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Partnership aims to permanently store CO2 captured from the air
CLIMEWORKS and Northern Lights have agreed to explore the possibility of capturing CO2 using direct air capture and permanently storing it in an offshore reservoir in the North Sea.
Type: News
‘World’s first’ lithium-sulfur battery gigafactory to be built in the US
SILICON VALLEY startup Lyten has announced plans to build a lithium-sulfur battery gigafactory in Nevada, US.
Type: News
OGUK rebrands to Offshore Energies UK
OIL & Gas UK (OGUK) is changing its name to Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) and expanding to include low carbon offshore energy technologies that its members are developing.
Type: News
Managing ALARP in Major Engineering Projects
How to identify threats and achieve ALARP on a big scale
Type: Feature
An Introduction to Safety is my Job
Members of IChemE's Safety & Loss Prevention SIG introduce a series that showcases the roles in process safety that are being undertaken by chemical engineers across a range of industries.
Type: Feature
Partners announce FID for Moomba CCS
SANTOS and joint-venture partner Beach Energy have announced a final investment decision on the A$220m (US$164.1m) Moomba carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in South Australia.
Type: News
Sarawak signs deal with Gentari to build hydrogen production hub
MALAYSIA’S Sarawak state is gearing up to develop a world-scale hydrogen production hub following the signing of a new partnership with a subsidiary of the state energy major Petronas.
Type: News
Microsoft strikes US$3bn deal to source AI power from retired nuclear plant
MICROSOFT has struck a 20-year deal worth US$3bn with American energy company Constellation to source power from its retired nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, bringing it back online after a five-year shutdown.
Type: News
Squeezing boosts platinum catalyst activity
Could be used in fuel cells, for water splitting
Type: News
UK government to fund almost 5,000 STEM postgraduates
THE NEXT generation of UK scientists and engineers will receive a £500m (US$637m) funding boost from the government, which has committed to backing 4,700 postgraduate students.
Type: News
OGCI to reduce carbon intensity by 2025
OIL and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has announced a target to reduce the collective average carbon intensity of member companies for aggregated upstream oil and gas operations to 20–21 kg CO2-eq/boe by 2025, from a baseline of 23 kg CO2-eq/boe in 2017.
Type: News
Government rejects plans for Whitby 'hydrogen village' trial due to local opposition
WHITBY in Cheshire will no longer be considered as the location for the UK's first hydrogen village trial after residents voiced strong opposition against the project run by Cadent. Discussions with Northern Gas Networks’ (NGN) plan for a hydrogen village in Redcar are still ongoing however, but there are concerns from homeowners about the firm’s proposal.
Type: News
Detecting water leaks with ‘smart paper’
A SMART paper laced with conductive nanomaterials could be used to easily locate water leaks in a complex network of pipes, according to researchers.
Type: News
Hinkley Point C costs rise again to £26bn
THE COST the UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has risen again, this time by £3bn (US$3.7bn), and startup will be delayed by a further 15 months. EDF has blamed Covid for the changes.
Type: News
Australian researchers develop technology to power mobile phones with CO2
ELECTROCHEMICAL conversion could soon turn CO2 into a “valuable” power source for laptops and phones according to researchers operating a new facility at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Type: News
UK government fails to support technology that could be key to combatting plastic waste
THE UK government has been criticised for dismissing recommendations to support chemical recycling and a ban on all UK plastic waste exports.
Type: News
London completes super sewer in fight against river spills
A NEW super sewer that will prevent an estimated 95% of spills into the River Thames has been fully connected in London.
Type: News
Rob Best explains how volunteers are developing a better filter for membership applications
Type: Feature
Chemical engineers have a significant role to play helping to overcome the challenges of transporting large volumes of captured carbon dioxide.
Type: Feature
Fukushima bosses ordered to pay billions for failing to prevent nuclear disaster
FOUR former bosses of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been ordered by a Tokyo court to pay ¥13trn yen (US$94bn) in damages for failing to prevent disaster at the site in 2011.
Type: News
