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New Hydrogen Taskforce calls for £1bn commitment from the UK Government
IN A report to mark its launch, the Hydrogen Taskforce – which involves energy majors Shell and BP – has called on the UK Government to commit to funding of £1bn (US$1.27bn). Launched yesterday, in Parliament, the Taskforce aims to promote the large-scale deployment of hydrogen.
Type: News
UK heat network projects awarded £25m
FOUR heat network projects have been awarded almost £25m (US$31.6m) of funding, in the third round of the UK’s Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP). Recipients include the first HNIP-funded mine water heating project, which could save 1,300 t/y of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Type: News
UK Government invests £100m to accelerate Covid-19 vaccine manufacture
THE UK Government has announced a £100m (US$127.7m) investment to fund a state-of-the-art facility that will accelerate at scale, UK production of any successful Covid-19 vaccine. The investment offers a “substantial boost” to the UK’s vaccine manufacture capability, according to the Government.
Type: News
Controversial Narrabri gas project gets ‘green light’ from NSW development authority
SANTOS has received “phased” and strictly conditioned approval from the independent planning commission of New South Wales (NSW) for its controversial A$3.6bn (US$2.58bn) Narrabri coal seam gas project, which could supply up to half of the state’s gas demand.
Type: News
Australia to become critical minerals powerhouse by 2030
THE Australian Government has announced an updated strategy which it expects will make the nation a critical minerals powerhouse by 2030. The plan is part of measures to unlock the sector’s significant potential, which also include a A$200m (US$148.1m) grant programme and A$50m to support research and development.
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United Utilities fined £800,000 for illegally removing water from the environment
UNITED UTILITIES, a water and wastewater services provider, has been fined £800,000 (US$1m) for illegally abstracting 22bn L of water from boreholes in Lancashire, UK, in 2018. The company has apologised for “inadvertently” breaching the three-year rolling limit on its abstraction license and taken steps to prevent similar issues in future.
Type: News
Joint ventures announce £4bn in contracts for the UK’s East Coast Cluster
NET ZERO TEESSIDE POWER and the Northern Endurance Partnership have announced engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts worth a combined £4bn (US$5bn) for one of the UK’s selected CCUS clusters, East Coast Cluster. The selected contractors include Costain, Wood, and a consortium led by Technip Energies.
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HIGHVIEW POWER has received £300m (US$379m) in funding to build the UK’s first commercial-scale liquid air energy storage plant (LAES), designed to balance peaks and troughs in power demand as more renewable energy sources are brought online.
Type: News
£500m for Port Talbot electric arc furnace, with 2,500 jobs still set to go
THE UK government has agreed to give a £500m (US$651m) grant to Tata Steel to build an electric arc furnace at Port Talbot, though 2,500 jobs will still be lost as the firm presses ahead with plans to shut down the site’s only remaining blast furnace.
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Australia to ‘recklessly’ invest A$600m in gas project
AS PART of its 2021–22 Budget, the Australian Government is investing up to A$600m (US$464.3m) to allow energy generation company Snowy Hydro to construct a 660 MW gas power turbine in Kurri Kurri, Hunter Valley, New South Wales (NSW).
Type: News
The tragedy of lithium ion battery recycling is not a story the recyclers would tell you…but a good news story may be on its way
Type: Feature
Jacobs selected to support Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation to develop a UK demonstrator
NUCLEAR developer Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) UK, part of a US-based company, has selected Jacobs to support the design and development of its micro modular reactor (MMR), which is expected to support the transition away from fossil fuels. This follows news that the UK government has awarded USNC UK funding to build a demonstration reactor in the country.
Type: News
Deal or No Deal – Brexit and UK Energy Policy
A look at the the likely impact of a Brexit deal/no deal on the UK’s energy sector
Type: Feature
Andy Brazier explains why process isolation is more complicated than you might think
Type: Feature
First Cobalt repurposes idle plant to produce EV battery component
NORTH American cobalt company First Cobalt has announced a C$2.1m (US$1.6m) work programme as part of a project to repurpose its inactive cobalt refinery to produce about 25,000 t/y of cobalt sulfate, an essential component in electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacture. The facility would be the first in North America to produce cobalt sulfate.
Type: News
How to Reduce the Risk of a Dust Explosion
Unwrapping the explosion pentagon to reduce risk
Type: Feature
Tata Group invests £4bn to build battery gigafactory in the UK
IN A historic moment for the UK’s growing electric vehicle (EV) industry, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) owner Tata Group has announced that it is investing more than £4bn (US$5.14bn) to build its first gigafactory outside of India in the UK. The gigafactory will deliver more than 40 GWh of battery production annually, making it one of the largest in Europe.
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South Yorkshire named as first UK investment zone focused on advanced manufacturing
COMMUNITIES in Sheffield and Rotherham are set to benefit from £80m (US$101m) of investment as part of the UK’s first Advanced Manufacturing Investment Zone, a scheme that is expected to help attract more than £1.2bn of private funding, while creating an estimated 8,000 new jobs, the UK government said. Glasgow City Region and North East of Scotland have also been announced as Scotland’s first Investment Zones.
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