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Clouds defeated: real-time control system boosts solar chemicals production
CHEMICAL engineers have developed a control system costing less than €50 (US$61) that overcomes one of the major obstacles to processing chemicals with light.
Type: News
Chevron and Occidental invest in capturing CO2 from the air
CHEVRON and Occidental Petroleum have invested in Canadian direct air capture (DAC) company Carbon Engineering, to help commercialise Carbon Engineering’s DAC and Air to Fuels technology.
Type: News
Singapore partners to assess ammonia as marine fuel
A MEMORANDUM of understanding has been signed by a group of partners for a development study on the use of ammonia as a marine fuel in Singapore.
Type: News
Controversial Keystone XL pipeline formally terminated
THE controversial Keystone XL pipeline has been formally scrapped, ending a decades-long struggle between industry and environmentalists.
Type: News
Rough facility resumes gas storage following significant engineering upgrades
THE Rough gas storage facility in the UK has returned to operations, increasing the country’s gas storage capacity by 50%. Though UK storage capacity still lags behind other European countries.
Type: News
Cleantech initiative seeks to ‘supercharge’ UK innovation
CLEANTECH for UK, a coalition representing more than £6bn (US$7.2bn) in funds has launched. The initiative seeks to pave the way for a new generation of global cleantech champions in the country.
Type: News
Australia selects six projects to kickstart green hydrogen industry
AUSTRALIA has shortlisted six large-scale electrolysis projects under a A$2bn (US$1.34bn) scheme to decarbonise heavy industry and become a leader in green hydrogen production and exports.
Type: News
Small nuclear reactors could power Teesside chemicals industry
A DEAL has been struck to build a fleet of four small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) in Teesside to provide power to the local chemicals industry.
Type: News
UK allows wind farms and oil producers to overlap in North Sea
THE UK has introduced new rules allowing oil and gas firms and wind farm operators to share sites in the North Sea.
Type: News
Rio Tinto snaps up US lithium manufacturer in US$6.7bn deal
RIO TINTO is acquiring US company Arcadium Lithium for US$6.7bn, bolstering the mining giant’s end-to-end lithium offering.
Type: News
Microbial fuel cells brew low-alcohol beer
Flavour affected less than with other treatments
Type: News
Based upon the recent ill-informed hysteria surrounding the safety of fracking, the above vision of press coverage of the highly-promising microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) technique is not beyond the realms of possibility.
Type: Feature
The 10 biggest challenges when decommissioning a chemical site
Type: Feature
Jacobs Douwe Egberts is new Corporate Partner
JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE) in Banbury, UK, has been made an IChemE Bronze Corporate Partner.
Type: News
Vapour jet printing personalised medicines
RESEARCHERS at the University of Michigan have developed vapour jet printing technology, usually used in electronics manufacturing, to print pure, ultra-precise, custom doses of drugs for patients.
Type: News
Molten metal for clean hydrogen
MOLTEN metal could be used for a cheaper, more environmentally-friendly alternative to produce H2 from CH4, according to researchers.
Type: News
TOFU whey, a byproduct from tofu manufacture, has been fermented into a new alcoholic drink, which Singaporean researchers call “Sachi”.
Type: News
Syngenta becomes Silver Corporate Partner
THE UK arm of global agribusiness company Syngenta has been awarded Silver Corporate Partner status by IChemE.
Type: News
Ineos picks McDermott for new PDH unit
INEOS has awarded McDermott a contract for the licence and engineering of a new propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Europe.
Type: News
