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THERE is a recurring number that despite magnificent developments in technical safety doesn’t seem to go away. That number is 80, and it relates to the percentage of incidents that in some way has been contributed to by a human. It is a recurring average across industry and in different settings. Looking on the bright side, it means that there is huge scope to make a significant improvement.
Type: Feature
IChemE launches The Silver Book
ICHEME has launched a completely new model form of contract book, Professional Services Contract – the Silver Book, which covers professional services agreements and is suitable for both UK and international use.
Type: Feature
What we need from a UK Industrial Strategy
Process industry cluster calls for systems thinking
Type: News
Water for the pharmaceutical industry
IChemE’s Water Special Interest Group (SIG) celebrated 30 years of existence at its Water for the Pharmaceutical Industry event held at Veolia Water Technologies in Stoke on Trent, UK.
Type: Feature
Christopher Julian Hewitt, 1969–2019
Obituary of Chris Hewitt, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University
Type: Feature
Engineering Net Zero Part 9B: Modelling of our Energy System
David Simmonds offers a tool to simplify the presentation of the long-duration balancing measures needed for UK's future power system.
Type: Feature
UK Government announces 'major' support for UK research sector
The UK’s Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced two major support packages aimed at protecting thousands of UK research jobs and “ground-breaking” research projects from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Type: News
ExxonMobil developing roadmaps towards net zero
EXXONMOBIL is developing emission-reduction roadmaps for its major facilities and assets, which will help the company achieve its newly-announced commitment of net zero at its operated assets by 2050.
Type: News
Report: Take whole systems approach to hydrogen economy
ENGINEERS have advised the UK Government that it must push for a rapid scaleup of low-carbon hydrogen infrastructure to meet its net zero targets and has warned it must adopt a “whole system” approach to manage the risks and interdependencies that stand in the way of success.
Type: News
1,300 times more novel CDR needed to meet climate targets
NOVEL carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, such as bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), need to be scaled up by 1,300 times by 2050, to meet climate goals, says a new report.
Type: News
Industry and skills groups react coolly to government budget
THE UK’s spring budget has received a mixed reaction from engineering and manufacturing groups, as the chancellor unveiled investments in new nuclear and drugs manufacturing but fell short on CCUS.
Type: News
CO2 to SAF: A one-step solution
Oxford spinout OXCCU has launched a demonstration plant at London Oxford Airport to trial its one-step process of turning CO2 into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Aniqah Majid visited the plant to investigate the benefits of its “novel” catalyst
Type: Feature
Viewpoint: The Path to Cost-effective CO2 Utilisation
CO2-based alternatives to high-volume fossil-fuel commodities often fall foul of the so-called green premium. However, Todd Brix says that by focusing on products that can be made from molecules with high molecular weight-to-electron ratios we can have a cheaper, greener future.
Type: Feature
New catalysts can reduce metal needs by 90%
Shell-core designs can be cheaper and more efficient
Type: News
ISC contributes to global safety resource
In Occupational Health and Safety Body of Knowledge
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