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LanzaTech transforms captured carbon into plastic
Carbon recycling specialist LanzaTech, with the support of Danone, says it has found a way to produce plastic via specially-engineered carbon-eating bacterium. The process, which uses emissions from steel mills or gasified waste biomass before they are released into the atmosphere, directly converts CO2 into monoethylene glycol, (MEG), a key building block for polyethylene terephthalate, (PET), resin, fibres and bottles.
Type: News
New approach for desalinating hypersaline brines
USING a temperature-dependent solvent to desalinate water with high concentrations of dissolved salts may prove more efficient than conventional methods.
Type: News
Producing sustainable aviation fuel in the Netherlands
SUSTAINABLE aviation fuel supplier (SAF) SkyNRG will develop Europe’s first dedicated waste-to-fuel plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, capable of producing 100,000 t/y of SAF. A separate planned demonstration plant at Rotterdam The Hague Airport aims to use direct air capture to produce 1,000 L/d of fuel.
Type: News
Drax enters carbon capture deals to advance BECCS
DRAX has entered into carbon capture agreements with services company Bechtel, and industrial firm Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) that will further progress on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS).
Type: News
UK launches new CCUS Advisory Group
THE Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has formed a new CCUS Advisory Group to help deliver the UK Government’s CCUS action plan and accelerate the development of CCUS technologies.
Type: News
New produced water recycling facility constructed in Permian Basin
BREAKWATER Energy Partners, which supplies water supply chain solutions to oilfields, has announced that it has completed construction a new produced water recycling facility which is the largest in the Permian Basin.
Type: News
Shell joins Qatar for major LNG expansion
SHELL has become the fifth energy firm to take a stake in Qatar’s project to expand its LNG output by more than 40% to 110m t/y.
Type: News
Middlesbrough team achieves UK’s first industrial-scale production of fusion-grade steel
MORE than five tonnes of fusion-grade steel have been produced using an electric-powered furnace in Middlesbrough, the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announced last week.
Type: News
Aitken awarded Ambassador Prize as IChemE unveils 2024 medals winners
JENNIFER AITKEN has posthumously been awarded IChemE’s Ambassador Prize in recognition of her leadership and mentoring commitment, technical acumen, and outstanding work in pharmaceutical process design and safety. She is among eight individuals and five groups recognised today with medals and prizes from the Institution.
Type: News
TotalEnergies and Petronas to collaborate on solar project to decarbonise Australia’s Gladstone LNG
FRENCH oil and gas giant, TotalEnergies and Gentari Renewables, a subsidiary of Petronas, are teaming up to develop a solar farm in Queensland to lower emissions at Gladstone LNG – one of Australia’s largest LNG facilities and a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
Type: News
Carbon Capture – is it Worth it?
Aniqah Majid talks to industry experts about the state of CCUS in the UK and finds out why economics need to be considered when it comes to effective deployment
Type: Feature
New CCS research facility opens in Melbourne
Will build on university’s existing research
Type: News
Scientists produce green hydrogen from seawater
SCIENTISTS have developed a system that can produce green hydrogen directly from seawater without the need for any pre-treatment processes like desalination. The team behind the development, which involves the introduction of a Lewis acid layer on a transition metal oxide catalyst, say the method shows high potential for commercial application.
Type: News
Carbon Clean and MODEC strike landmark deal for offshore carbon capture
UK CARBON capture technology developer Carbon Clean has entered a long-term commercial partnership with an offshore oil processing operator to capture emissions from floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs).
Type: News
Watch: ship delivers vast €150m furnaces for major chemicals plant
INEOS has released a video showing the moment two huge furnaces worth €150m (US$156m) completed a 20,000 km sea trip to Belgium ahead of installation at the heart of a vast new ethane cracker.
Type: News
UK bolsters Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity
THE UK Government has increased the nation’s Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity. It has agreed to a multi-million-pound up-front investment to expand vaccine manufacturing capacity, and secured “crucial” fill and finish services for the vaccine manufacturing process.
Type: News
Doubts raised on downstream plans for Johor
Investment struggles at Malaysia hub, agency warns
Type: News
LOW-CARBON industries such as hydrogen, carbon capture, and nuclear, need to promote careers outreach programmes to encourage young people to join and help facilitate the UK’s transition to a net zero economy, according to recommendations in a new report.
Type: News
