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The future of energy needs chemical engineers, and lots of them, say Jacob Brown, Titi Oliyide, Laurent Petithuguenin, and James Sweeney
Type: Feature
UK Government releases long-awaited net zero strategy
THE UK Government has outlined how it plans to reach net zero by 2050 in its Net Zero Strategy. The plans include the approval of two carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) industrial clusters, however there is criticism that the strategy still falls short in many areas.
Type: News
Malcolm Wilkinson and members of the Sustainabilty Special Interest Group discuss the technologies available for decarbonisation
Type: Feature
Engineering Net Zero Part 1: Communicating a Plan
David Simmonds opens a new series on net zero asking: what can engineers do to help secure public engagement and support?
Type: Feature
Fuelling the World with Biomass
Our reliance on gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel shows little sign of declining despite the push to net zero. Could replacing crude oil in hydrocarbon liquids with cellulosic biomass feedstocks provide the solution?
Type: Feature
The Design Process: Environmental Management in Design – Do More with Less
In the final article in his series aimed at giving new graduates a better understanding of the current design process, Tom Baxter reviews common standards and discusses the most obvious opportunities to boost sustainability during your future industrial design projects
Type: Feature
Glass In all its Glory: Part 2
Martin Pitt looks at the Industrial Age, which saw the mechanisation of glass manufacture, but also featured major chemical engineering developments
Type: Feature
Engineering Net Zero Part 9: Strategies for Clean Energy
David Simmonds builds on his ENZ series, visualising the UK power system, and explores the unintended consequences of current strategies for 2050
Type: Feature
Claudia Flavell-While speaks with Yoshio Nishi, the Sony engineer who led the development of the ubiquitous lithium ion battery
Type: Feature
Japan: Taking a Lead in Hydrogen
Japan has identified hydrogen as the answer to the energy problem, both for transportation and in power generation.
Type: Feature
Liberty House announces new jobs and investment
Arc furnace boost will bolster GreenSteel strategy
Type: News
CO2 as a commodity, not waste: turning emissions into cost-competitive chemicals
Etosha Cave, Co-founder of clean technology company Opus 12, speaks about the company's process for turning CO2 emissions into cost-competitive products.
Type: Feature
Government outlines plan to make UK world’s most innovative nation
THE UK government has published its long-awaited Industrial Strategy as it seeks to boost industry and take advantage of global challenges and technological change.
Type: News
Wylfa suspension could lead to a UK energy crisis
HITACHI has announced the decision to suspend indefinitely its UK nuclear power station construction project Wylfa Newydd, on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Experts have warned that this could lead to a UK energy crisis.
Type: News
IEA calls for ‘bold’ action to achieve emissions savings through energy efficiency
ENERGY efficiency can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but with efficiency improvements slowing, policy makers and investors need to take “bold” action, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Type: News
Rio Tinto will spend US$1bn on reducing emissions
RIO Tinto has announced that it will spend US$1bn over the next five years to reduce its carbon footprint as part of plans to get to net zero by 2050.
Type: News
US$130trn investment needed for carbon neutrality by 2060
A US$130trn investment to 2050 could help to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2060, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA’s) inaugural Global Renewables Outlook.
Type: News
Transition to low-carbon world needs to be faster, says DNV GL report
ENERGY-RELATED CO2 emissions have peaked due to the pandemic, but the world is still on track to exhaust the remaining CO2 budget by 2028, according to DNV GL’s 2020 Energy Transition Outlook.
Type: News
