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EU prepares ban on PFAS in consumer products as industry seeks exemptions
THE EUROPEAN Union will push ahead with proposals to ban PFAS in consumer products, the EU’s environment commissioner Jessika Roswall told Reuters this week.
Type: News
Engineering Net Zero Part 7: Energy Security and Affordability
In his penultimate feature on achieving net zero, David Simmonds considers the structure of the energy market and how it needs to change to meet the UK's net zero ambitions.
Type: Feature
As a follow up to the feature “Energy Saviours” (issue 927, September 2018), this article explores further opportunities for energy saving relating to upstream oil and gas unit operations and equipment. As I said in the previous article, I believe chemical engineers have a hugely significant role to play in decarbonising the environment and reducing other harmful gaseous emissions. I remain to be convinced that CCS is required to meet the UK’s carbon reduction goals. My preferences for emissions reduction are: use less energy; if we need energy it should be from renewables; if we have to burn something, make it hydrogen; use low carbon synthesis routes, eg steel and cement; and for difficult carbon emissions, offset them with land use.
Type: Feature
Ethics Series - For the People: By the People
Mark Miodownik discusses ethical research goals and the power of citizen science
Type: Feature
Regulators urged to embrace systems thinking to deliver on net zero
WELL-DESIGNED green regulation can help the UK deliver on its net zero commitments, while also driving growth and innovation, according to a new report from environmental policy solutions provider Aldersgate Group.
Type: News
Climeworks opens direct air capture plant in Iceland
CLIMEWORKS has opened a new plant in collaboration with Reykjavik Energy in Iceland to capture CO2 from ambient air and store it permanently underground as minerals in basalt rock formations.
Type: News
INWED: Navya Thomas recognised as an innovator
COINCIDING with the celebration of International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) 2022, Research Fellow at Cranfield University Navya Thomas has been announced among the winners of the Top 50 Women in Engineering, for invention and innovation.
Type: News
Fire erupts at Indian gas well
A FIRE has broken out at an Indian gas well which has been leaking for weeks.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Jaega Wise
Yasmin Ali interviews Jaega Wise, Head Brewer at Wild Card Brewery in London.
Type: Feature
Eric Wood, Rick Parkman, and Annette Nolan look at how policymakers are responding to the challenges of PFAS globally
Type: Feature
TEPCO to flush Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific
THE Japanese Government will allow TEPCO to discharge treated wastewater stored at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site, into the sea, in two years’ time.
Type: News
Aramco awards US$18bn in contracts to expand oil and gas production
SAUDI ARAMCO has awarded contracts worth US$18bn to build process plants and expand oil production capacity at two fields in Saudi Arabia.
Type: News
‘Major win’ for UK energy as four nuclear power plants granted extensions
EDF’S decision to extend the life of four nuclear power plants has been hailed as “a major win” for UK energy independence by energy secretary Ed Miliband.
Type: News
Hydrogen in Vehicular Transport
A look at the challenges and opportunities of using hydrogen as a transport fuel
Type: Feature
Chain Delivery: A Role for Big Oil in our Energy Transition?
David Simmonds asks how can Big Oil use its skills and capacity to kick-start the energy transition?
Type: Feature
Tony Margetts explains the industry’s challenges around connecting and collecting
Type: Feature
Making Wind Power More Sustainable
Designed to withstand decades of strong winds and harsh weather conditions, wind turbine blades are built to last – a problem when it comes to recycling. Kerry Hebden spoke to two innovative companies with contrasting solutions
Type: Feature
Four more industry players sign up for BP’s Teesside hydrogen plans
BP has signed MoUs with four customers interested in using hydrogen produced at its proposed production facility in Teesside, UK.
Type: News
Scientists produce green hydrogen from seawater
SCIENTISTS have developed a system that can produce green hydrogen directly from seawater without the need for any pre-treatment processes like desalination. The team behind the development, which involves the introduction of a Lewis acid layer on a transition metal oxide catalyst, say the method shows high potential for commercial application.
Type: News
UK awards energy storage competition winners
THE UK Government has awarded £6.7m (US$8.9m) to projects across the country that are developing innovative energy storage technologies, supporting the clean energy transition.
Type: News
