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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.

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Partners to convert waste sewage into hydrogen

Organics Group, Severn Trent, and researchers at Coventry University, UK, are collaborating to convert sewage waste into clean hydrogen fuel for tankers and other vehicles.

Type: News

Veolia agrees deal for Suez, merging world’s largest water firms

VEOLIA has agreed a deal to buy its rival Suez, ending a fraught takeover battle that merges the world’s two largest water and wastewater companies.

Type: News

Lonza and Moderna enter agreement to increase vaccine production

LONZA has entered a new agreement with Moderna to double production for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine at its site in Switzerland.

Type: News

Innovation challenge launched to decarbonise cement and concrete industry

THE Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched a programme to help accelerate low-carbon technologies in cement and concrete production by partnering startups with industry.

Type: News

Peel NRE plans second plastic-to-hydrogen facility in UK

PEEL NRE has announced plans to develop a waste plastic to hydrogen facility in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Type: News

Dungeness B will begin decommissioning seven years ahead of schedule

THE UK’s Dungeness B nuclear power station will begin decommissioning activities some seven years earlier than expected after investigations discovered problems with components that cannot be replaced.

Type: News

Waste-to-methanol facility to be constructed at Port of Amsterdam

GIDARA Energy has announced that it will construct an advanced biofuels facility in Amsterdam that will convert waste into methanol.

Type: News

Rio Tinto studies using hydrogen to make greener alumina

RIO TINTO is investigating the technical implications of using hydrogen feedstock instead of natural gas to reduce emissions from refining alumina.

Type: News

LEGO makes bricks from recycled plastic bottles

THE LEGO Group has developed a prototype LEGO brick using PET from recycled plastic bottles.

Type: News

Deal made for decommissioning seven UK nuclear reactors

AN AGREEMENT has been made between the UK Government and EDF for the safe and efficient decommissioning of seven advanced gas cooled reactors (AGRs).

Type: News

Sheffield Forgemasters bought by UK Government

THE UK Government has nationalised steel producer Sheffield Forgemasters to secure the supplies of specialist steel for defence applications.

Type: News

Glencore and Britishvolt enter long-term supply agreement

GLENCORE and Britishvolt have signed an agreement for the mining company to supply responsibly-sourced cobalt for the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries.

Type: News

Partnership to produce polypropylene from CO2

BIOTECHNOLOGY company LanzaTech and clean technology company Twelve – formerly Opus 12 – have joined forces to produce polypropylene from captured CO2.

Type: News

ARENA releases investment plan for low-emissions technologies

THE Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched an investment plan setting out how it will support the technologies needed to transition to zero emissions.

Type: News

AstraZeneca to build manufacturing facility in Ireland

ASTRAZENECA has announced that it is planning to build a new active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in Ireland.

Type: News

Hans Up! Why we Should Channel our Inner Gruber During a HAZOP

In the fifth article in his series, David Jamieson looks at what we can learn from the movie Die Hard

Type: Feature

Businesses must commit to net zero to bid for UK gov contracts

ALL companies bidding for UK Government contracts must have committed to produce net zero emissions by 2050.

Type: News

Inaugural Earthshot winners announced

TECHNOLOGIES for agricultural waste conversion and green hydrogen production have been recognised via the Earthshot Prizes.

Type: News

Fit for carbon capture

CCUS Council outlines plans to conduct supply chain capability assessment

Type: News