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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

Energy: How to Store It

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

All the Dominoes Fall

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