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RAEng offers £150m in grants for engineers who want to scale up climate tech
ENGINEERS in the UK can bid for fellowships worth up to £3m (US$3.9m) to help scale up climate technologies under a new £150m support scheme launched by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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Glasgow research centre will extend life of industrial equipment
A NEW £5.5m (US$7m) research centre in Scotland will focus on how industrial equipment can be reused or remade in an effort to reduce emissions, boost UK manufacturing, and reshore supply chains.
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Heinz and Hanson Cement to benefit from £52m UK clean energy plan
The UK government has awarded funding worth £52m (US$64m) to 25 companies operating in the country, including Heinz and Hanson Cement, to boost their clean energy efforts.
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National Gas secures additional £107m funding for UK hydrogen pipeline network
THE UK’s gas transmission operator has secured £107m (US$141m) of public funding from energy regulator Ofgem for a major project to repurpose natural gas pipelines for hydrogen transmission.
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£1bn investment aims to build UK’s first fully renewable-powered data centre network
FUTURE data centres in the UK could be powered entirely through domestic renewable energy, according to AI firm Carbon3.ai, which has committed £1bn (US$1.3bn) to build the necessary infrastructure.
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Grangemouth ethylene plant saved with £150m investment
THE UK’s last ethylene plant will continue operating for at least five more years following a £150m (US$200m) government support package, securing 500 jobs.
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BP completes feasibility study for green hydrogen hub in Australia, and invests in Advanced Ionics
BP HAS completed a concept development phase study into its large-scale green hydrogen hub, H2Kwinana, in Western Australia and is now a step closer to achieving a final investment decision for the project. In separate news, the firm has also led a US$12.5m investment in green hydrogen specialist Advanced Ionics, a climate-tech startup from Milwaukee, US.
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Governments announce £52m for green freeports in Scotland
THE UK and Scottish governments have jointly announced two new green freeports in Inverness and the Cromarty Firth and Firth of Forth, which the UK is backing with £52m (US$64.3m).
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Hinkley Point £2.2bn over budget
FRENCH energy supplier EDF has forecast that UK nuclear power station Hinkley Point could cost up to £2.2bn (US$2.5bn) more than expected, and be completed 15 months late.
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Bio-compatible ion current battery created
ENGINEERS in the US have developed a new form of battery which works on the basis of flowing ions, rather than flowing electrons, the same kind of electrical energy used by living organisms.
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Light-activated catalyst turns CO2 to CO
RESEARCHERS at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US have developed a “spongy” nickel-based, light-activated catalyst which can convert CO2 to CO with near 100% efficiency.
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UK council gets £6.5m funding for mine water energy scheme
BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL in Wales, UK, has been awarded £6.5m (US$9.1m) in funding by the EU for the UK’s first large-scale mine water geothermal energy project.
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Chester engineering faculty faces relocation due to proximity to oil refinery
THE University of Chester is facing the possibility of relocating its £120m (US$160m) science and engineering faculty at Thornton Science Park after the local council refused to grant retrospective planning permission due to the proximity of Stanlow oil refinery.
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UK announces nuclear waste competition winners
FOURTEEN companies have won contracts in a £3.9m (US$5.5m) competition aimed at developing a waste toolkit that will contribute to meeting the aims of the nation’s nuclear sector deal.
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£40m water challenge to launch in May
6 May will see the first round of a new £40m (US$55.2m) collaborative competition expected to encourage innovation in water and wastewater services and drive transformational change for the sector.
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Viridor opens state-of-the-art resource recovery facility
VIRIDOR has officially opened its £317m (US$417.3m), state-of-the-art, plastics recycling and waste management centre in Avonmouth, UK, which will generate 300 GWh/y of energy and reduce UK plastics exports by 8%.
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Hinkley Point C costs rise again to £26bn
THE COST the UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has risen again, this time by £3bn (US$3.7bn), and startup will be delayed by a further 15 months. EDF has blamed Covid for the changes.
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UK invests £31m to reduce reliance on fossil fuels
The UK Government has announced it is investing more than £31 m (US$38.9m) to help industry cut carbon emissions and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.
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NZTC reveals winners of its 2022 Open Innovation Programme
NET ZERO Technology Centre (NZTC), a UK-based innovation firm, has revealed the 20 game-changing net zero technologies that will each win a share of an investment pot worth £8m (US$8.9m).
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UK awards £32m to advance energy storage technologies
THE UK Government has awarded more than £32m (US$38.9) in funding to five projects across the country developing energy storage technologies that could help to increase resilience of the electricity grid.
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