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THE UK refining industry has welcomed news that the government is reviewing potential compensation for high electricity prices after Prax Lindsey refinery was placed into insolvency yesterday.
Type: News
Part 1: Expanding the value and reach of IChemE’s professional development offers
Type: Feature
Drax starts commissioning Europe’s first BECCS pilot plant
DRAX, the energy company, has started commissioning of its innovative bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot plant. It is the first project of its kind in Europe. Commissioning started today, on the tenth anniversary of the Climate Change Act.
Type: News
A tougher bioplastic for food packaging
ADDING rubber to bioplastic to make it less brittle has led to the development of a new type of bioplastic that may provide a suitable alternative to petroleum-based plastic for food packaging.
Type: News
THE UK Government has announced £220m (US$271m) in funding for a nuclear fusion power station to be constructed by 2040, and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) will open a new £22m (US$27m) fusion research centre in South Yorkshire in 2020.
Type: News
Sam Baker speaks to former process safety engineer Tony Cox, the expert witness portrayed in the hit Netflix series Toxic Town, plus this months chemeng cultural highlights
Type: Feature
Teaching artisanal gold miners to go mercury-free using a century-old technique.
Type: Feature
IChemE Trustee appointed CEO of C-Capture
TOM White, Vice President Regions on IChemE’s Board of Trustees, has been appointed CEO of clean energy technology company C-Capture.
Type: News
Glen Corder and Artem Golev look at the mining industry’s role in a circular economy
Type: Feature
Unlocking Trade for Low Carbon Technologies
WE often hear the adage that money talks. And this is certainly true when it comes to tackling climate change. Money can influence what is done and how, and this makes it essential that we effectively communicate all positives and negatives of climate mitigation strategies to a wide audience.
Type: Feature
Are Your Preventive Maintenance Routines Effective?
Michael Dixey and Pete Hibbs outline ways to optimise preventive maintenance routines
Type: Feature
UK seeks to attract 40,000 nuclear recruits with skills plan
THE UK’s National Nuclear Strategic Plan for Skills has launched, outlining how government, industry, and stakeholders can collaborate to double hiring rates and fill 40,000 new jobs by 2030. The plan supports recruitment across the civil and defence sectors, following the government’s 2023 announcement of a “nuclear revival”.
Type: News
Claudia Flavell-While updates on the progress of IChemE’s learned society activities
Type: Feature
IChemE Matters: 'The Profession's View of the Profession'
Alexandra Meldrum introduces IChemE’s member-consulted report, “Engineering a Sustainable World – the Chemical Engineering Challenge”
Type: Feature
IChemE Ashok Kumar, Andrews Fellowships open
Support young chemical engineering researchers
Type: News
Gorgon LNG project faces emissions penalties
CHEVRON’s Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, one of the world’s largest LNG projects, could be facing penalties following delays to the company’s carbon dioxide (CO2) injection system at the Gorgon site on Barrow Island, off the coast of Western Australia (WA).
Type: News
Transitioning Away from PFAS is a Profound Opportunity for Chemical Engineers
Pradeep Shukla, guest editor of a special series on PFAS, brings together a team of experts to explore how scientists and engineers are tackling this ongoing global challenge
Type: Feature
