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Coal-fired power at Drax comes to an end
DRAX has announced the official end of coal-fired generation at its North Yorkshire, UK power station after almost 50 years. The power generator says this marks a historic milestone for the company as well as the UK’s transition to a zero-carbon energy future.
Type: News
ENGINEERINGUK has published a webinar exploring how environmental sustainability can inspire young people into engineering and technology sectors, in conjunction with Earth Day on 22 April.
Type: News
UK government unveils £14.6bn alternative to Horizon Europe funding programme
THE UK government has published its “Pioneer” programme, a long-term strategy to support research and innovation in the UK should talks with the EU surrounding membership with the Horizon Europe scheme end in failure
Type: News
The Chemical & Process Engineering Expo, CHEMUK, returns this May
The UK trade show for process, control, and plant engineers returns on 10 and 11 May and is free to attend. Keynote speakers include senior members of IChemE.
Type: Feature
Drax in talks with UK government after pausing BECCS investment
DRAX has paused its £2bn (US$2.48bn) investment programme in bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) while it awaits clarity on the UK’s commitment to the technology.
Type: News
BP awards KBR contract for global hydrogen project management
BP has named KBR the primary integrated project management contractor across its global hydrogen project portfolio.
Type: News
Australia sets new limits on heavy industry in push for decarbonisation
AUSTRALIA has passed legal reforms that set a hard cap on industrial emissions and require new gas fields supplying LNG facilities to be net zero as it pushes heavy industry to decarbonise.
Type: News
A century of chemical engineering at UCL
ICHEME president David Bogle has given a speech to UCL students in which he traced the history of the chemical engineering department as it celebrates its one hundredth birthday, and outlined why the role of chemical engineers is more important today than it has ever been. He was speaking at the annual dinner arranged by the chemical engineering department’s student-run Ramsay Society.
Type: News
Sempra greenlights Port Arthur LNG project
SEMPRA Infrastructure has given the financial greenlight for the development, construction, and operation of what could become one of the largest liquified natural gas (LNG) export facilities in the US, the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project in Jefferson County, Texas.
Type: News
Altilium Metals to accelerate development of the UK’s largest EV battery recycling plant
PLANS for Teesside to host the UK’s largest EV battery recycling plant are underway following the completion of a six-month feasibility study by the facility’s owners, Altilium Metals, which will allow the company to accelerate permitting and grant requests as well as alternative financing
Type: News
LABELLED as a strategy that will “scale up affordable, clean, homegrown power” while building “thriving green industries in Britain”, the UK government’s new Powering up Britain plan conversely acknowledges that existing climate policies will not enable the UK to meet its Sixth Carbon Budget.
Type: News
Modelling with Excel Part 3: Physical Properties
Stephen Hall offers practical guidance on using Excel for project engineering
Type: Feature
Embracing the Challenges of Ethical Engineering
Robert Peeling, chair of IChemE’s Congress, recounts the ethical lessons he has learned throughout his career and offers a selection of ethical exercises for you to undertake individually or with your teams
Type: Feature
Brewing Up a Storm: The Origins of Biotechnology Part 1
In this contribution to his series about chemical engineering history, Martin Pitt turns his focus onto the interesting developments in biotechnology
Type: Feature
Practical Process Control Part 3: PID Algorithm Versions
Myke King provides practical process control advice on how to bolster your processes
Type: Feature
Kerry Hebden speaks to innovators who have developed processes to artificially age whisky
Type: Feature
A Virtuous Circle: Chemical Looping has Solid Potential for Optimising Processes
Ben Anthony and Paul Fennell explore the advantages of chemical looping and call on governments to support its scale up in order to bolster green industry
Type: Feature
IChemE surveyed students as it seeks to bolster engagement and improve member services. Andrea Hosey shares the findings and what comes next
Type: Feature
Digi-Bridging Biochemical Engineering Education
Preparing students for the digitally-enabled workplace, Duygu Dikicioglu and Gary Lye discuss the adoption of digitalisation into the learning environment
Type: Feature
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Adam Duckett on the calls for rapid investment in technology
Type: Feature
