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Volunteer Spotlight: Adisa Azapagic
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
Caltech chemical engineer Frances Arnold wins Nobel Prize
CHEMICAL engineer Frances Arnold has been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her pioneering work that mimics evolution to engineer enzymes.
Type: News
Organisations call for halt to US mining and drilling decisions, due to coronavirus
ONE hundred and one environmental and public health organisations have sent a letter to the US Government, calling for federal agencies to suspend active or pending mining and drilling decisions, for at least 60 days, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. They ask for it to cover all permitting, leasing, and rulemaking for oil, gas, and mining, and associated infrastructure.
Type: News
Engineered yeast strain could revive interest in non-food bio-feedstocks
CHEMICAL engineers at MIT have genetically engineered yeast that are tolerant to toxic biorefining conditions, a development that offers a route for converting tricky non-food feedstocks into fuel.
Type: News
BASF commercially produces metal-organic frameworks for CO2 capture in world first
BASF claims to be the first company to produce metal-organic frameworks at a scale of several hundred tons per year, after completing a scaleup project on behalf of CO2 capture and removal company Svante Technologies.
Type: News
LCW Supercritical Technologies and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have taken a milestone step in seawater extraction of uranium.
Type: News
Cracker consortium aims to reduce carbon emissions
SIX companies with European petrochemical operations have established a consortium that will jointly investigate naphtha or gas steam crackers that use renewable electricity instead of fossil fuels. They aim to produce base chemicals whilst significantly reducing carbon emissions.
Type: News
Carbon capture company receives US$16m investment
CARBON capture technology company Carbon Clean Solutions (CCSL) has announced the completion of a US$16m equity investment from three global investors: WAVE Equity Partners, Chevron Technology Ventures, and Marubeni.
Type: News
Shell makes pledge to be net zero by 2050
SHELL has announced that it aims to cut emissions from its operations to net zero by 2050 or sooner, along with stepping up action to reduce the emissions produced by customers.
Type: News
Singapore and UK to address climate change in the ASEAN region
RESEARCHERS in Singapore, in a first-of-its-kind international collaboration, are partnering with the UK’s COP26 Universities Network, aiming to address climate change in the ASEAN region.
Type: News
Rolls-Royce pushes ahead with funding for small modular reactor development
ROLLS-ROYCE is moving ahead with plans to develop small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) and has established a new business that has received £400m (US$538m) in funding.
Type: News
ExxonMobil launches voluntary redundancy programme
EARLIER this month, ExxonMobil announced that it had launched a voluntary redundancy programme for its Australian employees as a means of helping the company to manage through the current “unprecedented” market conditions.
Type: News
Scottish Parliament needs MPs with science backgrounds, and input from a balance of experts, says Tom Baxter
Type: Feature
France and Sweden both launch ‘first of a kind’ hydrogen facilities
FRANCE has launched an offshore green hydrogen production platform at the country’s Port of Saint-Nazaire this week, along with its first offshore wind farm. The hydrogen plant, which its operators say is the world’s first facility of its type, coincides with the launch of another “first of its kind” facility in Sweden dedicated to storing hydrogen in an underground lined rock cavern (LRC)
Type: News
UK government announces £75m nuclear fuel fund
UNDER plans to encourage investment in new and robust nuclear fuel production capabilities in the UK, the government has begun accepting bids on a £50m (US$60m) funding pot for projects it hopes will help “squeeze out” Russian reliance while creating more jobs and export opportunities.
Type: News
EU lawmakers adopt position on Net-Zero Industry Act
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT has adopted its position on the proposed Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), which is intended to boost Europe's manufacturing output for decarbonisation technologies.
Type: News
Adam Duckett on engineers and readers predicting and shaping the future
Type: Feature
Adam Duckett gets two of his five-a-day while asking for more systems thinking from politicians on net zero
Type: Feature
Shell to sell Singapore petchem assets in ongoing effort to decarbonise the region
OIL AND GAS company Shell is set to sell off all its petrochemical and refinery assets in Singapore as it moves to decarbonise its operations in the Asia-Pacific region.
Type: News
