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Cheap catalyst for hydrogen production shows commercial-scale promise
RESEARCHERS have shown for the first time that a cheap catalyst can be used to split water for hydrogen generation, in a commercial device. The developed catalyst operated for more than 1,700 hours in the device’s harsh environmental conditions.
Type: News
ExxonMobil creates low-carbon business
EXXONMOBIL has created a new business unit to commercialise its low-carbon portfolio, which it is calling Low Carbon Solutions (LCS).
Type: News
UK seeks to attract 40,000 nuclear recruits with skills plan
THE UK’s National Nuclear Strategic Plan for Skills has launched, outlining how government, industry, and stakeholders can collaborate to double hiring rates and fill 40,000 new jobs by 2030. The plan supports recruitment across the civil and defence sectors, following the government’s 2023 announcement of a “nuclear revival”.
Type: News
Governments urged to do more as ambitious timeline for fusion set at FUSION24 conference
FUSION has garnered something of a reputation in the energy industry for always being 30 years away. However, scientists and engineers from around the world gathered at The Science Museum in London yesterday to be told of ambitious plans to get “fusion electrons on the grid by the 2030s”.
Type: News
Nuclear-power container shipping could be possible within the decade
NUCLEAR-POWERED container ships could be moving cargo in and out of Europe by the end of the decade, thanks to the launch of a joint study by leaders in the shipping and nuclear industries.
Type: News
Grangemouth refining to stop next year with 400 jobs lost
GRANGEMOUTH refinery in Scotland will cease refinery operations in the second quarter of 2025 with the loss of 400 jobs.
Type: News
Australia starts up Moomba, the world’s third largest CCS project without EOR
THE MOOMBA carbon capture and storage project in Australia has become the world’s third largest project to begin burying emissions without enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
Type: News
Site Inductions: Giving Visitors What They Need
Fed up with being bombarded with irrelevant information, Harvey Dearden says site inductions should be approached from the perspective of the visitor rather than as a company disclaimer “get out of jail free” card
Type: Feature
UK biodiesel plant to close, operator announces
BIODIESEL manufacturer Greenergy has announced plans to cease production at its Immingham plant in Lincolnshire and begin redundancy consultations with its 60 staff following a strategic review.
Type: News
Hull industry figures back UK bioethanol plant’s call for government support
INDUSTRY figures in Hull, UK have issued a joint statement backing Vivergo Fuels’ pleas for government support, as possible closure of the country’s largest bioethanol plant draws nearer.
Type: News
Our Research Focus: Breathing Life Back into the Baltic Sea
Patricia Handmann and Anna Canning explain the BOxHy project, designed to sustainably combat coastal deoxygenation by valorising the oxygen from water electrolysis
Type: Feature
South Australia to host world-scale solar thermal plant
Energy company SolarReserve has announced that it has received developmental approval for its 150 MW Aurora thermal solar plant in South Australia, the largest of its kind in the world.
Type: Feature
Stressed British Steel Must Not be Allowed to Fail
Adam Duckett says Government must stand strong with British Steel
Type: Feature
3D-printed ceramic foam is stronger, lighter
Could make structures, tissue scaffolds, insulation
Type: News
Statoil pilots battery storage for wind power
Lithium batteries offer solution to intermittency
Type: News
Jacobs seeks to boost cyber security offer
Cites growing need to protect industrial assets
Type: News
