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Students invited to apply for Fellowship to brief UK Members of Parliament
STUDENTS who are interested in science and technology policy are invited to apply for the Ashok Kumar Fellowship. The winner will take up a three-month placement with the UK Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST) and produce a briefing note for Members of Parliament.
Type: News
Book Review: Osmosis Engineering
Editors: Nidal Hilal, Ahmad Ismail, Mohamed Khayet Souhaimi, Daniel Johnson; ISBN: 9780128210161; Elsevier; 2021; €170.04
Type: Feature
Book Review: Natural Polymers-Based Green Adsorbents for Water Treatment
Editor: Susheel Kalia; ISBN: 9780128205419; Elsevier; 2021; €152.60
Type: Feature
FLSmidth leads work to electrify calcination in bid to cut cement emissions
ENGINEERS are building a pilot plant to electrify production of a clinker replacement that would reduce emissions from cement production.
Type: News
Fukushima bosses ordered to pay billions for failing to prevent nuclear disaster
FOUR former bosses of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been ordered by a Tokyo court to pay ¥13trn yen (US$94bn) in damages for failing to prevent disaster at the site in 2011.
Type: News
Plans to shut UK ammonia plant spark new CO2 supply concerns
CF FERTILISERS UK (CF) has announced plans to halt ammonia production at its Billingham complex due to “market conditions”, renewing industry concerns about CO2 supply.
Type: News
Marlene Kanga to present at joint Chemeca and Hazards Australasia event
CHARTERED chemical engineer Marlene Kanga, who successfully campaigned for World Engineering Day, will present at the 51st Chemeca, held in conjunction with Hazards Australasia. She will speak at the events’ dinner, to be hosted by IChemE, in Melbourne, Australia.
Type: News
Centrica given the go-ahead for North Sea gas storage project
THE North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has granted Centrica the right to resume gas storage operations at its Rough field gas storage site off the east coast of England.
Type: News
Sweden reports a fourth Nord gas leak
ACCORDING to Sweden's coastguard, there are a total of four leaks from the twin Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, not three as previously assumed. The fourth had been known about since ruptures were first reported on Monday, however only three were mentioned by officials in media reports.
Type: News
Partners successfully test UK’s first 3D-printed concrete water chamber
UNITED Utilities and its partner, 3D mortar printing company ChangeMaker3D (CM3D), have successfully demonstrated what they say is the UK’s first 3D-printed concrete chamber in the water sector, achieving significant carbon, cost, and labour savings.
Type: News
Government warned that muddied carbon accounting will slow industrial decarbonisation
THE UK’s Energy Systems Catapult has warned there are “inconsistencies” in carbon accounting that will make it difficult to achieve meaningful decarbonisation across industry and makes mechanisms vulnerable to “greenwashing”.
Type: News
Chemical engineers explore upcycling microfibres released from washing clothes
UNIVERSITY of Surrey and UK-based washing technology group, Xeros Technology, have teamed up to accelerate research into upcycling the microfibres captured from laundering clothes into a useful and valuable carbon material.
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
APPEA backs Climate Change Authority report on carbon capture technology
THE Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) is backing carbon capture technology after a report by Climate Change Authority (CCA) urged for more support.
Type: News
IChemE opens applications for fellowship to brief UK MPs on science and engineering
ICHEME is accepting applications from final year students and postgraduates for the Ashok Kumar Fellowship, which offers the winner the chance to spend three months at the UK Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST) and produce a briefing note for members of parliament (MPs).
Type: News
Peak Cluster: UK lime and cement producers join forces to capture 3m t/y of emissions
CEMENT and lime producers in the UK have formed a carbon capture and storage cluster – the Peak Cluster – to reduce the sector’s emissions by 40%.
Type: News
CF FERTILISERS UK (CF) has proposed the permanent closure of the ammonia plant at its Billingham complex, the largest in the UK, as it says production is uneconomic and faced with dwindling demand. The decision follows a halt in operations, announced for similar reasons last August.
Type: News
ONNU, which transforms biomass into valuable biochar that acts as a carbon sink, has announced plans to build the first of 16 pyrolysis hubs in the UK’s Wye Valley as it continues its mission to realise the potential of biochar to facilitate the net zero transition.
Type: News
