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Engineering profession calls for action to secure the UK’s future economy and society
THE National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) has published a manifesto for a prosperous and secure economy and society. It calls on the UK government to work with them to invest in skills, innovation, digital and traditional infrastructure, and clean energy technologies.
Type: News
UK Government pledges £390m to develop hydrogen technology
THE UK Government has announced a £390m (US$468m) hydrogen technology fund focussed on supporting low carbon production and clean steel.
Type: News
Oil and gas innovation to benefit Japanese nuclear sector
RAWWATER Engineering Company, which developed specialist alloys for the oil and gas industry that are being adapted to support Sellafield decommissioning challenges, has announced a contract that will take it into the Japanese nuclear sector.
Type: News
Highview Power to build Europe’s largest battery storage system
HIGHVIEW Power, the designer and developer of the CRYOBattery, is to build what it claims will be Europe’s largest battery storage system, in the North of England. The project will also be the UK’s first commercial cryogenic energy storage facility at large scale.
Type: News
Consortium develops power to methanol demonstration project
A CONSORTIUM of seven companies is collaborating on a demonstration plant to produce sustainable methanol for use by chemical companies in Antwerp, Belgium. In this first of its kind project for Belgium, the planned demonstration plant could produce up to 8,000 t/y of methanol, saving at least 8,000 t/y of CO2 emissions.
Type: News
Researchers to develop carbon-negative power plant
RESEARCHERS at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US have received just over US$800,000 in funding to develop a carbon-negative power plant that produces reduced amounts of carbon emissions and captures carbon from the atmosphere during idle periods.
Type: News
BASF uses waste tyre oil as feedstock
BASF has signed an agreement with New Energy, a Hungarian technology company which has developed a rubber waste pyrolysis process, to use New Energy’s pyrolysis oil as feedstock at a chemical production site as well as to carry out a joint feasibility study.
Type: News
LED pioneers win Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
FIVE engineers who helped develop LED lighting have won the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, in recognition of the technology’s contribution to reducing energy use.
Type: News
Glass industry sketches process technology route for reaching net zero
THE UK’s glass industry has said it faces a challenging road ahead in meeting net zero targets, and has called on the Government to support efforts to switch to greener process technologies and fuel supplies.
Type: News
Students awarded first US$5m from Elon Musk’s carbon removal prize
23 student-led teams have won the first US$5m portion of the US$100m carbon removal prize launched by tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Type: News
British Airways to use UK-made SAF
PHILLIPS 66 will supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to British Airways (BA), under a new supply agreement, which the companies say will make the airline the first to use SAF produced on a commercial scale in the UK.
Type: News
Sustainable Business Decisions
Paul Hodges discusses the challenges that companies should consider on the path to a sustainable future
Type: Feature
Mixed reaction as Government moves to shield heavy industry from spiralling energy costs
THE UK Government is extending a compensation scheme to help shield heavy industry from rising energy costs and guard against “carbon leakage” – but the measures have received mixed support from industry.
Type: News
Experts join forces to push hydrogen production from nuclear energy
THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is developing a roadmap for the commercial production of hydrogen using nuclear energy.
Type: News
Dow goes nuclear: chemical firm will install reactors at US chemicals complex
DOW will install advanced nuclear reactors at one of its Gulf Coast sites to provide low carbon power and process heat for its chemicals production.
Type: News
BP dilutes climate plans with renewed investment in oil and gas
BP has dialled back its climate commitment, signalling it will increase investments in oil and gas production as it reported historic earnings on the back of high energy prices.
Type: News
British Steel coke ovens closure threatens 260 jobs
BRITISH Steel has said it is closing the coking ovens at its Scunthorpe works, threatening 260 jobs amid concerns over an "unprecedented" rise in energy costs and demand for sustainability.
Type: News
Britishvolt bought by Australian startup
AUSTRALIAN-based startup Recharge Industries has been confirmed as Britishvolt’s new owners after the company went into administration in January.
Type: News
Ofgem sets out proposals to transform UK energy system
THE UK’S energy regulator Ofgem has set out proposals to establish a "more decentralised, decarbonised, and dynamic energy system" as part of a wider reform agenda to promote more flexible and efficient use of energy across the country.
Type: News
