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IChemE identifies vaccine production capabilities
ICHEME has compiled a list of manufacturing sites in the UK and Ireland that have the potential capability to manufacture treatments for Covid-19, and is offering to share the information with those who need it.
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Pilot plant will convert soybean waste into bioplastic
A FINNISH consortium is building a pilot plant to convert waste from soybean processing into compostable bioplastic.
Type: News
KBR to design Carbon Clean CCS plant for Cemex
KBR has been awarded the FEED contract for a CCS project that Cemex plans to install at a cement plant in Germany. The captured CO2 will be combined with hydrogen to produce synthetic fuels.
Type: News
IChemE members now have free access to Perry’s Chemical Engineer’s Handbook
ICHEME members can now read the latest edition of Perry’s Chemical Engineer’s Handbook online for free, along with a host of other technical resources, after IChemE signed an agreement with publisher McGraw Hill.
Type: News
Imperial College London professor to give 2025 Danckwerts Lecture
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON professor Claire Adjiman has been selected to give the 2025 Danckwerts Lecture in Lisbon, Portugal in September.
Type: News
Founders of £65m UK battery research institute named
SEVEN British universities have been named as founding partners of the £65m Faraday Battery Institute, which aims to pioneer research into the next generation of battery technology.
Type: News
Johnson Matthey picks Clitheroe for next-gen battery plant
JOHNSON MATTHEY is building a demonstration- plant for production of next-generation lithium ion battery materials in Clitheroe, UK.
Type: News
UK and Canada sign agreement for civil nuclear cooperation
THE UK and Canada have signed a bilateral Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) which will ensure that international cooperation will still apply after the UK leaves the EU.
Type: News
Periodic Videos on the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry win
YOUTUBE star and chemist Martyn Poliakoff has published a video looking at lithium-ion batteries, after the technology’s developers scooped a Nobel Prize last week.
Type: News
Three killed in Texas oil well blowout
AN oil well blowout in Texas, US, has killed three people.
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New European green hydrogen project announced
SHELL, Gasunie, and Groningen Seaports have launched the NortH2 project, which aims to build a green hydrogen facility in The Netherlands which will use wind power to produce 800,000 t/y of hydrogen by 2040.
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Woodside joins hydrogen-as-ammonia study
WOODSIDE has joined a consortium to study exporting hydrogen as ammonia from Australia to Japan.
Type: News
Japanese consortium to study CCU
A CONSORTIUM of three Japanese companies is to jointly research effective recycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) for methanol production, at a refinery in Tomakomai City, Hokkaido, Japan where CO2 is already being captured and stored by an existing demonstration plant.
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Call for evidence on the economic recovery benefits of hydrogen
THE UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hydrogen has called for submissions to inform an inquiry it has launched to understand how hydrogen could support recovery of the UK economy, which has been seriously impacted by the coronavirus crisis.
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Two new large-scale CCUS facilities now in operation
THE Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL) in Canada is now fully operational as carbon capture begins at the North West Redwater Partnership (NWR) Sturgeon Refinery and Nutrien’s Redwater Fertilizer Facility.
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Yallourn coal plant will shut early, replacement battery planned
AUSTRALIA’S Yallourn coal-fired power plant, which meets 20% of electricity demand in Victoria, will close four years early, with a battery planned to replace some of the output.
Type: News
Petronas and CNOOC sign MoU for extended partnership
Petronas and Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a strategic partnership that will see them expand on existing collaboration.
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Partners launch digitally-forward plant project
METHACRYLATE manufacturer Rӧhm has partnered with engineering consultant Wood to launch a significant, “digitally-forward” project to develop a new methyl methacrylate (MMA) production plant incorporating state-of-the-art technology products.
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Ineos announces investment for hydrogen upgrade at Grangemouth
INEOS has announced plans to invest more than £1bn (US$1.4bn) towards reducing emissions at its site at Grangemouth in Scotland.
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ITM and BOC get gov funding for integrated electrolyser
THE UK Government has backed the construction of an electrolyser in Scotland that will be integrated with the UK’s largest onshore wind farm to produce and store hydrogen from renewable power.
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