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The importance of materials efficiency in the fight against the climate crisis
Type: Feature
Sellafield digital twin project clinches top IChemE award
SELLAFIELD and the National Nuclear Laboratory were awarded IChemE’s Outstanding Achievement in Chemical and Process Engineering Award for developing a digital twin of a crucial nuclear waste processing plant which has enabled them to radically improve its performance and extend the life of the facility.
Type: News
US$130trn investment needed for carbon neutrality by 2060
A US$130trn investment to 2050 could help to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2060, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA’s) inaugural Global Renewables Outlook.
Type: News
ENGINEERS at the University of Surrey are investigating how phosphorous can be filtered from human urine in a bid to avoid shortages of a critical element for food production and to protect the environment.
Type: News
Webinar: Robust Design Optimisation of a Multistage Compressor for Surge Avoidance
ON 13 January, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar to discuss how simulation software can be used by engineers to save time optimising processes. A recording of this webinar is now available to stream at the link below.
Type: Feature
The National Expo for Chemical and Process Engineers Returns this May at the NEC
The Process & Chemical Engineering Show, running as part of the CHEMUK 2025 ‘Group of Events’, returns this May.
Type: Feature
Finding future chemical and process engineers in the primary school classroom
Jo Cox and Stem Education experts on engaging with children as young as four, how changes to the primary curriculum can help, and what makes a good role model
Type: Feature
Shell launches New Energy Challenge 2019
SHELL and its partners have launched the fourth edition of New Energy Challenge. The challenge seeks to facilitate the development of young companies with innovative proposals to shape a successful energy transition.
Type: News
Microbes, Microwaves, and Mixes: Eco-friendly Plastics Solutions
Amanda Jasi speaks to innovators striving to improve plastics sustainability and reduce their environmental impact
Type: Feature
Practical Process Control Part 6: Derivative Action
Myke King provides practical process control advice on how to bolster your processes
Type: Feature
Plastic Energy joins forces with ExxonMobil on plastic waste
PLASTIC ENERGY has agreed another partnership with an industry heavyweight – this time ExxonMobil – to build a plant that will turn waste plastic into chemicals feedstock.
Type: News
IChemE Energy Centre hosts Low Carbon Summit
Summit introduces energy innovations from industry
Type: News
Attacks on Saudi facilities threaten energy security
AIRBORNE attacks on Saudi Aramco energy infrastructure demonstrate a threat to Saudi Arabia’s production capacity and international energy security, officials said after the most recent assaults.
Type: News
Six Keys to Recovery for the Chemicals Industry
Six digital technologies that can be implemented now to achieve greater visibility and insights for decision making in the post-Covid chemicals industry
Type: Feature
Clean energy partnership supports UK and UAE goals
ENERGY companies Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), BP, and Masdar have signed strategic partnership agreements to provide clean energy technologies to the UK and UAE, including carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) and hydrogen.
Type: News
Ithaca Energy acquisition reawakens Cambo project plans
OIL and gas company Ithaca Energy is acquiring Siccar Point Energy in a deal worth up to US$1.46bn, which could see the development of the UK’s controversial Cambo oilfield.
Type: News
Process Engineering for the Final Frontier
Kathryn Hadler tells Amanda Jasi about the exciting prospect of extracting and processing resources in space
Type: Feature
UK Labour party to set up publicly-owned green energy company if elected
THE Labour party have in their annual meeting outlined plans for an industrial strategy, which includes setting up a publicly-owned green energy company within a year if its leader, Keir Starmer, wins the next election.
Type: News