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Wood wins contract to design €1.5bn fossil-free plastics plant
WOOD GROUP has won the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for a novel plant that will produce plastics using methanol and renewable energy instead of fossil fuels.
Type: News
Operating Discipline: Maintaining the Basis of Safety
Examining the concept of operational discipline as the means by which we can maintain the basis of safety.
Type: Feature
12 Steps to a Green Chemicals Score
Merck's free-to-all method for product sustainability scoring
Type: Feature
Tolulope Martin gives three reasons why you should think of applying a zero-based approach to your engineering budgets
Type: Feature
BP agrees to disclose how its strategies align with the Paris Agreement
BP HAS agreed to a resolution from investors to disclose how its greenhouse gas reduction and future investments plans are in line with the Paris Agreement. However, concerns have been raised separately about BP’s commitment to methane reductions.
Type: News
Australia should overturn nuclear ban and could still build SMRs, expert says
THE time has passed for Australia to build large nuclear plants, but it could still make use of small modular reactors to power industry. This is the view of nuclear expert Ziggy Switkowski, who told lawmakers the country’s ban on nuclear energy should be repealed.
Type: News
Readers of the Lost Safety Case
In the fourth article in his series, David Jamieson looks at what we can learn from Indiana Jones
Type: Feature
Industry doubts new planning measures for England effectively lift de facto ban on onshore wind
THE UK government has announced changes to planning policy in England that it says will allow onshore wind projects supported by locals to be approved more quickly. While some have welcomed the changes for lifting a de facto ban on onshore projects introduced in 2015, industry and experts don’t believe the tweaks will have much effect.
Type: News
Eric Wood, Rick Parkman, and Annette Nolan look at how policymakers are responding to the challenges of PFAS globally
Type: Feature
A renaissance is at hand: smaller nuclear reactors could soon come to an industrial site near you
Type: Feature
Mentors and mentees alike need to understand what good practice looks like, as the results of getting it wrong can be damaging
Type: Feature
Producing Hydrogen While Storing CO2 in the Oceans
Mike Kelland and Greg Rau talk to Amanda Doyle about their clean-tech goals
Type: Feature
BP’s crystal ball suggests oil demand plateau and electric car increase
BP has released its annual Energy Outlook report, which suggests a significant increase in the use of electric vehicles, oil demand peaking before plateauing, coal demand decreasing, and carbon emissions still increasing 10% by 2040.
Type: News
Stemming the flow of plastic waste
EUROPE has proposed a law banning or restricting single-use plastics, the UN has released a policy roadmap on how to restrict the use of plastic, and there have been a wave of pledges from people and companies worldwide to phase out the plastic that is causing extreme damage to the environment.
Type: News
Why the Lessons of the Fulcrum Fiasco must not be Wasted
Fulcrum BioEnergy shut down its flagship waste-to-fuel plant in May. Alex Howard looks at the implications for the waste gasification industry, and how other first-of-a-kind developers can reassure investors moving forward.
Type: Feature
Shape-shifting 3D-printed food may soup up industry
Flat-pack pasta promises to cut down on transportation costs
Type: Feature
Project turns plastic waste in the sea into vehicle fuels
Type: Feature
Wildfire Devastates Fort McMurray
STRIKING aerial photography shows a destructive wildfire burning through regions of northern Alberta, Canada, devastating portions of Fort McMurray, a city which services the oil sands industry, forcing the evacuation of almost over 88,000 residents.
Type: Feature
The Fundamentals of Process Safety
Type: Feature
