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Charles Darwin University will install hydrogen system to collaborate with industry

CHARLES Darwin University is purchasing a hydrogen energy storage system to help Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) develop greener industries.

Type: News

UK gas storage capacity set to double amid concerns that supply shortages could force industry closures

CENTRICA has been given the green light to seek approval to resume gas storage operations at its Rough field, which could more than double gas storage capacity in the UK.

Type: News

UK overturns planning advice and approves Sizewell C nuclear plant

THE UK Government has given planning consent to the Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk, overturning independent advice as it pushes ahead with plans to increase output of low-carbon energy.

Type: News

Step on the Gas (Storage)

David Simmonds asks how do we achieve energy security and what’s the role of gas storage?

Type: Feature

State of the Nations

David Bogle looks at trends for developing chemical engineers in Europe

Type: Feature

Ethics Series - For the People: By the People

Mark Miodownik discusses ethical research goals and the power of citizen science

Type: Feature

Safety: My Five Lessons from Five Decades of Engineering

Tom Baxter shares safety lessons learned from across his career

Type: Feature

Safety: Digitalising Process Safety

Helen Kilbride and Krisshala Sinanan discuss the benefits and challenges

Type: Feature

New data hub invites companies to map global supply chains

A NEW open data platform has been launched for companies to map their global supply chains to improve insights about production facilities and better address emissions.

Type: News

Marlene Kanga awarded Queen’s Birthday Honours

MARLENE Kanga, a chartered chemical engineer who successfully campaigned for a global engineering day, has been awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (OA) in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours List in Australia.

Type: News

Energy: Using Hydrogen for Glass

Andrew Keeley and Mike Haden talk about decarbonising the glass manufacturing process using hydrogen as a fuel

Type: Feature

Ethics Series: Educating Ethical Chemical Engineers

David Shallcross and Allyson Woodford discuss challenges and methods to teach ethics, using real-life cases

Type: Feature

Pee, Purple, Potions & Pills

Martin Pitt looks at the origins of the pharmaceutical industry

Type: Feature

GSK to buy biopharmaceutical company Affinivax

GLAXOSMITHKLINE (GSK) has announced it will buy biopharmaceutical company Affinivax, in a deal worth approximately US$3.3bn

Type: News

BP agrees to buy naphtha from Teesside circular plastics plant

BP has signed an agreement to purchase naphtha produced from a plant being built in Teesside, UK by Clean Planet Energy that will convert hard-to-recycle plastics into chemical feedstocks and fuels.

Type: News

Process Engineering for the Final Frontier

Kathryn Hadler tells Amanda Jasi about the exciting prospect of extracting and processing resources in space

Type: Feature

UK first: Cornish Lithium trials direct extraction of key battery metal from geothermal waters

AT the end of March, Cornish Lithium commissioned the UK’s first direct lithium extraction pilot plant, as the company pushes to produce an element that is critical to the clean energy transition. There are also plans to provide geothermal heat from the water to local industries. We caught up with members of the development team to discuss the project in more detail, including their expectations that the production process will provide significant benefits over traditional lithium extraction techniques.

Type: News

BASF outlines plans to continue net zero progress

ONE year after announcing its 2050 net zero target, BASF has outlined plans to continue its progress, as it reaffirmed its climate commitment.

Type: News

Now or never: emissions need to peak by 2025 says IPCC

IN its latest report, the IPCC has warned that emissions must peak by 2025 and halve by 2030 if the world is to keep to the 1.5C target. It calls for major reductions in fossil fuel use alongside rapid scaling up of mitigation technologies such as carbon capture and storage.

Type: News

Digitalisation for Pharma

Tony Margetts explains the industry’s challenges around connecting and collecting

Type: Feature