of its CO2 transport and storage capacity.
Type: News
EU launches net zero plan to rival US greentech incentives
THE EU has outlined its plans for scaling-up the manufacturing of crucial clean technologies as it seeks to bolster the bloc’s competitiveness in the face of US incentives, reduce its reliance on imports from China, and create jobs.
Type: News
